Apt142’s Blog

A role playing game is a game in which multiple individuals get together to tell a story through distribution of roles. Each person attending takes the part of one character in the story. There is another individual that moderates between players and the rest of the story. This person, called a Game […]

This is a phrase I first saw in the book Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. The phrase refers to work that is devoid of creative thinking.
For example, a company is starting a new product line. In the beginning of that process, they need engineers to design the product. Artists and graphic […]

When I type $variable I mean to say that $variable could be anything of a specific type, usually variable. 
 For example $vegetable could mean any specific vegetable.
The doctor said to eat more $vegetable.
Or
On $weekday, I always get my grocery shopping done.
When I reference a variable like this, it means that it doesn’t matter what the specific […]

I have listed on the top of my page a tag line that says: “Musings of an infomancer.” What is an infomancer? Well, I’d like to think I made the term up. And until just a minute ago when I did a google search on the term, I was sure I had, […]

What is a twink? 
 The term I’m referring to comes from the Role Playing subculture.  The term is what you call a player who uses every available advantage to turn whatever character capital and rule knowledge he/she has into it’s fullest game effecting potential.  Another similar term is munchkin. 
 The term can be applicable to any number of situations involving […]