Bookmarks

D&D 5th Edition is on the way

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:18:00 -0800

Ethan Gilsdorf:

On Monday, Wizards of the Coast, the Hasbro subsidiary that owns the game, announced that a new edition is under development, the first overhaul of the rules since the contentious fourth edition was released in 2008. And Dungeons & Dragons’ designers are also planning to undertake an exceedingly rare effort for the gaming industry over the next few months: asking hundreds of thousands of fans to tell them how exactly they should reboot the franchise.

It’s not surprising. I’ve always believed that their DDI implementation was a huge missed opportunity as Web-based product, and 4th edition hasn’t aged gracefully.

Also, from the buried lede department is the last line of the article:

Even if players increasingly bring their iPads, loaded with Dungeons & Dragons rulebooks, to the gaming table.

Those rulebooks are pirated copies of PDFs on a computer platform unsupported by any of Wizards’ current products.

Now We’re Knuckle-Deep Into This Geek Foolery

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:42:15 -0800

Now We’re Knuckle-Deep Into This Geek Foolery:

I had no idea one of my favorite podcasters, Matthew Jordan, was a wowhead. He writes:

It can be grueling, this fun you’re having. Coldmaker is a little late, not like him, but I think his game privileges were limited, something about a math test. He’s in gun country, the kid’s got a backyard full of broken washing machines now reserved for beer bottles and bullets. Ravheart will be on in a few, this is our third practice this week, one boss, and he’s trying to watch Rescue Me before the evening goes all lumpy. Ichoras is here, the raid leader, and we can hear his son crying in the background.

All of his podcasts are the linguisitc version of a high-end dessert tray, and this one is no exception.

"Programming styles that conceal defects are themselves defective."

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:45:34 -0700

“Programming styles that conceal defects are themselves defective.”

- Paraphrasing Douglas Crockford at #yuiconf. Probably applies to more than programming though.

Totey, The Loneliest Shaman

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:00:00 -0700

Totey, The Loneliest Shaman:

Chris Hanel & Michael Owen:

“Just let me in the raid good sirs,
no disappointment will I be,
and once we’ve stomped heroic mode
we’ll celebrate with PVP!”

but all the server’s raider,
from the Death Knights to the Retadins
just turned away from Totey
though he knew not what could be his sins.

Web Symbols typeface

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:00:18 -0700

Web Symbols typeface:

It’s like Wingdings, only use useful.

Hat tip: @mikebrisk.

Rolling Stone: My Advice to the Occupy Wall Street Protesters

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:17:59 -0700

Rolling Stone: My Advice to the Occupy Wall Street Protesters:

Great ideas on real reforms for Wall Street, via John Gruber.

From the buried lede department: swine farms and seagulls

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:51:04 -0700

From the buried lede department: swine farms and seagulls:

Maryn McKenna of Wired, in her last paragraph on seagulls spreading multi-drug-resistant E. coli in their feces.

Deep in the medical literature, there’s another suggestion. In 2005, researchers from the CDC, FDA and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill found antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the feces of Canada geese living on bodies of water in North Carolina and Georgia. The geese’s carriage of resistant bacteria wasn’t uniform, however. The resistant bacteria appeared only in geese that were living in waters that were close to large-scale swine farms. The resistance patterns in those bacteria matched ones that had already been recorded by federal health agencies in pigs being routinely fed antibiotics in industrial-model agriculture. The geese “could serve to disperse bacteria between widely separated locations,” the researchers concluded.

Îñţérñåţîöñåļîžåţîöñ

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:50:25 -0700

I’m just curious to see if this makes it through the Internets.

The Star Navy Needs You - found at my local coffee shop.

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:12:02 -0700

The Star Navy Needs You - found at my local coffee shop.

HOWTO Use UTF-8 Throughout Your Web Stack

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:18:04 -0700

HOWTO Use UTF-8 Throughout Your Web Stack

It’s about time I updated my On Notice list.

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:40:55 -0700

It’s about time I updated my On Notice list.

Obama: Debt Ceiling Deal Required Tough Concessions By Both Democrats And Democrats Alike

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:53:17 -0700

Obama: Debt Ceiling Deal Required Tough Concessions By Both Democrats And Democrats Alike:

via Daring Fireball.

Jill getting a tea facial at the World Tea Expo.

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 16:56:50 -0700

Jill getting a tea facial at the World Tea Expo.

C+ Swiss hemp ice tea I can’t be mature all of the time.

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:56:47 -0700

C+ Swiss hemp ice tea

I can’t be mature all of the time.

"[F]uck it, I don’t care what you think. I’m trying to do the right thing. I’m tired of..."

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:25:00 -0700

“

[F]uck it, I don’t care what you think. I’m trying to do the right thing.

I’m tired of Republican-Democrat politics. They can take the job and shove it.

”

- Roy McDonald, state senator for New York, on reversing his opinion on same-sex marriage.

I would be a republican, if McDonald actually represented the Republican party. Also in this article: why I consider myself a lapsed Catholic.

Via NY Daily News, hat tip: John Gruber.

"As of today, there are 1,353 open bugs in Bugzilla."

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:19:40 -0700

“As of today, there are 1,353 open bugs in Bugzilla.”

- Dhiren Patel, on Facebook’s Operation Developer Love.

Ouch.

Sports on XKCD. Title text: Also, all financial analysis....

Tue, 31 May 2011 18:15:00 -0700

Sports on XKCD. Title text:

Also, all financial analysis. And, more directly, D&D.

My life is nothing but building narratives from batches of randomly generated numbers.

The Photoshop Etiquette Manifesto for Web Designers

Mon, 16 May 2011 14:59:13 -0700

The Photoshop Etiquette Manifesto for Web Designers:

Spot on.

I need to watch this every morning before I start my day. Via...

Sun, 15 May 2011 22:27:05 -0700

I need to watch this every morning before I start my day. Via Lukas Mathis.

…and double solo!

Wed, 11 May 2011 08:19:08 -0700

…and double solo!