Posted by on under score database, game score, random stats, hall of shame, highest score, game time, ayers, hall of fame, jas, squares, dreamcast, linux, games | 
Two years ago I gathered some interesting stats from the DCSquares score database. Here's an updated version of those stats using the data as of today:
General Stats * Total users that have submitted a score: 457
* Total games played: 54,132
* Total squares collected: 1,564,992
* Total time spent playing: 38 days (note: scores entered through the website do not record a time, so this is actually higher)
* Average games played per user: 118
* Average number of squares collected per game: 48
* Average score per game: 30,556
* Average combo per game: 47
* Average game time: 61 seconds
* The most users that have scored the same score is 74. They all scored 1,080 points.
Players by platform * Windows: 55%
* Mac: 43%
* Linux: 2%
* Dreamcast: 0% (only 23 scores ever submitted for Dreamcast)
Hall of fame: * Highest score: Harryfronman scored 677,472 points
* Highest combo: captain collected 354 squares in a row
* Most squares: Harryfronman collected 731 squares
* Longest time: jason survived for 16:47 minutes
Hall of shame: * Lowest score: runkennyrun scored 1,000 points (scores below 1,000 are rejected)
* Shortest time: Baphmomet survived for 2.3 seconds
16 players only collected 1 square but managed to score more than 1000 points.
99% of players use the in-game score client, only 1% of scores were entered through the web.
Tagi: score database, game score, random stats, hall of shame, highest score, game time, ayers, hall of fame, jas, squares, dreamcast, linux, games
Posted by on under junk food cravings, lab mice, exchange parties, holiday baking, cookie exchange, great science, boing boing, clever idea, dorks, periodic table, candies, nerds, squares, atoms, geeks, aha, lt, chocolate, smile, blog |
I don't know about you, but I've got multiple cookie exchange parties lined up in the coming weeks. If you're on the same page and need a clever idea or two, the NotSoHumblePie cooking blog has several great science-themed cookies, sure to make geeks, dorks and nerds smile. Petri dish cookies are pictured above, but there's also: Chocolate Atoms Gel Electrophoresis Squares An Almost-Complete Periodic Table Lab Mice (which I think would be great with little cinnamon candies for eyes) Gingerbread Scientists Heavens, they're tasty! And educational! (Aha! Pharyngula is apparently the reason half my friend list was emailing me about these today.) Previously:HOWTO make fractal cookies - Boing Boing End of Overeating: the science of junk-food cravings - Boing Boing...
Tagi: junk food cravings, lab mice, exchange parties, holiday baking, cookie exchange, great science, boing boing, clever idea, dorks, periodic table, candies, nerds, squares, atoms, geeks, aha, lt, chocolate, smile, blog
Posted by on under nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp, work pants, cable installer, doing projects, knee pads, knee pad, first glance, background story, youtube, heavy weight, gimmick, painters, armor, squares, pockets, flooring, knees, amp, rsquo, demo |
Armor Professional Work Wear makes work pants (mostly for painters) that have additional pockets for knee pads. Sounds like a simple gimmick that you might think, big deal, at first glance. I was lucky enough to demo a pair and was very impressed. The construction of the pants was very solid, material was a heavy weight but still comfortable. The knee pads are flexible squares that simply slide in and out of the knee pockets so it’s very easy to take them out for wearing them around the house and then put them in when it’s time to work. Not to say they are a problem to leave in because you really don’t notice the knee pads just walking around.
The knee pads will not replace a true knee pad for those laying flooring or other such work but for just doing projects around the house or general construction work you wouldn’t believe how they change the way you work. Our shop has concrete floors but when you are wearing these it changes the way you work by allowing you to get down under projects like second nature. I also showed them to a cable installer and he thought they were the greatest invention since sliced bread because in addition to added support, these would help keep his knees from getting muddy/wet outside.
The background story on these pants in also pretty interesting one. It is all about professional painters but I think they are ideal for anyone who has a favorite pair of work pants, which I would bet is everyone who reads coptool.com. Cost is $35 (white) & $40 (tan) per pair. Here is a YouTube on these:
Tagi: nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp, work pants, cable installer, doing projects, knee pads, knee pad, first glance, background story, youtube, heavy weight, gimmick, painters, armor, squares, pockets, flooring, knees, amp, rsquo, demo
Posted by on under envelope shape, gizmodo, ipad, raps, origami, squares, gadgets |
You don't really need to be an Origami pro to fold Skooba Design's RAPS around your gadgets. They're basically colorful, padded squares which you wrap into an envelope shape around your iPad or other...
Tagi: envelope shape, gizmodo, ipad, raps, origami, squares, gadgets
Posted by on under rpg game, action rpg, squares, acti, fastar |
Fastar is a side-scrolling Action RPG game that packs way more action than RPG. Basically, you run as fast as you can while destroying any square that jumps in your way. It's all about speed and it's ridiculously enjoyable.
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Tagi: rpg game, action rpg, squares, acti, fastar
