mindlace

I am in the midst of a radical change in my interpersonal affairs while trying to move from being an individual consultant to working with Charles River Web.
I’ve revamped the look of my site; now you too can push buttons. A special thanks to druidart.com for the great drawing of kali.

I’ve long been kinda fond of other living things, and so I always tried to brush off insects when they landed on me, for fear of harming them.
Beetles in particular have very grippy feet and they generally hunkered down when I brushed at them. When I then tried to lift them off, they would […]

The hardest part about living, for me, is when I am in a ‘forced choice’ situation where all my choices are potentially or definitely hurtful for someone I care about. It gets extra hard when some subset of those choices are things I very much want to do.
Usually in this situation I do everything I can […]

I’m now ensconced in Somerville, though we are some logistical distance away from being settled in. Roomates are grand, place is fabulous, life is beautiful. Business is going well, and I am working on some really compelling projects that will appear here once I have made more progress. I’m working on a game with the […]

so ok, if I typo and do “aptitude uipdate”, should it not know what I mean?
In the case that arguments or their values have a finite set of valid inputs, it seems like one could readily have the correct version printed as a “did you mean this? if so, press enter, if not, press n” instead […]

Attention conservation notice: This post basically informs you that I likely lost your email if you emailed me a few days ago and you should try to send it to me again (please).
OK. I’m living in Somerville now, which is pretty much fucking awesome though our apartment has required a good deal more attention than I […]

Vika and I just got done watching Equilibrium, the movie that should’ve had the mindshare that the matrix stole.
I particularly appreciated the role of the protagonist; he was an inside man, raised and honed to be a tool of the machine. Most importantly, he commits atrocities on his way to understanding, and in the end all […]