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White House Race
Every once in a while, I've considered and discussed the possibilities of creating a web-based version of my infamous White House Race series of computer games. (For those of you not in the know, they're mock political simulations about the presidential race in a fictional country. You are paired with a "celebrity" vice president like Ozzy ( Read more... ) -
Because I haven't done a meme in a while...
Sausaged from pianorayk:
Wikipedia your birthday and pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday:
On November 21:
Events:- 1791 - Colonel Napoléon Bonaparte is promoted to full general and appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the French Republic.
- 1877 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and ( Read more... )
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Your daily WTF? (x2)
First, as I was on the bus home today, I noticed a car with a bumper sticker reading "God is my pilot". This struck me as interesting, given that usually God performs co-piloting duties. Then I noticed that the driver was on her cell phone, and, from the quick glance I had of her, even seemed to have her other hand off the wheel. I guess that ( Read more... ) -
True story!
So today, I decided to wear my Yankees cap to my internship. (For those of you who might not understand why this is significant, let me state that my internship is at Harvard, which as some of you may know is located in a region known as Cambridge within the state called Massachusetts, where there is a rival to the Yankees known as the Red Sox.) ( Read more... ) -
Food for thought
Hi all! I realized that I haven't had a good discussion topic in a while, so I thought I'd throw out something that I've been pondering recently, as a result of being in a graduate program centered around discussion with potential users and clients. I'll present a bunch of questions on the subject and then basically open it up to discussion, so ( Read more... ) -
Fine, I'll share the joy.
Sausaged from intothebluagain...
SONGS THAT MAKE YOU WANT TO...
Pick five songs that, for whatever reason, have some sort of special meaning to you, or that make you just want to... do something! They don't have to be your favorites necessarily, just ones that you associate with something!
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Reading
I've recently decided that I'd like to get some more reading in, especially fictionwise. I thought I'd ask you, dear readers, for recommendations. Just to give you an idea of what my tastes are, I'm a very big fan of Douglas Adams and Kurt Vonnegut. I also like Michael Crichton's writing style (although the guy simply cannot resolve plot threads ( Read more... ) -
Will Wright, how you continue to vex me.
So the other day I was bit by the nostalgia bug, and I looked up a version of the original SimCity. It's really faithful port, although it's missing the really useful crime and pollution indicators (unless I'm seriously missing something). But I forgot just how weird the game mechanics are and how hard it is ( Read more... ) -
Update
I thought I'd keep everyone (yes, fine, including Google) up to date on what I've been doing recently / what I will be doing:
- Mark Goetz's Electronic Portfolio
- BlueShift Hockey Chart
- ASP - Very Dangerous
- Scientific Collaboration Framework (my summer internship!)
This concludes this update.