Year: 2006
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Raktajino
Today one of my coworkers offered me, as she called it, raktajino – aka Klingon coffee. Obviously, there is not actually any such thing, but we Trekkies can dream. In actuality, it was some coffee from Sudan. This stuff was not messing around – I have coffee every day, and this gave me a bit…
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The Appeal of Myst
The fundamental reason why I love the plots of the Myst games is because of their founding premise: that books literally take you to other worlds. That appealed to me when I played the first Myst on our old PowerPC 6115 CD; it still appeals to me as I play Myst IV on my iMac…
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Wandering in the Myst
When I was at the Apple Store yesterday, I picked up Myst IV: Revelations for cheap, since it’s an older game. They’ve done a really amazing job of extending the pre-rendered pannable interaction; between the excellent ambient sound design the Myst series has always had, and the ability to project many movies onto the viewing…
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Screeeeeeeeee!!!
As I was walking back from Star Market just now, there was a pair of hawks circling my apartment house, riding asphalt thermals and screeching a lot. I think this is the first time I’ve seen a bird of prey in Boston since that one decloak… never mind.
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Church Services of Unusual Length
I didn’t think they existed… until now. A typical LBW liturgy Lutheran service weighs in at just over an hour, with some variability for sermon length. University Lutheran’s tend to be on the longer side, because there is some serious pipeline stalling when it comes to the Common Table method of communion (as opposed to…
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Lamest. Protest. Ever.
Yesterday I saw a mention on digg that there was going to be an anti-DRM protest at the local Apple Store in Cambridge. It’s the sort of thing that would get organized near MIT’s campus. I had an errand to run at the store (an item exchange) anyways, so I decided that I would go…
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I Have Returned
Oh shiznit! I have a LiveJournal! Well then… time for a postsplosion! “Crazy” from St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley
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Someone Else’s Gradumutation
I’m leaving presently to Swarthmore to see the Class of ’06 gradumutate. Thanks to Yale House and their ample crash space, and to Amtrak (and the T and SEPTA) and the way in which today they will not have any massive power failures. I’ll see some of you Swatward!
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How Many Lutherans Does It Take To Screw In a Light Bulb?
The answer is 8: 3 to get the ladder down from the choir loft, 3 to set up and hold the ladder, 1 to climb 60 feet up the ladder to the top of the sanctuary, and 1 to point out to the one at the top of the ladder that it’s “lefty loosie, righty…