Archive for June, 2002

I’m headed to Vermont for

Sunday, June 30th, 2002

I’m headed to Vermont for a few days, so no posts until Thursday or so.

Today at 3:00 on WBUR,

Sunday, June 30th, 2002

Today at 3:00 on WBUR, Fast Food and Animal Rights: McDonald’s New Farm.

I’ve been playing Neverwinter

Wednesday, June 26th, 2002

NWN thumbnail I’ve been playing Neverwinter Nights since Sunday and it’s well worth the wait. The plot is solid so far (I’ve played through the first chapter), although not quite as engrossing as Baldur’s Gate II. Some of the dialogue leaves a little to be desired but most of the voice acting is good. The combat animations are excellent.

There seems to be a lot of buzz in the community about building old D&D adventure classics for NWN, which is going to lead to some interesting copyright issues.

Take a ride through the

Friday, June 21st, 2002

Take a ride through the Big Dig on a golf cart.

Boston Phoenix on Minority Report.

Thursday, June 20th, 2002

Boston Phoenix on Minority Report.
“The mixture of surreal urgency and cynical despair makes Dick’s work germane to every age, and especially so during Republican administrations.” Hehe.

Ebert does a little bit

Wednesday, June 19th, 2002

Ebert does a little bit of fawning over Minority Report.

Score one for internet piracy

Wednesday, June 19th, 2002

I got a low-quality version of my Bobba Fett wallpaper by getting Episode II off Gnutella and doing a screen grab.

My other recent foray into internet piracy has failed, though. I left the book I was reading, A Deepness in the Sky, at my parents’ house last weekend and Gnutella has yet to yield up an etext of the book to tide me over. I think Harlan is overreacting.

Time Magazine on Philip K.

Tuesday, June 18th, 2002

Time Magazine on Philip K. Dick.

You have to, the president says so

Thursday, June 13th, 2002

Bush to Americans: Get Off Your Duffs and Exercise.
“[Fleischer] said about 300,000 obesity-related deaths occur annually and five diseases are associated with obesity: heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes, claiming more than 1.7 million US lives each year.”


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