algorithmic governments: civilization 2

there’s this epic reddit thread that’s been making its rounds. this guy played the same civ 2 game for 10 years. i’ve never been much of a gamer so civilization 2 has largely escaped my notice. this might actually be a game i could endorse for little dude but that’s actually a side point. in scanning through the comments, there were a number of interesting strategies suggested for working through the morass in the future....

June 13, 2012 · steve ulrich

oh burn.

snark done well… ...

May 20, 2012 · steve ulrich

lost cell phone project

this little gem has been sitting in my reading queue for a little while. it’s an interesting variant of the, “what would you do if you found someone’s wallet?” scenario. with everything sitting on your smart phone, you wonder why more folks don’t lean on the built in protections to secure their data. obviously, the punch line to the story is the notion that we simply can’t trust other people not to root around in our found personal stuff....

May 19, 2012 · steve ulrich

better to remain silent

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. – abraham lincoln increasingly, i think that this statement holds true in the social networking domain. for the first time in history folks have a real-time broadcast mechanism at their disposal to broadcast the mundane and the potentially deeply poignant to all manner of folks.

May 2, 2012 · steve ulrich

useful os x dns tricks

here’s a slick little tip that i discovered on a mailing list today. ...

April 30, 2012 · steve ulrich