Archive for July, 2006

First Person Puzzle

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

Valve has released a trailer (YouTube version here) showing the weird and exciting play in Portal. You have to watch the trailer. Words fail me, it’s that good.

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Evacuation Cost Exceeds US Credit Card?

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

MSNBC reports this US State Department statement:

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Tire Size Calculator

Monday, July 17th, 2006

Save this link: Miata Tire Size Calculator.

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Radical Islam vs. Western Values

Monday, July 17th, 2006

Brigitte Gabriel writes in Israpundit. “Thank you Israel”.

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Observations on Intuitive Design

Monday, July 17th, 2006

Sarah Allen of Lazlo Systems points out a cool book by Jane Fulton Suri of IDEO: Thoughtless Acts?: Observations on Intuitive Design. The takeaway: “We interact automatically with objects and spaces that we encounter…”

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Wireline vs. Wireless

Monday, July 17th, 2006

Ken Belson writes in The New York Times Alltel to End Local Service as a Spinoff Is Completed.

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Get an Operation, Get Respect

Saturday, July 15th, 2006

This is rich.

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How young do you feel?

Saturday, July 15th, 2006

Jim Soriano wrote this comment about my recent SideKick 3 screed:

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Revisiting the Banks of the Wye

Saturday, July 15th, 2006

Here’s a touch of William Wordsworth to massage your brain as you recover from the work week. Be sure and listen to the audio.

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SideKick 3 Appeals to Young and Young at Heart

Thursday, July 13th, 2006

John Biggs writes in The New York Times about Courting a Hot Market With Cool Phone Service: “… right now the object of lust among [young people] is the T-Mobile Sidekick 3, which hit the market last month.”

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Rob Pegararo on Treo 650

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

Rob Pegararo of The Washington Post writes about A Year With a Treo 650.

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Wine and Global Warming

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

Joe Gandelman of The Moderate Voice writes: Is Global Warming Threatening U.S. Wine Industry?

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