Just for my own reference... (2011/07/10)
Long ago, I got sick of silly backgrounds for WoW characters. I decided to treat it not as a thing I disliked… but as a challenge. Reposted here since I don’t have easy access to it elsewhere.
[read more...]More thoughts about books: How expectation affects reading (2011/06/22)
I have recently been re-reading the Ethshar books, by Lawrence Watt-Evans. I was first introduced to these many many years ago, when someone lent me a copy of The Misenchanted Sword, telling me it was a “very funny” book. I read it, enjoyed it, and kept an eye out for more books by the same author.
[read more...]I am... not surprised. (2011/06/22)
So, a bit of background. A while back, I found a series of books… somewhere. I don’t even remember. It’s a trilogy of books, the first being Starrigger, by John DeChancie. (The other two are Paradox Alley and Red Limit Freeway.)
[read more...]What to do with your friend, the electrical engineer (2011/06/17)
A friend of mine is an electrical engineer. An electrical engineer who is… sometimes bored.
[read more...]Well, it's true. (2011/06/16)
“That depends on who is wearing the moose costume and who is determining hilarity levels.”
[read more...]Push the kitten (2011/06/15)
For some reason, cats seem to insinuate themselves into the brains of cat people. If I am hearing music, and there is a kitty, I tend to get loose bits of lyrics which have somehow become cat-themed.
[read more...]Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer. (2011/06/09)
This socket is rated for at most a 60W lightbulb. But wait! What about compact fluorescent lightbulbs, where 60W would be some kind of major flood light, and 26W or so gets you more light than a 100W incandescent?
[read more...]Ask a smart guy without empathy! (2011/06/04)
Okay, here’s a little experiment. One of the problems I have is that my default answers to questions are often Unacceptable in ways that I have a hard time understanding. Why? Because I’m not empathic. When people ask me how to fix problems, I tend to give answers that are… well, too correct but not friendly enough.
[read more...]So you think I'm wrong...? (2011/06/04)
Okay, this keeps coming up. People think other people are wrong. Then… they do things that cannot possibly help.
[read more...]Player vs. Player... FOR SCIENCE! (2011/06/03)
So. I hate PvP. I hate it because for some reason, for me, being attacked by other players is intrinsically antifun. This is not restricted to video games; I can’t spar, and I can’t play a lot of competitive board games. (I can play games of competing to reach a goal, but not games of preventing other people from reaching a goal. Except Robo Rally which I play as a single-player game of moving across the board so fast that I’m not in contact with other players anyway.)
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