March 2009
21 posts
Torture: What's It Good For? Absolutely Nothing. →
Worst. March. Ever.
A Caribou Man
This week—this winter—has proven again that Wellies are just fine from May to August for, say, cleaning the barn or a taking a walk after a thunderstorm.
But if you live in the Upper Great Plains, from September to April you must have a pair of Sorel’s Caribou. If you should find yourself, say, fighting a record flood during a blizzard, ice fishing in 2”-6” of...
Wolfenstein 3D iPhone Development
John Carmack goes deep inside the process of developing Wolfenstein 3D for the iPhone.
At times extremely geeky, but it puts you straight into Carmack’s mind.
(via Daring Fireball)
Update: This is awesome. It is somehow better than the Wolfenstein I remember so fondly. The controls are surprisingly good. I have already finished the first episode (“Escape from Wolfenstien”)...
The Hotel Minneapolis Is Nice
Over the weekend I visited Minneapolis to watch the Bison play in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
I stayed at the relatively new Hotel Minneapolis.
Highlights:
The bed was extremely comfortable. Soft sheets, down comforter, plenty of down pillows, extra pillow and cotton blanket in the closet.
The room and hotel were clean and modern.
Great in-room amenities, including wired...
Too Good to Pass Up
At the beginning of the year, I made a vow to seriously curtail my gaming hours and budget.
I’ve been pretty good about that, and it’s showing with things getting done had been in the to-do list for way to long while my monthly credit card bill is shrinking (I pay it off every month, but now there’s less to pay off).
But I gave that vow a pretty good ding this week when I...
What goes on in your mind?
What goes on in your head?
Who did you think I would be?
Ha! Well, you got me instead.
— “…Long Time Ago” by Concrete Blond
Fire the AIG Management →
Worst. Corporation. Ever.
They’re making the ****s at Enron look good.
Even worse is all the sputtering by Barack “Hope Progress Change” Obama and his sad little Treasury Secretary with nothing actually being done.
Oh, I hate you some, I hate you some.
I love you some.
Oh, I love you when I forget about me.
— “River” by Joni Mitchell
The New Shuffle Is the Worst iPod Ever →
What a piece of rabbit shit.
Should Someone Want to Buy Me a Present... →
I love John Cuneo’s work, especially in Esquire.
Pulp of the Day →
Here’s a pleasant way to spend an evening: Put the daughter to bed, put the wife to bed, turn off the overheads and turn on the side-table lamp, pour yourself a bourbon—leaving the bottle beside the glass, sit back in your chair, and read a pulp noir front to back.
On occasion, replace the pulp noir with the latest Esquire or whatever independent work Brubaker and Philips are...
Funny Stuff
I haven’t seen the show yet, but the “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” website if pretty funny. It isn’t a TV show website as much as a blog of miscellaneous funny stuff found on the web.
And none of it has been posted by Jimmy Fallon, so it has that going for it.
WatchThrilling victory: the Bison are in the Big Dance!!!
Wolfram Alpha Sounds Interesting →
The linked article is a little breathless, but the tool does sound really cool.
Wolfram also makes Mathematica, one of the awesomest of softwares evar, seriously.
10 Gnome Action Movies →
The poor, maligned gnome. A life of excitement and adventure is a matter of perspective.
The Real Best Animated Film of 2008
To hell with Wall-E and the Academy of Motion Pictures.
I saw Sita Sings the Blues last night at the Fargo Film Festival. It is among the best feature-length animation, no, among the best movies I’ve ever seen.
The best, most amazing, and most wonderful thing about this film is that it’s creator, Nina Paley, has released it under a Creative Commons license.
You can legally...
Applying the Fourth Amendment to the Internet: A... →
“Abstract: This article offers a general framework for applying the Fourth Amendment to the Internet. It assumes that courts will seek a technology-neutral translation of Fourth Amendment principles from physical space to cyberspace, and it considers what new distinctions in the online setting can reflect the function of Fourth Amendment protections designed for the physical world. It...
Don't Be an Ugly American →
My high score this weekend was 9596 points on level 7.
"Refreshed"
Scrabble has been “refreshed”.
Hideous. Atrocious. Pure change for change’s sake (and designer’s paycheck).
Hasbro has always had its head up its bung-hole with regards to the game. I guess the real surprise is they stuck with the classic look for so long.