Signs Sucked. A movie review.
Signs sucked. It was a typical M Knight Shamayalan movie, All the characters were unbelievable and totally impossible to identify with, and the pacing was way off. (SPOILER) →
August 2002
Fellowship of the Ring, First Draft
A scene from the first draft of the Fellowship of the Ring script, in which Elrond was a trifle more scary than usual. →
Gnome Swapping
There was a story on the news about people stealing garden gnomes. Now call me a wild-eyed anarchist, but I think this is a good thing for gnomes and people alike. No gnome should be left unturned →
A Better Java Learning Environment
I've taught a number of “Introduction to Java” courses, and I've always felt that they approach the problem the wrong way, with methods that are more suited to the teaching of procedural than object-oriented programming. So I came up with an idea of how to do it better... and discovered someone else had beat me to it. →
Picking Locks
By this moment, the door is swinging shut. That's when the mental image hits me. My front-door keys, sitting spread out by the keyboard on my computer desk. And I know, I <em>know</em> without having to check my pocket, that they're still there. →