The other day my computer's monitor suddenly went completely black with no warning whatsoever. I tried plugging the monitor into another computer and it worked fine; I tried plugging a different monitor into my computer--no signal. Clearly the problem was within my computer ( Read more... )

I made some typography puns! Everyone loves typography puns!


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"Here, go to TextEdit ( Read more... )

"Sometimes I think I'd be better off with no computer in my office at all. The only things I need it for are email, website editing, and graphing."

"Can you do all that on an Etch-A-Sketch?"

I finally got around to buying a microphone, hooking it up, and figuring out how to use GarageBand. Here's my first attempt, featuring Barnabas and Barnabas on whistles and Barnabas on bodhran.

Banish Misfortune

I ascended in NetHack again! Elven wizard named Galadriel.

This is, hm, I think the fourth time I've ascended, the third time I've ascended as a wizard, and the first time I've ascended as an elf or as a chaotic character.

Here's all the stuff I have stored on my graphing calculator, in case you were wondering (and/or for my own reference). I wrote all of it myself over the past seven years or so ( Read more... )

cs pu lt 90 fd 700 rt 90 pd make "x 3 repeat 9 [ repeat :x [ fd 30 rt 360 / :x wait 1 ] pu rt 90 fd 10 * :x lt 90 pd make "x :x + 1]

It's good to be back in the driver's seat of the Turtle.

You can run it here to see what it does but you'll want to use this modified version instead to fit their screen ( Read more... )

So! New computer can now reliably run NetHack, Dwarf Fortress (except for macros), and all Infocom games (except for special features like graphics in Arthur, sound in Sherlock, and the timer in Border Zone).

HOWEVER, certain OTHER games will not run. I'M LOOKING AT YOU, BLIZZARD. PATCH STARCRAFT FOR LION NOW PLZ.

Huzzah! I ascended in NetHack again!

This marks the third time ever that I've won this game, and the first time I've won as a non-wizard... specifically, a samurai. Named Jack, of course.