August 2009
3 posts
Is Replay Value in Video Games Overrated? →
videogaming:
What do you think? Ehow has a surprisingly helpful list of ways to add replay value to games here.
June 2009
15 posts
“I would love to see games that teach social skills useful for some subpopulation...”
“ǝɹǝɥ pɐɯ llɐ ǝɹ,ǝʍ”
– Cheshire Cat - The name of my blog oddly enough…
“If there is a state where the soul can find a resting-place secure enough to...”
– Rousseau - one of my favorite philosophers
“What makes a pound for pound king? A guy who only has sixteen or seventeen...”
– Money Mayweather
“People can be divided into two classes: winners and whiners. Whiners are people...”
Watchghostsdonotscareme:
The best Star Trek video game you’ll ever play. Guaranteed.
Just so you know, that’s Mass Effect, not Star Trek. But it’s still an awesome preview to a game that was one of the most entertaining and exciting ones I’ve ever played.
“So, let me ask you who is passionate about games? Right, of course everyone is....”
May 2009
15 posts
“We play roles, of course, and try out for parts we wish we could play for real,...”
Minority youngsters dying weekly on Chicago's... →
dharrison:
CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) — The Rev. Michael Pfleger has ordered the American flag at St. Sabina Church hung upside-down — a historic sign of distress — to symbolize the growing death toll among the city’s youngsters.
So far this school year, 36 children and teens have been murdered — more than one a week — and Pfleger is among a chorus of weary Chicagoans who say the slayings aren’t...
“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and...”
April 2009
17 posts
Quick Hits: Start-Up Tails
realworldmba:
Seattle, Washington, 1967: The Lakeside Mother’s Club uses the proceeds of a rummage sale to install an ASR-33 Teletype Machine for kids to experiment with. Seventh grader Bill Gates finds his calling.
Sausalito, California, 1998: The naming wizards at Lexicon Branding note that the tiny keys on Research In Motion’s new device look not unlike the seeds on a strawberry. Come to...
FMyLife Moments in Greek Mythology
Icarus
Today my father made wings out of feathers and wax so that we could escape the king’s castle. But I flew too close to the sun and the wings melted. I then fell into the ocean below. I can’t swim. FML
Odysseus
Today I came up with a plan that helped my country win a 10-year war. But, because I forgot to pray to Poseidon, I won’t get to go home for another 10 years. FML
Oedipus
...
“Bricks…”
“Everybody believes in innovation until they see it. Then they think, ‘Oh no;...”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari, Chuck E. Cheese and dozens of other businesses (via realworldmba) (via clairelew) (via dharrison)
10 Entrepreneurial Concepts to Live By
This is a post I created awhile back which outlines ten major concepts I live and work by. This may seem pedestrian to some though I think it’s a good foundation for conducting entrepreneurial business activity on the internet:
1. Always work with people who are better than you. You can only do a few things really well. One of them should be understanding your weaknesses and looking for the...
“While the other guy’s sleeping, I’m working. While the other...”
– Will Smith
