Opinion on Jeff Casavant

2018 in review

Mon, 31 Dec 2018 19:28:00 +0000

As this year of blog posts comes to an end, I’d like to look back at what I wrote this year.

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: Russian Literature for the West

Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:40:00 +0000

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs exemplifies the feeling the Coen brothers seem to go for: the same bleak, lonely realism found in Russian literature.

On Bond

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 19:36:00 +0000

I watched the first Bond movie, Dr. No, this weekend & have some thoughts on James Bond as a cultural icon.

What Matrix needs

Mon, 12 Nov 2018 19:15:00 +0000

Matrix is pretty dang solid overall; there’s still some room for improvement if you’ve got the drive and the time.

Why not Twitter?

Mon, 03 Sep 2018 18:37:00 +0000

I got a question this week - why didn’t I get into Twitter? Or more accurately, why didn’t it stick?

Remarkable demo: Google Duplex

Sun, 13 May 2018 21:43:00 +0000

Did you see the excellent demo of Google’s new Duplex AI booking a hair salon appointment with a human over the phone?

Online made-to-measure clothing

Sun, 29 Apr 2018 14:47:00 +0000

I’ve always had a problem getting shirts that fit. Here’s a new approach: order clothing made-to-measure online.

Some of my favorite RSS feeds

Sun, 15 Apr 2018 20:12:00 +0000

Here’s some real gems that I make sure to keep up on.

On the value of impractical philosophy

Mon, 09 Apr 2018 22:00:00 +0000

I think there’s quite a lot of value in impractical, disconnected-from-reality, argumentation.

What will replace email?

Sun, 04 Mar 2018 22:34:00 +0000

What’s going to replace email?

Long-term concerns about programming as a business

Sat, 13 Jan 2018 15:16:00 +0000

Being in the programming and technology sector comes with some unique concerns from the business angle.

DRM considered harmful

Sat, 20 Dec 2014 00:09:00 +0000

I wrote this short paper for a philosophy of computing course here at OSU.

Minecraft, CraftBukkit, and the GPL

Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:26:00 +0000

I have run a Minecraft server for a couple of years now for my family and friends. The way it’s entertained me has changed over that time - first I was interested in the game itself, but I gradually became interested in how different rules and levels of enforcement affected gameplay.

But that’s a different story; I’m here today to talk about GPL violations.

Why I deleted facebook

Tue, 09 Sep 2014 00:56:00 +0000

I’ve been putting it off for a while now, but I axed my Facebook profile.