I realize I haven’t played Age of Empires III in at least a month. At least a month. It’s time. Napoleon. Frederick the Great. A challenge! I shall meet you both on the fields of battle. Amidst the peaks and valleys of the Appalachians, I shall take you both on. No allies on my side.Continue reading “On Preparing for War”
Author Archives: Allyn
On Rugby Shirts
Doing the laundry this weekend I made a shocking — and tragic — discovery. My favorite rugby shirt has worn out. Why me? My favorite rugby shirt! Why me!
On Having No Joy
There is no joy in Wrigleyville… The Mighty A-Ram has struck out. The “Season of Hope” came to an end last night. It wasn’t particularly close. Another October dream of the Cubs dashed. But there’s always next year! Spring is coming! “Spring is a time for fresh starts and blooming, a season when even theContinue reading “On Having No Joy”
On Restoring Service
Sometimes things break. Like the blog. Sometimes it breaks. 🙂 To make a long story short, I’d decided before the upgrade to WordPress 2.3 that I’d wanted to put up a new layout scheme for the blog. I’d found exactly what I wanted. It looked clean. It looked modern. It looked super spiffy. But becauseContinue reading “On Restoring Service”
On Feeling Philosophical
Today is a decisive day. The Cubs must win today. The Cubs must win today. Maybe, if all six billion people on the Earth start chanting “Cubs” at the exact same time… *sigh* So, what am I going to do? I’m going to share some thoughts of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius: Adjust to yourContinue reading “On Feeling Philosophical”
On Tagging
The latest release of WordPress added native post tagging to the core. The one great problem with the WP 2.3 release, though, is that it has no management tools to handle tagging. There’s an extra field in the Write Post screen, but that’s it. What if you want to go back and retrospectively add tags?Continue reading “On Tagging”
On Sputnik
Fifty years ago today the Russians launched Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite. Humanity made its first tentative step into space. I don’t have anything profound to say, unfortunately. I wonder what the kids of 1957 imagined the future would be. The moon, Mars, the stars? Well, we got to the moon, then came back.Continue reading “On Sputnik”
On Pushing Daisies
On the advice of my friend Todd I watched the premiere episode of ABC’s new series, Pushing Daisies. It’s… weird. The premise is off-beat. As a little boy Ned discovers that he has the power to bring the dead back to life. And that comes with some strings attached. He can never touch a personContinue reading “On Pushing Daisies”
On a Message to the World
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On Cometary Niftiness
Comet. Say the word, and it sounds magical. I can almost hear Carl Sagan in my head, talking comets and the cosmic mysteries of the universe. Then I read this — a NASA solar probe photographed a comet losing its tail to a solar storm. Maybe we should rename the comet. Call it “Comet Eeyore,”Continue reading “On Cometary Niftiness”