Miscellany

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Food for Thought

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

The famous essay written by Robert Fulghum in 1988.

Guerilla Open Access Manifesto

Programmer and hacktivist Aaron Swartz's plea to open educational information to the entire world.

Mike Rowe's S.W.E.A.T. Pledge

Short for "Skill and Work Ethic Aren't Taboo", this is a personal pledge to work hard and take nothing in life for granted.

The Paradox of Our Time

Written by Dr. Bob Moorehead in 1995 and incorrectly attributed to many people, from George Carlin to the Dalai Lama.

Serenity

A few words about serenity from many places and times.

Trading Substance for Sterility

Written by Elle Reynolds and published on The Federalist on 2021-02-15. While it focuses mainly on the cultural fallout from COVID-19, I feel it applies to many other facets of life, both pre- and post-pandemic.

Tsurezuregusa 72

My favorite passage from the Buddhist monk Kenko, as translated by Donald Keene in 1967.

Games

ERS: Northwest Rules

My high school's house rules for ERS, as well as some other rules I know about.

EZ-Flash IV Guide

How to set up and use the EZ-Flash IV GameBoy Advance flashcart.

Skittles: Northwest Rules

A road-trip game invented/adapted by a few high school friends.

Super Monkey Ball Game Rankings

My thoughts on which Super Monkey Ball games are better than others.

Tycoon: Persona 5 Royal Rules

A mini-game featured in the Atlus RPG "Persona 5 Royal", plus a few tips and strategies I've found.

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Guides

Downloading Music From APM

A defunct method for ripping MP3s from Associated Production Music.

Gemini PDA Setup

How I configure my Planet Computers Gemini PDA for use as a semi-daily driver.

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Other

The Five Phases of Technology

My view on the how technologies rise and fall over time.

McRant

Hidden by a programmer inside the ROM data for the Nintendo 64 game "The New Tetris", this rant lists the writer's fifty-six most hated things--and Nintendo is prominent on that list.

Signs That Someone is Going to be Trouble

The first step in avoiding trouble is recognizing it.

Things I Like

From a text note I've kept around for many years.

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