August 2008
41 posts
Cutting off your nose to spite your face (via...
Brian Lehrer: So [Hillary Clinton's speech at the DNC] didn't get you last night?
Reba In Manhattan: No, there was nothing she could have said or done that would convince me to vote for Obama. I was willing to vote for the ticket if he had selected Hillary as the vice president.
BL: Are you going to vote for McCain?
RIM: Yes, I am. That's the way I can punish the Democratic Party the most for what they did to Hillary. On the other hand, my vote really doesn't count, because if Obama can't carry the state of New York, he's not going to win the presidency anyway.
BL: So if you were living in Pennsylvania, you might act differently.
RIM: No, I wouldn't. I'm very angry. This was Hillary's time. She's sixty years old. It's unlikely she's going to have another time to run. This was her time.
McCain Chooses Palin as Running Mate - NYTimes.com →
I feel a bit like I’m watching a drug commercial with the moves coming from the McCain camp.
“You’ll never guess who’s progressive now!*™”
* side effects may include capital punishment, pro-life legislation, and constitutional bans on gay marriage.
“You know, to this day we still don’t really know what the hell XE Mobile...”
– A stroll through the MVNO graveyard - Engadget Mobile
StupidFilter →
Q: Isn’t filtering stupidity elitist?
A: Yes. Yes, it is. That’s sort of the whole point.
Watchtedalexander:
Some amazing footage for all Star Wars fans. Visit the Star Wars blog to see how he came up with it.
WatchIf you thought the graphic effect chaos of Final Fantasy battles couldn’t get crazier, think again. Square Enix pushes the boundaries yet again with Final Fantasy: Dissidia for the PSP.
WatchVideo review of HTC Diamond
WatchAn example of a Reset Generation embeddable replay, as well as one of my first 4-player wins with a down-to-the-wire finish.
“Bulletin Board Notice: Panasonic DVD player - $30
We have a Pansonic DVD...”
WatchNokia has a winner with their first truly big-budget mobile phone game.
There’s a lot of great things to say about the game design and production values of this title, which I won’t get into, but possibly the most noteworthy item is the web version of the game.
I don’t really care for the embedding of it — it screams “marketing says we need to be...
I Am Rich [iTunes Store] →
“I Am Rich,” a $999 iPhone app that does nothing. Seriously, I wish I could remember this quote from Marx that talks about the cycle of capitalism as an Ouroboros that must produce commodities of greater cost and perceived (but not true) value… because this app is pretty much a textbook example.
It’s also a textbook example of how the App Store as quality control is a...
WatchReally sweet animation showing the evolution from Del.icio.us to Delicious.
