qaStaHvIS wa'SaD cha'vatlh jaj tlhIngan Hol vIHaDtaH = I have studied the Klingon language for 1200 days. In my post 1111 Days of Klingon, I said it might be my last post on Klingon. Obviously, it wasn't. In a "what the heck" mood, I decided to try the first lesson of "Section 4" in the Duolingo course.…
As I'm finishing my lunch, I hear a sequence of beeps that sound like a fire alarm go off somewhere in my apartment complex. This is not unusual, so I wait a minute or two for someone to take care of it. (Technically, Wrong Thing #1.) I stick my head out of my apartment. Amongst the beeps…
Look at what I got! This is a follow-up photo to the original: What's going on? Is the The Elements of Ritual, Revised Edition that good? While I won't say it isn't, that's not why I have two copies. It boils down to over-enthusiasm. When Deborah announced her book last year, it appears that I placed an…
We all know what it means to receive a new game: Cat pictures!
It's been a while since my last tech post. Time for another one. The games Portal and Portal 2 are two of the best video games ever made. They're both basically puzzle games. What makes them different from other games? The clever use of space. The key tool of Portal is the "portal gun". It instantly connects…