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About some games

Winter is coming, and I have to admit I’ve been playing computer games. Specifically, I’ve got myself hooked on SpaceChem. It’s a somewhat odd addiction for a programmer, since playing this game is in many ways very like algorithm design, but it definitely tickles me. Until recently you could decide your own price for SpaceChem [...]

A slow day for lexicography

My diss is printed1 and I’d like to post photos of the pyramid of boxes, and the snazzy cover … but my camera has run out of batteries and won’t release said pics from its robotic claws. In the meantime, then, a bizarre piece of lexicography:2 the second citation for “tarantula” in Dr Johnson’s Dictionary. [...]