Dr. Samuel Says
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Monday, 06 October 2008 |
Grandpa, circa 2055: Why, when we were kids, we played our video games with a console and a TV set! We didn’t have no fancy holographic displays or biosoft wetware! We used a control pad, with buttons – and we liked it! If you were really lucky, you might have a plastic dance pad on the floor! And our games came on compact discs – in a box! With booklets! None of this brainwave molecular ethercasting! You kids today are spoiled rotten…
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Friday, 03 October 2008 |
Well, I just finished up one of my biggest and most ambitious research projects this week. This is a task that has taken me, literally, an entire calendar year to complete. I worked in fits and starts, but usually devoted several hours every week to the project. On balance, I must say this has been the most rewarding experiment in recent years. To wit: I watched Seinfeld -- The Complete Series DVD box set. Yes; all of it.
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Wednesday, 27 August 2008 |
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As loyal readers know, I've kept my toes in a number of various industries besides consumer electronics over the years. Experimental carpentry. Avant-garde beverage research. Time travel. This sort of thing. I've also kept up with game design -- everyhting from board games to dice games to massively-multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs). Keeps me young. And so I recently took a trip to the gaming world's annual mecca.
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Friday, 08 August 2008 |
As loyal readers are aware, Uncle Doc has held down a great many professional jobs in his life. Nothing too special, and most of the pedestrian variety befitting a man with several dozen advanced degrees. Associate Chair of the Physics Department at Yale. Operations director at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NHRA owner/driver. Head of Israeli intelligence. This sort of thing.
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