…he wants his royalties. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfT5U_rwkgA That was The Richter Scales performing at this year’s “Crunchies” awards show, in what seems to have become an annual tradition. But as amusing as that song was, I couldn’t stop thinking of this one:…
Category: fun
Colonel Tye
Our new kitty has been in the house for less than 12 hours, and he’s already a LOLcat (following a few random Twitter comments): This, my friends, is the power of the Internet. Thanks to Jeff Phillips of Los Jefes…
On the 12th Day of Xmas
…i.e., today, we start thinking about taking down all the decorations and putting away our presents. This holiday season was somewhat bittersweet; we got to spend time with many new and old friends, but we also lost Bayla. We still…
SnoutCast #3: Story Time
Apologies for the audio artifacts this time around. I forgot to unplug my laptop before recording and had to remove the 60-cycle hum (and harmonics) using a software notch filter. Which is ironic, because I warned about this very problem…
SnoutCast #1: ZombiePortLand
After writing one “GC Musings” blog post in September, it occurred to me that any such discussions should include my lovely wife DeeAnn, who’s been an integral part of every Snout Game. She handles the budget, most of the logistics,…
How to Solve Any Puzzle in Less Than 47 Minutes
EDITED (10 Jan 2015) to fix broken video and photo embed links. For those who couldn’t attend, here’s a recording of the puzzle hunt talk I gave at Ignite Portland 7 on November 19, 2009! http://youtu.be/QGXzqc1v5hI The talk includes a…
The World’s Only Reliable Newspaper
No, I’m not talking about The Onion; I’m talking about Weekly World News. The Onion is “America’s Finest News Source.” WWN is “the World’s Only Reliable Newspaper.” Get it straight. Anyway, the good news is, you can now read back…
Antici…pation
I’m looking forward to Shinteki Field Trip: Disneyland on Saturday, as are 43 other teams. At four people per team, that’s 176 total players, which may well be the largest Bay Area(ish) Game ever. Excitement! However, I do have to…
The Time Has Come to Celebrate My Birthday
Take it away, Jonathan Coulton: I’ll be having a grand day out in lovely PDX today, but feel free to join the virtual party by leaving a comment here (or on Facebook, or by e-mail, or via passenger pigeon) which…