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Blog, page 69

page 69 of 80

Continuing through the writing archive.

Dice · 2 min

How to make dice, and a brief history

A short history of dice from divining sticks to teetotums, plus printable origami paper dice for when yours go missing.

#Paper#Tutorial#Ideas#Journal
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Tips · 4 min

Finding a good web host

Notes on picking a web host by disk space, uptime, and company age, with a comparison of GoDaddy, Dreamhost, and friends.

#Web#Tutorial#Review
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Games · 1 min

Random drinking game generator

A small script that pulls rules from a database of card-and-dice drinking games and spits out a random one.

#Code#Web#PHP#Ideas
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Bookmarks · 3 min

Del.icio.us bookmarks 2007-04-24 - 2007-05-04

Weekly del.icio.us dump: RSS tips, a Vancouver clean-up event, the TeRK robot kit, and a WordPress theme generator.

#Web#PHP#Robots#Vancouver#Tutorial#Bookmark
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Junk · 1 min

House maze

A backyard corn maze run as a paid attraction, with notes on why the right-hand rule beats most maze designs.

#Maps#Ideas#Bookmark
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Games · 1 min

Fan works of Mario

A small roundup of dark and weird Mario fan art and flash animations including Communist Mario and Burly Mario.

#Art#Video#Bookmark#Ideas
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Junk · 1 min

HOW TO - Pre-sliced bananas

A linked how-to for pre-slicing a banana inside its peel using a needle and thread.

#Tutorial#Recipe#Bookmark
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Media · 1 min

Mah Na Mah Na

Original Muppets Mah Na Mah Na clip plus a few World of Warcraft remixes pulled from YouTube.

#Video#Bookmark
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Games · 3 min

More riddles

A second batch of lateral-thinking riddles with answers tucked below the cut.

#Ideas#Journal
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Media · 1 min

Two foot James bond

A short video clip of a two-foot-nine James Bond impersonator, found via thevancouverite.com.

#Video#Vancouver#Bookmark
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