The most interesting thing of the moment

Thursday, May 01, 2008

The Foot Tent

My old car-pool-buddy is in here. See if you can guess who it is.

Friday, April 18, 2008

Milliways: Infocom's Unreleased Sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Waxy.org

For those of you who remember Zork, HHGG (how do I get that stupid fish in my ear?) and the other Infocom games, this is a must read for you. For the rest of you, there is a whole other gaming world you may not even know existed.

Milliways: Infocom's Unreleased Sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Waxy.org: "a complete backup of Infocom's shared network drive from 1989. This is one of the most amazing archives I've ever seen, a treasure chest documenting the rise and fall of the legendary interactive fiction game company. Among the assets included: design documents, email archives, employee phone numbers, sales figures, internal meeting notes, corporate newsletters, and the source code and game files for every released and unreleased game Infocom made.

For obvious reasons, I can't share the whole Infocom Drive. But I have to share some of the best parts. It's just too good."

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Quote on sowing and reaping

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is
never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants
kindness gathers love.

St. Basil (329-379, Bishop of Caesarea)

Friday, March 28, 2008

A Victim Treats His Mugger Right : NPR

A Victim Treats His Mugger Right : NPR: "If you're willing to risk your freedom for a few dollars, then I guess you must really need the money.”"

This is a great story and well worth using in a speech.

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Presidential $1 Coin Program - Play Coin-Doku

My wife and I both enjoy sudoku and I found this on at the us mint. It uses coins instead of numbers which I find much harder. I will often count from 1 to 9 in a box, on a line or on a column to quickly identify which numbers are missing. Using some other token make me think about the tokens themselves and not just the placement.
Presidential $1 Coin Program - Play Coin-Doku