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Chess tournament in Monroeville. Two losses, two wins.

10 years ago

The boy's personal best in terms of win-loss. Trophy for performance at his level. A fun Satuday.

“Know that I glory in this nose of mine.”

10 years ago

Was browsing YouTube for a few of my favorite movie swordfights. Yes, the left-handed thing from Princess Bride was clever,…

Jimmy Maher’s Appreciation of Infocom’s Classic Sherlock Text Adventure

10 years ago

I learned a lot while reading this enjoyable essay by Jimmy Maher. Looked at today, however, Sherlock certainly wasn’t a…

The Minecraft Generation

10 years ago

It’s a world of trial and error and constant discovery, stuffed with byzantine secrets, obscure text commands and hidden recipes.…

Recent SHU journo grad, upon the hiring of an even more recent SHU journo grad: “Many times she’ll say, ‘that’s why he did that to us’ ? And then be grateful.”

10 years ago

A couple weeks ago I posted about a recent graduate and former Setonian editor-in-chief who said that skills she wasn't…

Lawyers who won Happy Birthday copyright case sue over “We Shall Overcome”

10 years ago

Lawyers who won Happy Birthday copyright case sue over “We Shall Overcome”

10 years ago

"We Shall Overcome," a song that was the "unofficial anthem to the civil rights movement," was wrongly placed under copyright and should be…

Salman Rushdie: how Cervantes and Shakespeare wrote the modern literary rule book

10 years ago

By a set of strange coincidences, complicated by the history of Europe's uneven adaptation of the Gregorian calendar, April 23…

The geekling is 14 today.

10 years ago

The Bremen Town Musicians (WAOB Audio Theatre)

10 years ago

My daughter plays the narrator, my wife plays the cat, and my son plays the robber. A 9-minute "All for…

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