Archive for the ‘books’ Category
Monday, March 1st, 2004
I've had the beginnings of a post milling about in my head for ages now - it was to be a grand discussion of the role of constraint in design, bringing in quotes from Beethoven and the great poets.... This is not that post, but it's related.
An abecedary is an ...
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Monday, November 3rd, 2003
Hmm, the first NaNo weekend past and I've got just over 1000 words to show for it. Sigh, for the football and the needing-of-sleep.
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Friday, October 31st, 2003
And the countdown's a-runnin' - less than fifteen minutes to kickoff!
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Thursday, October 30th, 2003
There are two types of scenes in your typical action-adventure movie that I really get a kick out of: training, and equipping. You know the ones - training's where the protagonist finds some aged mentor to lead them into the mysteries of whatever pursuit they're engaged in. Equipping ...
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2003
Will wonders never cease? Amazon's indexing the FULL TEXT of their books - and they're making it searchable. There goes my budget for - well, basically ever.
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