I am never going to look at a pair of business socks the same way again. Auds and I watched a bunch more Flight of the Conchords episodes last night, and yes, it has definitely grown on me. There were a couple of lines that made me laugh harder than… Read More
Google has set up a version of their index from 2001 as part of their 10th birthday celebrations. I did a quick search for eigenmagic on it, just to see if Google had noticed the site. Yep. :) Check it out here. If you check out the archived version on… Read More
I’ve recently been playing the new Wil Wright game Spore. I’ve waited years for this game, and so far it has delivered on most of the early promise. The procedural characters are exactly that. The editors are incredibly intuitive and easy to use; an excellent example of good design. I’ve… Read More
Via MetaFilter, here is a really super interesting series of writeups from a Master Class given by Richard Thaler and Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman. I’ve only read a bit of it so far, but I had a real “Ooh! Ooh! YES!” moment when reading this piece, where they talk about… Read More
This link is all the proof I need to simultaneously confirm two things that I have long believed would come to pass: I would live in the future. The fiction of Cyberpunk/Shadowrun role playing games would become reality. I have long felt that I live in the future. Every day… Read More
XKCD wins teh Internets. Via MetaFilter (I really should give Matt $5 and unlurk): XKCD has managed to meta-internet in a new and incredibly awesome way. If you don’t get it, you fail the Internet. XKCD has now transcended awesome, and has become meta-awesome. Someone should create www.metaxkcd.com. Oooh! It’s… Read More
Kudos out to the folks at MetaFilter for this thread that I wrote about a while back. I purchased several books mentioned in the thread, including: The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, by Edward R. Tufte Crossing the Chasm, by Geoffrey A. Moore Influence: Science and Practice, by Robert B.… Read More
In the last week I’ve managed to prove, and improve, the extensibility of ModiPY to be able to provision anything with a command and control interface. I have extended the base classes to use NetApp’s ZAPI, which is a form of XML-RPC. In so doing, I’ve cleaned up a lot… Read More
I’ve just checked in and tagged ModiPY v1.0. This is the first version that I’m prepared to say is ready for use doing real tasks. Grab it at modipy.seafelt.com. I’m really excited about it. :) I tested it out today running on a linux box, and using a NetApp simulator… Read More
I just played through and finished Portal, a new game from Valve that is bundled in with The Orange Box. It is an awesome game. I was introduced to the game because of a 2D Flash homage to the game, and it was really fun. I then followed the buzz… Read More
