You who so plod amid serious things that you feel it shame to give yourself up even for a few short moments to mirth and joyousness in the land of Fancy; you who think that life hath not to do with innocent laughter that can harm no one; these pages are not for you.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
- Text Adventures
Escape rooms are still popular, gamebooks continue to pop up here and there, and role playing games are no longer the stuff of nerds (though they still are that too…) At such a time, it seems fitting to revive an old standard in the world of computer games: the Text Adventure game! Like most things… Read more - Hymne à l’amour
The opening ceremony to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France was…fraught. But among the gaudy and the garish, as the ceremony came to a close, Celine Dion suddenly appeared on the Eiffel Tower and sang “Hymne a l’amour.” She had been struggling with stiff-person syndrome and had so had not performed in several years…. Read more - New Algorithm
Based on some new analysis I’ve done of Nanyan numerals (as described here), I’ve discovered a new algorithm for generating Nanyan numerals. Previously, the only way I new to generate them was to factor the number and recursively figure out the Nanyan numeral for each prime factor and then combine them from lowest to highest…. Read more