Andy Ihnatko on the iPad – what that guy said. I had a post drafted about the iPad from a few weeks ago but it didn’t seem to add much to the talk at the time. Despite initially feeling underwhelmed, the product quickly made sense. Traditional computer interfaces don’t work on small screens (they barely work on 12” screens let alone 10”), and rather than start from scratch Apple is building upon the touch OS that when you think about it is already quite an achievement in usability, much more so than the Mac OS. There are a lot of super-non-nerds I know who recently got iPhones and they understand it in minutes. In a couple days they are showing off their new apps. This never happened with the Mac or Windows.
» A Glimpse at BioWare's Philosophy on RPGs
"the average 300 page novel clocks in at approximately 75,000 words. By comparison, the original Mass Effect contains approximately 300,000 words, Mass Effect 2 adds to that total with 450,000 words, and Dragon Age dwarfs them both with some 1,000,000 words."
» Safe and Affordable Jetpack: Just $90,000
more proof that we're in the future.
» Moratorium on Toronto bike lanes? Speak truth to power!
Smitherman wants a "time out" from the Bike Plan, which was approved in 2001 and is already years behind schedule.
» Variety Lets Two of Its Top Critics Go
including Todd McCarthy. Brutal.
» The never-ending lament for Queen West
Queen street is never as good as it used to be. Surely the last half-decade has been the steepest decline yet
» Sleep Is Death (Geisterfahrer)
new 2-player only conversational adventure game from the designer of Passage
» Steve Jobs Says "No," iPad Won't Tether To iPhone
that sucks.
» Inkmesh
legal ebook search engine
» 'Lost': Go Ask 'Alice'
EW's Doc Jensen considers the Lewis Carroll references in Lost 606, "Lighthouse". Long and rambly but a fascinating example of the richness of allusion that's common in Lost.
» YouTube Launches Auto-Captions For All Videos
Wow. So if I want to get my footage transcribed I simply upload to YouTube? I'll be testing the efficacy of this shortly.
» Sony's Mythical PSPad a Combination of the iPad and PlayStation
rumors of upcoming Sony portable products - light on details. Could be both the PSP phone and/or some kinda pad thing. It's all just as confusing as Sony is these days
» defective yeti — REWARD
heh.
» Durian fruit | Taste Test
Read the office reactions: “The smell was like a mix of rotting garbage and a rapid gas leak.”
YouTube - adidas Originals - Star Wars Collection
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Here are some pics of the products.
Mar 02, 2010.
» Asus officially unveils 9-inch e-reader, the DR-900
looks pretty nice
Penny Arcade vs. Jordan Jesse Go
How about some nerd gossip? Penny Arcade are in the midst of a book tour, and they appeared on Jordan Jesse Go, the lesser known podcast of the folks behind The Sound of Young America. Things do not go well, and Tycho posts this scather. I love love love Penny Arcade, and I’ve never gotten into any of the Jesse Thorn stuff; however, as a fan of You Look Nice Today, I know those guys are pals with Mr. Thorn and he’s unlikely to be as horrible as PA makes it out. You can read his own description here, and read the follow-up post from a commenter who mentions PA’s well-known anxiety problems. Who knows though. They haven’t posted the podcast evidence yet.
Mar 02, 2010.
» The Evolutionary Reason for Depression
I'm not sure I buy it.
