BoingBoing’s post today about the Wikipedia Quake Tree below caught my eye as I had played so many of Quake and Quake derivatives. I was curious just how many and went through and highlighted all the ones I remembered on the pic below. Blogged with the Flock Browser Tags: quaketaxonomy
Calibrated
Sometimes you hear a turn of phrase that you just instantly “get” only to slowly realize that it’s not going to work in day to day conversations. Brad Feld used the phrase “we were calibrated” to describe one of the outcomes of a positive phone conversation he had with one of the directors of a [...]
Poor Warranty Math
I know I’m setting myself up for ridicule here, but bear with me as I attempt to do some simple math problems to explain why extended warranties aren’t a good deal (Inspired by Gizmodo’s endorsement of them for big ticket items today). First, you’ve got to think of bets (the gambling kind) as opportunities you [...]
The Wrong Approach to the Classics
Matthew Baldwin (the defective yeti), posted today about his decision to continue reading graphic novels and amusing things instead of Moby Dick. He’s missing a big opportunity as at an early age my parents did me a great service and purchased several of the classics for me in comic book form. When I think of [...]