Tiddlywinks, you say? Is there a manual?

I just had the following conversation with Chris R, on the subject of Doom 3, which is available now in Illegal 0day warez form: Chris: did you need the manual? JSR: Dude. It’s Doom. There are guns. For the shooting. Also: Zombies. Chris: That’s what I figured. JSR:…

Tiny Tiny Laptop

This is a picture of a test laptop that crossed my lab bench today. It’s the silver thing sitting _on top of_ my regular old Dell laptop. A CD has been included for sizing purposes. Teeny! But it has built in ethernet and usb and a VGA port and…

More 80s.

Other 80’s songs are now being pondered. Funkytown. 9 to 5. Eye of the Tiger. Though that got used in an excellent recent starbucks ad, so maybe not. Tainted Love. Eye in the Sky. What a feeling (from Flashdance) Total Eclipse of the Heart. Love will tear us apart.…

Eureka!

So, I’ve been letting my subconscious mull over what to do for my very first effort at a short film. I had some criteria worked out, namely that it should be very short (since I have zero experience in these matters) with a simple script, combine a couple of…

Start Wreck

So, I stopped watching “Star Trek: Enterprise” or “Enterprise” or “Enterprise Trek: To The Stars” in the middle of Season Two, once I realised that I had seen about thirty episodes or so, and still couln’t remember what anyone’s name was. And that furthermore I didn’t much…

Stupid Corporate Tricks

I responded to a tender request easlier today at work. Nothing weird about that, it’s a common event, but this particular one was an eye-opener. Now, most Requests For Proposals (RFPs) are slightly anal about responses – you need to make sure that you accurately answer all their questions, and…

Willy Nelson in Tin Foil?

Every so often, I come to the conclusion that the Internet has made me knowledgeable about weird-ass fetishes. No matter WHAT you’re into, I think, there’s probably a web page with support forums, or a complete webring, that deals with it. And then people point me in the…