February 2012
5 posts
Tsunami-hit towns forgot warnings from ancestors →
“High dwellings are the peace and harmony of our descendants,” the stone slab reads. “Remember the calamity of the great tsunamis. Do not build any homes below this point.”
Hundreds of such markers dot the coastline, some more than 600 years old. Collectively they form a crude warning system for Japan, whose long coasts along major fault lines have made it a repeated...
January 2012
7 posts
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This Scrabble game played on 2011-12-09 had the highest player score ever in a tournament (803-285). Joel Sherman played 7 bingos, and stuck his hapless opponent with the Q at the end.
Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop, 30, Arrested By... →
Key Features: a new (small) Zarf IF game →
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Mega Man 2
December 2011
16 posts
Los Jaivas, “Todos Juntos”, 1971.
Outside Your Heaven: Bringing 3D to the MassesThe irony of 3D gaming is that 3D space is “real” in a sense. It is unabstract, a 1-to-1 simulation of space as it actually exists. 2D space is abstract, an imaginary reduction of real space onto a flat plane. So why then is 2D much easier to navigate than 3D? Because, if we acknowledge the complete reality of video games, we must...
“[amazon] vimes says, “man, i love being able to do my christmas shopping...”
– Bishop (quoted by vimes)
The underworld is fruitful because of, literally, its occult geometry. By geometry, I mean that for surface creatures, the world expands as the square of distance: the surface world is measured by area. However, the underworld’s contents are encompassed by the cube of distance: it contains volume(s), and the human mind has difficulty coming to terms with this inherent vastness.
Now, the...
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November 2011
38 posts
Kickstarter - Crow and the Pitcher →
I just pre-ordered this interesting-looking trick-taking card game. It’s still a bit shy of its Kickstarter goal, so check it out.
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WatchNew online single today by The Fedavees. It rocks!
Happy Corduroy Appreciation Minute: 11:11,...
Meanwhile for iOS →
Zarf made an iOS app for Meanwhile:
Now live on iPad and iPhone!
On the way home from the ice cream store, little Jimmy discovers a mad scientist’s wonderland: an experimental mind-reading helmet, a time machine, and a doomsday device that can annihilate the human race. Which one would you like to test out first?
Meanwhile is not an ordinary comic. You make the choices that determine how...
Alt Text: Awesome Alternative Offices for... →
All you really need to found a startup is someplace to sit that has good acoustics, running water and a reasonably fresh scent. This makes the public restroom a perfect home office away from home or office.