We haven’t had one of these for a while, so there are links-a-plenty to clear
out of the bookmark folder:
- A Slate
article on graffiti in Iraq: "Turkey and Iran are a split turd." - Everything you ever wanted to know about Irish
megaliths (and sundry other antiquities). Thanks, Taint.org. - Best computer
pranks ever (not really). - Sorting your friends and family on the dwarf-elf/ninja-pirate
matrix. I must get on this. - NYU students build
swimming pool in their dorm. Strong work. - How Sports Illustrated manages
16,183 photos from the Super Bowl. - This meme has had its day, but this
Crimson Room game is still nifty. Thanks, Donna. - Japanese reading
mobile novels on their cell phones, avoiding use of ‘difficult words’.
Is that Tolstoy I hear spinning in his grave? - It’s the Bovine
Rectal Palpation Simulator. - Interesting
article predicting the demise of the video game industry. I don’t think
that’s going to happen, but the writer makes some salient points. Check out
the screenshot comparisons halfway down the page. - Rog gets
a vasectomy. Don’t miss the
haiku version of that post, it’s classic.
DarrenBarefoot.com 
I enjoyed that article about the demise of video games – and agree with the point regarding a lack of progress over the past few years. I actually have little (no) interest in new video games – but still enjoy playing the ancient Quake 2 FPS multiplayer now and then:
Any computer can run it.
It’s fast.
Multiplayer- it’s straight IP to IP. No 3rd party to worry about.
While I certainly don’t speak for everyone, (or even a signifigant minority) I know the gaming industry will not be seeing a dime from me any time soon. I just don;t care about seeing a reflection ins the ice – or lens flares etc etc…
A rather basic prank pulled by a friend of mine (not on me – I helped prepare it)… she created a full-screen Powerpoint slide that precisely reproduced a blue screen. She then set it up to be an exe file so when you opened it, you’d go to the mock bluescreen. Then she swapped that in to the shortcut for the victim’s current programming project. It was fun.