Adam Kazwell is...somewhat concerned

Now there's two things for free at Barnes & Noble

Not sure if this is nationwide, but I thought I'd get the word out - there's free wireless at Barnes & Noble - at least at the one by Northwest Highway and 75. Something about something being under development so I don't know how long it'll stay free - but I'm gonna enjoy it while it lasts.

What's that other thing that's free? The books of course :)

udpate: looks like the free wirless will end on June 18th.

Thinking about going back to school?

Just make sure you know the answer to this question:

"Are you a wild and mighty river and school is the dam that will tame your power? Or are you a strong and unconquered bull and school is the sausage factory that will bring your nutrient to the masses?"

Hmm, not sure if I like either of Howard's choices given to Justin.

Constraints Causing Creativity

(warning, this post doesn't really serve a point beyond just being a collection of links/articles on powerful, yet efficient programming)

A good place to see constraints causing creativity might be in the demoscene (a huge underground   community of young people who compete in the art of creating   realtime multimedia presentations - demos - which combine realtime 3d graphics,   2d effects and bitmap graphics into one fluid presentation that is generally under 100K in size...more here).

Thoughts on how to apply the demoscene to the future of game development.

Other related articles:
The Economist on Unix's founding fathers
The Homebrew Atari scene
8-bit music
A first person shooter made with only 96K of memory
Why Software still stinks

This all (barely) leads me to notice that my current lifestyle isn't too constrained. Which is good thing (and nice and comfortable) for the most part, but I think I'm at my best when I don't have unlimited resources (learning to program on a TI-82 or making my first webpage using MS notepad and paint) It's sort of a catch-22, you work with limited reasources to get to a place that allows for more options, only to find that you're not as effective with an increased set of tools (shrug of shoulders). So what's best - actually having real constraints or creating a false set of limits? Sorry for rambling - conclusion not yet reached...

What gender is your writing voice?

Using a crazy wiz-bang algorithm, the Gender Genie promises to predict the gender of an author....For the most part, it works - at least on a small sample of my writing and emails. (not that this post is the best example - but it tested 43 points female, 131 male. Grrrrr, football, monster trucks, meat!)