Phage Wars is an excellent Real Time Strategy Flash game. You pick a type of ‘phage’ (which is technically a kind of virus that infects bacteria), and your aim is to conquor territory (cells). Each cell will then make more of your phage, and you can infect other cells. Bigger… Read More
I just bought an Asus M50Vn laptop. I was drawn to the Shiny! appearance, and it seemed to have reasonable specs for something just a shade under $2000. Since Asus make the EeePC netbook computers that started the whole netbook craze, I figured it would have reasonable driver support under… Read More
Every time I read about economics, I get annoyed. For a bunch of people who use a lot of math and use a lot of science-ish language, they’re awfully imprecise with their assumptions. I’m reading Principles of Corporate Finance, by Richard A. Brealey and Stewart C. Myers. To be more… Read More
Today I was once again struck by the thought “I am living in the future. This is Awesome.” The evidence this time was that computer games are sports. They have professional players. This isn’t new, but I came across some reminders today, courtesy of the Internet. First up, a StarCraft… Read More
A report released on Wednesday in the U.S. has found that the sexual solicitation of children by adults online simply isn’t a significant problem. The report was produced by the Internet Safety Technical Task Force, created in February 2008 by 50 U.S. state attorneys. You can see the final report… Read More
New research has demonstrated that open plan offices increase stress, staff turnover, and contribute to the spread of disease. Awesome. False Economy Near the end of the news.com.au article linked above, the author, Dr. Oommen, says “The problem is that employers are always looking for ways to cut costs, and… Read More
You expect a carpenter to know how to use a hammer, right? And you’d expect that a plumber would know how to use a plunger. An accountant should know how to use a calculator. A taxi-driver should be able to read a map. If a carpenter made mistakes with a… Read More
Flames died. Sound died. Light died. Anghammarad. Anghammarad looked at his hands. There was nothing there except heat, furnace heat, blasting heat that nevertheless made the shapes of fingers. Anghammarad, a hollow voice repeated. “I Have Lost My Clay,” said the golem. Yes, said Death, that is standard. You are… Read More
Yesterday we had a short power outage here at eigenmagic labs. I commented to Auds that I wasn’t worried about it, because my Shiny! New! UPS would have taken care of it. Indeed it did. For the computers that were plugged into it. Alas, the webserver wasn’t, because it was… Read More
I’ve finally found a gallery plugin for WordPress that doesn’t completely suck: NextGEN Gallery. In fact, this one is quite good. It handles bulk uploads well, and supports import from a directory on the filesystem. It can display the gallery in a variety of modes, and the user experience is… Read More
