Author Archives: Stephan Sokolow

Open Source: The Scientific Community in Technology

Posted on 2011-08-21 by Stephan Sokolow

tl;dr Free/open-source software is to producing software as science is to accumulating knowledge… science just had a “different upbringing” and more time to build up formal structures. Note: This was originally written in October of 2010 as an essay for … Continue reading →

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“Tangled” and Disney’s Big Weakness

Posted on 2011-08-14 by Stephan Sokolow

Since rediscovering and posting my little essay on the problem with having a big bad, I’ve been thinking on how this relates to the problems in Disney “cheapquels” and their more modern animated works like The Princess and the Frog … Continue reading →

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Why Disney Cartoons Grow Up With You And Looney Tunes Don’t

Posted on 2011-08-13 by Stephan Sokolow

Note: I originally wrote this in April of 2009, but I forgot about it until recently when I started tidying up my notes on how to write better fiction. Many of the most iconic Warner Brothers and Disney cartoons were … Continue reading →

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Why A Big Bad Is A Bad Idea

Posted on 2011-08-12 by Stephan Sokolow

Note: I originally wrote this at the beginning of December of 2008, but I forgot about it until recently when I started tidying up my notes on how to write better fiction. Update 2011-08-14: I now also have a more … Continue reading →

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Notes on notification-daemon

Posted on 2011-08-09 by Stephan Sokolow

Just a few brief things I’ve learned about notification-daemon while trying to make mine less annoying: It’s been five years and notification-daemon is still effectively undocumented as far as I can tell (Aside from the odd example, the best you … Continue reading →

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Game Review: VVVVVV

Posted on 2011-08-09 by Stephan Sokolow

With the Humble Indie Bundle 3 set to end in less than a day (bad timing, I know), I finally got around to writing my review of VVVVVV. VVVVVV is a puzzle platformer with a special twist. Unlike other platformers, … Continue reading →

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A Few Suggestions/Pleas to Authors of Mystery-oriented Fiction

Posted on 2011-08-08 by Stephan Sokolow

Just a quick couple of suggestions for people looking for something a little more original than The Loch Ness Monster, Atlantis, or Alien Abductions to work into their creative endeavors. (Because they occurred to me while I was wandering Wikipedia … Continue reading →

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