Category Archives: Otaku Stuff

8 PCs In A Bunker: Ownership, Respect, and Principles in the Steam Era

Posted on 2011-07-26 by Stephan Sokolow

TL;DR: DRM is you paying to be mistrusted and quietly disrespected; Piracy is an implicit endorsement of someone whose behaviour you disagree with. (UPDATE 2016-01-14: If you pirate, It also makes it easier for them to blame you for their … Continue reading →

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Status Update

Posted on 2011-01-16 by Stephan Sokolow

For the last while, I haven’t really posted anything on this blog. While I’d like to blame it on coursework or other projects, the truth is that there are many reasons. Aside from “coursework and other projects”, I’ve also been … Continue reading →

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Game Reviews: Aquaria

Posted on 2010-06-28 by Stephan Sokolow

Rating: 4.5/5 A few months back, I was informed of an offering known as the Humble Indie Bundle. Seeing it as an opportunity to finally pick up a copy of World of Goo, I bought in. However, my brother quickly … Continue reading →

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Gender-Bending Index Beta 2 Released

Posted on 2009-11-11 by Stephan Sokolow

After far too long, I finally found time to make some of the planned improvements to my gender-bending index. Beta 2 brings the following improvements: The detail expanders on the tables are now at least as comprehensive as the original … Continue reading →

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Fic Reviews Status Update

Posted on 2009-10-19 by Stephan Sokolow

As most people who read this will probably have noticed, I haven’t had the time or will to post full-fledged fanfiction reviews in quite a while. However, I have been amassing simple out-of-five numerical ratings in a private collection for … Continue reading →

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Gender-Bending List back up… more or less

Posted on 2009-07-01 by Stephan Sokolow

Gender-Bending Fiction Index Well, things are looking up. On a whim, I re-implemented most of the old gender-bending list’s functionality on the new database-backed platform I’ve been meaning to write for years. I’m not sure how steadily I’ll work on … Continue reading →

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Excellent tip for picking which languages you learn

Posted on 2008-06-17 by Stephan Sokolow

How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour (Plus: A Favor) Just a blog post I ran across with some excellent tips for evaluating how difficult it will be to learn a given language. Not necessarily something … Continue reading →

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