This is my bi-annual “I’m not dead” post. Since I have this blog and I know it’s in a bunch of you schmucks’ RSS readers, I’m going to abuse my power over you and pimp out a pretty slick cooking blog an acquaintance of mine is running. She has been updating it like crazy with all sorts of delicious things, so if you like delicious things, you should probably take a look!
It’s a simple Blogspot blog called Roll It, Shake It, Bake It, Make it. Yeah, it’s a mouthful… but it’s a mouthful of delicious food holy shit. Some examples, if you need more convincing:
As you can see, she’s keeping up with the season, which is a good sign of a great blogger, IMO. Timely content is awesome. I don’t know what else I can say to convince you, so just head over there, take a look around, and add her to your RSS reader. Enjoy!
Yes, that is one of the most adorable things in the world. Laura Shigihara, the Plants vs Zombies composer, bought herself a webcam and decided to sing the PvZ ballad for us. Guest starring: George Fan, creator/designer of PvZ.
Anybody who knows me is very aware that I’m a huge supporter of digital distribution. I’m not here to rant about it today, just to share a few links that are great pieces of related news.
Amazon’s Kindle drops to $189, heating up the e-reader price war. Prices on e-readers could potentially drop to below $100, which is fantastic for consumers. Hundreds upon hundreds of dollars for high-end e-readers and devices like the iPad is all fine and good for tech geeks, but it’s going to prevent them from becoming common household items anytime soon. How do you sell someone that isn’t tech savvy on a book (that isn’t really a book) that will cost them nearly $300? You don’t.
Despite repeatedly voicing a reluctance to get into the digital marketplace, DC Comics has put out an iPhone/iPad app. Even if you aren’t a big comic fan, the “big dogs” of the comics industry taking the digital marketplace seriously is good news. Indie groups and grassroots efforts have already been capitalizing on the digital market and doing a great job of it, but larger groups like DC moving in will draw a lot of attention to the possibilities available. Here’s hoping they expand their efforts to other digital platforms as well, and not just Apple products.
The events of today are likely only interesting to me and the people that went with me, so I’ll just list where we went and you can look at my awful iPhone pictures if you want. I forgot to take my real camera.
Fascinating stuff. I always find it really cool when scientists find these functions hidden away within us, and essentially unlock potential we already had. There’s no synthetic augmentation here, nothing like that. They’re just using something our body could already do, and turning it up a few notches. Brilliant.
