Just now about 40 protesters invaded the Google campus, wearing purple union shirts and handing out flyers explaining that the janitors of Silicon Valley feel that they are compensated insufficiently for services such as wiping down counters and moving trash from small receptacles to larger ones. They made a couple of mistakes in planning. First, [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2008’
Attention Bungie:
I’m a little irked that you don’t offer your t-shirts in chick sizes. Wearing a men’s small isn’t comfortable and never looks right. I consider this especially bigoted on the part of Bungie, as I would assume that you would want to support me in my dream to one day have Master Chief’s head between [...]
I’ll miss you, beta!
It’s been a real privilege to be involved in the beta testing for Mythos, the forthcoming free-to-play MMO from Flagship Studios. This game has just as much love that went into it as Hellgate: London, and is a ridiculously addictive and fun update of the model that made Diablo II so successful. As the commercialization [...]
I Won’t Break Up with XP
Lots of things go in cycles. Classic-Romantic. Bear-Bull. Orthodox-Rebel. Technological-Natural. Lohan-Duff. One of the most stark patterns of cyclical behavior is that of the operating systems released by Microsoft. The Functional-Fubar cycle, unfortunately, has gone unbroken from the beginning. When Windows first came out, it was astonishing. Even Microsoft haters have to admit that. But [...]
Emo Star Discovered
A new type of star was recently discovered– a Y Class Brown Dwarf. Initially scientists thought that the star was “very, very cool. In fact, surprisingly cool,” according to NASA’s Kurt Steinlicher. “However,” Steinlicher said, “on closer examination, we realized that the star wasn’t as cool as it appeared. After we talked to it, we [...]