Life's Miscellaneous Et Ceteras

Brandon Valosek's reflections on life, philosophy, and programming

Month: August, 2008

A Lonely, Lonely Universe

Depressingly impossible thought of the week:
We assume that every human we see around us– our friends, family, kids, adults– experience the same sort of self awareness and sense of existence as we do. In other words, for all 6 billion people on the planet, there’s a soul in the driver’s seat for each and every [...]

16-Bit Nostalgia

It was sometime during the youthful and care-free years of elementary school that my parents bought my sister and me a Sega Genesis. The system also came with Sonic 2… which might be one the best video games ever made… as I’m pretty sure that the hours of jumping and spinning a little blue hedgehog [...]