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Friday
Oct 31, 2003
Coffee robots and booze robots are catering to our addictions. Are robots really going to take over the world? Maybe not.
to Robotics by tinfoil
Sunday
Apr 27, 2003
How many of you are reading this entry? I don't mean how many people like you -- I mean how many of you? Talk it over with people like you, and learn What It All Means from a practical standpoint.
to Science by tinfoil
Are you innumerate? The latest polls show you share your plight with 7/5 of the U.S. population. But you can cure your innumeracy by visiting the site of the author who coined the term and has written countless articles on the phenomenon. For the low, low price of one quintillion pennies, you can learn to visualise numbers large and small, and one day realise there are some perfectly good reasons to play with your math.
to Mathematics by tinfoil
Thursday
Apr 17, 2003
Perhaps you'd like a 160,000 page library on developing your impoverished country, for only $2. You could learn much from a "memeware" attempt to synopsise all human knowledge. If your audience is illiterate, you might try cheap video CDs to spread the information wealth. Fortunately, there is technology to do so that is inexpensive, secure, reliable, and widely available. Yep, people sure are smart. No doubt about it: Today is a better day.
to Technology by tinfoil
Thursday
Mar 27, 2003
Even if you think the Star Wars universe is full of reactionary and racist nonsense, you still might enjoy learning the rules of Holochess, or playing the card game Sabacc online or with a homemade deck.
to Games by tinfoil
Thursday
Feb 21, 2002
Ever hear of the game Chess? Reviewer Greg Kasavin hates the first edition but loves the second, realtime strategy version. Reviews elsewhere have been mixed. The whole controversy reminds me how much I agree with game designer Bob Abbott's assertion that video games suck.
to Games by tinfoil
Monday
Jan 21, 2002
The archetype for all Discordian games, besides Discordianism itself, is of course SINK. But there are now many others. The Electronomicon lists some. There's also a Discordian deck of cards and a Discordian Coloring Book. But the best collection of Discordian games is at Castle Chaos.
to Games by tinfoil
Friday
Nov 2, 2001
Abstract strategy games are games such as Chess, with no hidden information and no chance elements. Sponsoring an annual game design contest and making many sample articles available online, Abstract Games magazine is the straight dope, but better for your brain.
to Games by tinfoil
Thursday
Nov 1, 2001
I first encountered the Urantia Book in a public library in British Columbia when I was on vacation. I had a lot of questions. Fortunately, at the age of 17, I was a skeptical kid. I finally concluded that Urantia believers were mostly elderly and full of hot air.
to Religion by tinfoil
The piecepack is public domain game system that is to board games what an ordinary deck of cards is to card games. You can buy wooden piecepacks or print your own. If you get really interested, join the mailing list.
to Games by tinfoil
Wildside Press reprints great out-of-print books by such cult SF writers as Barrington Bayley, James Branch Cabell, Avram Davidson, and R.A. Lafferty.
to Books by tinfoil
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