October 2010

Weekly tweets for 2010-10-31.

October 31, 2010

Sign on German bus: "In case of emergency, destroy window." Because breaking it would not be adequately German. #

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The MacBook Air and the iPad.

October 31, 2010

At the recent Back to the Mac event, Apple unveiled their redone Macbook Air, which now comes in two form factors: a 13″ model that is, basically, an updated version of the old Air, and an 11″ model that hearkens back to the 12″ Powerbook days. This latter model is every bit the “starter” Mac [...]

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Weekly tweets for 2010-10-17.

October 17, 2010

Borderlands expansions available for OnLive. Now where's that iPad OnLive client? # What's with all the tweet copies today? # Now Intel says the iPad is cannibalizing laptop sales. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/kyeVyV26WOY/ #

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Weekly tweets for 2010-10-10.

October 10, 2010

Reading The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight by Thom Hartmann. Surprised it's 12 years old; it makes a solid case for sustainable living. # Interesting that the new Apple TV is all black. It's very un-Apple in appearance, other than its small physical footprint. # So can the new Apple TV still stream non-iTunes purchased [...]

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Great potential for a zombie MMOG.

October 7, 2010

If it’s one thing nerds love, it’s pirates ninjas Warcraft zombies. There are zombie movies, board games, games where zombies fight plants, and naturally, an upcoming massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) made for the console crowd. After scavenging resources, you’ll need to pool some ideas and blueprints together to retrofit the settlement with defenses. The [...]

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It’s not so much about “twitch” gameplay.

October 6, 2010

Classic World of Warcraft (WoW) defender Tobold discusses player skill versus character skill in the context of “twitch” versus “strategy,” effectively accusing anyone who complains about WoW’s lack of skill requirement as downplaying the strategic elements required. This follows a number of complaints people have with “twitch” games in general (i.e. those games requiring quick [...]

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