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In case anyone else is playing Animal Crossing: Wild World, I am Brian in Eudoxia, and my friend code is 3651-3819-3888. Two players must be mutually whitelisted in order to visit one another in this game, so I’d need to add your code etc. ahead of time, as well.
From Slashdot commentary on a new Tetris release:
“Apart from being a fine game, Tetris is also a perfect mirror of the human condition. For a while the game is entertaining, and we seem to have mastered it and are having fun. Then, something goes wrong — a rash mistake, or an unfulfilled wish, and we’re fighting to repair the damage, but we’ve been thrown off-balance, and everything is piling up. Blocks that were once orderly and harmonious are jumbled and filled with holes, and our cup is on the verge of running over. There’s always a point at which we stop planning for the future, and realize that we don’t have one — all we can do is cling to the present and concentrate, focus our minds on what it’s like to be alive, to play the game, before it’s all over.”
I find that Nethack often provokes the same response.
An early morning conversation:
5:39:07 AM akuender: Speaking of wiki, have you looked at the elemenstor wiki?
5:39:15 AM briankerr48105: Yeah, it’s amazing
5:39:23 AM akuender: I find it an accomplishment on the scale of the pyramids.
Final version of post. Full proceedings are on RecentChangesCamp wiki.
…being used, built, planned, or discussed at the event:
…met and colluded with, for future reference: BartMassey, BayleShanks, BrandonCsSanders, EmmaKuo, JohnAbbe, LionKimbro, PhilMitchell, RaymondKing, ShawnKilburn, TedErnst, WardCunningham
I’ll be in Portland for RecentChangesCamp (”building communities worth having”) Thursday afternoon through Sunday. Conference proceedings will be out on the wiki as the weekend progresses, so check there if you’re interested.
Since I’m attending as a member of the Community Information Corps, one way to learn about what happened (if you happen to be at or near the University of Michigan) would be to stop by CIC-Coffee and discuss. I’ll also try to put together something to post here or nearby, as a way of sharing and giving thanks to the anonymous helpful folks who convinced me that it would be really cool to get to this event.
