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I don't always agree with Siegler, but this Prestige metaphor is a great explanation for the way Apple iterates.

I like that the Jimmy Wales ones are categorized as "religion".

Valve, the uncorporate but influential video game company, thinks it may be onto the next big thing in games: wearable computing.

I think it worked until the Bloodhound Gang.

I'm sure people will keep coming up with concerns, but if she can play, she should play.

Pretty amusing. I like the Lego one.

Some effects, but cool "in character" free running through a modern city.

Pretty much.

Interesting thoughts on Apple's product line branding.

Very impressive to see how many games (and for how much) have been funded since the Double Fine "breakthrough".

Matthews' rage is a bit for show, but he's not wrong about the race-baiting.

I can't help liking these.

Cool thoughts from Rian Johnson. His stance on movie piracy is spot-on; also some interesting observations on the future of filmmaking tech. I like his favorite video games - it's not surprising that they're all ones that are artsy, critically acclaimed, and story-driven.

I don't know if it's the most iconic tech photo of the decade, but it's up there.

Excellent discussion of the racism Obama faces and why he can't get angry.

I've done my share of hacks to get open source software to run on older versions of OS X, which is BSD-based. It can be maddening.

The freetards would freak, but OS X has proven itself the best desktop Unix.

This has been controversial, but I agree with him - I don't think it's Christian to blindly deny science simply because a metaphorical story and a past understanding of cosmology were written down alongside important moral scriptures.

Awesome post-processing work.

Think we'll be richer without patents? Think again

Some great thoughts on how the personal computer revolution has stages just like the industrial revolution and the television, and what the future of personal computers might be like.

I don't think Apple has looked like hippies in a while, but this win does feel kinda Evil Empire, even if it's good for Apple in the short and long term. Tech patents just can't last this long anymore.

Excellent point. What people want from a decentralized Twitter clone is just faster, short-form Usenet.

Sort of addresses why we ignore gang violence shooting deaths just because they're not mass shootings of non-black people.

I've maintained for a long time that a stadium is a great controlled environment for full vision capture - objects move predictably in a contained space. Some amazing data might be in there.

I know indiegogo isn't kickstarter, but for now I'm keeping that as my crowdfunding tag. What's interesting is the map of the US that effectively shows concentration of geeks... which basically is urban centers above a certain population.

Tiny working bicycle.

Everything is a remix... but not many people can say they've personally added a word to the dictionary.

Easy enough command.

A funny little essay arguing that Obama needs to win again.