The Western
I’m a fan. I enjoy them without thinking about the cues in the scripts and visuals, because I speak their language. But it is a great feeling to not just see what is on the screen, but also recognize the … Continue reading
I Play Minecraft
Minecraft, a game by indie Swedish game maker Markus “notch” Persson, is a sleeper hit born on its unassuming graphics and “sandbox” gameplay. The game doesn’t give players objectives, it just sets them in a randomly generated world of boxes … Continue reading
The Cheapest Puerto Rico Prelude
My acoustic guitar is not the sharpest instrument in my closet. It’s… “acoustically challenged.” But when I bought it, one feature stuck out to me – a popular selling point – It was free. Continue reading
Lanier Versus Shirky on Web 2.0
The cautious with a chip on his shoulder versus the overly optimistic. My dad posted an article Clay Shirky wrote on “The Collapse of Complex Business Models” (think: Rome/Babylon/America) to Facebook a while back, and I liked it, so I … Continue reading
Thunderbird Egg in Postmodern Burger
About a week ago, while eating lunch with friends, telling them about some of the criticism against Google, I explained to them why I don’t care about the great features of Gmail. My audience was all six or seven years … Continue reading
