By Derek | Published:
May 25, 2010
I know, controversial title, right? So, today is a very geeky day. It’s Star Wars Day #2, because Star Wars was released 33 years ago today. It got overshadowed by Empire day, but…. It’s also Towel Day, because DNA (Douglas Noel Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and other books author) died two weeks ago, [...]
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By Derek | Published:
May 19, 2010
Enrique mentioned, in his description of me, that’s he curiuos how I’ll indoctrinate my kids in to the geek world.
By Derek | Published:
May 18, 2010
While waiting for reports to run, I stumbled on the list of Travis County court dates scheduled over the last interval of time (whatever that may be). And apparently, I enjoy reading them.
By Derek | Published:
April 28, 2010
So, thanks to D&D Encounters (which I think it a brilliant idea – short 1.5 to 2 hour bursts of gaming that anyone can join), I gamed for the first time in a couple years (which surprised me to realize). It was at a game store in Madison. I was reminded that game store employees [...]
By Derek | Published:
April 15, 2010
I love Joss Whedon. I idolize Aaron Sorkin. I just don’t get Kevin Smith. Or, put differently: I want to hang out with Joss Whedon. I want to *be* Aaron Sorkin. Kevin Smith is the guy that shows up at the game cause he’s friends with someone else, and I can’t tell him to leave.
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By Derek | Published:
April 14, 2010
There’s a story in the local paper. It’s a few paragraphs long, but it can be summarized as thus: Wolf populations are on the rise in WI. Wolves are eating deer. Hunters shot less deer. The logical conclusion? Wolf hunts. ……………… I…. It’s….you see….deer….wolves….hunters are…. I can’t even really begin to address this. But it’s [...]
By Derek | Published:
April 9, 2010
If you don’t know how to use the words, don’t use them. People are not impressed when you use words with 3 syllables simply to use big words. This is doubly true when you use it *wrong.* Don’t use query when you mean question. It just calls out that you want to sound smart. And [...]
By Derek | Published:
April 8, 2010
One of my guildies recently posed a question that boiled down to “Is it weird for a 42 year old guy to play DnD with 20 year olds?” He wanted to get back in to gaming, didn’t have a group, signed up for the friendly local Comic Book Store’s open gaming. Group was young, his [...]
By Derek | Published:
March 29, 2010
I know, we’re geeks, we like comics. But man, reading about them just makes me feel bad. I ended up on Wikipedia today, looking for Mr. Mxyzptlk information, and ended up reading the summary. And it’s awful. So much bizarreness. My favorite lines follow:
By Derek | Published:
March 23, 2010
Today is Ada Lovelace day. Presumably it’s her birthday, which is why it’s her day. I’m too lazy to google it. Ada Lovelace was, arguably, the first programmer. She wrote the algorithms that Babbage’s difference engine ran on. The day is being used to promote/celebrate women in technology and such. Which is good. But it [...]
