and dj stands for…

That’s Kool Herc up there, one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing.  I was looking at some wanky academic papers with titles like “Beatboxing As…

get on and ride

If you’ve ever had sex, you should watch SHORTBUS. It is by degrees touching, hysterical, hopeful, depressing, fantastic, real, mind-bogglingly explicit, and deliciously subtle. It…

101 Free Games #5: Frog Hunt & BallDroppings

Frog Hunt, to quote from the designers, “Might just be the worst game ever made.”  If nothing else, it’s interesting for 15 minutes or so. …

101 free games #4: toblo!

Toblo is the bastard love-child of Quake I CTF, the National Film Board Of Canada’s classic BLOCK CITY, and the music of the Postal Service. …

real men read bradbury

I accidentally went to the Times-Colonist Book Sale yesterday, and, uhhh, bought some books. Can’t beat $1 paperbacks. The Golden Apple Of The Sun, by…

instant city

In a creepy case of parallelism, I was given a link to the Instant City music construction device right after thinking of something similar (but…

101 free games #3: multihero

Attention anyone who played 8 bit or 16-bit games: You pretty much have to try this one out. Mutlihero is an old-school action game remix…

101 Free Games Part 2: Nanozoa

…continued from Part 1 of a look at 1up’s 101 Best Free Games Nanozoa: This is a classic example of a great design idea /…

101 Free Games Part 1: Ray Hound and Harmotion

The ever-loving 1up posted this article on The Best 101 Free Games. As such, I figured I should play the interesting looking ones. Duhh. Ray…

csound won’t

I have a love / hate relationship with open source.  I have OpenOffice and love it, run WordPress and love it, am slowly learning Python,…