Pickup Games, Vol. 4 - Kingdom of Loathing
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Pickup Games, Vol. 3 - Bookworm
Pickup Games, Vol. 3 - Bookworm
06/16/2004 09:04 PM
MATT GALLANT -- Bookworm is my favorite Popcap game, even though I haven't
played them all. It's another game that can run long but is easy to
walk away from when necessary.
It's a word game with simple rules: just trace a path around the
game board to spell a word. Those tiles are then removed and new tiles
drop in to take their place. Longer words get you more points. The
challenge increases as your score gets higher, as the game will drop
burning tiles that will eat their way down to the bottom of the screen
and end the game if you don't spell a word with them. If you make a
lot of short words, you get more burning tiles. Conversely, spelling
longer words will get you green, golden, and crystal tiles that give
big bonuses when used. The game also starts picking random words for
you to try and spell for an increasing amount of bonus points.
The game is great for a quick distraction or extended play. In the
standard mode of the game, there's no time limit for spelling a word,
so it's very casual. Best of all, you can play it for free on the web.
The $19.95 downloadable version does add some nice features though,
including the ability to save and quit, and both an internet and local
high score list (which keeps track of both scores and longest words
spelled).
Read [Bookworm Download Page]
Play [Bookworm Free Online Version]
Pickup Games, Vol. 1 - Inspector Parker
Pickup Games, Vol. 1 - Inspector Parker
06/14/2004 10:38 PM
MATT GALLANT -- I'll be rounding out each
day of my guest stint here with a recommendation of a nice game that
you don't necessarily need to make room for in your schedule—
one that you can play a round of in just a few minutes.
Today's game sharpens and speeds up your logic neurons. It's called
Inspector Parker, it's published by Oberon Games, and it'll
definitely wake up a brain put to sleep by too much office work.
Pickup Games, Vol. 2 - Knizia's Samurai
Pickup Games, Vol. 2 - Knizia's Samurai
06/15/2004 07:44 PM
MATT GALLANT -- Today's pickup game just
barely qualifies, as games can take more than a few minutes, but I
included it because it's turn-based and easy to get back into in case
you do have to stop mid-game. It's Reiner Knizia's Samurai, a
computerized version of the popular board game, and it even has an OS
X version.
Pickup Games, The Reckoning - Strange
Adventures in Infinite Space
Pickup Games, The Reckoning - Strange
Adventures in Infinite Space
06/18/2004 10:01 PM
MATT GALLANT -- Well, my week is up, and
I've saved as a parting shot the ultimate pickup game: Strange
Adventures in Infinite Space, developed by Digital Eel and published by Cheapass Games. Games take just
minutes.
There's not as much brain power required as there is in the other
games from this week; in fact your score really has more to do with
luck than anything else. But despite having probably less strategy
involved than a game of Freecell, SAIS feels like it's smarter than it
is, because it recalls elements of games with more depth, with its
goals of space exploration, combat, trade and collection.
The demo is pretty crippled compared to the full version, but the
full version costs only $15. Well, the PC and Mac versions do. There's
PocketPC and PalmOS versions too (new Tapwave Zodiac owners take
note!), available from Astraware for $19.99.
And with that fifth and final recommendation, I'm done! All five of
the games I've mentioned this week are great for spending a few
minutes with, but so playable that you'll be able to play for hours.
Have fun, Gizmodo!
Read [SAIS
Info Page]
self-loathing-American
self-loathing-American
06/26/2004 10:40 PMDavid Brooks reports .. intellectual depth ..
thinks
nytimes.com/2004/06/26/opinion/26BROO.html
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Fear, but no loathing
Fear, but no loathing
01/08/2004 08:51 PMA small revelation hit me today. Relaxing after sauna - the place
where probably most Finnish ideas (and children) originate - I was
exchanging text messages with some dear friends, and somehow it
clicked together.
I no longer fear death.
I mean, I would be incredibly pissed off if I died tomorrow, since
there's just so many things I haven't done and seen yet - but no, I
cannot say that the actual idea of the black wall at the end of my
life feels frightening any more. I don't mean that I want to go
tomorrow and climb Mt Everest - I'm still scared shitless at the
thought of falling into a crevasse, thankyouverymuch :) - or get into
other extreme sports, but more of an acceptance of the simple fact
that I will, eventually, in two, twenty, perhaps 200 years, kick the
bucket and be no more. Perhaps I'll leave children behind, or
perhaps I will not. I hope I do, and if I do, I leave good kids. Who
knows. But regardless of what I do - the road will come to an end,
and I'm okay with that now.
This thought is really very comforting. It means that my relationship
to failure is no longer what that used to be either... I don't really
fear it either. It is quite okay to make mistakes, too! A gigantic
screwup might cost you your life, but if you fear death, you cannot
really go all-out when you shoot for something you want. Fear is what
keeps us grounded back in reality, and that is a good thing, but it
can also hold you down. One must learn to appreciate fear for what it
is (stupid people get shot first), but one should not be frightened -
if this makes any sense to you :-).
"Make love, not war", it is said. But in some sense, they
are the same thing: You cannot fight well, if you fear the battle.
Nor can you really love someone, if you are afraid of what might
happen. In both there is no middle ground. It belongs only to the
cannon fodder.
Do not fear death. Do not fear mistakes. Do not fear shame. Do not
fear love. 'cos in the end, it will all be okay, and death will be
the final adventure.
"Some sort of self-loathing or
something"
"Some sort of self-loathing or
something"
04/12/2005 10:56 AMWhile Hillary Clinton has little to say about her attacker's gay
marriage, Sen. Clinton's husband is ready with a diagnosis.
""On loathing Bush.""
""On loathing Bush.""
08/14/2004 10:17 PMMY WAR - Fear And Loathing In Iraq
MY WAR - Fear And Loathing In Iraq
08/07/2004 09:06 PMMY WAR - Fear And Loathing In Iraq .. try again ..
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Fear and Loathing in Detroit
Fear and Loathing in Detroit
04/19/2005 11:45 AMGM's numbers are no worse than what the Street expected.
Unfortunately, that's about the best thing you can say about them.
'Fear and Loathing at HP' - say internal
docs
'Fear and Loathing at HP' - say internal
docs
01/26/2004 04:10 PMExclusive The falling Fortune of Fiorinaville
Fear and Loathing Leaving Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing Leaving Las Vegas
02/10/2004 02:42 AMWe're packed and headed to the airport now we only do this once a year
and I believe it's because...
"Bush-Hatred: Fearful Loathing . . .
(washingtonpost.com) "
"Bush-Hatred: Fearful Loathing . . .
(washingtonpost.com) "
01/01/2004 11:08 AMPlease Direct Your Bile, Loathing, Venom
and Displeasure at SBC
Please Direct Your Bile, Loathing, Venom
and Displeasure at SBC
01/23/2003 06:05 PMPlease Direct Your Bile, Loathing, Venom and Displeasure at SBC
They've got to be kidding:
SBC Communications Inc is enforcing a patent it owns that, it claims,
covers the use of frame-like user interfaces in web sites, it emerged
this week Kevin Murphy writes. . If your web site uses a frames or a
persistent user interface, then you could be in infringement. Using
SBC’s interpretation of its patent, hundreds of thousands of web
sites, including those of many SBC’s own hosting customers, many
of the web’s biggest sites, and the United States Patent and
Trademark Office itself, could be in infringement. ...
"SBC Intellectual Property currently is working with several
commercial web site owners regarding patent licensing agreements
related to specific techniques for enabling consistent navigation
features from different pages of a web site," SBC said in a statement
yesterday. ...
It is believed that a small number of sites have so far been
contacted, likely in the tens. SBC is asking between $527 and $16.6m
per year to license the patented technology, depending on the annual
revenue of the company concerned and what kind of license they sign up
for. [_Go_]
Well if you haven't come up with a reason to remove frames from your
site yet then here it is. It does make me wonder about Open Source
projects like SquirrelMail and PHPMyAdmin that use frames extensively.
How to Pickup Women Easily
How to Pickup Women Easily
05/21/2004 09:49 PM
Sorry. I was just wondering why there aren't more posts like
this which would
be more useful to geeks than waka waka about blogging or poo poo
about Bush.
To avoid disappointing you altogether, here is a golden rule I
learned when I was
single:
Don't ask questions that could be answered with a No.
Until she got to know you well enough to make an informed decision
about you, stick
with the rule and ask other types of questions. If she gets
that twinkle in
her eyes, check your wallet to see if you need to make a run to the
drug store.
If she gets that pestered look, walk away happy knowing that she
wasn't your type
after all. Delusions can be useful when you are single.
;-)
If you are a complete loser, stick with the rule until she calls
the cop or makes
a run for the door. If you are a persistent bastard, keep at
it until she gets
a restraining order against you. If you are a clueless idiot,
follow her to
Texas and congratulate her for getting a gun license.
If a butterfly in Beijing can destroy Kansas, this post has a
good chance of triggering
a population explosion.
New Pickup Makes Hummer Look Rather Puny
(AP)
New Pickup Makes Hummer Look Rather Puny
(AP)
09/16/2004 11:15 PMAP - This one could make the Hummer look like a girlie car.
International Truck and Engine Corp. is producing what it calls the
world's biggest production pickup, a 14,500-pound monster capable of
towing 20 tons.
Pickup Lines for Lady Luck
Pickup Lines for Lady Luck
12/31/2003 06:08 PM Want to get
lucky? Just start thinking like you already are.
Dale, Pa. Cuts Off Trash Pickup for Some
(AP)
Dale, Pa. Cuts Off Trash Pickup for Some
(AP)
01/16/2004 10:56 AMAP - Officials in this small borough are playing dirty, refusing to
pick up garbage from about a dozen delinquent customers after nearly
two-thirds of trash pickup clients failed to pay their bills.
Co. Produces 14,500-Pound Monster Pickup
(AP)
Co. Produces 14,500-Pound Monster Pickup
(AP)
09/16/2004 07:11 PMAP - This one could make the Hummer look like a girlie car.
International Truck and Engine Corp. is producing what it calls the
world's biggest production pickup, a 14,500-pound monster capable of
towing 20 tons.
Target Saw Pickup in Sales Last Week
Target Saw Pickup in Sales Last Week
12/30/2003 09:44 AMTheStreet.com Dec 30 2003 8:43AM ET
The Kingdom Of God Is Within You
The Kingdom Of God Is Within You
06/17/2004 10:14 AM
Dear Leo, Dear Mohandas "The longer I live
-- especially now when I clearly feel the approach of death -- the
more I feel moved to express what I feel more strongly than anything
else... the doctrine of the law of love unperverted by sophistries.
Love... the highest and indeed the only law of life".
The Kingdom of God Is Within You (full text available) is
Leo Tolstoy's tractatus of
"
Christianity Not as a Mystic Religion but as a New Theory of Life", a primer
of (among other things) the doctrine of
non-violence. Among the
many
fans of the 1894 book was an
impr
isoned Hindu barrister, a
"half-naked
fakir" if you want, a certain
Mo
handas K.
Gandhi
who was fascinated by
"t
he independent thinking, profound morality, and the
truthfulness" of the
b
ook. So he ended up writing fan letters to the great Russian man:
who warmly wrote back to his young Indian "friend and
brother". The old wise
Christian
anarchist literary
giant and the shy, insecure
young man who sparked a revolution: to paraphrase another
wise,
badly-dressed , pacifist old man,
"Generations to come, it may be, will scarcely believe that such
men ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth."
GM delivers first full-size hybrid
pickup
GM delivers first full-size hybrid
pickup
05/03/2004 01:58 PMTour Bus, Pickup Truck Collide, Killing
1
Tour Bus, Pickup Truck Collide, Killing
1
01/04/2004 01:32 AMReuters via Wired News Jan 4 2004 0:37AM ET
Truck Maker Will Sell Giant Pickup
Truck Maker Will Sell Giant Pickup
09/14/2004 07:17 AMit only gets 2 MPG highway .. cement mixer-based truck .. New Navistar
CXT pickup .. satire is dead .. Meet the CXT ..
Disgusting
money.cnn.com/2004/09/13/pf/autos/monster_truck/index.htm
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Dogs Maintain Pickup Rights in Tennessee
(AP)
Dogs Maintain Pickup Rights in Tennessee
(AP)
04/13/2004 07:19 AMAP - After much howling in the Legislature, senators decided that dogs
can continue riding free in the backs of pickup trucks.
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
01/03/2004 07:20 PMI finally got around to reading Cory Doctorow's novella, "Down and Out in the Magic
Kingdom." It's quite good, and he's got it posted for free on his
Web site (in no less than 17 different formats). You may know
Doctorow know from Boing Boing
fame.
If you've been to the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney
World in Orlando, the book will mean more to you because it
revolves around the park. It's set in a future where bodies are
cloned and if you die, you just restore a clone from backup.
Consequently, you lose everything since your last backup. I have to
admit that I'll never look at backups quite the same way again.
Another central concept (borrowed from blogrolls, perhaps), is
"Whuffie." There is no money in this world, everything is bought by
reputation. The more people like you, the more Whuffie you have, the
more power you have. When you meet someone new, you "ping their
Whuffie," to see if they're worth your time.
The actual plot revolves around The Haunted Mansion at the Magic
Kingdom and the "ad hoc" political groups that have formed to manage
them like little countries. The group managing the Hall of Presidents has designs
on taking over The Haunted Mansion. Intrigue ensues.
It's short — you can put it away in a couple of hours. It's
winning some great sci-fi awards as well. Worth checking
out.
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possum kingdom
possum kingdom
06/17/2005 04:28 PMI signed, and Anne helped me pack, label, and stamp the remaining
fundraiser book orders this weekend. We just got...
End of the Animal Kingdom
End of the Animal Kingdom
12/21/2003 01:19 PMIt turns out the wackily ponderous movie made in Pompignan last
year (shooting of which complained about here, brief review by
Herself of hometown showing here) isn’t
going straight to TV after all – we’d heard it was going
to show on Arte sometime around now – it’s been rele
ased in cinemas.
If you’re near a major French city and possessed of nothing
better to do, you can head out see our very own little red-haired kid
in his star turn as “little red-headed kid in
schoolhouse”, Noël the vigneron as “guy in baseball
cap”, the old guy on a bicycle leading his white horse down the
main street as he does every day, lots of purdy haute
garrigue scenery, and much else besides, in a largely
unsatisfying study of longing, sensuality, death and sheep.
It’s not that bad. In many ways it’s like a two-hour
love letter to our little village.
In-store pickup of online orders more
consistent at Sears
In-store pickup of online orders more
consistent at Sears
11/11/2003 04:42 AMInternetRetailer.com Nov 11 2003 3:56AM ET
""I still want to be the candidate for
guys with Confederate flags in their
pickup trucks" "
""I still want to be the candidate for
guys with Confederate flags in their
pickup trucks" "
11/03/2003 10:03 AM"I still want to be the candidate for
guys with Confederate flags in their
pickup trucks."
"I still want to be the candidate for
guys with Confederate flags in their
pickup trucks."
11/03/2003 07:46 AMDems battle over Confederate flag .. CNN clarifies ..
stupid
cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/11/01/elec04.prez.dean.confederate.f
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Sanyo Says to Boost Optical Pickup
Output Capacity
Sanyo Says to Boost Optical Pickup
Output Capacity
01/19/2004 07:17 AMBoston Globe Jan 19 2004 11:39AM GMT
Honors for Down and Out in the Magic
Kingdom
Honors for Down and Out in the Magic
Kingdom
12/14/2003 11:01 PMMy novel,
Down and Out in the
Magic Kingdom, has made the
Amazon and
Chapters/Indigo editors' picks lists
for best science fiction novels of 2003. Also, it's only three
recommendations short of making the preliminary Nebula ballot (any
SFWA members out there who dug the book?). Oh yah, and the Livejournal
people are considering
adding
Whuffie to their system. Killer news, all 'round.
(
Thanks, Amanda and Bo and Micah!)
Books on MP3: Down and Out in the Magic
Kingdom
Books on MP3: Down and Out in the Magic
Kingdom
04/13/2004 05:10 PMI watch the Internet Archive's
Open Source Audio area for
material that could be used for legal remixes including spoken word
audio.
In wonderful news, this morning's postings include Andrew Levine's
audio reading of the
first chapter to
Cory
Doctorow's Down and Out in
the Magic Kingdom. The book had been available online under a
somewhat restrictive CC in text format for a while but Cory
recently
loosened the reins and the artistic community
seems
to be responding.
Sanyo Says to Boost Optical Pickup
Output Capacity (Reuters)
Sanyo Says to Boost Optical Pickup
Output Capacity (Reuters)
01/19/2004 05:06 AMReuters - Sanyo Electric Co Ltd, Japan's
third-largest consumer electronics maker, said on Monday it
planned to more than double its output capacity of optical
readers used in hot-selling DVD recorders in 2004/05.
Japan's Sanyo to boost optical pickup
output capacity (AFP)
Japan's Sanyo to boost optical pickup
output capacity (AFP)
01/19/2004 08:24 AMAFP - Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. said it will more than double capacity
for DVD recorder optical pickups to 35 million in the year to March
2005 from the current 15 million.
“Nothing better than waking up in
the country and getting a cup of coffee
and getting in the pickup truck and
driving around and looking at the
cows.”
“Nothing better than waking up in
the country and getting a cup of coffee
and getting in the pickup truck and
driving around and looking at the
cows.”
08/18/2004 05:06 AMElisabeth Bumiller .. New York Times ..
softballs
nytimes.com/2004/08/16/politics/campaign/16letter.html
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Tocando fondo en el Magic Kingdom
Tocando fondo en el Magic Kingdom
06/24/2004 09:39 AMThere's a collaborative project underway to translate my novel
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
into Spanish. The core volunteers have put their efforts to date on a
Wiki so that others can play along.
Link
(
¡Gracis, Francisco!)
"Divided Kingdom" by Rupert Thomson
"Divided Kingdom" by Rupert Thomson
06/24/2005 07:30 PMPart literary fiction, part social satire, this genre-bender from the
author of "The Book of Revelation" offers a unique look at modern
Britain.
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