I’ve finally stopped procrastination, and my paper for ICALT 2005 is underway. I have most of my data gathered for results processing, so that’s no problem… but the paper itself isn’t separating from my brain very easily. I’ve managed to procrastinate on a fine array of things today. Semi-related mind-dump: I really like this quote […]
Monthly Archives: January 2005
ICALT 2005
27-Jan-05tenno
17-Jan-05..the notes rose and they fell – moving with easy grace through the evening air and across the rest of her life… yes, we are, handfuls of dust, yet, made of stars, you have fastened, across the walls, of this room without ceiling, but our aimless exsistance is given meaning, when at the threshold, without […]
Nixie Clocks
17-Jan-05Someday I’d like to build a clock made from old-school nixie tubes. There’s something warm, reassuringly retro about these things. Like the comforting clicks of old keyboards when you juxtapose them with the cold feedbacklessness of touchscreen inputs. Slick and streamlined makes for professional and productive user interfaces, I’ll grant you… but there’s something soothing […]
Mediterranean Food
06-Jan-05Was driving around Santa Monica last night with Mindy, trying to find an Indonesian restaurant that had been recommended to us, when hunger wins out and we finally decide to broaden our palates for the night. Good thing, too–we ended up at a small Damascan joint called Sham. Full of ambiance and good food. Grilled/stewed […]
TactLang on Slashdot
04-Jan-05Neat: our Tactical Language project was featured on slashdot this morning. The main link in the article pointed to a journal paper written by Ravi Purushotma, documenting his vision of customizing The Sims to teach German. From reading his paper (and his updates to the paper), it is unclear if this Sims system is more […]