Category: (dis)continutity
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A New Breed of Spam? Or Just a Wrong Address?
I’ve recently received a couple of strange emails. Initially I thought that they had simply been sent to the wrong email address, mistaking me for someone else. But then, as I read them a bit more carefully, I got the sense that they were simply too vague, that there was something wrong with them. Is…
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Post GGDA Meeting Follow-Up
After the break you can read the text of an email that was sent out to Clinton Lowe and the attendees of our first Athens GGDA/IGDA meeting. Overall the event was very successful. I think we came away with a core group of people interested in making the chapter a success. I think the chapter…
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Some New House Photos
I’ve been meaning to post these for a while, but we only recently got DSL up and running at the new place, so it has been difficult to get these posted somewhere. The full album can be seen here. We’ve posted some photos of the new house. Now keep in mind that this is pre-cleaning…
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Inaugural Athens Chapter GGDA/IGDA Meeting Today
The Inaugural Meeting of the Athens Chapter of Georgia Game Developers Association (which I’m hoping will be co-branded as an IGDA chapter as well) will be today, November 11th, at the Pub at Gameday. The full annoucement of the event can be found on the GGDA website. The synopsis listed on the site is: The…
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Cards as a Meditation…
Perhaps I’ve simply listened to too much Sting as of late. But my meditation has, as it often has of late, settled on the game, the geometry of chance. I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier I know that the clubs are weapons of war I know that diamonds mean money…
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New Grady Faculty Coverage
Ah, gotta love it when you get coverage on places other than where you write about yourself. I sent this link out to family, which was nice, because it gave them a sense of both what I’m up to, as well as how the university thinks about how I fit into the department.
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Why Isn’t There an App Store for My Mac?
I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately, despite the plethora of random crap that has shown up on the iTunes App Store, the ability to go to one place and search for applications has a certain appeal. It got me to thinking more generally about the App Store and digital distribution more generally. Between…
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“Monopolies” Require Distinguishment
One of the most arduous tasks in moving in the US invariably seems to be broadband setup. Ever since my first experience with US West/Qwest in Des Moines back in 1998 setting up DSL, it is a process I dread. One would that in a decade things had improved. My two experiences in Troy, NY…
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Utterz: Dueling Mustangs
While driving today I saw the following, it amused me. Mobile post sent by caseyodonnell using Utterz. Replies. mp3
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Extending the Battery Life of my iPhone 3G
I love my iPhone 3G. Sure, I’ve got some gripes about Apple policies and the current state of the iPhone SDK, iPhone OS, and iPhone NDA, but it probably one of the most single useful gadgets I’ve ever owned. The only real downside to it is that I feel like I’ve got it plugged into…