Killer Instinct

by | Jan 10, 2008 | General

There’s a “news story on Gizmodo today”:http://gizmodo.com/343186/teen-strangles-father-with-gamepad-cable about a teen gamer who tried to strangle his father with a cord from a gaming controller. Apparently, the father had repeatedly told the boy to...

Darths & Droids

by | Jan 4, 2008 | General

If you thought that there was no enjoyment to be found in _Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace_, then you were wrong. Darths & Droids is a funny little webcomic created by a group of talented folks that restructures this movie tragedy into a table-top RPG...

Real Analysis

by | Jan 4, 2008 | General

Image by Akash KIt’s official – I start classes again on Tuesday. But I’m not in the Statistics Ph.D. program yet. Turns out, I’m a little weak on some of my math background at the moment, so upon the recommendation of the chair of the stats...

Resolutions for 2008

by | Jan 1, 2008 | General

I always make a point every year of saying that I don’t do resolutions. Well, I’m going to break somewhat with that tradition and actually set a handful for this year. They are as follows: 1. *2008 is the year of the Tai Chi.* I’ve slacked off in...

Peripheral Twitter

by | Dec 14, 2007 | General

I just can’t quite get into Twitter. I’ve got Twitterfox installed on my Firefox browser, but I don’t really use it all that much. I don’t really have the time (or window space) to keep a constant monitor on what’s being talked about....