If you compare Enders Game the book to Starship Troopers the book you can see two very different takes on the context of the military, individuals and citizenry. With Enders you have to wait six or seven books to realize it was a mass of people and events behind what in the first book is played out as a monologue. Also in Enders Game we see the siblings as Locke and Demosthenes doing for politics what Ender is doing for the war effort, that is a pair of monologues  running the show. Starship Troopers on the other hand shows group think, collaborative effort and a socio/poltical system that requires all who want the title to do the heavy lifting. More a chorus to Enders Game solos.Â
(and yes Ender learns how the power of friendship is important…but he learsn it is important in order to support his grand solo in the key of me. That he regrets his actions, again..me me me me me. )
In which John answers real questions from real nerdfighters in a Question Tuesday on a Friday. The W
The map is not the territory part 23.5.
Hank explains where that over-simplified image of evolution comes from and what it is actually suppo
Here we go…again. Being sort of "open" is like being sort of pregnant….you either  are or you are not. When  a device goes "sorta open" I sorta lose interest in being a potential customer.  Lulzbot and the host of other open 3D printers? Yep, we have one down at #Denhac  and the boys and I have much love and learning for it.Â
For the most part I am betting most folks wont give a fig or might even go the iFanboi route. Feh. 
Earlier this week Stratasys, a longtime fixture in the commercial/industrial 3D printing world and recent purchaser of desktop printer company Makerbot, announced that it was filing a patent infrin…
"You are Darth Vader sending Imperial Bounty Hunters after the elusive Han Solo. Choose the hunters wisely and plan ahead. Beware the Sarlaac pit!"  A game that is also a postcard that is also a game.  #printandplay  
Always on the lookout for quick Print-and-Play games? Good Little Games seems to have collected a bunch of the best card based games including one from Todd Sanders.  I think we are going to try Zeppelin derby and Pocket Imperium over the holiday week.  #printandplay  #goodlittlegames  
Good Little Games is a showcase of free print-and-play microgames. All our games use a maximum of just 18 cards, plus perhaps a few common components, such as counters or regular six-sided dice. And yes, they really are free. Microgames are designed to be fast, fun and portable.
