Items: Video roundup
My backup system makes my computer unusably slow if I have too many Safari windows open that contain videos, even...
More New Hampshire news
Yesterday, Gov. Lynch of New Hampshire stated that he would sign the same-sex marriage bill—but only if the legislature adds...
Marcy photos
I recently bought a photo to digital converter. It's basically a digital camera in a box; you slide the print...
Norse Code!
Greg van Eekhout's first novel, Norse Code, launches one week from today. Just in time for WisCon! And the first two...
New York and New Hampshire status updates
As expected, the New York state Assembly passed the same-sex marriage bill today. (A07732: Relates to individuals ability to marry.)...
Computer-player gender?
When you're playing an abstract computer game against one or more computerized opponents (chess, say, or checkers, or Dicewar--any game...
Zeppelin highlights
For my birthday, as I noted at the time, a bunch of friends got me a zeppelin ride, and the...
Happy Mother’s Day!
And since it's singular, I mean that as happy Mother's Day to each and every individual one of you who...
American Gods
A while back, HarperCollins set up Browse Inside access to American Gods: you can read the first hundred-plus pages for...
Freedom of religion and same-sex marriage
In recent discussion of same-sex marriage, I've been pleased to see a particular term rising to new prominence: "civil marriage."...
Pandemic, the game
I've now played the cooperative boardgame Pandemic five times (all at the beginner level) and won twice. When I first...
Dollhouse (spoilers for episodes 1 and 2)
Back in February, Kam and I watched the first two episodes of Dollhouse. I wrote up my thoughts about them,...