1. The AP Exam went really well. The kids were prepared, and I made some predictions based on previous years' exams and emphasized the things I thought would help, in our review sessions - an all of my predictions were right. Also, no administrative screw-ups this year ( Read more... )

So there's a whole category of fan-created Mario worlds which are controller-free... you just start it up, and Mario (and usually Yoshi) are propelled through the world with booster blocks and whatnot, from start to finish.

As the website says, this hands-free Super Mario World level plays sweet, sweet music. You'll understand what I mean when you ( Read more... )

From gaudior1. Reply to this post, and I will pick five of your icons. Pick five of my icons, too, if you so desire ( Read more... )

So work has been interesting, both in the "reasons I love my job" sense, and in the Chinese curse sense ( Read more... )

#1: As thespooniest posted, our internet router is up. Neighbornet is currently being kind enough to let me access LJ, but it hasn't always been, and it won't always be. So until Tuesday, I will only be on here occasionally. Also, that affects my email and such as well. And since I teach, I can't check any of that from work. If there's an emergency of some ( Read more... )

Okay, so someone, when they visited, left a black sock. Just one, not a pair. Anybody want to claim it who's missing a black sock? We'll throw it out if no-one wants it, because it's too small for me, and doesn't match any of my socks anyway.

ETA: I can't believe this actually worked. The sock has been claimed.

Is it ridiculous to feel a genuine sense of accomplishment from playing a video game? I'm thinking of two sets here. One is the Phoenix Wright series, which is a point and click adventure dealing with a fictional legal system, and which focuses on your ability to make logical connections and point out logical flaws; the translation is fantastic, ( Read more... )

I may be hard to reach for a bit ( Read more... )

Thrud needs to see this video. It's the ending credits to the game Portal, sung by the evil mad scientist computer who tries to kill you throughout the whole game ( Read more... )

So this is a thought I had right before going to sleep last night, and it's one that I dreamed about as a result. I don't remember what conclusions my head drew about this question, but here's the question, for those who want to ponder it (and if anyone wants to use this for something, go ahead ( Read more... )