WordTwist’s scoring
My friends got me playing WordTwist on Facebook, and I started playing it in "ladder" mode. That's where you sorta compete against your friends and see if you can get the highest score. Well, one of my friends had a score of 181, which seemed pretty amazing. I'd try and try and get nowhere near it. Of course, I'd frequently only get 12 or 15 words out of 30-odd words. Sometimes I'd have a good round, but it was rare for me to break 100 points in a single round.
Finally I decided I had to cheat and see what the maximum score was. It turns out to be really easy, but I'm not going to reveal it all here and now.
Stuff I’m reading lately
I'm reading some pretty funny sites lately:
- EngrishFunny
- Stuff that gets lost in translation. - Photoshop Disasters - Attempts to do great things with Photoshop that go horribly wrong.
- Graph Jam - Fun people make crazy graphs about pop culture.
- How Many of Me - How many people have my exact name? Hint there are 1 or fewer people with the name "Paco Hope."
Gripes on Hawking Tech HNC230G web cameras
I recently acquired a couple Hawking Technologies HNC230G web cameras. They sound good on paper, but they don't really deliver the way you'd like. Here's a list of shortcomings and problems, with a few workarounds. Most importantly, I provide a perl script that will simply download a JPEG image, which is what most of us want to do anyways.
Webcams on wunderground.com
Wunderground.com now has a webcams feature. I have posted my webcams on the Virginia part of the page. They upload a little less frequently than my live web site.
Live web cameras back online
After many years offline, I have finally bought a couple web cameras and pointed them at somewhat interesting places. You can see them at http://paco.to/live/.