Thursday  the Second of January, 2004

Infected with the word "ludeme" from Parlett's Book of Word Games (a "justly neglected technical term" which only seems to be used satirically, online), I was compelled to throw together the Ludemetic Game Generator, taking the game categories and mechanics wholesale from BoardGameGeek and combining them back together at random; something to flip through at half-amused random until you chance across something that's actually quite a good idea.

I've been meaning to write an inspiration-pinging random-game-theme-generator for a while, primarily as a what-shall-we-play crank for Dvorak ("make a deck about farming that involves octopi"), so this may well see a second version.  ]

Impermanent Fillings: Bantumi - Liero - Terracon - BlogNomic


 Tuesday  the Thirty-First of December, 2003

The creator of Chupa Chups dies, claiming (it's underclear whether on or off the deathbed, and how much as convergent evolution) to have invented the entire concept of lollipops from first principles in the 1950s. Lollipops have actually been mass produced since 1916, and were surely pre-dated by toffee apples (although all I can find is a lollipop-shaped toffee apple mortar from WWI). But I think the chimpanzees get prior art, really.

(Something that had never registered, and which I will now try to forget - "Chupa-Chup" and "Chupacabra" share a derivation.)  ]

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Weeks beginning. All having ended.
2003: 29.12 22.12 15.12 08.12 01.12 24.11 17.11 10.11 03.11 27.10 20.10 13.10 06.10 29.09 22.09 15.09 08.09 01.09 25.08 18.08 11.08 28.07 21.07 14.07 07.07 30.06 23.06 16.06 09.06 02.06 26.05 19.05 12.05 05.05 28.04 21.04 14.04 07.04 31.03 24.03 17.03 10.03 03.03 24.02 17.02 10.02 03.02 27.01 20.01 13.01 06.01

2002: 30.12 23.12 16.12 09.12 02.12 25.11 18.11 11.11 04.11 28.10 21.10 14.10 07.10 30.09 23.09 16.09 09.09 02.09 26.08 19.08 12.08 05.08 29.07 22.07 15.07 08.07 01.07 24.06 17.06 10.06 03.06 27.05 20.05 13.05 06.05 29.04 22.04 15.04 08.04 01.04 25.03 18.03 11.03 04.03 25.02 18.02 11.02 04.02 28.01 21.01 14.01 07.01

2001: 31.12 24.12 17.12 10.12 03.12 26.11 19.11 12.11 05.11 29.10 22.10 15.10 08.10 01.10 24.09 17.09 10.09 03.09 27.08 20.08 13.08 06.08 30.07 23.07 16.07 09.07 02.07 25.06 18.06 11.06 04.06 28.05 21.05 14.05 07.05 30.04 23.04 16.04 09.04 02.04 26.03 19.03 12.03 05.03 26.02 19.02 12.02 05.02 29.01 22.01 15.01 08.01 01.01

2000: 25.12 18.12 11.12 04.12 27.11 20.11


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