Monthly Archives: December 2004
Open Directory Project: almost altruistic
The Open Directory Project: The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors. Anyone can be an editor of a subcategory of … Continue reading
Whiteout: Las Vegas
Finnish RPG author and columnist Juhana writes about my game in his log: I’ve often had the opportunity to lobby for roleplaying games as viable culture and art with culture officials and artists. Sadly, what I’ve tended to lack is … Continue reading
CIA chief gadget geek?
Since 24 sep this year we have a new CIA chief: Porter J. Goss. The mini-bio tells us he has “clocked some field time”: Mr. Goss was a U.S. Army Intelligence officer from 1960 to 1962. He served as a … Continue reading
CIA people about themselves
On the CIA web page, in the careers section, one can find weird discourse, from an organization that wants recruits: KATHY: I heard about the Agency during a College Career Fair. Although many other positions sounded intriguing, I was drawn … Continue reading
Spike doll?
A plastic doll of a Buffy the Vampire Slayer character. For adults. (Ok, not those images in my head, thank you.) I mean, an action figure. People collect these. And pay great money for them.
FIGlet – ASCII heaven
“FIGlet is a program for making large letters out of ordinary text”. If you have ever seen .nfo files distributed with cracked games, you have probably seen the “large letters”. In the past these letters were an art form spawned … Continue reading
I am the Nordic Contact Relations Guy
Denmark’s greatest role-playing game convention is Fastaval, hands down. I just penned an article about it, for the Swedish role-playing game magazine Sverox, expounding its greatness. When I was done with the article, I contacted the man in charge of … Continue reading
Weather Dude: Meteorology made simple for kids, parents and teachers!
Weather Dude: Meteorology made simple for kids, parents and teachers. What a web we have! The guy has songs, educational songs, that “teach” kids about the weather. Love it.
Konsumentverket rocks
Konsumentverket in Sweden lets you blow the whistle on spammers. Du som har en e-postadress har säkert fått e-postreklam som du inte har beställt. Sådan reklam, som du fått från och med den 1 april, kan du anmäla till Konsumentverket/KO … Continue reading