Fresh, Hot Wastes of Time

I always get a kick out of seeing my name in the credits on a game. I have been beta-testing game titles on the Macintosh for about 5 years. Tropico 2 just came out and I got a copy in the mail today. I had a blast testing it. I didn’t [...]

To (ahem) get the taste of that last link out of my blog…
Dracula in blog form.
Contagious media experiments.
Lots of people getting brain freezes (what’s interesting is that many people in the video had the same physical reaction - lift chin, bend over… must be some instinctive drive?).
Other contagious media experiments (chances are you have already [...]

After boasting to a friend the other day that I’ve never had any weird experiences while in New Orleans, last night at dinner someone tapped me in the back. And I was sitting up against the wall.
Zoinks.

Interesting comment I got the other day. It appears to be a sort of a trailhead for a substitution puzzle. Several keys were given to 20 different bloggers via comment. They lead to a website at http://aequalswhat.blogspot.com/ with a cipher to solve. The commentees need to get together to pool our [...]

We’re off to New Orleans this weekend to celebrate our birthdays and our wedding anniversary. Anyone have a favorite place that we just shouldn’t miss while there? I’m particularly considering a swamp tour since I’ve never done one in that area. We did in Costa Rica and I really enjoyed it.

ARGN: ARGN Adds Features, Staff (and one of them is me!)
BusinessWeek: A New Kind of Car Chase - Audi’s fictitious multimedia auto-theft drama has sucked the public into the “alternative reality branding” campaign for its new A3
Gamasutra: The Rise of ARGs
Boston Globe: Through a hole, and into hidden worlds of fun

It’s taken me years to come to terms with the fact that I am not a self-starter. I have a severe lack of innovation. Throw me at an empty canvas and I shrivel and panic. The sight of all the blank space, all that potential, overwhelms me. Anything could be there. [...]

I am still feeling restless and out of sorts after having a the most terrible migraine I’ve ever had on Wednesday. I didn’t know if I was going to come out of it alive. If I had been able, I would have crossed the room to get the phone and call hub to [...]

You scored as Assault Rifle. You are soldier. Or you want to be a soldier. Or you just like military-grade firearms. You need assault rifle. M16 or AK-47 will make good.

Assault Rifle

88%

Machinegun

50%

Shotgun

44%

Sniper Rifle

44%

SMG

38%

Pistol

25%

Revolver

6%

What Firearm Fits You Best?created with QuizFarm.com

I just called the SC Johnson company about their Saran Premium Wrap to complain about the “Slide and Cut” bar which requires three hands to operate, unless you use your teeth. They’re sending me a coupon to try out the Saran Cling Plus Wrap which still has a nice analog metal cutting strip. [...]