January 2011
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I’ve begun to get to that point where the sheer backlog of photos that are unposted creates a malaise/inertia which prevents the uploading of anything.
Jan 30th
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Jan 29th
Listenrerylikes: Moondog - Dark Eyes [more Moondog] ...
Jan 29th
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Jan 27th
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““Let’s talk dialectics: Das Leben ist Scheiße. –– Life is shit....”
– Joe, my German professor
Jan 24th
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Jan 20th
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Hey! It snowed overnight in Prague. Making everything even MORE picturesque. Of course, I wonder if it’ll char and melt into slush like it does in New York…
Jan 20th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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“History is madness.”
– Jan Urban (and not the soccer player)
Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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a final note for the evening: one of our academic buildings, where my informal Czech class begins in just over 9 hours, is housed in a complex called Richtruv dum which gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “you shall not pass”
Jan 16th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 16th
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Arrived in Heathrow without much incident. Dan and I are now taking the ridiculously priced Heathrow Xbox (Express) to London. There’s WiFi, but only for 15 minutes. And here our troubles begin.
Jan 15th
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Here I go!
Jan 14th
Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
Jan 7th
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Jan 3rd
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“It’s only about exploiting the players and yes, people report having fun...”
– Gamasutra - Features - Catching Up With Jonathan Blow Jonathan Blow, creator of Braid and the upcoming game The Witness, talking about negative, exploitative design trends in games like FarmVille.  Also present in some MMOs  (Interview is more on the technical side of development.)
Jan 2nd