ATZ OK

I started back up on my zombie game the other day, with the approach of ditching the attempt at fancy graphics, and focusing on building a minimalistic but playable game. Since I needed to rebuild it with XNA 2.0 anyways, I started over with a great 2D tile engine from Nick Gravelyn. I […]

I opened up Amazon.com this morning to track a recent order, and saw the following:

I couldn’t help but to be reminded of a recent XKCD comic.

Today, I speak in links:
http://finance.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=maximized&chdeh=0&chfdeh=0&chdet=1201907861000&chddm=1955&cmpto=NASDAQ:YHOO&q=NASDAQ:GOOG
http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+irony

So despite the horrible, awful reviews it’s been getting, I recently picked up SimCity Societies. It’s actually a very interesting game, with relatively deep gameplay obscured by a horribly shallow exterior. I’ll write up a full review eventually, but for the moment I wanted to show off a couple screenshots of the sort […]

The fine folks at RoboSavvy have created an example of exactly how amazing the Nokia 770’s potential is by creating a series of robots using a 770 as the brain and to display facial expressions. This is all made possible because of the open source nature of the platform, combined in a lightweight enclosure […]

Wired News is reporting on an upcoming Firefly MMOG, from Multiverse. While I’m pretty much convinced this can only end up in the vast heap of MMOG failures, there’s a remote chance it could be really really good.
I still hold Elite Plus and TradeWars 2002 as the gold standard of space sims. After […]

Amy Youngs media art delights and disgusts with a composting “digestive” indoor table. This is actually a really great idea for city dwellers without the proper outdoor space for a compost heap. It’s basically a table with a big ol’ udder on the bottom full of worms. You drop the food scraps […]

Engadget seems to have gotten its grubby little mitts on a few more spy shots of Nokia’s 870 Internet Tablet, this time with some actual content.
As far as I can tell, the current benefits over the Nokia 770 are limited to: slightly increased RAM, a camera, an integrated stand, and an additional SD slot. […]

I’ve just hooked up the Popularity Contest WordPress plugin, and it’s pretty cool. Since it’s just now starting to collect data, most of the entries will be based on comments, but the most hardlinked pages should make it to the top pretty fast.
A word of warning if you want to use this plugin though, […]

I’ve been looking for something like the JimXfor a while now, ever since the last time I was mugged. After the hassle of canceling my credit cards and replacing my driver’s license, I stopped carrying a wallet. I keep my money loose in my front pocket, and my ID and credit cards in […]