http://www.antimodal.com/ Art, technology, and hype from the desk of Brandon Rickman en-us 2009-05-06T11:59:29-08:00 http://www.antimodal.com/archives/000243.html Today I Die - Flash game by Daniel Benmergui, found via Jay Is Games. Also: Windosill, a new surreal adventure by Patrick Smith.... games B Rickman 2009-05-06T11:59:29-08:00 http://www.antimodal.com/archives/000242.html Working more and reading less. At the same time, I don't have any coworkers that absolutely insist on having lunch together, so I can read while I eat. The Kitchen God's Wife (1991) by Amy Tan. I missed reading Tan... books B Rickman 2009-05-06T00:03:16-08:00 http://www.antimodal.com/archives/000241.html Weaveworld by Clive Barker. We were packing our apartment to move to our new house and this was on the shelf. For a 700 page "horror" novel, this is a breezy read. This is also the type of novel that... books B Rickman 2009-03-19T23:58:01-08:00 http://www.antimodal.com/archives/000239.html Boy, I've really gotten behind on these updates. In November: I finished Against the Day (2007) by Thomas Pynchon. The World at the End of Time (1990) by Frederik Pohl. High Stakes (1975) by Dick Francis. And then in December... books B Rickman 2009-02-14T12:00:00-08:00 http://www.antimodal.com/archives/000237.html The ISP company that originally hosted this site is long gone, but due to inertia I had not asked for any sort of server upgrade when the site changed hands. Now I have been involuntarily migrated to a new host.... spam prevention B Rickman 2008-11-20T23:55:13-08:00 http://www.antimodal.com/archives/000236.html Flying Finish (1966) by Dick Francis. The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google (2008) by Nicholas Carr. Carr was on some talk show and sounded interesting. The book, however, doesn't really hold together. Instead of providing further... books B Rickman 2008-11-07T10:39:41-08:00 http://www.antimodal.com/archives/000235.html A Japanese toy company is selling an interactive AR based figure. [[Gizmodo story]] Given that the doll is virtual and appears only on the computer screen, I wonder what exactly you get for $125. Is it just a box full... technology B Rickman 2008-11-05T21:23:45-08:00 http://www.antimodal.com/archives/000234.html Cancer Ward (1968) by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Bone-Crack (1971) and Odds Against (1965) by Dick Francis. Francis writes a novel every year, some sort of thriller that deals with horse racing. The only Francis I've read previously was For Kicks in... books B Rickman 2008-09-30T12:49:27-08:00 http://www.antimodal.com/archives/000232.html Finished the Watt-Evans "Wizard Lord" trilogy with The Summer Palace. The Poet (1996) by Michael Connelly. I was curious about Connelly, since he keeps appearing on the bestseller lists. His first book was published in 1992, this one was one... books B Rickman 2008-09-03T16:26:12-08:00 http://www.antimodal.com/archives/000230.html Well, actually, the signs warn about Adult Content but I'm not sure why. There aren't any bare nipples or related [sexual] items in the art gallery as far as I have seen. The art gallery and emerging technology components of... technology B Rickman 2008-08-19T00:02:39-08:00 http://www.antimodal.com/archives/000231.html Hooray for me, I finally managed to get the power star on the Luigi's Purple Coins level of Super Mario Galaxy! This means that, after fighting Bowser yet one more time, I can now play the game as Luigi. I... hooray! B Rickman 2008-08-18T23:09:33-08:00 http://www.antimodal.com/archives/000229.html I finished my MFA in 1998. That summer I had some VRML work accepted for the VRML roundup at SIGGRAPH 98, which was being held in Orlando, Florida. I didn't receive the notification until less than a week before the... technology B Rickman 2008-08-13T00:14:01-08:00 http://www.antimodal.com/archives/000228.html April-ish: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963) by J. D. Salinger. Aside from Frannie and Zooey, which I read not too long ago (must have been pre-2005), this completes the published novels of Salinger. Finished... books B Rickman 2008-07-08T12:22:15-08:00 http://www.antimodal.com/archives/000227.html I was hoping to upgrade my blog to Movable Type 4.1, and potentially allowing comments to the site once again, but my web host only has a perl installation of 5.0 and MT 4.1 requires 5.6. So I guess I'll... musings B Rickman 2008-04-15T23:19:39-08:00 http://www.antimodal.com/archives/000226.html Finished A Prayer for Owen Meaney. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger. Still working on Trainspotting. Did not finish the new Pinker book.... books B Rickman 2008-04-15T22:41:17-08:00