December 2008
Skynet Watch: 30GB Zunes Failing Everywhere, All... →
ncroal:
Either Skynet is culling the weak first, or this is a distraction as Skynet prepares to go after the entire Apple line of products while we’re all distracted by New Year’s Eve. (Via Still Not Going To Do This Every Day.)
Watch(via Gametrailers.com - Gametrailers GOTY Awards 08 - Best Wii Game)
“We cannot become our enemy in trying to defeat him.”
– Schneier on Security: Matthew Alexander on Torture
“In some ways, that has been a little overstated. Our games have always done fine...”
– The Escapist : Backstage with Tim Schafer
“And none of that “toys for men” crap either. I couldn’t care...”
– Linus
“John did a talk at LUGRadio Live the weekend before last and decided he wanted...”
– How can I reuse or recycle … business cards? (using them as cue cards seems like a great idea. I have a ton of outdated business cards)
“As we multiply cores, algorithms will start to look more and more like physics,...”
– Twitter / DanielleFong
“Check out the mode of locomotion - something i’ve never seen before.”
– Strangest Invertebrate Ever on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
“Like many Japanese of his generation, the 28-year-old musician and part-time...”
– Japan auto sales plunge as young lose interest - Yahoo! News
“But now, games that used to be rare are finding their way onto the Xbox Live...”
– Game collectors distraught over cheap digital re-releases
“The Ubuntu Linux distribution originally emerged in 2004 as a Debian derivative...”
– Why Ubuntu users should care about Debian
Watch(via Gametrailers.com - Halo Shampoo by —4D—)
Reporters sans frontières - Press Freedom Round-up... →
“Research firm iSuppli has performed another teardown of the Sony PS3 game...”
– Sony losing less money on the PS3 today, but still losing (While iSuppli is usually full of shit, this is probably true and corresponds with Sony’s own data)
“I ain’t got no quarrel with them Viet Cong… They never called me...”
– Muhammad Ali after being drafted for the Vietnam War
“It’s not bragging if you can back it up.”
– Muhammad Ali
“The reason we suck at vacation is because our occupations are not work.”
– Twitter / ʎɹɹəquəʞɔoɥ ƃıɐɹɔ: @drwave @tjw The reason we …
“Vice President Dick Cheney, who is embroiled in litigation with both groups, has...”
– National Archives struggling to absorb Bush data glut
“I have to honestly say, I have never felt so good about a game and it’s...”
– Grumpy Gamer Merry Christmas For You
“Our pay is great. There’s no other career except Wall Street that regularly pays...”
– Coding Horror: Programming: Love It or Leave It
“Gameplay mechanics that were once commonplace are now seen as archaic by modern...”
– Everything old is new again: resurrecting classic games: Page 1
“What we “see” with our eyes actually depends on how you define...”
– Study: our expectations influence visual input processing
“With a simple “Get faster Gmail” message (which only appears in IE,...”
– Google using Gmail to convert IE users to Firefox, Chrome (Updated)
“Moderators at Facebook made the grave mistake of upsetting a handful of new...”
– Facebook breastfeeding drama nurses real world protest
“In these boom times for skaters, Mr. Peacock travels with a gas-powered pump,...”
– Skaters Jump In as Foreclosures Drain the Pool - NYTimes.com
“This is my take on the album Out Of It by Brad Sucks. These aren’t so much...”
– BOY 2.0::AUDIO.OUTOFIT
“G.T.A. IV came out in April, and for the rest of the year I kept waiting for...”
– Video Games - With Grand Theft Auto and Left 4 Dead, a Bountiful Year for Gamers - NYTimes.com
“Some tidy research undertaken by the kids at Gamasutra has revealed that, for...”
– Wii: Only Now Do Wii Retail Prices Match Wii Resale Prices
“Back in the mid 1990s everybody moved from 8-bit 256 colour graphics to the full...”
– MacBook #3 (Quarter Life Crisis)
“You know how people used to make fun of socialism by pointing out that Easter...”
– Capitalism FAIL (Quarter Life Crisis)
“You see, Mandelin is a fan translator, one of a niche but revered group of game...”
– Gamasutra - You Say Tomato: A Pro on Fan-Translating Nintendo’s Mother 3
“You think the big problem with the new MacBooks is the lack of FireWire; a...”
– Twitter / Neven Mrgan
Wii Christmas: Watch Kids Go Crazy Over Getting A... →
“A man angry that a family was talking during a movie threw popcorn at the son...”
– Man shoots talker at movies, police say - CNN.com
Watch(via Gametrailers.com - First Cell Phone Ad (1989) by JohnL1987)
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