Redshirts and spear-carriers are people too
This entry contains a couple of generalized and thematic quasi-spoilers for Battlestar Galactica, especially for the first half of season...
Ghibli Earthsea trailer
Studio Ghibli has released a second trailer for Gedo Senki, a.k.a. Tales from Earthsea. You may have to right-click that...
Jailbreak
Elliott M. sent out the following particularly silly email long ago; for some reason I had occasion to quote it...
How to interact with me, part 2 (long)
In my talk with my Uncle Paul back in January, I told him about seeing the counselor last year and...
Weaving poi
Forgot to mention: at the party on Sunday night, we got out the glow poi and Gerry taught me the...
May Day
As I put it last year: Kam and I don't have an anniversary per se, but I do have fond...
Spelunker Today and Easy Sally
One of the many ways I misspent my youth was by playing the original Colossal Cave text adventure. A bunch...
How I explained infodumps and saved humanity
"And now," Dr. Zurückgeschichte said, "please explain to me how an infodump works." "But why would I have to explain...
Naked swearing cartoon lesbians, $24/year
No, I haven't entered the porn business. This is a post about the economics of publishing. Really. Well, okay, and...
The Mascot of Swat
Swarthmore College ("Swat" for short), my alma mater, has never had a mascot. Ten years ago, some then-current students decided...
Five-minute summaries
Peter W. pointed to the Five-Minute "Battlestar Galactica: The Miniseries" comic. Sort of in the style of the old Fotonovels,...
Items: Art
Some assorted links, under the very broad heading of "art": Google recently bought the company that makes SketchUp, an application...