Bacon and Games is a new blog for video game developers. It’s full of great articles on how to make games better (and not only by adding bacon). See also: Bacon floss The Alot is better than you at everything. The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which “people reach erroneous conclusions and make… Read more »
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I can’t really imagine Tom Cruise in Footloose. But I guess I can see Johnny Depp as Ferris Bueller. The University of Florida Gators won yet another national title … in bass fishing. The Football FAQ should be required reading for just about everyone. UCLA crushed everyone to win a NCAA National Championship in Gymnastics… Read more »
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Not many things are cooler than Johnny Depp reading a letter from Hunter S. Thompson. The Zodiac Killer! Grey goo! There are all sorts of creepy Wikipedia articles. The team @Flip has done it again. They are just killing in the video recorder market. Their new product — the Flip SlideHD — is incredible. It… Read more »
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Drop everything and go watch Teenage Zombies right now. The Green Day rock opera album American Idiot is now a Broadway show. After a grueling 58 hours of continuous play, John McAllister of Seattle, Washington officially became the best Asteroids player on the planet. I also spend a fair amount of my life trying to… Read more »
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Potholes are a serious and dangerous road hazard in Los Angeles. Designers in Italy are promoting the idea of a brightly-colored second layer of asphalt which would turn roads into a sort of skin, so you can easily tell when there’s a pothole to avoid. It’s so very hard these days — but so very… Read more »
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Looking for free WiFi access? There is, of course, an app for that. Great idea: Are You An Asshole? (.com) I really need to get my tickets for the 10th Annual Kickspit Underground Rock Festival! You’ve seen the Periodic Table of Candy and the Periodic Table of Booze, of course. There are lots of periodic… Read more »
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That’s What Bea Said! Avoid customer service prompts and long hold times with GetHuman.com. (And, of course, there’s an iPhone app for that.) The graphic Jish found depicting a Visual Explanation of Family Relationships is the first I’ve ever seen that made sense. If you live here, you already know this: Los Angeles is a… Read more »
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What kind of drug are you? If you have an iPhone and a guitar, you simply must get the Gibson Learn & Master Guitar app. James Dean was seriously one badass dude. The Japanese apparently have a game show for every conceivable challenge. I never realized that the old “yank a tablecloth” trick was something… Read more »
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Hugh Hefner: Teen Cartoonist Have you ever ordered any of these secret restaurant menu items? Congratulations to the Gators, who won their first NCAA Indoor Track Championship this weekend. (It’s nice when the football team has a running back who spends the offseason being one of the fastest sprinters in the nation.) A solar-powered iPhone… Read more »
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My wife has gotten me addicted to Damages — starring Glenn Close — on FX. The awesome song played during the opening credits is When I Am Through with You by The VLA Band. The flashiest and most attention-grabbing egotistical way of flexing one’s muscle is the long-tracking shot. Simplicity is hard. Let’s go shopping!… Read more »