Archive for July, 2008
What kind of gamer are you?
You may have heard of the Myers-Briggs personality test that were all the rage last century. I distinctly recall taking it during a “bonding” exercise with my fellow RAs at FSU, though my resultant INTP type and its recommendation that I’d make a fabulous assassin limited the “bonding” part of the exercise to some extent… [...]
Truly exceptional NHL goals
No, I don’t intend to become your new video portal. It just so happens that I keep finding glorious video content! These are the top 10 shootout goals from 2006, including Malik’s goal in the 18th round of the shootout at #1.
Cannot wait for NHL season to get here.
Ilium
Ilium
by Dan Simmons.
Hyperion was excellent. Here’s hoping this one is too.
The appropriate time to freak the hell out
From Make. If this 660-ton ball’s a rockin’, lose your mind.
That’s the movement damper on the 88th floor of a skyscraper in Taipei. It’s moving like that to counteract the force of the recent earthquake that hit Taiwan.
World War Z
World War Z – An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks.
Mel’s son makes good in a creepy and wholly entertaining read.
Judas Unchained
Judas Unchained
by Peter F. Hamilton.
Follow-up to the imminently enjoyable Pandora’s Star. So far it lives up to the predecessor.
Ghost in the machine
For the most part computers are predictable machines. They do more or less what we ask of them. Sometimes they may do things we’d prefer they didn’t but it’s usually for predictable reasons.
My work laptop, on the other hand, is haunted. I know that seems unlikely but it is. See, it plays a sound sometimes. [...]
