The Pied Piper is one of those stories that I’ve heard time and time again, in various media and styles – but with essentially the same plot each time. When I heard that the Lamont brothers were designing their yearly game about this story – I was quite interested, considering the surprise success of their…
Year: 2007
Speed Linking for March 9, 2007
It’s time for another Friday speed linking session!1) When Non-Programmers Write Software – Being a programmer who often hears stories from non-programmers (aka people who can spell) I feel the need to share this.2) It’s time to give back – Saman reports on the great success he has had with his blog after he became…
I werk fer da toun
I was driving home last night when I saw this sign. I’m guessing you don’t need a high school diploma to work for my town…In case you are wondering, it is a three-stage sign in that two other messages were also displayed. The other two messages were, “roadwork begins” and “drive safely”
Clutter hound
Clutter. How many of us have it? What is it? Stuff? Too much of it? We live in a society that breeds perpetual stuff. Welcome to America. Capitalisim at its height, which fosters materialism. Other countries are not like us when it comes to personal possessions. Storage units are over flowing and building on a…
The Troopers of The 501st Will Be At The New Haven St Patty’s Day Parade
Hi Folks,The 501st Legion CT Garrison will be marching in the New Haven St Patrick’s Day Parade. Come and check us out! This event will be televised, though I am uncertain as to which station it will be on.New Haven St Patrick’s Day ParadeDATE: 3/11/07 WHERE: South Frontage St, New Haven, CT. WHEN :Parade starts…
My first PC
Ms. Q recently reminded me of the very first PC I built from parts.This was back around 1990. The PC was not spectacular by the standards of that day but it was still a ‘good enough’ PC. I even brought that machine with me to Germany while I was in the Army.Prior to this PC…
Digg hits 1 meeeelion members
The social bookmarking… umm… social news… no, wait a minute… The anti-social bookmarking news site Digg has just reached 1 million members.Congratulations Kevin Rose.Oh, guess what, that’s 1 million registered users! As opposed to unregistered users, or banned users, or deleted users… Or is it? We may never know. It may be something as simple…
Technorati Favorites Contest
It is time for another contest!This time the prize is a full site review from me!I will be doing four full site reviews this month so you have four chances to win.Winners will be picked, one per weekend, from those who have added this blog to their Technorati favorites by following this link: Add HMTK.com…
Of hot chocolate and patents
I thought I might break in my new “Ramblings” category by posting a short rambling article.Shortly after arriving at work today I took a walk over to the local coffee and bagel shop. I do not often drink coffee as it works like Ex-Lax in my body! I do enjoy a nice hot beverage on…
Digg’s new ‘auto bury’ feature
It has recently come to my attention that the recent news of sites being unbanned from Digg may have been a red herring thrown at us to divert our attention from the full impact of a new Digg feature. I am talking about Digg’s new “auto bury” feature.New Auto-Bury FeatureYes indeed, it’s a new feature!Sites…
The effect of being buried on Digg
Last night a story on hmtk.com made the front page of Digg. This story was written by my friend Force Drainer and it is called 501st Legion Inducts Kevin Smith as “friend”.The story made it to the front page of Digg just a few minutes before midnight on Monday March 5th. Upon reaching the front…
Spotplex is off to a bumpy start
A few days ago I added the Spotplex tracking image into my sidebar and sat back to watch what would happen.On Saturday my blog was in the Top Ten listing of most heavily visited blogs and my articles were all being tracked. Then something went wrong.At some point between March 4th and March 5th all…