Luke Duncan

The Way of the Ninja
We kick off this 9th installment of Small Thoughts with something close to my heart: The N Game. You have never wasted time with a free game like this. In our downtime at the Writing Center, my fellow workers and I put in at least 500 hours on this game. Screenshot:

The playability is its most attractive feature. Download it for free HERE. It’s been poached by several disreputable gaming sites, so it’s better to download and play from your computer. Once you’re rolling, contact me and we’ll talk strategy. I’m pretty proud of my progress.

If I ever rated things with stars, I would give this game a million.

Serve Your Spouse
Idea for a restaurant, came to me at lunch yesterday. We were feeding at Papito’s Mexican Grill, and because of the way we were seated, I couldn’t reach the free chips without reaching across someone. Sarah could, though, so I had to ask her for a handful every few minutes. Chips and salsa are usually my downfall, but having to ask Sarah each time really curbed my enthusiasm for the fried corn. I ate a lot less.

Soooooo, this sounds crazy, but what if you had to ask your server or dining partner for more food every few minutes? That would wear out the server, so there would have to be a somewhat automatic method of ordering/receiving food (like a sushi bar). You pay for a whole meal with one price, but the service is one portion at a time. It’s like being forced to eat sensibly.

Or I could just learn some self-control.

Don’t Touch!
Really funny Flickr group: Stick Figures in Peril. Some of this stuff looks incredibly painful.

In the Air with Matthew
Matthew is a 9-year-old kid who’s collecting interviews from across the web at his blog. He sounds cool. What’s your favorite Roman Numeral?

Bust me that Beast
When I was young, I would spend a week every summer in the magical land of West Florida with family friends who would teach this hillbilly how to be cool. One summer I watched a marathon of Dr. Katz that permanently changed my sense of humor. I also learned about the universal language.

In the universal tongue, the word “Bust” is the universal verb and “Beast” is the universal noun. For people who have trouble remembering the occasional word, substitute Bust for the verb you forgot, Beast for the noun.

The phrase “Bust me that Beast” can mean all manner of things: Hand me that adze. Toss me that rare Picasso. So on.

Bust in peace, my fellow Beasts. And bust on down to the next entry.

When Will it End?
Apropos of my post about Pitagora Suitchi, it’s a clip from The Way Things Go:

(Kyoko, did you watch Pitagora Suitchi as a child?)

Buggin’ on Sparks
Sparkbugg is a blog about great ideas. Not a bad idea, really. Its owner collects short entries about great ideas from all over. He’s an inventor himself and will be featured on Season 2 of Everyday Edisons on PBS. Great blog.