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Pontifications from the High Programmer

Now in non-treasonous infrared clearance!
Friday, September 07, 2007

We're Engaged!

Text: 'Alan and Eva are pleased to announce their engagement!' Image: A drawing of Alan and Eva and dolls, drawn by Eva.

An alternate version of the announcement can be found here.

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Salsa Reviews, Spirit of the Century Fuse calculations

Today I put up my salsa reviews. I'll be adding more as I try more, but there are twelve different salsa reviewed right now.

For the gaming geeks interested in Spirit of the Century, I calculated the chance of an explosive going off based on the the fuse length in Spirit of the Century.

Saturday, May 05, 2007

Searchable online Gen Con Indy 2007 event listings

Planning on attending Gen Con Indy 2007? The official online event listings can be a bit slow, they don't support a terribly powerful set of search options, and the only option for browsing the listings is to download a spreadsheet. I've created a website that searchable and browsable Gen Con Indy 2007 event listings.

There is a thread for discussing this at the official Gen Con site if you're interested.

Monday, April 16, 2007

Bad statistics by USPIRG, and interactive fiction reviews

New rant: USPIRG's Bad Carbon Dioxide Statistics in which I bemoan USPIRG's sloppy ranking of the most polluting states. I correct their ill calculated table.

I've also added some interactive fiction reviews. I have a review of Bronze (7/10), as well as games from the 2006 IFComp: Another Goddamn Escape the Locked Room Game (4/10), Enter the Darkness (1/10), Lawn of Love (4/10), Moon-Shaped (8/10), Pathfinder (5/10), Unauthorized Termination (6/10), and Xen: The Hunt (5/10).

(2007-04-21: Fixed links to reviews. Thanks to Pete Keller for pointing this out. Also removed an old review of The Lurking Horror that snuck in.)

Saturday, April 07, 2007

Video game review: Resident Evil 4

Much belatedly, I have a review of Resident Evil 4 up. I gave it an 8 out of 10. It's an enjoyable action game with many flaws that keep it from being a good horror game. (This review is based on my notes from about six months ago. I'm trying to clear out a backlog of article notes.)

Friday, January 26, 2007

Actual Impact of 2007 Democrat Minimum Wage Proposal

Because I couldn't find a better source, a graph of inflation adjusted minimum wages, both historic and projected based on the Democrat's proposal. It seems an important piece of information to consider when debating the Democrat's plan. While the Democrat's plan does seem extremely aggressive, it won't be the highest it's even been, or even the highest since 1980.

Monday, December 11, 2006

Not Notable: Wikipedia's Arbitrary Deletion Policy

I'm a big fan of Wikipedia, but it's deletion policy for non-notable topics is deeply flawed. It's arbitrary and enforced by a self-selecting group who errs on the side of deleting. The result is that Wikipedia is less useful resource. Here's my extended take on the flaws in Wikipedia's non-notable topic deletion process.
Monday, October 16, 2006

Review: C++ mutable and const

I've seen too many tutorials and lessons that get the "mutable" keyword in C++ entirely wrong. The result is terrible C++ code. Here's my attempt to clear things up: "C++'s mutable and conceptual constness."
Monday, October 16, 2006

Review: Urban Myth boardgame

I've reviewed the party game "Urban Myth," a trivia game of urban legends. 6/10 - A good idea for a party game with an okay implementation. Full review.

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