Archive for October, 2008

Mastermind: World Conquerer, Flash Game

Mastermind: World Conquerer is a pretty ginormous game (it’s a 17MB Flash file), but the gameplay and dialogue are pretty worth it. I had a blast with this, and lost more time than I really care to admit. I have to say, there were parts of the game that were a bit tedious, but overall……

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Possible Jury Duty: Calling to Check Status

A few weeks back, I got another notice that I was called for Jury Duty. I’m not sure what this “Summons for Standby Jury Service” is all about. I don’t know if I’m just a potential or, worse, if I might get sucked into one of those multi-week, sequestered trials where everyone ends up in…

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Training Session

A quick shot of the Design Team, in a training session led by Phil (far right). Though we’re all intimately involved with the site launch portion of our business (the design and html/css part of it), there have been significant changes to the BaseStation tools since we first opened our doors in April. With each…

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Request for Encouragement: Liz’s Upcoming Cumulative Exam

For the past 3-4 weeks, Liz had been studying pretty much nonstop for an upcoming cumulative exam. It covers much of the stuff she’s learned in grad school to date (she’s studying Statistics), and it’s one of those pass-or-you-don’t-graduate kind of exams. Needless to say, she’s been experiencing a little pressure/stress of late. Here’s a…

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Personal Venting Session: Amazon Simple Storage Service

So. A little venting on my part here. Feel free to totally ignore this. I’m writing this more for myself, really. When this project is all said and done, I’d like to be able to look back to this weekend, and remember these particular moments of frustration. Again, these are less production notes and more…

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The Early Bird

by Ted Kooser Still dark, and raining hardon a cold May morning and yet the early birdis out there chirping, chirping its sweet-sourwooden-pulley notes, pleased, it would seem,to be given work, hauling the heavybucket of dawn up from the darkness,note over note, and letting us drink.

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Days

by Billy Collins Each one is a gift, no doubtmysteriously placed in your waking handor set upon your foreheadmoments before you open your eyes. Today begins cold and bright,the ground heavy with snowand the thick masonry of ice,the sun glinting off the turrets of clouds. Through the calm eye of the windoweverything is in its…

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Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament: Final Battle, AJ vs. Eddie

Shortly before 11AM today, this graphic went out to everyone at work. Today, after a lengthy and long-drawn-out process… we determined the winner for the First Ever Double Elimination Rock Paper Scissors Tournament. Many months ago, the process got started… then it dropped off. And very recently, we had a resurgence that saw everyone finishing…

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Naked Man Dives into Tokyo’s Imperial Palace Moat

On seeing this, I just busted out laughing. This is such a great photo. Purportedly, the man dove in to the moat around Tokyo’s Imperial Palace to retrieve a bag that had been dropped. I’m not sure if the removal of clothing took place before or after diving in. Additionally, I’m not sure what prompted…

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