Archive for December, 2007


yogurt and packaging

I’m disappointed to see that Dannon has stopped putting lids on their yogurt — it’s what often made me buy them instead of other brands. Since there was no lid and Yoplait was on sale, I wound up buying it instead. I feel slightly like a traitor. Due to the aforementioned sale, I bought a [...]

On Friday, December 7th, 2007 this was posted in eatocracy. Comments Off

Cold

It’s snowing out. It’s been snowing for the last hour. It snowed yesterday too, at least some. I’ve slept for 18 of the last 24 hours, fighting off a cold. At least it’s warm in here, and watching Firefly episodes and Spider-man movies imparts an odd extra sense of cozy. Maybe some Buffy in a [...]

On Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 this was posted in life while thinking: , . 2 Comments »

chat noir game

Okay, this has so much potential: http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/chatnoir/chatnoir.html The ability to “win” is strongly controlled by where the starting blips appear and your understanding of how the cat will move. It needs something to happen when you successfully coral the cat (if the cat can’t leap it just resets now) and it needs difficulty levels based [...]

On Saturday, December 1st, 2007 this was posted in diversions while thinking: . Comments Off