A friend downloads this game called Threes a couple weeks ago. It’s currently $2 on iPhone and Android. My friend called it the Tetris of our day, and, I have to admit, it is easy to understand, challenging, and fun. Before getting the chance to write about it, an interesting lineage of clones appeared. Cloned. The … Continue reading
If you’ve always wanted to feel connected to computer programmers (of all levels), you should join github. My only caution is that it’s confusing as hell. Most accessibly, it’s a Facebook for hackers. It’s a collaborative space that does “version control” on software. Version control (or revision control or source control) is important, because it … Continue reading
I’ve TA’d a couple times for the orientation course for new grad students. My time giving a talk on teaching, I was also Resident Assistant of Graduate Student Housing. I was able to photograph my students who lived on campus as actors for each case. Quiet Smug Minority Foreign Lazy Needy Dramatic Overwhelmed Intense Continue reading
I really like my domain name registration service. They charge $10.99 per year, per dotcom. I’ve accumulated 22 names, and lost some over the years (delawarereclaim.com, clubvirture.org, reclaimtalks.com– do I still own that one?). How I do websites. If I have a good name for it, I’ll buy the dotcom. Then I’ll either host the … Continue reading
After years of working on a PhD, I’ve realized that my real motivation to go into Computer Science was to understand myself. As a child, I always struggled to answer the question, “how are you?” There was no quick way to capture how I was. Things seemed more black and white for other people than … Continue reading
It’s hard to isolate the changes you experience each year at GDC. Is the experience different because I’m different or is the industry, itself, different? GDC is a cross-section of our lives, passions, hobbies, and vocation– same time, every year. Every year, I get to serve the industry alongside the industry, and even after a … Continue reading
Like the Candy Box game, there’s a somewhat absurdly deep narrative embedded in these overly straightforward game mechanics. The premise is always very simple (like clicking a cookie to bake a cookie), and, before you know it, you start attracting alien cookie parasites. Anyhow, I’m reviewing it, because, games like these, you can leave running … Continue reading
When I was in college, my Computer Engineering partner, Mike, had built his own arcade unit. I thought the idea was so cool; I’ve always wanted to build my own. Since that microprocessors class we had, I haven’t done much with hardware; well, if you don’t count some projects with Lego Mindstorms. In the midst … Continue reading
I haven’t had a chance to do much other than writing academic papers, but I did manage to try out the Papers, Please Beta. You can buy the full game on Steam for $10. One could imagine an academic parody titled, “Dissertation, Please.” According to dukope.com, the game was created by Lucas Pope: A Dystopian … Continue reading
You’d think that getting a PhD means that you know what it means to get a PhD. A website came my way that gave a good general visualization of what it means to get a PhD. What is a PhD? PhD’s also mean different things depending on discipline. At the last lab meeting, we read … Continue reading
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