tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117638492011-04-21T14:55:03.154-06:00A Foray Into Zero ReadershipDuncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280914228859902589noreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11763849.post-79548819788688091322007-06-13T12:36:00.000-06:002007-06-13T13:10:25.238-06:00

Since this blog is my dumping ground anyway, I suppose that it is a good a place as any to rant for a few paragraphs. Mostly I'm trying to prime the pump, as it has been for too long since I wrote anything of significance. The blog post ideas are starting to back-up again. Must write, or head will explode. That would be messy.Rant. Right.Living in a consumer-driven world has made us

Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280914228859902589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11763849.post-90834929354262170252007-03-21T09:54:00.000-06:002007-03-21T10:02:23.217-06:00

I love it, the future I've been daydreaming for over a decade is finally coming true.Go read this article over at Technology Review.A speaker array that would be able to project audio at a single person in a room while keeping the rest of the room quiet. I've been imagining exactly this kind of stuff for years, and I'm glad that people are finally getting around to it. It's about damn time, now

Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280914228859902589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11763849.post-61609959648623195302007-03-14T08:48:00.000-06:002007-03-14T08:53:45.050-06:00

This is a Giga Ball. It is a giant, inflatable ball that you can climb in, and roll around. A giant inflatable hamster ball. They have one for kids, and now one for adults.Is it bad that I want one of these?Don't you?

Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280914228859902589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11763849.post-88562576152506827322007-03-10T10:12:00.000-07:002007-03-10T10:20:33.307-07:00

(Except to say that, in my quest to bring you awesome things, this is worth seeing)(And by "you" I mean all my non-readers)(Also, I stole this bit from Eric Burns at Websnark)(Which is where I found this animation)(Because this is just a blog of regurgitation and musing)(Like my own collection of things that warp my brain and make me say "oooooh")(Hence the embedded video)(Which is awesome)[via

Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280914228859902589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11763849.post-27148559710799307002007-03-09T12:24:00.000-07:002007-03-09T12:35:05.667-07:00

Call it Trial by Fire, call it an adrenaline rush, call it flamethrowers to the face:It's Dance Dance Immolation! Sort of an art project meets extreme gaming meets an arsonists wet dream.I don't think that I could stand the heat of this game. I mean, I start to screw up a little in regular DDR and I have a hell of a time recovering. Imagine trying to pump your score up while jets of flame are

Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280914228859902589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11763849.post-41821713712510399252006-10-13T16:03:00.000-06:002006-10-13T16:14:19.558-06:00

I upgraded to Blogger in Beta just about as soon as I could. The reason? I suppose that I wanted to make sure I had the newest features. The best of the best. I then proceded to do nothing. I didn't upgrade my layout. I didn't do much of anything. Hell, I barely post at all.I need to re-organize my main blog roll. Heck, clearing up my reader and bookmarks would be a feat worthy of praise.

Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280914228859902589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11763849.post-1148098400622129962006-05-19T21:55:00.000-06:002006-10-13T16:01:53.461-06:00

Seth Godin, an accomplished author and marketer, has this to say about being #1:If your marketing strategy requires you to hit #1 in order to succeed, you probably need a new marketing strategy.He's talking about blockbuster movies in this post, but a lot of what he's saying applies directly to game publishers. The dinosaur game publishers are still using this model, and it is slowly killing

Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280914228859902589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11763849.post-1140755792294582902006-02-23T21:29:00.000-07:002006-10-13T16:01:31.838-06:00

I'm a geek. This means that the two primary chemicals that power me are Caffeine and Capsaicin. I, like all sane and healthy people, also like chocolate (which contains chemical #1). So the idea that the loves could be combined, and in a humourous type of game for a group of chocolate loving friends, is pure joy.I give you Chocolate Roulette.12 chocolate bullets. 11 are filled with sweet,

Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280914228859902589noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11763849.post-1139982385342537452006-02-14T22:33:00.000-07:002006-02-14T22:46:25.353-07:00

For those of you familiar with Eric Burns and Websnark*, I'm going to try something. I'm going to try to prime my own word pump and build up my momentum by simply putting to page something, anything. You see, I have an article for a monthly round table that I want to write. I've had this idea in my head for over a week. I like to get an idea, and let it simmer. It builds for a few days,

Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280914228859902589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11763849.post-1139851283044959832006-02-13T10:18:00.000-07:002006-10-13T15:59:09.043-06:00

Right... there is this thing called a Johari Window. It uses a grid of adjectives to aloow you, and other people who know you, to descibe and map your personality. So, if you think you know me then go and contribute to my Johari Window.ContributeView

Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280914228859902589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11763849.post-1139631006339882382006-02-10T21:08:00.000-07:002006-10-13T15:58:53.416-06:00

I have a deep-seated love of parentheses. It comes from my writing style being very stream-of-consciousness. I write the way that I think, and I think very much the way that I would speak. Or, perhaps it is the other way around; I speak very much as I think. So much so that I am sure that I sub-vocalize as I write, and even when I’m just thinking. It leads to other things, like talking to

Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280914228859902589noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11763849.post-1138299274691386072006-01-26T10:06:00.000-07:002006-10-13T15:58:25.574-06:00

Technology can provide mechanisms to create the most amazing and unexpected forms of artistic expression. Take, for example, bad poetry. There is, in essence, a formula that can be followed to create bad poetry. Take several unrelated words or phrases, sting them together with ennui and bongo music, then present them to an audience of like-minded art appreciators. This formula can be turned

Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280914228859902589noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11763849.post-1118503484546479152005-06-11T08:55:00.000-06:002006-10-13T15:57:53.305-06:00

A scant few months ago Berkeley Breathed creator of Bloom County, returned to the world of newspaper comics with a full colour weekend feature entitled Opus. He has re-introduced Opus, that slightly neurotic penguin, Bill, the deranged cat, and even Steve Dallas (as an over the hill single father figure). And I've read them every Saturday. And I've felt nothing for them.You see, I grew up

Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280914228859902589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11763849.post-1114741585892917112005-04-28T20:24:00.000-06:002006-10-13T15:57:03.134-06:00

I know my life is not that hectic. I am not being chased across the English Channel by a pack of sharks (with or without frickin’ lasers). I am not running for my life in some terrorist ridden country. I am not training for ANY sort of marathon (including the much desired sleep-a-thon). I just feel busy. It’s like I’m gasping for air. I get a break once every week or two, where I can

Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280914228859902589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11763849.post-1113114330240124622005-04-10T00:18:00.000-06:002005-04-10T00:25:30.240-06:00

I don't play non-stop video games. In fact, I hardly play video games at all. I like games with story and challenge and depth. I suck at first person shooters. I have no twitch gaming skills. I don't want a game that will scare me out of my skin or gross me out with realistic gore and violence. I want something I can sink my mind into.I also have never owned a console or hand-held system. All my

Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280914228859902589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11763849.post-1112924359788834512005-04-07T19:37:00.000-06:002006-10-13T15:54:27.280-06:00

I've officially made the top contender for "Stupidest Purchase Ever". I just bought (pre-ordered actually) the Special Edition of Jade Empire. Jade Empire is an action RPG developed by Bioware using a totally unique intellectual property. The game is set in mythical China and features kick-ass martial-arts styled fighting. Now that I've officially pitched the game (and not gotten any money

Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280914228859902589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11763849.post-1112765552955026972005-04-05T23:19:00.000-06:002006-10-13T15:55:12.640-06:00

I love cheesy titles. Don’t you? But enough about you – I got new glasses! After finally admitting that maybe all the headaches I was getting at work were from unfocused vision and not my boss (unfocused vision of a different sort), I scheduled an Eye Appointment. I got my prescription and proceeded to procrastinate in actually getting replacement glasses. I love to procrastinate. It makes

Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280914228859902589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11763849.post-1112333315506005682005-03-31T22:14:00.000-07:002005-03-31T22:28:35.506-07:00

The novelty seems to have already worn off. You get the ticket, you scratch, you get three pairs (cherries, bags with dollar signs and snowflakes if you're wondering) and three other random symbols. No matches. Nothing clicks. The novelty has worn off. Already.What did I expect? My life is not full of random excitement. I get up, I go to work, I go home, repeat. Ad infinitum. Well, perhaps I

Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280914228859902589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11763849.post-1112065714886148622005-03-28T19:41:00.000-07:002005-03-28T20:08:34.890-07:00

And so, I am (as usual) the last into this particular pond. Or at least it feels that way. I'm always at least two steps behind any major movement. Even though I am a technologist, a computer geek and a voracious reader I seem to have this knack of being so far behind the learning curve that I can't even see the on-coming semi-truck. This is probably because no one ever tells me anything. Pretty

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