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The Dark Underbelly of Holy Shit

The discussion generated by the original HOLY SHIT LIST has been far more interesting than the first post. Of particular obvious note, people’s lists varied based on their relative age. GO FIGURE. Whereas one person found Doom to be of particular significance, another would point at Ultima Online as being the seminal gaming event in… more

July 10, 2002 46 Comments

Your Holy Shit List

I’ve starting a HOLY SHIT list. This is list of technologies/software/hardware that blew my mind when I first understood them. You know what I’m talking about, it’s those HOLY SHIT moments where the unlimited potential of a “thing” just spills out of it. I have two litmus tests for this type of realization. It’s either… more

July 5, 2002 53 Comments

Moveable Type

When Movabletype (�MT�) was suggested to me as a means of managing Rands In Repose, I was immediately put off by the requirement of having to display the MT logo on the web page. HEY SCREW YOU PAL, IT�S MY WEBSITE AND I�M NOT AN ADVERTISING WHORE.

June 24, 2002 4 Comments