Archive of entries posted on April 2007

dark tidings

This just in: the Nintendo Wii is made of evil.

a fortuitous turn of events

Through some mistake, it was believed that John Hodgman (author of The Areas of My Expertise, which is excellent) would be hosting an event event in New York featuring Neil Gaiman. This is not the case; the event will be run by Johnathan Ames, about whom I know nothing. This may have been a regrettable [...]

World War III is upon us!

Fortunately for humanity, the battlefield will be virtual.

The only thing I’ll write about the shooting…

…is that you should read this: When All the Ghouls Come Out to Play.

hypnotherapy training

I’m feeling sleepy today, but not so mind-jumbled. : ) And I have a suggestion for something to write about from David, so that’s what this post will be about:

I can feel my mind getting jumbled and full again…

… so hopefully this will help to unburden it. I just discovered the concept of immediate mode GUIs, which is why the mind-jumble is occuring. Trying to figure out whether it is much better than the normal way to do GUIs (seems likely) and whether it is worth it for me to try it out [...]

balance

Last night I was playing racquetball with my friend, and I wasn’t doing very well to begin with. I think he had something like four or five points before I scored any. So I observed what I was doing and I realized that most of the time, I was off balance. My mind had been mostly [...]

well, the homeowner part is happening now

My wife and I signed the sales contract last night. The closing date is next month, and I’ve been approved for the loan. It’s good.

nice job, jerks

Microsoft has done a surprisingly good job with the Xbox 360 (except with its marketing in Japan). A couple years ago, I thought I would only be interested in the PS3, but now I have an Xbox 360, and the reasons I have to even want to buy a PS3 when its price drops are dwindling [...]

… fixed.

Well, I fixed the bug before I went to bed last night. So now I can have whatever categories I want, I think.

WordPress bug…

Well, I found a bug with WordPress which is annoying me. Something in the wp_list_bookmarks() function for the sidebar breaks depending on… well, I’m not sure yet. It seems to break if I add to many categories, and also sometimes if I just add one it doesn’t like for unknown reasons. When that happens, the [...]

one of those forwarded emails

These were attached to one of those funny emails people forward:

on game addiction and chronology

So it’s the second day of the blog and I’ve already decided to abuse the chronology of the entries. …

hello

I suppose I will begin this blog with a greeting and some sort of explanation of who I am and what kinds of messages are likely to be found here.