Category: technology / video games
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Book Review: Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card
You could describe Ender’s Game as Harry Potter in space. It’d be a pretty shitty way of describing it, since Ender came long before Harry , but the similarities are there. We’ve got a school full of kids who are special, an upcoming war, a sport that involves flying around and reaching a goal, and…
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A Kinect by Any Other Name
One of my best friends just had a daughter. She went through her first few days of life without a name; just this generic mini-person with nothing to refer to her as. She now has a lovely name, but I can understand the difficulty in coming up with one that will serve her well for…
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Tweeting With the Stars, Volume 5: Deepak Chopra, Volume 2
This is hardly worth mentioning, since me and Deepak are already good buddies, but I thought this exchange was interesting. A few days ago, Deepak tweeted: To which I replied: And he replied: Which is still mostly meaningless (as usual), but at least he admitted his mistake. I was somewhat kind to Chopra in my last…
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