[The Infinite Summer/Infinite Zombies/Infinite Jest project continues] In the readings for the second milestone (63-94), we learn, in a fairly straightforward fashion, a lot of backstory pertaining to Hal’s father, Dr James Orin Incandenza, as well as some details about Hal’s grandfather. This is the first chapter in the book that I found challenging, both [...]

[I'm blogging my reading of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest this summer with the folks over at Infinite Zombies. This post is available there as well. I'm keeping a copy here for posterity. Your comments are welcome at either location.] I have to admit, pulling my thoughts together in order to create a decent first blog [...]

I first noticed David Foster Wallace in an interview on Charlie Rose, years ago.  He seemed like an interesting guy, and a clever one, with a certain nerdy charm.  I finally got around to reading something by him a few years back, an essay in Harper’s titled Tense Present:  Democracy, English, and the wars over [...]

One of the nicest new features of Adobe Captivate 4 is the ability to create Aggregator Projects.  These combine existing projects along with a table of contents.  This feature encourages a better workflow:  each discrete demonstration or simulation can be created as a separate Captivate project, and the results can be rolled up and combined [...]

I know everyone has already heard about Dropbox, but I’m new to it and recently found a use for it that solves a problem for me, so why not share? The basic idea is simple:  Dropbox provides storage that can be accessed through desktop client software and via a web-based interface.  When you install the [...]