Category Archives: Personal

Birthday!

By John Croisant | Published: 2008-06-02

Today, I am the ripe old age of 22. Soon my hair will be falling out and I’ll be wearing dentures. ; ) We went out to a casual-nice Italian restaurant last night (maybe one step up from Olive Garden on the ladder of classiness), and had yummy food. And tonight, we had Chinese take-out [...]

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It’s a brand new blog(s)!

By John Croisant | Published: 2008-05-25

You may notice that something seems different around here. Today I migrated my blog from that crusty old Typo to the shiny new Mephisto! Most things are working well, but excuse the dust. You might also notice that the Rubygame posts have vanished mysteriously! Well, in fact, they have been moved to…the new Rubygame blog! [...]

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Culling Projects

By John Croisant | Published: 2007-11-07

I have a personal tendency to accumulate projects. Lots of projects. So many projects that I could never find the time work on them all. So, older projects get put on the shelf as new, sexier projects grab my attention (and then those new projects become shelved when the next one comes along). The sheer [...]

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Defaults and Constraints

By John Croisant | Published: 2007-08-02

I read an article in Scientific American Mind, “When Words Decide” by Barry Schwartz, about how the phrasing of a question or proposal can dramatically alter the way people answer it. Among the examples was the astounding difference in organ donor rates between countries with an opt-in policy (where you must sign a form in [...]

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Bought a GP2X

By John Croisant | Published: 2007-07-31

I splurged on a GP2X (the open-source handheld game/entertainment console) the other day, and it arrived today in the mail. I also went ahead and bought a couple accessories at the same time: the TV-out cable, a USB-SD card reader, and the GP2X “cradle” (which will allow for connecting USB controllers, if I figure out [...]

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Looking at Rails

By John Croisant | Published: 2007-07-05

I picked up “Agile Web Development with Rails” yesterday. Despite using ruby for over 3 years, I have not up until this point put any concentrated effort into learning and using Rails. I’ve been running (or rolling, as it were) through the tutorial, an online bookstore app. By and large, the impression I have so [...]

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Ambient Wildlife and Bouldered Paths

By John Croisant | Published: 2007-05-30

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about sound, color, and abstract artificial life. No doubt that this most recent bout is directly tied to my recent purchase of Electroplankton (the best, albeit only, $60 I’ve spent on Ebay), but all three are recurring themes that have been agitating my brain for years. Wouldn’t it be [...]

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