Ethicists have come up with striking thought experiments in order to explore various aspects of common questions. Judith Jarvis Thomson's "A Defense of Abortion" (1971) suggested that if you had been kidnapped by music lovers so that your kidneys and your uniquely compatible blood type could sustain a famous violinist through a nine-month course ( Read more... )

Three things I accomplished today:

• Had a healthy breakfast (Kashi and light soymilk)
• Found a better solution to a potential loss of data
• Threw out the old bed in preparation for receiving the new one tomorrow (the mattress is on the floor)

Three things that made me happy today:

• Floatpoint (rich, poignant, and easy-to-play interactive fiction; WELL worth ( Read more... )

Three things I accomplished today:

• Inflicted my little bit of interactive fiction on a playtester, the lovely
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Three things I accomplished today:

• Taught big boss how to use WordPress
• Learned how to write interactive fiction with Inform 7 (it's a lot easier than you'd think)
• Successfully navigated a dinner party hosted by someone I didn't know very well yet

Three things that made me happy today:

• Vegetarian abenkwan (Ghanaian palm-nut soup)
• Talking with a coworker ( Read more... )