Tagged as nerds

Gary Gygax is dead.

March 6, 2008 - 02:10 pm — News

I can’t say that I was ever that connected to him as anything other than a name on a book cover… Yeah, I played AD&D when I was a kid, but I branched out to other (and better, in my opinion) games quickly after getting introduced to role-playing games as a concept. I knew [...]

Happy Mother’s Day, MC Frontalot!

July 5, 2008 - 08:49 pm — News

My good friend Rydell is at Nerdapalooza right now, and somehow managed to con MC Frontalot into calling me to wish me a Happy Mother’s Day. It is July 5th. To my credit, I answered the phone by screaming “Happy Mother’s Day” into it first.

Creepy Hans Digs Up Corpse

July 8, 2008 - 03:24 am — News

I’ve been following the Hans Reiser trial and conviction for the murder of his wife, via Wired.com’s Threat Level column.
I was a little bit shocked to read (very early this morning, thanks in part to the huge iced coffee I drank earlier combined with tummy trouble caused by a plate of tasty-but-damaging General Tso’s Chicken) [...]

Wheeee, I can ride a bike and type at the same time…

July 10, 2008 - 02:06 am — News

I’m typing this while riding on my recumbent exercise bike. I’ve modified an old art table so that the main chassis and pedals of the bike fit underneath, and added slats across the top of the table to hold my laptop and external keyboard and mouse steady.
It was inspired by the treadputer featured on [...]