December 19, 2007
1:18 pm
Award-winning indie game Aquaria now available. Coming soon for the Mac. Dragon Quest IV trailer. Bring on Dragon Warrior for the DS! Craig Thompson work-in-progress. I love to see the evolution of this stuff. Humans are evolving faster. And here I thought it’d slowed down. Courtesy Uncle Warren. BusinessWeek: Hollywood’s Quest for Innovation. A-yup. Noctem […]
November 15, 2007
10:58 pm
Gotta clear up some memory for tomorrow’s big show, so here goes. Little to no commentary this time, still working on slides. JOMA: Fairy Tales for the 21st Century. Star Wars Shop offers Concept C-3PO, R2-D2 figures. IBM to launch cloud computing initiative. $170 Torpedo Projector. I want three. Veer: Estilo font. Considering this for […]
NYT: Questions You Should Never Ask a Writer. I love Doris Lessing. Ira Glass on storytelling. Noted for future reference. Get Lamp. A documentary on IF? Delicious Library 2 preview. JANUARY!? FlickrExport 3 preview. Gimme gimme. Cory Doctorow on SF mag design. Part I. Warren Ellis on SF mag design. Part II. Warren Ellis on […]
October 10, 2007
12:11 pm
Terra Nova: Rules v. Fiction. Intriguing thoughts on interactive narratives. NYT: The Rabbit-Eared Life. Henry gets a shout-out from Judith Warner. NYT: Stephen King on the short story. Going to see him next week; so stoked. Free The New Yorker Conference videos online. Hat tip to Smokler. Autumn Goblin Fruit online. Gotta submit one of […]
September 19, 2007
9:18 am
I’ve just finished up an, ahem, ambitious project at work, which means that I’ve finally had a chance to catch up on the news from the past week, some good, some bad, and some just interesting. On a personal front, I’m thoroughly excited because they’ve just opened up both a Cosi and a Sebastian’s within […]
September 10, 2007
10:40 am
P=R=O=G=R=A=M=M=A=T=O=L=O=G=Y. E-poet Cayley is coming to MIT this fall. The Majestic Documents. ‘Majestic’ is apparently the US UFO program. Three Rings’ nautical office. Looks like an awesome place. Because We Can. The geniuses responsible for said office. NYT: No Thanks, Mr. Nabokov. Great rejection blunders in publication history. The Anime Bento Festival. FMA on the […]
CSS@10: The Next Big Thing. Web fonts! PAX: Grossman, Gilbert, Fox on interactive storytelling. “I guess the way we make it not be a straight tunnel is by not making it a straight tunnel.” The story of Metroid. Or, the ballad of Samus Aran. Mobile Web Design. Great subject, great author. I’m in. Steampunk lightsaber. […]
Espinosa’s Rocket to Fame. Comicon.com profiles my mentor/friend Frank Espinosa. Wired: the Dorks Behind Penny Arcade. It’s always weird to see Tycho and Gabe IRL. New Indiana Jones comics in 2008! The fedora is making a comeback. I Am Legend comics coming from Vertigo. Really? A new Vertigo book I’d want to read? New Joss […]
New luxury blimp in the works. I still want my airship. The great HDMI ripoff. I know I’m going with XtremeMac for my new TV. At Netflix, victory for voices over keystrokes. We need more of this thinking. In my next life, I want to come back as a bookstore. Hear hear. Organizing books by […]
The time-honored “convergence culture” doctrines of MIT professor Henry Jenkins. Henry’s a given in 2017. Design is seedy. Well, yeah. Vizio releasing 52″ 1080p LCD for $2,200. I wonder if that would fit on my new mantel? How microstock is used. I know I’m trying to use microstock whenever possible here at CMS. Trees in […]
