My RSS feed has been clogged up with blog posts about who has left Modern Warfare 2’s developer, Infinity Ward, since the two guys that head the place were dispatched by Activision. It’s been difficult to make heads or tails of who has gone and how important they were. Luckily for the Internet, PC Gamer Magazine [...]
Really interesting thoughts on the importance of computer literacy, and seems to support Noah’s assertion (via edutopia) that coding is the new literacy.
As an aside, this feels a lot like what’s happening to music as some hip-hop has redefined the musician as someone who combines complex molecules of existing music rather than knowing how to make [...]
It’s being reported now that David Zucker is planning to “ice” Conan, keeping him off the air at any network, for the length of his Tonight Show contract, which is amazing. I don’t think it would happen, and I would hate it if it did, but if it did actually happen here’s what I would [...]
Over the holidays I was given the opportunity to get schooled by my nine year old nephew at Madden football on Wii. I accepted the challenge, not only because I’m a good uncle, but also because I’ve been playing NCAA Football on Xbox and Playstation for a good decade.
I lost.
Partially because I had to learn [...]
I’ve never really made new years resolutions before. Partly because they are doomed to fail for most people, but mostly because I annually forget think about them until people start telling me about the fantastic things they are going to (not) do next year as the ball drops.
This year is different. There are a number [...]
A few months ago, after taking a bike ride across the Golden Gate to Sausalito, we came across this guy:
He stacks rocks. And it’s amazing. I don’t know how difficult it actually is … maybe it’s just a matter of being bored enough to try it. But it’s really interesting. And after watching Thru-You, and [...]