I am a dire wolf, prey-stalking, lethal prowler. I am a hunter, horse-mounted, wolf-stabbing. I am a horsefly, horse-stinging, hunter-throwing. I am a spider, fly-consuming, eight legged. I am a snake, spider-devouring, posion-toothed. I am an ox, snake-crushing, heavy footed. …More
Archive for September, 2005
Epitaph Riddle Hint
September 7, 2005
?Hint In regards to last Friday’s riddle, perhaps I made the number of epitaphs to guess too many. My hint is that at the moment, only one person has answered, so even one correct answer could result in you getting …More
Witherwyn has Version Numbers…
September 6, 2005
Witherwyn: Now with Shiny Things! v. 0.02 demonstrates: Simple melee combat, with Player vs. Monster and Monster vs. Monster Rudimentary inventory support More object-oriented map structure Reworked tile and entity management system Roguelikes are apparently notorious for the number of …More
Rex Quondam, Rexque Futurus
September 5, 2005
Mythology nuts (of which I might be the only one here) and people interested in the legend of King Arthur (which I believe to be of general appeal): I have two books to recommend. The Search for King Arthur I …More
Intel Intel
September 4, 2005
Creepy. Someone at Intel in Santa Clara is stalking me. On August 30th, some guy (192.55.52.10) Googles for “john shedletsky stanford” and gets a link to my chess page, follows that to my root directory, clicks on my blog and …More
Epitaph Riddle Game
September 2, 2005
? Match the following epitaphs with their owners below. Send me your answers via email, IM, or post a comment. This contest will have 3 winners. They will be ranked by # of correct answers and receive {3, 2, and …More
Encounters with the Infinite
September 2, 2005
Yesterday I posted Jorge Luis Borges’ little known masterpiece, The Book of Sand. This story was originally published in 1975, in Spanish (Borges is Argentinian), as part of a collection of short stories which is now out of print. [This …More
Genetically Engineered Supermice
September 1, 2005
[FutureTech - Medicine] Scientists have created “miracle mice” that can regenerate amputated limbs or damaged vital organs, making them able to recover from injuries that would kill or permanently disable normal animals. The experimental animals are unique among mammals in …More
The Book of Sand
September 1, 2005
Thy rope of sands . . . – George Herbert The line is made up of an infinite number of points; the plane of an infinite number of lines; the volume of an infinite number of planes; the hypervolume of …More
