25. February 2005 · Comments Off on The Left and Historical Knowledge · Categories: Linky

The Left and Historical Knowledge

List of 12 books about American History. File this under “things to do with my shiny new library membership.”

22. February 2005 · Comments Off on Quitting the Paint Factory · Categories: Linky

Quitting the Paint Factory

“On the virtues of idleness
By Mark Slouka – Harper’s Magazine – November 2004 issue”

I like some of what’s talked about here, although frankly he never really seems to prove anything. This article reads like the inspiration for something really cool.

So I just took the online Jung Typology Test at Human Metrics. The result:

Your Type is
ISFJ

Introverted Sensing Feeling Judging


You are:

  • moderately expressed introvert
  • slightly expressed sensing personality
  • slightly expressed feeling personality
  • slightly expressed judging personality

One analysis labels me as “the Protector Guardian”, which sounds like something on a tarot card. Anyhow, this is one of those things that comes up every few years in conversation, and I can never remember what I score, so here we go. Preserved to my electronic memory.

19. February 2005 · Comments Off on The Beast 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2004 · Categories: Linky

The Beast 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2004

Not to spoil the surprise, but guess who’s number one with a bullet? Our very own Kenneth Blackwell. Fucker.

19. February 2005 · Comments Off on The Gematriculator · Categories: Linky

The Gematriculator

“The Gematriculator is a service that uses the infallible methods of Gematria developed by Mr. Ivan Panin to determine how good or evil a web site or a text passage is.”

It turns out my homepage is 98% good! Alas, my resume is 52% evil.

19. February 2005 · Comments Off on Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sleep (But Were Too Afraid To Ask) · Categories: Linky


Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sleep (But Were Too Afraid To Ask)

Mmmmm, bimodality of sleep in humans…

12. February 2005 · Comments Off on The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity · Categories: Linky

The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

An old but excellent thesis about human stupidity.

12. February 2005 · Comments Off on Best Game Ever · Categories: Linky

Best Game Ever

The original concept was to release a new (small) game every Friday. The games are fun, some of them quite so. The most interesting part is the forums, wherein a group of folks analyzes the game post-release and try to come up with what worked/failed/could be improved. Note this site has been mostly down for the last few months.