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- March 16, 2005
Your Own Cube Farm
March 16, 2005Read more
Via my sister’s blog: Build your own office out of these $12.95 construction kits! Future game development slaves, here’s your chance to experience life in the fast lane!
You can buy them at Archie McPhee, “Outfitters of Popular Culture since 1980”. This being my first visit, I was quite charmed by the selection of “Enlightenment”-themed novelty products, arranged by major religions like Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, and Elvis. Back in my college days I used to quiz one of my roommates about the rules of kashrot; now I can relive that by playing Kosherland:
Don’t get stuck in the honey or mix meat with milk, you’ll have to wait a turn! But, if you eat Matzah on Passover or say the blessing of “Hamotz” for your bread, you get to jump ahead!
Just in time for Passover!
- March 15, 2005
Categories of Chinese Restaurants
March 15, 2005Read moreIn which I postulate that there are several general classes of Chinese restaurants in the New England area, of varying degrees of yumminess.
- March 15, 2005
Experimental Gameplay Project
March 15, 2005Read more
A bunch of Carnegie-Mellon students in the school’s Entertainment Technology Center have a great idea: make 50 to 100 games in one semester, taking no more than a week per game, to (1) Create a novel interaction and (2) develop a goal to be accomplished using that interaction. Why? It’s their thesis that “complexity doesn’t necessarily equal fun”. Well, that’s for sure.
They have a website with some of the games for download, along with a small introductory video. It’s a neat idea, to create a catalog of interesting interactive mechanisms. It reminds me a bit of the Orisinal site.
Thanks to Jeremy for the link!
- March 14, 2005
Counterfeit Minis
March 14, 2005Read more
I saw this site mentioned in a “consumer alert” while watching the History Channel…it’s pretty funny, especially if you’re a fan of Mini Coopers old and new.
Doing a little digging, I found the site is one of those guerilla ad campaigns designed to generate some buzz. The site even links to a fake “Mini4Auction” site trafficking in counterfeit minis. It’s pretty funny. The agency is Crispin, Porter, and Bogusky.
- March 12, 2005
A Dynasty of Yucky Food
March 12, 2005Read moreI was at the grocery store and saw some Wasabi Mayonnaise, from Dynasty. I immediately imagined the rich taste of mayonnaisse kicked up with the heady pungency of wasabi. Thus inspired, I dropped the $3.69 on it with high expectations.
