The Caffeinated Penguin

musings of a crackpot hacker

Ho-lee crap

matt | November 30, 2008

Okay, so I'm reading 4E, like I said. While I'll play it, I think that some of the criticism of it is valid. It is very boardgame-y, and I'm not sure about the classes, and so forth.
So, I took the opportunity to score a set of the 3rd ed core books (PHB, MM, DMG) off [...]

Impressions on 4e

matt | November 26, 2008

(prompted by who asked about it here)
Well, I kind of of have mixed feelings about it. (Bear in mind, I'm only about 1/3rd of the way through).
I'm find with the “new” races and classes (bear in mind, the last time I played a lot of D&D was 2nd ed, and even then, that wasn't [...]

Home sick

matt | November 25, 2008

I'm home sick so am taking it easy. My 4E boxed set came in, so I've been reading that. The fantasy stuff is growing on me in my old age. Might be time to read some fantasy books. Anyone is welcome to suggest stuff which is decent.
Also, I found OSRIC, which is a redo of [...]

New LJ Icon

matt | November 15, 2008

Socks needed some time on the intertubes.
Updated the album, with new pics starting here.

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matt | November 14, 2008

I love kitties.

Fire apparatus safety

matt | November 14, 2008

This is what NOT to do.

Kyoot!

matt | November 13, 2008

This was too cute to not repost.

Which reminds me, I took some more pictures of the (rapidly growing) kittens which I should post.
Oh, and our upstairs furniture arrived, so I now have a nice place upstairs to read.

Spam

matt | November 12, 2008

I was wondering why I wasn't getting as much spam today.
Oh, and the old SMB vulnerability got fixed. Too bad, I missed being able to punt NT4 (and possibly later) machines off the network when they'd voluntarily give up their IP when you tried to use it, and then you could collect all their clients' [...]

The racist origins of gun control

matt | November 12, 2008

This should come as little surprise to those of you who have had this conversation with me, but Mr. Tahmassebi does a better job than I could..
Highlights:
- The ownership of arms has always been tied to citizenship. The right to vote, hold office, and own guns is inextricably tied to citizenship in this country. Indeed, [...]

Dirtside II

matt | November 11, 2008

So, I'm poking around with making DSII units, and I'm having a heck of a problem – I can't represent vehicles which actually exist.
Example – the T-90 MBT.
It is size 3. Logic? Well, Russian tanks are smaller than US tanks, and size 3 is “most main battle tanks”. So, we'll make the really large tanks [...]