May 2009
1 post
Dreamwidth →
I’ve just got an account on Dreamwidth: http://avram.dreamwidth.org/ I’m not sure what I’m going to do with it, but I wanted to grab my name. Zvi has been doing a good job of preaching the…
April 2009
8 posts
Report: Abusive tactics used to seek Iraq-al Qaida... →
Outstanding Website Background Guide: 60 ... →
'Conspiracy Theories' and Clandestine Politics →
The not so good old days: thoughts on violence,... →
"The Physics Engine" →
Everyone who plays RPGs oughta go read Dylan Horrocks’s short comics story, “The Physics Engine”. I’m especially thinking of jimhenley and bruceb here.
The Legendary Apple Extended Keyboard →
Color Scheme Designer 3 →
Proofs →
March 2009
8 posts
Moby vs. Hill - comiXology →
10 Creative & Rich UI interfaces & How to Create... →
Command-line Fu →
Keeping track of comics →
Looking over the Hugo noms, I’m a bit grumpy over the “Best Graphic Story” category. Two out of the six nominees are other-media tie-ins (Serenity and The Dresden Files), which, well, given the…
Reading "An Evil Guest" →
I started An Evil Guest, Gene Wolfe’s latest, on the way to Games Club yesterday. (Oh, lost a lot of games of Race for the Galaxy and Dominion.) Here are things I’m noticing as I go; page…
The burning issues of our day →
What would happen to Frankenstein’s Monster during a Romero-style zombie plague?
Fixing stuff →
This was a pretty tech-heavy weekend. On Saturday, I came back from a dim sum expedition to find that my copy of MacOS X 10.5.6 (Leopard) had arrived, and was helpfully hanging off my apartment…
17 Mind-Blowing Digital Painting Tutorials Of... →
February 2009
9 posts
It's Not Newspapers in Peril; It's Their Owners →
Utah v Evans →
Hidden preferences for Safari 4 beta →
Goggles4u Discount Eyeglasses online →
Omnivore's Hundred →
1) Create a new note and copy this list, including these instructions. 2) X all the items you’ve eaten. 3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating. See …
So outlandish a proposition →
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Calamity Jon Morris presents Deadwood Valentines! (No, not work-safe.) (Also, he’s made some of the world’s best Deadwood fan art.)
The League of Moveable Type →
Creating more screen space in Firefox [EeeUser... →
Littlefox for Firefox →
January 2009
5 posts
Pandoc →
New York City MetroCard Refill Calculator →
Up to the skies →
Y’know that great big GeoEye satellite photo of the Obama inauguration that everyone’s been linking to? If you go to GeoEye’s website you can download the original — a massive…
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required →
Diaspora book: Social Combat →
December 2008
12 posts
Workout →
Was just seized by a sudden urge to do some weight-lifting. So, a workout writeup: Weight: Didn’t check 1 set of 10 Dumbbell Curls with 12-lb dumbbells. Did both arms at once.
1 set of 10
Leak →
Of course it’s 3 AM when our ceiling starts leaking. Of course our upstairs neighbor isn’t home. Of course the super isn’t answering his cellphone.
Project Management Lingo →
Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer →
William Shatner, in the Conservatory, with a... →
You could make a great character- or scenario-generation system for a role-playing game by just picking one item from each category on the Periodic Table of Awesoments. I’m thinking some kind of
The other shoe →
While we’ve all been distracted by other news, I see (via Solarbird) that the Senate Armed Services Committee has released the results of its inquiry into the treatment of detainees at…
Whel of Ranma →
Looking through some old Alarums & Excrusions zines, I found the following in a comment I wrote back in May 2002: Actually, I’ve got some ideas about running a Ranma-like game, and they…
Web Design is 95% Typography →
Officer Ranks in the Royal Navy →
Swift completion →
Ordered a bunch of stuff from Amazon early last week, to take advantage of their Black Friday-through-Tuesday sale. Got a few DVDs I’d been wanting at five or six bucks a pop, a couple books I’d…
jCquard: The Do Less, Punch More JavaScript... →
webcomics.com Mailsack: Host with the most →
November 2008
14 posts
New York Magazine: Alone Together by Jennifer... →
You Might Be A Sex Offender If... →
Tentacles of Rage: The Republican propaganda mill,... →
53 Killer Photoshop Illustrator Effects and... →
Corporations versus the Market; or, Whip... →
"How Government Solved the Health Care Crisis" by... →
FAC: Composition →