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Archive for May, 2003

<dsandler> My brain, by the way, sucks.

<bdolecki> You didn’t think this through then, sincewhen you telecommute, all people see is your brain. :-)

[14:14] <marcone> Trey: you mentioned you had a windows version of the’gid’ tools. Where do I get those?

[14:15] <dsandler> ‘gib’ tools? see idsoftware.com

[14:16] <marcone> dsandler: I think it’s time to clean your glasses again… :)

[14:18] <dsandler> come on, laugh

[14:21] <em> yeah, my little camera takes 15-second MJPEG clips. prettyuseless but still fun.

[14:23] <darryl> yah, the Elph uses MJPEG too. annoying how nothing butthe QuickTime player seems to support that format.

[14:24] <em> BeOS did. :) the cool thing about it is there’s nothingbut keyframes, so even my camera can play clips backward.

[14:24] <darryl> huh. i don’t think my camera has that option, butthat’s interesting…

[14:24] <dsandler> if you play MJPEG of a rock concert backward, you seesatanic pantomime

[14:37] <marcone> dsandler: stop questioning us! Do you want to be coolor not?

Todd: “I can’t believe the LAST EVAR BVS is on tonight. I’m not ready.”

[14:34] <pixelknave> And speaking of sick, boy do I have a story for you.

So, E noticed the Geek Test on Adam’s blog. She took it (23.9% - Geek) and was entertained by it, so she brought it to my attention (31.0% - Total Geek). I lose a lot of points for not having done a lot of D&D or theatre stuff (Jason, Chris, are you listening?).

Some of the questions are quite inspired. A couple of my favorites:

  • [I want] to score well on this test (think about it)
  • [I own a] voltmeter (I just bought one this weekend)
  • [I know] the odd/even number rule of Star Trek movies
The Post on the Texas Lockstep. (from adam) “They think it’s them against evil. And everybody who ain’t them is evil. These are Shiite Republicans.”
Now that vim 6.2 is on the horizon, I guess I’m gonna have to learn about Cscope.

On the way back from dropping Ingrid off at IAH, Erin took me to Fry’s. It’s quite large (on par with the Sunnyvale location) and oil-themed, with towers and derricks holding up the trompe-l’oeil sky ceiling, and the roadside Fry’s sign is mounted on an oil rig, lettering set against a crowning black splotch.

You realize, of course, that taking me to Fry’s, an hour away, on a Sunday morning, makes Erin the best wife, evar. EVAR!

Yikes. this heady full-page ad ran in the Washington Post. Read all about it.
Make your own IR goggles (for daylight use, when the IR is strong enough to be seen by the naked eye) for something like ten bucks. Hint: It involves theater supplies!

In 1994 or 1995, Dave went around our high school with a shiny new QuickTake 100 and collected a mesh of photos for a “virtual walkthrough” (or what passed for such at the time). Since then the images were lost to linkrot, and the school actually moved out of its building anyway.

But today, Peter informed me that he’s gotten the MBHS Virtual Walkthrough working again. Go visit the computer lab I lived in (go straight through F and E halls, through the breezeway into D hall, down the staircase, turn around, hang a left, and start exploring all the nooks and crannies).

Allow me to just say that Red Pill is hands-down the best Matrix-code screen saver I’ve ever seen. (For OS X, of course.)
BusinessWeek: The New Gender Gap.

Remember when Slava wrote that “Shareware Is Dead” article? (Sure you do.)

So, now, I bring you this: Shareware Will Rise Again! by Greg Costikyan. (He’s mostly referring to shareware games, of course. But the argument stands on its own, and may even extrapolate to the general shareware world.)

The New York Times is not fond of Enter The Matrix. “After we finished the game, Matt and I spent several minutes trying to think of the most appropriate word to describe the ending. ‘Heinous’ edged out ‘despicable.’”
Whoa, check out grandtextauto, “A group blog, smashing up digital narrative, poetry, games and art.”
Things to watch for:
  • George W. Bush’s face does appear on a TV screen, at a particularly opportune moment.
  • “The 101″ (actually 1.125 miles of highway built in Alameda by the production company for the film) sports a sign that reads: “Whipple Ave. - Woodside Rd. - Marsh Rd.” (There are mileages listed, but I couldn’t catch them.)
  • Finally: After the credits is a trailer for Revolutions. Wait for it, and hope that your theater remembers to dim the lights again (ours didn’t).

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