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"In that spirit, let me say that I emailed my “Crash of 2008 Concierge Physician” (doctor friend)..."

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:24:05 -0700

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In that spirit, let me say that I emailed my “Crash of 2008 Concierge Physician” (doctor friend) about whether I should be concerned about entering Day 15 of swine flu symptoms. I’ve still got a sore throat and cough. His response:

“I see something similar to asthma on frequent basis after a viral upper airway disease which gives a bit of wheezing and cough for several weeks- can be treated with steroids if symptoms are bad. Will stop on its own eventually (all bleeding stops eventually as well due to clotting or death).”

”

- Philip Greenspun’s Weblog » Swine flu treatment

Original WWW graphic. Let’s Share What We Know (via...

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:22:00 -0700

Original WWW graphic.

Let’s Share What We Know (via danbri)

Remember how Sega won the console wars with their clever...

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:29:12 -0700

Remember how Sega won the console wars with their clever negative ad campaigns? Oh, right.

"FUCK THE CLOUD, BEFORE THE CLOUD FUCKS YOU."

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:22:09 -0700

“FUCK THE CLOUD, BEFORE THE CLOUD FUCKS YOU.”

- ASCII by Jason Scott / Outlook is Cloudy

Moving to Florida (via johnybiem)

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:39:00 -0700

Moving to Florida (via johnybiem)

"Description: Philosophical First Person Single Player Exploration Puzzle Art Game? Watch the..."

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:30:35 -0700

“Description: Philosophical First Person Single Player Exploration Puzzle Art Game? Watch the trailer. It’s hard to explain.”

- Hazard - The Journey Of Life

Glitch: Designing Imperfection

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:00:29 -0700

Glitch: Designing Imperfection

RunMan: Race Around the World Release Trailer (via TomSennett)

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:45:30 -0700

RunMan: Race Around the World Release Trailer (via TomSennett)

RunMan: Race Around the World

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:01:34 -0700

RunMan: Race Around the World

"They quickly blew past boundaries they didn’t even know they had. The art, the science, the..."

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:41:52 -0700

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They quickly blew past boundaries they didn’t even know they had. The art, the science, the publicity overshadowed the question of “should I be sharing this?” And in both cases, this realization that HOLY CRAP, I AM TOTALLY OUT THERE came with a near catastrophic personality episode.

The stories of people like Joshua Harris are important to study, as more and more of us are now living in the surveillance state that he imagined in his art.

”

- Ben Brown discussed the movie We Live In Public

"To them, game environments are not containers for gameplay, but rather are the reason for gameplay. ..."

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:38:11 -0700

“To them, game environments are not containers for gameplay, but rather are the reason for gameplay. By only affording the player navigation controls, the player’s mind is free to embark on a journey of induction and introspection. In their own words, Fatale “offers an experimental play experience that stimulates the imagination and encourages multiple interpretations and personal associations.” Tale of Tales are not alone in creating games for this purpose. Games that encourage observation and consideration of their environments can be said to form an art movement that I am referring to as the observational immersionist style.”

- Tale of Tales have done it again: The Observational Immersionist Style

"Consider this remark, for example: “Nothing in this agreement precludes any other company or..."

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:00:14 -0700

“Consider this remark, for example: “Nothing in this agreement precludes any other company or organization from pursuing their own similar effort.” Thanks to quirks in civil litigation and class-action law, Google has lucked into being able to negotiate royalties with every single author and copyright holder on the planet. No one else will be remotely able to do the same thing. Before they can scan any book printed after 1923, they’ll have to find the copyright holder and ask nicely. Characterizing this as just a walk in the park can’t be seen as anyone other than a deliberate attempt to sucker the public into letting Google have a monopoly on millions of digitally archived books.”

- Sergey Brin Blows Smoke Up Your Ass | The Big Money

"We just make the system and make sure it works. Then we check every object and say, “Oh, does..."

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:36:17 -0700

“We just make the system and make sure it works. Then we check every object and say, “Oh, does it work?” We have no idea. If you freeze your airplane, take it back in time on a time machine, put an old man on it, come back, and set it on fire, what’s going to happen? I don’t know. You can’t test that. How do you test that? It’s impossible.”

- Gamasutra - Features - Fountain of Scribbles: 5th Cell’s Jeremiah Slaczka Speaks

Your Race Affects Whether People Write You Back « OkTrends

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:40:20 -0700

Your Race Affects Whether People Write You Back « OkTrends

Where should tumblr posts be on trenchant.org?

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:11:16 -0700

They used to be on the side of trenchant.org and before that they were in the main section and now they’re back in the main section and I know that nobody cares but I’m letting people answer this ANYWAY as an experiment. ALSO I’M DOING THIS POOL SIDE FROM HAWAII OH HEY LOOK I CAN SEE THE OCEAN.

Topless Robot - My Girlfriend Is the President, Apparently

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:37:01 -0700

Topless Robot - My Girlfriend Is the President, Apparently:

It is an absolutely real hentai game where aliens crash on the Japanese government, and decide the simplest thing to do is make a Japanese high school girl president, build a copy of the White House, and then — because this is the simplest solution they could think of — brainwash the entire world into believing the girl is in fact the president of Japan.

"To everyone who says “Android — Dave, you’ll love Android” — I feel..."

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:40:50 -0700

“To everyone who says “Android — Dave, you’ll love Android” — I feel almost the same about Google as I do about Apple. I read the article about this Sidebar Wiki thing and their product manager said it was just like blogging. I suppose if you have no soul it’s just like blogging.”

- I want to divorce my iPhone (Scripting News)

This is hilarious, but also shows why you must be VERY CAREFUL...

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:13:18 -0700

This is hilarious, but also shows why you must be VERY CAREFUL with new features in seemingly simple systems that violate user expectations.

But if this is crazy, babe, I don’t want to be sane....

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:40:51 -0700

But if this is crazy, babe, I don’t want to be sane. I’m in love with you, Wendy.

"When you say ‘I don’t give a shit’ about this KanyeVs.TaylorSwift meme, it’s like you’re turning..."

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:44:07 -0700

“When you say ‘I don’t give a shit’ about this KanyeVs.TaylorSwift meme, it’s like you’re turning your back on humanity. You fail to realize that these are the only moments that we can all share together.”

- It takes a socially transcendent moment to remind us what makes life worth living. Kanye West is a valuable member of society.