No! The one where I try to pick him up and there's blood. (2006/04/07)
My younger nephew, Gabriel, died last night.
[read more...]Small developers with really good games (2006/03/21)
It turns out that the budget doesn’t make the game.
[read more...]Yay! Free of Sprint's clutches at last! (2006/02/25)
Okay, so, long ago (1997, in fact), I decided that it was about time for me to consider a cell phone. I ended up going with Sprint PCS, one of the early competitors in the then-new digital phone market.
[read more...]How to do backlash like an adult (2006/02/15)
So, as you’ve doubtless already heard, there’s been some anger about cartoons allegedly offensive to Muslims, and a large Iranian newspaper decided that the best way to get back at the Danes for not having clear policies against offending people was to, get this, have a contest for Holocaust cartoons. Because, you know, Denmark is almost entirely Jewish, or something.
[read more...]In All Things, Love (2005/12/10)
So, I started hanging around at another Christian BBS. It’s called In All Things, Love, and it is a site run by Christian principles, not just a site run by Christians. No doctrinal purity test for membership. No 12-page rules documents. Just people who have agreed to be nice and treat each other decently.
[read more...]Okay, this is just pathetic. (2005/12/08)
So, a friend of mine does fanart. (And before you ask, yes, most anime/manga publishers actively encourage fanart.)
[read more...]Bertrand Russell 3 (2005/11/29)
Well, it’s time once again for a Bertrand Russell party.
[read more...]Wow. (2005/11/14)
We have a kitten, around 10 months, running around the house. He’s energetic and bouncy, and loves to playfight; my hands are normally covered with tiny little scratches. Nothing serious, mind you.
[read more...]Ways to eke more money out of ex-customers. (2005/11/11)
So, I run an ISP as a hobby. And for that, we have various services; T1 lines, things like that.
[read more...]Fundies Said the Darndest Things (2005/11/04)
A friend of mine, Allan (a.k.a. WinAce), just died of complications from cystic fibrosis. He was perhaps best known for his very funny web page, Fundies Say the Darndest Things. Where others might have preferred to take things out of context to make them look bad, Allan went out of his way to provide links so people could evaluate the context. He removed quotes when people were offended or hurt. In this, as in most things he did, he showed compassion and grace along with his inimitable sense of humor.
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