from the desk of stinkpot

here’s a fun example of what you can do w/ the half-life 2 physics engine and a ton of time on your hands: [google-video-link].

christina being a finance major, and all, went ahead the other day and calculated how much money we’d spend renting for our > 5 years here in massachusetts, as opposed to just buying a place of our own. turns out by living the american dream, we’d save well over half a 100 grand, assuming that […]

i was poking through all the code i wrote during undergrad and came across one fun little gem. it’s a perl script that goes ahead and solves all the puzzles in the yahoo multiplayer game, “word racer.” in case you haven’t played it, word racer allows you to compete with other players online to form […]

for people who’ve been over to my dorm or apartment and seen the music playing in the shower, i’ve made some quick notes on how to build your own shower server. they’re here. upon rereading them, i’ve realized that they assume familiarity with the unix command line. if you’re really interesting in building your own […]