Castle gets a lot of things wrong. It wildly misrepresents–or, at best, cherry-picks–the experience of being a bestselling novelist or a New York City detective. But damn that smarmy motherfucker Nathan Fillion. He’s just so entertaining to watch. Also, as…
Category: sci/tech
Physics in Action
Well, what do you know? Light does travel faster than sound! http://vimeo.com/4171907 Thanks to the Leverage crew for putting on this Tax Day demonstration in downtown Portland. I much prefer exploding cars to teabaggers. ~CKL
Out of work? Start a blog!
This is what my former colleague and IT/security guru Jason Sylvester has done. Is it wrong for me to hope he stays jobless for a while so he’ll blog more? ~CKL
Game Theory 123
I can’t comment on Peter Sarrett’s blog (hello, 500 server error), so I’m posting my remarks on “Puzzle Hunt 123” here: Wei-Hwa said: “Except for the teams at the top, most teams don’t realize when they can be meta-event-ing to…
Last Night, in Portland
Yes, we won the on-site lottery for $25 tickets to see Wicked, and that is what we saw from our “limited view” seats. That’s the good news. The bad news is, I seem to have caught the throat cold…
OnLive: Behind the Scenes
My friend–let’s call him “Kojak”–shared some interesting details about his employer, OnLive, who made a big splash last week at GDC (read more about it: company web site, press conference video, Penny Arcade comic). Some highlights from his email to…
You’re Not Feeling Lucky
On Thursday, my former employer announced another round of layoffs–its third this year. But there were two big differences this time around. A larger number of people was affected: 200 now, versus 100 in January and 40 in February (all…
Quote of the Day
“This is the thing about the new landscape that drives everyone crazy: you can’t see inside the cow; you can only build one, feed it music, and wait for it to poop.”— Jonathan Coulton The good news? When it does…
“The Website Is Down”
My new favorite web video series. (Thanks @feliciaday!) For best results, expand to full screen so you can actually read the various windows: ~CKL
TV Unplugged
Having watched the Academy Awards on Sunday over the air–for free, with a $15 UHF antenna–and having read Saturday’s Consumerist post about How To Cancel Cable Without Losing Your Favorite Shows, I felt it was a good time to review…