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A very stylish and compelling Wired article that explains the mystery surrounding the 2006 disappearance of Nina Reiser.
Hans Reiser: Once a Linux Visionary, Now Accused of Murder :
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And it's terrible that any person who has used Windows in any capacity for more than a few years will probably be able to come up with half a dozen more to add to the list. For those of us who have given up the OS (at least as much as possible) it's a read that reminds us why we left Microsoft behind. For anyone who still uses it, the article will likely bring to mind a question: Why?
It's not often that I'll link to Penny Arcade. I kind of think that Penny Arcade needs no linking. It's one of the web sites that, among geeks (and, of the very few people who read this website, I'm positive that 100% are geeks) is ubiquitous. Everyone knows of this Penny Arcade.
Well, Tycho's post today touches on the Nintendo v. Sony v. Microsoft thing. You know, the one that Nintendo just came out on top of? And he mentions a few things worth noting. I think the last paragraph is the most pointed.
With the compact E3 about to begin, the tactical nature of the conflict will become more brutal. People get even nastier when they're vying for second place than when they're fighting for first. When you're playing for scraps - and rest assured, dear readers, that you and I are the scraps - you have to get all of them to make it work. Nintendo has simply skipped the first phase, building the brand with us and then making the mainstream play. It's worked flawlessly. And it's made their competitors increasingly uncomfortable.
Yes, he hit the nail right on the head. That's what makes me so damn happy about all of this. Nintendo was seen as almost dead. A fish laying on its side, only its tail touching the last remaining water of a tide that had receded to carry the Sony, and newer and fancier Microsoft boats out to sea.
Thing is, that fish was really a whale, but it was really far off in the distance, so it only looked like a fish, and now it's close and huge and when you get a little closer to it, you can see that there's like 100,000 people riding this whale, all having a huge party and all their friends came over, and Grandma and they're bowling and playing tennis, and stuff and it looks like a lot of fun, and you really wish you weren't on this stupid Sony boat, I mean, it looks good, but it's really not doing anything cool. And the Capitan of the Microsoft boat just turned his engine off, and they're kind of just drifting around. So you call a friend who is on the whale, 'cause you want to ask if you can come over, you'll even stop and get some pizza, but he's too busy playing Zelda to hear his phone. And you're stuck.
Well. That's that. Too bad you are a dick with no friends.
Penny Arcade! - Superb Technique:
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Just in case anyone was wondering exactly how kick-ass the Wii is. The answer? It's the kick-assiest.
Nintendo pounds Sony and MS in sales - (37signals):
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A group of activists, calling themselves the Other Urban Repair Squad, are painting Toronto red. Well, more like bright pink. And they aren't really painting the whole thing. Just bits of the street.
Ok, fine. They're adding unofficial bike lanes to city streets. But, that's pretty freakin' awesome. They see a need, they've gone all through the legal means, and the city isn't responding. So these guys are hitting the city with a type of pain it understands. Financial pain. With a clean-up cost of nearly $2k per street, the city should get sick of paying the bill, and bump the priority of this project up. If not, the citizens will be more than a little upset that their taxes are being used for clean-up rather than sanctioned bike lanes.
TheStar.com - News - Bike activists going guerrilla :
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Is an article almost entirely about Pete Wentz, bassist and lyricist for Fall Out Boy. The article outlines the management company behind Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, and The Academy Is..., and through a thick screen of bitterness and loathing, praises them for being so fucking shrewd.
I love rock, and a couple of these guys' songs are solid. The whole concept, though. The whole idea that this was entirely disguised (though not very well) to appear as an honest-to-god movement in shit-rock designed specifically to appeal to 13 and 14 year old girls? Yeah that makes me happy that I pirate their fucking records.
TEENAGE TASTELAND By MAUREEN CALLAHAN - Music News | New Music | Charts:
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Time put up an awesome interview with Ellen Barkin, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon. Reading the interview, you can see how much fun this group has together. I think it's interesting how each of the actors seems to mirror the parts they most often play. Pitt is the quietest, Clooney is a clown, Damon is to the point but very funny, and Barkin is really just coping with being around these guys. I really like interviews like this.