<David> I was browsing about, waiting for Half-Life to download. I drifted to the Bittorrent Download page, via Google, and discovered it is written by a single person. He appears to be, at first glance, a math and problem loving hacker. I browsed his blog and he writes on logic and physics problems. He even discussed ways in which Ebay can be exploited and how they could fix it. If you have some time and like interesting mathematical ideas, its a good read. I also ran across Click Mazes, a collection of online mazes and maze games. I spent a very deep half hour going through the swamp and plank mazes. I miss the logic games I used to get out of books. If you run across The Chicken from Minsk be sure to page through it. It assumes an ideal environment for all the physics based problems, and explains things like lack of friction as the "fruit of comradeship." Oh, and for you fps junkies out there...
Half-Life is now free, and can be downloaded legally. Valve decided to build anticipation with this move, I guess. Also, I ran across an amazing Half-Life mod, The Specialists, that combines standard fps action with matrix style rolls, dives, and flips. A massive array of weapons combined with bullet-time powerups contribute to a truly amazing multi-player experience. Just imagine diving through a window, hitting bullet-time, rolling over in the air and placing three neat holes in your opponents head. Then you land and slide down the stairs. Its great fun for the whole family. </David> <!--1:06 AM-->
The Blogs of Other Musers
(Or should I say Muses)
Fearless Leader
Guiltless Cynic
Singular Human
Randomness Master
Food Maker
PA Extraordinaire
Wench I stole
a Hankerchief from
Brother Enoch,
Alaskan Explorer
Brother Dan,
Argentina Aborigine
Damian The Blessed,
Bringer of Trigun
Vocal Thinker
SuperMan: The Hamster
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