Category Archives: New York City
Thanks, Office Poltergeist!
Purple and Alive, by Simpson’s Paradox After an escalating series of office pranks, Chip warned me by text that the office poltergeist (the unseen force with a penchant for redecorating desks and hiding Hello Kitties and Domomons) had left something … Continue reading
Console Game Dating
My friend Matt has an awesome new post up on Nitrobeard about hanging on to game systems. The whole article is worth a read, whether it’s a scarily accurate peek into your own rationale or insights into why your gamer … Continue reading
Wally’s Cafe
I got back from Denver late Sunday night, dragged myself into Manhattan for work this morning, and started IMing with Roy as I set up the test environment. Roy: I ran into Harold at Wally’s Cafe this weekend Meg: oh … Continue reading
Friends
I’m at Stick’s house in Denver, sitting on the couch with him and catching up. Stick is telling me all the ridiculous Facebook user names his team is using to test his Facebook game, and I am laughing and telling … Continue reading
Chinese Market
A colleague on my side project (more on that later) was telling me about his side project, a marketplace app. Another of our coworkers teased him into showing me the app, because ha! It’s an entirely Mandarin marketplace app! But … Continue reading
So, You’re Going To Teach Latin?
Iris Magazine just did a piece on my classics background and developing MMO missions, as part of a great series of interviews with classicists in unusual fields (MI5, for example!). I like to think the topic was inspired by all … Continue reading
Rude Hand Gestures Of The World
My cousin Ian got me a book on business and management, with the message “The next time someone asks if you want to be a VP, Meg, the correct answer is yes.” So this is what I got him for … Continue reading
Words With Friends
A friend of mine is newly single, and not exactly by his choosing. He seemed to want to talk about it. “I was thinking,” my friend said, “Since I don’t gave a girlfriend anymore, I might as well get that … Continue reading
Oh Mr. Darcy
My girlfriend Allison tipped me off to The Doubleclicks‘ song Oh Mr. Darcy, and after laughing hysterically, I tracked down a physical copy of their CD, Beta Testing 1-2-3, for my cousin Andrea. (Hard copies of CDs are charmingly retro, … Continue reading
Quest Writer Recreation
On Friday night, I went with Roy and about ten other friends to Medieval Times, because another our of high-school friends is now the Blue Knight! We had a great time cheering for our friend and shouting slurs at the … Continue reading
