I am a regular reader of TechDirt, absolutely love the site. Admittedly, part of this stems from the fact that they hold similar views on a few important topics, such as copy right and business models for the movie and music industries. I've found them an interesting resource because they manage to put into words concepts that I've found difficulty ( Read more... )

I submit this log for your enjoyment, despite the fact that it admits my still newbish status in the land of the penguins. Enjoy:

( Cut because IRC can be a scary scary place )

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Just in case anyone has some spare cash and want to help out: Bletchley Park is trying to raise money to purchase some Alan Turing papers that are going up for auction through Christies later this month. Here's the donation site, and here are the auction details.

"It's not every night you have to elbow past an Elder God to use the bathroom."

@ DNA Lounge in SF. Abney Park later, but good stuff so far. <3

In October, teferi is coming to visit me between the 6th and 11th. He just purchased plane tickets, and I'm excited. :D We have some vague plans, and he's currently fishing for things to do while I'm at work thursday and friday. We already have two things planned, and I just purchased tickets for both.

Dan formerly of Babyland, has a new project: ( Read more... )

So yeah. NEED this so bad it hurts. Like epic levels of NEED, here. Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver Wiimote. Now, in addition to the wiimote in the title, there is also a game forthcoming. Must have. <3

Okay, so some of you know that when I'm wrapping presents, I have a tendency to use Caution Tape as the ribbon, even sometimes making a florist bow out of the stuff (see exhibit A). Some of you even know why I originally started buying rolls of the stuff before it started being applied to my wrapping jobs. At any rate, I have a thing for Caution ( Read more... )

A friend of mine has been running a most delightful old World of Darkness campaign on game nights and I have been having lots of fun. He had us build two characters each, as he expected to have to kill us all off for one reason or another at some point... if we do something incredibly stupid. In our group, extreme acts of stupid are fairly common. ( Read more... )