Happy Mutant Profile
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Website: http://www.sloperama.com
Bio: I'm a designer and producer of video games, having worked at Sega, Atari, and Activision. I'm also an author and an expert on the game of mah-jongg.
Don't Miss
- BBtv - Pesco and "Eccentric Genius," Xeni zapped, ironic t-shirts: More Maker Faire 2008.
- BBtv - Google's "Great Firewall of China": Fun with the Billboard Liberation Front and monochrom
- BBtv - Cory Doctorow: Show us your "Little Brother" HOWTO videos, and "Dumpster-Diving Philosopher."
- Untitled 1
- Boing Boing's Moderation Policy
- #boingboing IRC channel open for Happy Mutating
Recent Comments
- YBKul said: "&Dierken Only if it was also opt-in and not used for marketing research. Also, let me correct my e ..."
- Tomas said: "Also hoping for a Mac version... :o) ..."
- kentvictor said: "The only sad thing is that because we will have a large crowd we likely will receive no opposition f ..."
- dierken said: "I'm assuming everyone knows that Phorm offers an opt-out page somewhere on <a href="http://www.webwi ..."
- kentvictor said: "I'll be there! kentvictor@hotmail.com ..."
- Takuan said: "please, it is not a "war on drugs". It is a "Waronsomedrugs Industry", just a business like any othe ..."
- Takuan said: "arrr, and how ye be this fine eve,lass? ..."
- Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator said: "Cpt. Tim @12: Thus proving yet again that it's manners, not opinions as such, that get people disemv ..."
- EricArnold said: "For those interested in the aesthetic of the Magic Carpet sign, check out the <a href="http://endang ..."
- YBKul said: "The problem is that the government isn't tracking what people do to build profiles, it's tracking wh ..."
the latest
- "How to Photoshop" book has incompetently-photoshopped cover
- From Atari Joyboard to Wii Fit: 25 years of "exergaming"
- JumpSnap: the ropeless jump rope revolution!
- Font Haiku
- DIY music controller uses water
- Aliph's updated Jawbone Bluetooth headset reviewed (Verdict: Smaller but just as quirky)
- Intel spokesman: no larger Atom iPhone
- CBS to buy CNET for $1.75bn
- Another day, another jet-powered backpack flight over the Alps
- MSI Wind review: Te enamorarás! Yes, it's an Eee-killer
latest episodes
- Pesco and the "Eccentric Genius," Xeni gets zapped, ironic t-shirts: More Maker Faire 2008.
- Google and China's "Great Firewall": Fun with the Billboard Liberation Front and monochrom
- Cory Doctorow: Show us your "Little Brother" HOWTO videos, and "Dumpster-Diving Philosopher."
- Kevin Kelly: "Asia Grace," and A Thousand True Fans.
- BBtv "Hacker HOWTO": Cold Boot Encryption Attack
- Speed Racer's "photo-anime" hyperreality: John Gaeta interview, part 2.
- Combat robots, warring battleships: Xeni at Maker Faire
- Star Simpson's fuzzy logic, MacGyver, MIT lasers, and trippy glasses: Maker Faire with Phil Torrone
- Joel Johnson Wilderness Internet Experience
- Animation: Syd Garon and DJ Qbert, and Jon Burgerman's "Magic Ink"
There's nothing mysterious about it. It's a dealing machine. Analogous to a card shuffler.
You can learn more about them at
http://www.sloperama.com/mjfaq/tables.htm
And see a video of an old 30-year-old model's inner workings at
http://www.sloperama.com/jansui.htm
Tom Sloper
Author of "The Red Dragon & The West Wind," the definitive book on mah-jongg east & west.