October 18, 2008
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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October 17, 2008
Internet, you are the gift that keeps on giving. What kind of world would this be, if we all were denied access to gems such as this? I’m betting this video is getting passed around, all over the US. And Europe, too. See what I did there? [via]
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October 16, 2008
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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October 16, 2008
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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October 15, 2008
Wow, oh WoW. I like World of Warcraft just as much as the next guy, but this is just lunacy. Related:Wasting Real Time in Imaginary Places (1, 2, 3)
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October 15, 2008
Stumbled across a great little animation a few days ago. Forgot to get around to posting this until now.
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October 14, 2008
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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October 13, 2008
Bryan, this trailer is for you.
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October 12, 2008
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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October 11, 2008
Similar to the 72-Hour Party People article and the White Lobster article, I came across What Tina Fey Would Do for a SoyJoy and simply could not stop reading. I’m not all that familiar with Tina Fey, nor have I ever watched an episode of 30 Rock. But the article was a very interesting insight…
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October 10, 2008
At the start of this year, some 10+ months ago, I was in a very different mindset. At work, we were in the transitional phase between being a small company with a limited client list (Emmis)… to a rapidly growing company, taking on an ever-growing number of clients. During that time, I found myself working…
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October 9, 2008
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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October 9, 2008
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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October 8, 2008
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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October 8, 2008
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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