November 2004
Monthly Archive
boy on a stick and slither
Posted by phil on 30 Nov 2004 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
This is insightful: “People don’t stop pretending. They just pretend really boring stuff.”
its like ,274 kelvins out nthereus like ,274 kelvins out nthereu
Posted by phil on 30 Nov 2004 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Ever tried to tiyype with gloves on? it’s fun. but when ‘it ‘ss cold, what can iyou do?
note to self
Posted by phil on 29 Nov 2004 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
How to make Ben Rhodes whimper like a little girl: do philosophy really really badly.
Are the Father and the Son ontologically different? No.
Are this man and this man ontologically different? Um….
whimper
thou shalt not commit seppuku
Posted by phil on 29 Nov 2004 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
yuletide once more
Posted by phil on 29 Nov 2004 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
I welcome in the advent season with festive colors! Unfortunately it meant the emblems just had to go, which is sad. Still, revel in Christmas cheer.
watch out for that physicist!
Posted by phil on 27 Nov 2004 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Wow. Seriously, just wow.
I got a chance to play it about half way through…. simply amazing. The beginning is especially a treat as they get that distopian feeling just right: the propaganda and omnipresence is just overpowering. And the terror of Ravenholm is just so thick.
But the most amazing part is the interactivity. Everything can be played with. There’s a playground in the city near the beginning, so I got a chance to mess around a bit. The swing swings; the teeter-totter totters; the merry-go-round…. goes ‘round. I gotta tell you though: putting the doll on one end of the seesaw and then tossing a brick on the other end is loads of fun. (Hint: it goes flying! Hehehe.)
While there were a few dragging points, overall the immersive experience kept my interest the whole time. Even when the gameplay was slow, it gave me a chance to take a look at the level of detail present in everything. Amazing.
newfound respect for moms
Posted by phil on 24 Nov 2004 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Unlike Jonathan Rowley, I have a renewed respect for mothers everywhere. This mostly comes from cooking a respectably complete Thanksgiving dinner at the Manor. Whoa. Lots of effort. We had the works: turkey, stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and some wicked-awesome “international” green bean casserole.
In closing, our house rules.
msn, say hello to robots.txt
Posted by phil on 22 Nov 2004 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Hi, msnbot. Nice to see you here. Let me introduce you to a little friend of mine that I like to call the ‘Robots Exclusion Protocol’, or ‘robots.txt’ for short:
User-agent: *<br />
Disallow: *.cgi<br />
<br />
User-agent: *msn*<br />
Disallow: *<br />
The idea is that you do as I say, but hey, if you’re not cool with that, screw you.