Author: admin
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The Cult(ure) of Secrecy…
I mentioned it in my dissertation. It really shouldn’t come as a surprise. Smarter folks than I say it all the time. That great idea you have? Your obsession with secrecy? Yeah… It’s not that cool really. Your idea might become cool. But that will be pretty close to the time you release it. It…
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On Game Mechanic Patents…
Anyone familiar with me, or my work, knows that I spend far too much time looking at the patents that come out of videogame companies. Why? Because they’re interesting and they index what these companies really value as innovative. It is also often the only real information available about how their devices function, at least…
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Daily Digest for December 8th
Shared Animated Texture Builder. Published Daily Digest for December 1st. Shared 2 links. Critical Distance | Ten Years of Penny Arcade The Internet Has Declared, These Are the Awesomest Things That Will Ever Exist – Urlesque
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Daily Digest for December 1st
Published Daily Digest for November 24th. Returning to old interview transcripts… Delightful. [caseyodonnell] Haven’t you always wanted to be a monkey? http://bit.ly/Uh8Zl [caseyodonnell] Shared 2 links. Holiday Gift Guide: Hackintoshable Dell Mini 10v Great Advice About Resumes, Cover Letters, and Websites What is wrong with me? Can’t… stop… listening… http://bit.ly/6I2kRj [caseyodonnell] Published One that I…
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One that I Missed…
Early last year, after I learned my wife was pregnant, I sat down and did a great deal of planning for how to organize the next year of work – conferences, essays, course development, etc – in order to figure out how to best balance work and family. Of course I’m sure that my best-laid-plans…
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Daily Digest for November 24th
Published Daily Digest for November 17th. Shared Sportsmanship Fail. Students have thrown a baby shower. http://pic.gd/fdbc0f [caseyodonnell] Shared 2 links. News: Report: EA will close Pandemic Studios today Video: The Mohawk Grenade Shared Going Pro: Differences Between Indie/Student Development and Professional Game Development. Disconcerted by opening dictionary app this morning to find "apocalypse" waiting for…
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Production Protection to Copy(right) Protection
I have an essay up over on the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing titled, “Production Protection to Copy(right) Protection: From the 10NES to DVDs” talking about how many copy protection schemes also have roots in controlling the ability create content. Simply put, copy protection retains an inherent interest in also controlling the means…
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Daily Digest for November 17th
Shared Tradewest co-founder passes away at 75. Shared 3 links. PS3s Replace Costly PCs to Crack Pedo Passwords PS3s Replace Costly PCs to Crack Pedo Passwords Apple seeks game guru for app development Published Game Studies and Game Development Texts. Irony: ICE must use old PS3 instead of new for password cracking. No Linux on…
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PS3s, ICE, and the Cost of Irony?
Saw this post about ICE (Immigration and Custom Enforcement) use of PS3s for the cracking of child pornographer’s passwords. I’m not even going to get into the debate surrounding that, because it isn’t really what I’m interested in here. What I am interested in is that ICE is using PS3s for this job. However, they’ll…
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IRC is Like Drug Dealing in the Ocean…
Wait… What? It’s how people (“hackers”) talk when they don’t want to be overheard? You mean like unencrypted straight text? Yeah, I mean, um… No. Just no. And 733t on IRC would likely get you banned. Ugh. Stupid television I’m glad I don’t have you.