According to Dean Takahashi, the, ahem, dean of the Xbox beat, Microsoft is getting ready to launch a brand new edition of its video game console, the so-called Xbox 360 Elite.Takahashi, the author of behind-the-scenes books about both the Xbox and the sequel, wrote in his San Jose Mercury News column Read the more »
There is something hypnotic about seeing stacks and stacks of games and systems all lined up. It’s why collectors have so much fun arranging and organizing their collections, and why it’s great to walk into the rare game store that has clean walls. Penny Arcade got a taste of this today when Nintendo shipped them some equipment for the Child’s Play charity. Look at all those DSes… the clean, shrinkwrapped games… there are even pink ones which I promised never to admit I wanted…. Read the more »
Many nights, surfing (ahem, I mean, ah, researching) on-line, I want to look at a website I found earlier — maybe hours, days, or months earlier. I look through my Bookmarks and can’t find the link I know I saved. But the next day, back at the office, I find the Bookmark on my computer at work. That’s because I found the page and saved it while I was at work. I’ve done this often enough so that I now have two lists of Bookmarks. Once each list got long enough, I couldn’t remember where I’ve saved something and where I haven’t.
Several people over at Mary Stopes International (A UK chain of abortion clinics) point to record numbers of abortions being performed this January. They also say that abortion rates are higher in January due to all the unprotected, ahem, partying during the holidays.
Mary Stopes performed 5,992 abortions in its nine UK clinics this January (up 13% from last year.) Pro-abortion or not, thinking about it en masse is pretty awful, and that’s just one month.
I’ll avoid getting tangled in a web of ideology and rhetoric and just get to the clever, slang-based punchline: wrap your package year-round folks, but be especially careful during the party season when our spirits can get the best of us.
9:39am - “Thank you Phil! That is Apple TV.”
9:40am - “We think this is pretty cool. Movies, TV shows, music, and photos all on your widescreen TV. Priced at $299.” “And, we’ll be shipping them in February, we’ll be taking order starting today.” “Enjoy your media on your bigscreen TV, we think this is really going to be something special.” Steve takes a swig. “Ahem.” Apple logo.
