I wanted to write about Tale of Tale's new game for a while, but I've been distracted. It's k-rad, though:
It's called The Endless Forrest, and they describe it as a "Deer RPG". Basically, it's a massivly multiplayer online game, like World of Warcraft. World of Warcraft is a lot about getting loot and killing things, earning exp and killing things more easily. The Endless Forrest, however,... more->
And you know, while I'm posting lame blog entries from other peoples' blogs, here's this:
Not the best execution of the idea, but not half bad, either. And the idea, certainly, is amazing.
C for CookieSo I finally got around to doing my taxes. I used Turbo Tax, because (it turns out) that was what I used last year, so it still had all my data in it. Er, so to speak.
Anyway, after confessing that I'd earned some cash through freelance work, I owed seven hundred bucks. I felt a little ill. I deducted gas and parking fees, I deducted all those Subway™ subs I'd had while working at Triton, and I mentioned that a $600 phone had been stolen from me. I don't know if that affected my tax bill at all, ... more->
Monday, the fellow says. Monday.
Apparently I was not the only person to order 18" high black pirate boots with an ornamented toe-guard, and so they shipped my order off to some other fellow! Fortunately, that person must wear a differnt size, because he sent them back. Monday.
Every single day. For example, here's this great IM conversation I just had with Scott. Maybe it's old news to you, but I was severly out of the loop:
[14:09] FHBen: Yo, CSS-guru-- what's the difference between <br> and <p>, fo' reals, yo?
[14:09] FHBen: I'm all usin 'em interchangably an' shit...
[14:09] EP123NTER: ack!
[14:09] FHBen: ?
[14:09] EP123NTER: several things...
[14:10] EP123NTER: first, <br>... more->
Anyway, I'm trying that again. This time, without the "gorging on chocolate pie" aspect.
If you do want to get me something on this list, please mention it ... more->
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I've always wondered how you could be, for example, an accountant if you really believed, with all your being, that Jesus was Lord and that you could do certain things and thus get to heaven. If you believe in God, how could anything else in your life possibly be more important than that? It always seemed like you'd either be an atheist / agnostic, or a zealot--how could there be a middle ground?
But I've just now r... more->
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There once was an X from place B
That satisfied predicate P
He or she did thing A
In an adjective way
Resulting in circumstance C
The plot would involve the only son of a textiles company with a big factory in India. The workers are threatening to join a union, and go on strike, so the factory owner sends his son to get a feel for conditions at the factories. While he's there, he'll try to convince the workers not to join the union. Upon arriving, the son undergoes a series of misfortunes that invol... more->