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D&D on MS Surface
Of particular interest to psychohist, I suspect, is an attempt to do tabletop gaming on a smart tabletop.
Excerpt:
The figurines--optional in regular D&D but great tools here--are "tagged" with dot codes on the bottom. The Surface is able to use its tiny cameras to view these unique codes and determine which character is where on the game grid. This means ( Read more... ) -
Dana Rohrabacher is wrong!
"If we do nothing, I can guarantee you that within a decade, a communist Chinese regime that hates democracy and sees America as its primary enemy will dominate the tiny country of Panama, and thus dominate the Panama Canal, one of the world's most important strategic points," Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) told a House subcommittee on Dec. 7, ( Read more... ) -
Too much simchat torah?
After loading the meat dishwasher after Yom Tov, before starting to load the dairy one I found myself singing :Ad Kan, DIshwasher Alef, Alef, ad kan, dishwasher Aaaaleph." -
I really think this way
Last night I went to sleep promising myself that when I woke up I'd try to catch an earlier train rather than surfing the internet. This morning the following dialog occurred between myself and my conscience ( Read more... ) -
Masterpiece comics
Hattip: joshreadscomics
Masterpiece Comics featuring Batman in Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment and Mary Worth as Lady MacBeth. -
40 years ago today
New York and the whole world was filled with rejoicing 40 years ago today. I am referring, of course, to "Broadway Joe" Namath's announcement that he was returning to play professional football for the New York Jets, a couple of months after his retirement under a cloud of suspicion for hanging out with professional gamblers ( Read more... ) -
Happy Birthday Chaya!
Many happy returns. Ad Meah V'Esrim. -
Things I did not know
Last Thursday my Muslim co-worker and project lead was willing to allow me to work from home because I didn't want to deal with commuting while fasting. (I wound up not doing so.) Today I discovered he holds by a Muslim custom which has him do a dawn to dusk fast every single Monday and Thursday. -
Getting what I want the hard way.
For my birthday present to myself, I purchased the Ipod Touch 2.2OS upgrade. Naturally about a month later Apple came out with 3.0, and I've been whining about it ever since. The ipod developed problems recently. Today I took it to the local Apple store, where they gave me a free replacement, thanks to the Applecare warranty extension that chaiya and hakamadare ( Read more... )