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Re: Thinking with Portals.
« Reply #30 on: January 12, 2008, 01:52:27 am »
I've seen him post a few times but... moreover... I certainly feel like I "know" him a bit through all of your stories, jayelle. Remember, I lurked for a while before I even started posting here, too.
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Re: Thinking with Portals.
« Reply #31 on: January 12, 2008, 02:04:16 am »
Quote from: jldunston on January 12, 2008, 01:27:08 am
Also, Pedro, I know you missed it, but there was a Jonathan Coulton thread a while back.  Thought you might be interested. 

They live together but she communicates by this board. God I love our generation.
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Re: Thinking with Portals.
« Reply #32 on: January 12, 2008, 03:40:06 pm »
Quote from: Doc on January 12, 2008, 02:04:16 am
They live together but she communicates by this board. God I love our generation.
Yeah, you should see the little game we play where we don't talk about Urban Dead outside of in-game chat. 

Actually, while I was replying to his post, he was picking up our kid's toys in his underwear.  So it wasn't even like I would have had to leave the room or postpone the comment.  But I figured, it's like when I talk to people from the board on AIM -- some conversations just belong here. 

Incidentally, Doc, he's back because I told him you were about to try yerba mate.  He can't resist an opportunity to share his knowledge with the world. 
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Re: Thinking with Portals.
« Reply #33 on: January 13, 2008, 03:59:58 am »
Well and it makes sense too, if you'd told him in person he might have forgotten by the time he got back to the board.

Actually I will probe big P's knowledge on one point (doesn't seem worth creating a thread over but feel free to split this if it goes on too long): I'm not the kind of guy who can sit at my desk and drink it all day (my desk is in a lab so no food or dirnk etc.) so when I do want to drink it mate it will probably be only two or maybe three cups worth, does scaling down the leaves work ok in this situation or would I lose the flavour?
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Re: Thinking with Portals.
« Reply #34 on: January 14, 2008, 06:39:10 pm »
Quote from: Doc on January 13, 2008, 03:59:58 am
I'm not the kind of guy who can sit at my desk and drink it all day (my desk is in a lab so no food or dirnk etc.) so when I do want to drink it mate it will probably be only two or maybe three cups worth, does scaling down the leaves work ok in this situation or would I lose the flavour?

Less yerba will have the same amount of flavor initially, but will 'run out' of flavor faster than more yerba (which sounds like what you're going for).  I'd put in just enough to cover the strainer part of your bombilla.  Just enough leaves to cover the strainer on the straw, and you're good to go.  You can always dump it and start again if it tastes like you're just drinking hot water.
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Re: Thinking with Portals.
« Reply #35 on: January 14, 2008, 11:07:23 pm »
Good advice, thanks big P.
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Re: Thinking with Portals.
« Reply #36 on: January 20, 2008, 07:30:20 pm »
Quote from: jaydub on January 10, 2008, 05:38:53 pm
Reckon I'll hide behind Nabu then.

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Re: Thinking with Portals.
« Reply #37 on: February 15, 2008, 03:46:54 am »
You'll get stabbed and like it.

So they're going to make a sequel to Portal, or something.  One of the Valve execs said to expect a lot more Portal content, but not for a while.

Sounds good to me.  Also, you can now buy Aperture Science gear here:

http://store.valvesoftware.com/

I threw a "Afterwards, there will be cake." joke into the agenda for a talk I was giving at a conference and about 80% of the room laughed.  I love geek gatherings.
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