Archive for February, 2006
Time For Wood
Posted by A R Baboon in Art, Living Spaces on February 16, 2006
Modern decor does not need to be inorganic. Two years ago at the Philadelphia Furniture Show I saw a hand carved wooden gear clock that made me drool (can’t find the picture, sorry). I love exposed gears in gadgets and the art of the carved wood plus the exposed gears was just over the top. I noticed Gizmodo posted a wooden gear clock kit last month that I just had to go buy for the baby’s room. This beautiful clock will hopefully produce a soft tick that should be calming (not the manufacturers claim, this is my own hope).
Today Gizmodo posted another wooden clock product that I just must have. This one apparently has a piece of veneer over an OLED digital alarm clock (this is my guess). Once again marrying warm organic form with digital function. The list price for this clock is a little too steep though. I will have to build it myself. I’ll consider posting the designs and material sources.
Kicking My OCD Crack Addiction
Posted by A R Baboon in Gaming, Life is Complex + sqrt(-1) on February 15, 2006
I figured it out this morning why I have been so addicted to Crack Attack. You see I have a minor case of OCD and the gameplay of Crack Attack
feeds right into that. Most of the time my OCD is channelled through my craft. This results in beautifully composed, optimised, self-documenting code which only ever asymptotically approaches completion.
However, I have recently had a second lapse into Crack Attack which is a game that is won by swapping blocks to form 3 or more in a row or column or both. Points are multiplied by cascading or simultaneous combos (one score results in an other). It is a game perfectly designed to exploit the weaknesses of OCD sufferers such as myself.
Today I am kicking the addiction! This game has occupied way too much of my limited time and I don’t want it around any more. Earlier I posted just how high of a score I have and that should be satisfaction enough. You may have noticed my post rate suffering… ok, non existent and I have even been playing at inapproriate times (I love you dear, sorry).
Purge complete!