Honest marketers, honest lawyers, and other mythical beasts. (2004/01/22)
One of the things that I think is a problem is the way we get cynical. Cynical is easy. Cynical is what you get when you get burned too often.
[read more...]Writer's block (2004/01/20)
I like to try to update my blog regularly, but sometimes I just have nothing to say.
[read more...]Spam, blacklists, and long memories. (2004/01/18)
We have about 5000 lines in our spam filters.
[read more...]Science! (2004/01/17)
My mom took me to the Science Museum of Minnesota today. Wow. I’d forgotten how much bigger this place has gotten since they moved into their new digs.
[read more...]Why MOO3 sucked. (2004/01/15)
Okay, let’s ignore the problems with copy protection… No wait, let’s not. The copy protection was a major component of what moved Master Of Orion 3 from “mediocre” to “awful”. Quite simply, it took me a good extra five or six hours of work to even get the game to run.
[read more...]5-Speed and the Pluto Spoon (2004/01/14)
So, I used to run a BBS, called Schrodinger’s Cathouse. The readers of this BBS were inclined to get together socially from time to time. Everyone went by handles; for instance, one of my friends went by “Troll For Hire”. One guy went by “5-Speed”. At one point, we formed a plan that he’d rent a room in the 3-bedroom apartment I was sharing with one other roommate. This ended up falling through… But not before he brought over a spoon with a handle shaped like Pluto. No, not the planet; Mickey Mouse’s dog. I seem to recall the spoon was used to eat cookie dough, and then left in the dishrack for washing.
[read more...]Instant Review: Charlie's Angels 2 (2004/01/13)
This is a really, really, fun movie. None of it makes any sense. Continuity falls by the wayside. On the other hand, lots of big-name actors, even just in cameo roles, and beautiful fight choreography. You can tell it was a lot of fun to make this movie.
[read more...]Doing the right thing (2004/01/11)
That’s something you don’t see every day.
[read more...]If ever a wiz there was (2004/01/10)
We went to see a production of The Wizard of Oz today, at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis.
[read more...]Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick (2004/01/09)
A little after nine last night, my phone rang. It was my friend dave.
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