March 2012
57 posts
“Who fucking cares if I suck at a game? Who cares if I’m even good at a game? Why...”
– On women “kicking ass” at games « Alive Tiny World
Verisign seizes .com domain registered via foreign... →
What’s next: tax all foreigners living abroad? Seriously, though, this is awful. (Via Daring Fireball.)
Kindacritical - 5by5 Specials →
Kind of glad I only listened to this after writing my “Moving away from Google” piece, because otherwise I would have felt super derivative. Good to be reminded of Marco Ament’s “Bullshit” piece, too.
February 2012
70 posts
“Seven studies using experimental and naturalistic methods reveal that...”
– Higher social class predicts increased unethical behavior
Interviewing Engineers? Enough with the whiteboard... →
Another attack on traditional software job interviews.
Tension Between Text and Taxonomy →
A lot to think about here.
“If there is a vantage point transition gives me, it’s to see how people react...”
– Valuing the Feminine: Why I Love Vanille | Border House
The Story of the Yanagawa Canals - Ghibli Blog →
There’s a Takahata movie I haven’t seen? I did not realize that.
“What if I told you that Street Fighter was like a saxophone? Whenever I see a...”
– Kill Screen - Please Try Again
“So, I’ve enjoyed this feeling of technological superiority to computers as...”
– Computers are very good at the game of Go
“If in doing the serious work of journalism–digging, reporting, verification,...”
– The View from Nowhere: Questions and Answers » Pressthink (Via Daring Fireball.)
“And I think what I learned from SWERY’s talk at GDC, is, the reason Skyrim...”
– Second Truth Blog: Thoughts on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and Its Critical Reception, After Playing it 130 Hours
“But the mere public showing of his erection from the podium was not sufficient....”
– How (not) to communicate new scientific information: a memoir of the famous brindley lecture - Klotz - 2005 - BJU International - Wiley Online Library (Via The Edge of the American West.)
T-ara - Roly Poly (Ver. 2) MV [HD] - YouTube →
The clothing choices here are either genius or a complete train wreck. I’m leaning towards the former, but I would not argue with anybody who took the opposite point of view.
The Changing Face of Games: Feeling Angry and... →
Even Forbes is reporting on the Jennifer Hepler mess.
DiversityImbalance →
Flipping the day - (37signals) →
Interesting thoughts on the effects of working hours. I doubt his specific solution would work for me, but I like the idea of thinking more about possible options.
What you need to know about Twitter’s new filters →
Good post on international filtering laws.
Michael Wolfe's answer to Engineering Management:... →
Wow.
Two phase release planning - Exploration Through... →
Seems sensible enough. I also like the final paragraph: “My success selling this approach has been mixed. People really like the feeling of certainty, even if it’s based on nothing more than a grand collective pretending.”
The Internet needs BrowserID - a plea to... →
Is enough better than OpenID to succeed? Not at all clear to me.
America, Found and Lost - National Geographic -... →
North America didn’t have earthworms before Europeans arrived? That’s quite a change.
“The point is, I’ve realized I would much rather talk at length with one person...”
– under culture » side notes » The A.V. Club Problem: On Lists, Fandom and Mortality
Skyrim achievement completion - Nelson's Weblog →
Gameplay and Story Are Exactly Like Music and... →
Pretty reasonable parallel; see also his followup post.
More Evidence that Exposure to Economic Theory... →
A One Man Board Game Buyer’s Guide (Part II) |... →
Good set of recommendations.
““I remember getting my first banjo, and reading the book saying ‘this is how you...”
– Steve Martin, quoted in Closing Your Interests Opens More Interesting Opportunities: The Power of Diligence in Creating a Remarkable Life | Study Hacks
“John Cage doesn’t work more hours than you. Neither does Carole Greider....”
– Seth’s Blog: Time doesn’t scale
“I think he is right about these kids being comfortable with the “formal process”...”
– How Harvard is failing its students « mathbabe
“Supply Side assumes that the rich have a zillion other uses for their cash and...”
– Contrary Brin: Must the Rich be Lured into Investing? Who are the Real “Job Creators?”
Mononoke Hime (1980) - The Original Miyazaki Book... →
Spot the seeds of future Ghibli movies here; amazing.
Welcome to the Jungle « Sutter’s Mill →
The latest iteration of the Moore’s Law posts that Herb Sutter has been doing for a while.
“In a radio interview with US radio host James Martinez, Rossi stated that that...”
– Customers Can Buy E-Cat in the US, UK and Sweden Soon | Ecat Fusion And Andrea Rossi’s Ecats
Diseased disciplines: the strange case of the... →
“Indeed, not a single justice of the United States Supreme Court who has voted in...”
– Geoffrey R. Stone: Is Money Speech?
A response to one Elsevier employee, and an open... →
Yeah, pretty much.
