Windows Is So Slow, but Why? – New York Times: “And Apple had the advantage of building on software from university laboratories, an experimental version of the Unix operating system developed at Carnegie Mellon University and a free variant of Unix from the University of California, Berkeley. That helps explain why a small team at [...]
Also tagged Computing, Programming, WorkI just came across this little film via the Re-Imagineering Blog, which is trying to rekindle the Magic Kingdom. And I gotta say, I would pay rent to live in Walt’s EPCOT. Would you? Why hasn’t anyone done something like what Walt talks about? Make a new city that is completely different, where things make [...]
Also tagged The Internet, WorkThere is a quote from George Lucas talking about how he wanted the world of Star Wars to feel like it had been around forever, and that not everything was perfect. He called this idea the “used future.” It is one of the things that makes the original trilogy engaging: this is a place that [...]
Also tagged FamilyFriday my brother Ben came over and we played old Video Games using an emulator and a USB controller. We had a blast. We spent quite a lot of time marveling at how different games are designed nowadays. In QuackShot and World of Illusion, two Disney games, there is level after level of rote memorization. [...]
Also tagged FamilyIn my inbox this morning I was greeted by a message with the subject “FWD: Chenney shot a lawyer” Inside it offered to sell me Viagra. It’s almost enough to make me feel sorry for the guy. Not quite, but almost.
Also tagged Politics, The InternetTMBG Does Podcasting. Easily one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard. This is a very good year. I’m still listening, so more later. Update: There’s a lot here, some of which is new (and hilarious) and some of which is old (and hilarious). And one part is just so completely random I’m still trying [...]
Also tagged ComputingTim Bray isn’t so sure he likes Tiger. And I’d agree, but with enough caveats that I thought a blog post would be worthwhile. OS X has gone through five major revisions since I’ve been using it. It had more before, but since I didn’t use them I don’t really know about them, and won’t [...]
Also tagged Apple, Cocoa, Computing, Programming, TigerI finally finished Final Fantasy X. It’s been a year or so, maybe more, but when you only play occasionally and don’t play at all for months on end, that kind of stuff can happen. All in all, I think it was a pretty good game, but it could have been better. The story was [...]
Also tagged GamesI have this problem with MSN Virtual Earth. It looks like this: Apparently, the borg have landed in Costa Mesa, and their ship is resting at the corner of Mesa Verde and Baker. But it’s more pervasive than that. They seem to be everywhere I look. They seem to have invaded our world quite thoroughly; [...]
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