Review: Machine Man (2011) by Max Barry
Ice Cream Jonsey Each day when I come into work, I am greeted by a widescreen monitor that shows how many failed regression tests exist in the program we sell. Over the last…
2011
The Hugo MiniComp
Welcome to the upcoming Hugo MiniComp! What is Hugo? Hugo is a language by Kent Tessman for creating text-based video games. Roody Yogurt had this to say in the original…
The Pact
pinback: So, DOTA. Ice Cream Jonsey: DOTA? Ice Cream Jonsey: Day of the Tentacle? Ice Cream Jonsey: Dark Age of Camelot? pinback: “Defense of the Ancients”. The “Ancient” is the…
Interview at FWONK*
There’s an interview with me over at FWONK*, the Creative Commons-based music site that helped me get the majority of music for Cryptozookeeper in place. You can download lots of…
The AL MVP Race
I wrote this in the comments of Joe Posanki’s blog, but what the heck. Joe was talking about how the most valuable player race would go in the American League…
SECRETS: Tommy John Surgery
On September 22nd, 2011, I decided it was time for the Internet to know my secrets. Told only to my Internet Comedy Partner, Pinback, the time is now right for…
My 20 Favorite Text Games
Note: Victor is holding a thread on intfiction.org for a list of everyone’s favorite text games here. There is still time to submit yours! I enjoy voting. But like most…
Treasure
Let me tell you about my friend Jack Straw. Jack was a teenaged kid when he originally found my dial-up BBS (still called Jolt Country) in Rochester. There was a…
Cryptozookeeper: For Sale
Please buy my wares. I know that many people who get the Planet IF feed are probably already aware that I am selling the two-disc Cryptozookeeper pack on my webpage.…
Today In Shitty Sportswriting
From this awful piece of nonsense. Several Jays had extreme splits in 2010. Bautista, for example, had a 1.118 OPS (on-base plus slugging) with 33 homers at home but an…