Archive for April, 2006

Passion versus Elitism

Thursday, April 27th, 2006 Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Technology | 1 Comment »

Kathy Sierra posted a great piece on the differences in people's passions. She takes a good hard look at why passion isn't bad, but to get others involved we need ... Read more..

Book Review: Dark Adeptus

Thursday, April 27th, 2006 Posted in Books | Comments Off

Dark Adeptus is a sequel to Grey Knights by Ben Counter. This is not a follow-on to the first book, but a completely self-contained story. In fact, it is so ... Read more..

In & Out of Prime

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006 Posted in Entertainment, Movies | Comments Off

I like movies about people overcoming adversity. The more unlikely the circumstance, the better I tend to like the story. I guess I like it because my own life has ... Read more..

Self-respect versus pride

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 Posted in Books | 1 Comment »

A quick excerpt from Gav Thorpe's Last Chancers makes an excellent distinction between having respect for yourself instead of just flat out pride. Here is a quote from the main ... Read more..

Pleased as punch

Monday, April 24th, 2006 Posted in Administration | 1 Comment »

Not much to see here. I never quite got around to putting in the anti-spam measures I mentioned when I opened up comments. Although I can't say there has been any ... Read more..