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No Skynet yet.

Mike Corey — Sat, 16 May 2009 01:29:29 +0000

Wolfram Alpha is working. Not quite computational intelligence, but it was smart enough to know the Earth is 4.5 billion years old. Apparently that makes them smarter than quite a few people.

There are 6 good videos on youtube

Mike Corey — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:53:10 +0000

3 are portions of the Philips CD-i infomercial and the others are the video content from Silent Steel.

Philips CD-i

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Silent Steel

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(not (isa SWOOP exoticPet))

Mike Corey — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:58:09 +0000

Google, your text extraction is cute, but nowhere near perfect. You should probably do something besides just keyword matching.

It doesn’t do anything!

Mike Corey — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:37:30 +0000

Why is the Wii Steering wheel the 3rd best seller in video games on Amazon? It doesn’t do anything! Idiots!

Sarcastic Gamer Wii Fit Parody

Mike Corey — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:36:59 +0000

The Wii Fit looks great with anything from IKEA.

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Echochrome is an exercise in frustration

Mike Corey — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:18:34 +0000

So everyone knocks adventure games because you have to play them in a way the developer would have intended. You have a problem and a finite set of inventory items combine them with the environment and you get a solution. Echochrome takes the frustration of an adventure game but puts it in puzzle format. You’re still progressing through the game with the perspective of the designer, but here its simply moving a camera. Cool in theory, but I just spent a good 10 minutes trying to figure out why one of the “mysteries” wasn’t working. I tried to put a hole out of site and it looked perfect. Exactly how the game is supposed to be played. Problem is this. The game didn’t register the fact that there was no longer a hole. Instead the mannequin ceaselessly did an about face and killed himself. Seriously, if you’re going to describe what someone can do then make it apply to every situation, not just the ones the designer saw.

Slides from “Vulnerabilities in Home Networks”

Mike Corey — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:33:05 +0000

Attached please find the slides from my presentation on vulnerabilities in home networks. This talk briefly discusses the lack of security enabled by default on home routers as well as the browser exploits which will take advantage of these.

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You Suck at Photoshop

Mike Corey — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:08:26 +0000

Awesome site featuring photoshop tutorials by… Dane Cook? It says Donnie, but it sounds like Dane Cook. Which would be surprising if Dane had these photoshop skills. Anyways Cook or not, check it out. Quite a few pointers

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Eliot Spitzer crashes and burns

Mike Corey — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:06:41 +0000

Today Eliot Spitzer released a press release in which he admits he “acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family, and violates my — or any — sense of right and wrong.” Effectively confirming NYTimes reports that he was linked to a prostitution ring. The same kind he tried to break up when he was attorney general.

…and he makes a mean iced tea

Mike Corey — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:45:33 +0000

Circuit City’s online weekly ad shows “Professor Lipton and the Curious Village” on sale for only $29.99. I guess I’ll just get that while I wait for Professor Layton and the Curious Village to come in.

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