Month: November 2001

A Fresh Look at Efficient

Post author By Dotan Dimet
Post date November 22, 2001

A Fresh Look at Efficient Perl Sorting – a cool article that covers Perl sorting in an accessible and comprehensive way – including a clear explanation how to sort by multiple keys.

Roleplaying

I just read Kenneth Hite’s

Post author By Dotan Dimet
Post date November 16, 2001

I just read Kenneth Hite’s last Pyramid column (about Red Riding Hood), and he quotes a book called the Testament of Nicholas Flamel (the page is part of an Alchemy portal which should be worth looking into some day). Apparently, Nicholas Flamel was a big name in the Alchemy business long before he made his cameo appearance in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone…

General

I’m looking up stuff on

Post author By Dotan Dimet
Post date November 16, 2001

I’m looking up stuff on Pirates for a one-shot RPG session (Duh) and I came across this site for a National Geographic film, called Pirates of the Whydah. Capt. Samuel Bellamy’s men read like a perfect PC party…

General short

WinXP: log on as admin

Post author By Dotan Dimet
Post date November 16, 2001

WinXP: log on as admin if you want to play games, MP3s?. New security systems baffle users [The Register]

General

I must have seen this

Post author By Dotan Dimet
Post date November 16, 2001

I must have seen this before, it expresses a view similar to that in William Burroughs’ Red Cities of The Night, and it tries to re-tell the history of piracy from a social-criticism, left-wing perspective, boldly arguing that pirates were commies and homos.