Slate has a rather fascinating article on the continued popularity of solitaire on the PC. Link
My fave bit from the article: “But the poor, benighted game is also—according to a Microsoft employee who worked on reprogramming it for Windows Vista—the most-used program in the Windows universe. We mock solitaire because it is our secret shame.”
Highly suggested.
I blame Richard Jackson for this but I’ve been listening to a ton of Neko Case lately. Her voice gives me shivers in the best way.
Below is a Wife Score Sheet which comes to us from the following. Link.
Dr. George Crane was nice enough, in 1939, to create this helpful scoresheet for couples. Dr. Crane was geeky enough to have the results of his survey tabulated on some swanky new IBM sorting machines. Wow.
For the Commodore. Frankie say.
Odd weekend in a way. Mom and I did very well. Very few awkward moments really, although one or two make me laugh upon recollecting them. I’m not sure she was consciously trying, but she really didn’t make me feel like I was 13 this weekend, which was nice.
Chilliwack doing their New Wave classic “My Girl.” God, I did/do/will always love me some good power pop. And dig that beautiful video!
From the desk of my cousin, Cuz, comes this oh so nerdtastic video. Normally my resistance to Star Wars ephemera is strong, but this really does pluck at my deepest geek strings.
Read a fascinating article on the Chinese MMORPG ZT Online. Link
The folks behind the game have come up with a way to get rid of the “grind” of regular MMORPGs. Instead of grinding to gain experience and equipment, you can simple buy it. No muss, no fuss. The results are pretty damn interesting from a purely capitalistic point of view. Dig the article….
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