Adding to the growing pantheon of awesome companies with phenomenal customer service is Rob Boyle of Posthuman Studios. Around Christmas-time I realized the Panopticon book that I'd purchased from my FLGS was coming apart. I sent a photo over to Posthuman Studios and after a little back and forth discussion …

When your entire business model is pretty much a moot point in the digital age your best line of defense is to go the paranoia route.

Never mind that said directory arrived in an unsealed envelope to our house, and anyone in said congregation has access to your address / phone …

Back in 2007 I participated in PyWeek 4. The results of that contest were a game that I "released" called "Busy Busy Bugs". The premise is you are a spray can of insecticide trying to keep bugs away from your plants. Every time they attack your flower it "droops" a …

Chalk this one up to another one of my blinding flashes of the obvious.

On a recent episode of Back to Work they mentioned about quantifying yourself. Dan and Merlin talked about how they use the FitBit for tracking both their sleep and movement. I've been using mine as a …

I'd love to understand why there's a certain video-game fad over featuring shitty controls.

Flappy Bird: Shitty Controls.
QWOP: Shitty Controls.
Octodad: Dadliest Catch: Shitty Controls.

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Perhaps the reason …