Oh hey! Had the source song come up for this one on Shuffle today, realized I never posted it, and further realized that the conversation which started the whole thing off (friends-locked) is three years old yesterday. So, um, happy birthday to something ( Read more... )

Geez, I thought I'd have recovered from my hiking trip faster than this. But I've been spending my weeknights readjusting my sleep schedule and my weekend catching up with local friends. The computer looms in the background. Taunting me silently. With its eyes.*

So while I'm using Hugin to assemble cool panoramic shots from the trip in ( Read more... )

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Speaking of TTU - I'd love a few minutes of help from all you wordsmiths out there. Especially if you're interested in magic, or in gender issues.

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I've been massaging together a system of magical schools for the Tomorrowlands Universe: dividing up mages by their fundamental approaches to powering and controlling spells. I think it's a solid ( Read more... )

Although I guess using it that way would work pretty well ...


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Heisenclicking, n.: The mystifying behavior, while receiving tech support, of computer users who seem incapable of following even the simplest instructions. Portmanteau'd from the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle: You can either control where the customer will click but not when they will do it; or you can control when they will click but not ( Read more... )

So how about a nice, refreshing break from the drama and emotion of the last week? Wordplay is good. Wordplay is always good.
Incoming context is a brainstorming session for server names, two of which have already been decided as "fluffy" and "cuddles."
baxil:   What is being honored by the fluffy/cuddles nomenclade? krinndnz:  My quiet rebellion ( Read more... )

The music video for Dream Warriors' "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style" is pure intellectual smut, a glorious celebration of avant-garde, of a type that seems custom-tailored to a big chunk of my friends list. (Totally worksafe. Weirdness level: 520 milliBohemes.)

Of course, the Dream Warriors also recorded the world's only rap song ( Read more... )

circuit-four recently posted about "[figuring] out the solitaire rules for RFTG:TGS", which led to some acronym guessing. Clearly some Web-2.0-style crowd wisdom is called for here.

Poll It's a board game of some sort

From eredien:

Comment to this post, and I will list five things I associate with you. They might make sense or they might be totally random. You're encouraged to post that list, with your commentary on each item, to your lj (or just add a reply back at me).

Extra Baxilian addition: If you have a mental association with me that nobody has mentioned yet ( Read more... )