I’m still waiting. Maybe this year.
“In 1971 Bill Grates invented Michaelsoft.”
To RP Salazar, with Love
This is… not something that will help me get laid… okay… backing away before I order one.
Public transportation is something that’s really important to me. I decided to buy line maps of the train systems I’ve frequented in my life. I got the ones for New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Berlin, Paris, and London. They look lovely. Check them out on FAB.
Must buy…. also on etsy.
Freemium Gaming and You!
Recently the popular Facebook game Triple Town was ported to various smartphone app marketplaces (it’s terrific, check it out) and some people seem to have a problem with the way the game is presenting itself. The app is listed as “Free” in the app stores, but after you’ve used the set amount (1500) of turns, the app informs you that you can buy more turns with earned in game coins or buy infinite turns with ca$h or you can wait out the turn regeneration (which regenerates at about a turn a minute). Initially infinite turns was priced at $7, which is pretty damn high for an app of this scope (a match 3 puzzle game, with interesting hooks) but now it’s been lowered to $4 (which is far more reasonable, IMO). People don’t seem to like the model of a game that presents itself as free, but then wants you to make a purchase. Of course this wouldn’t be a problem at all if the game wasn’t addictive and charming, but of course it is. I liked the game enough to purchase the infinite turns (at $4, I’m not crazy) and it was worth it to me to pay the freemium toll. But I come from another generation, one that’s spent their life paying in double digits for handheld games (I remember spending $20 on Tetris for my Gameboy… I think you can get Tetris for free on calculators now) so I’m not terribly afraid of dropping a few dollars on a game that I like. Hell they even let me try it for free, which is bold as hell, considering most smartphone games suck (of course there are many good games too, but goddamn there’s a ton of shit) and as an old school PC gamer that kind of shareware style is something I can get behind. I wish the developers explained that there was a pay wall put up at 1500 turns, and they still might do that in the future, but in the mean time I urge you to try the app and if you love it then buy it. If you merely like it, buy Dungeon Raid for $1 (in fact, just buy Dungeon Raid either way).
some days it feels like this.
Currently:
Reading: American Gods by Neil Gaiman (book)
Watching: Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (tv show)
Listening: The Skeptics Guide To The Universe (podcast)
The perfect Valentine’s Day gift for that special someone.
The old one was getting a little… old (college graduate here). Anyway, I needed a refresh.
Wait a minute…
…did I just get you pregnant with my extreme masculinity? No? You showed up here pregnant? Fuck.
"‘That’s two hours I’ll never get back,’ is a favourite thing for an angry person to say about a movie he hates. But the thing is, every two hours are two hours he’ll never get back. You cannot hoard your two hourses."
"I understand that you want to wear a christmas sweater, plaid skirt and rain boots, but my sister doesn’t want that in her wedding photos."
Guy (a year after every indie movie) to his Manic Pixie Dream Girlfriend
lost-and-searching-in-america:
For Kristina.
Don’t believe anything with that many typos
Who cares about how many calories it burns, sex is better with out condoms. Learn some discipline and just pull out. It’s not a hard fucking thing to do.
MY EYES AHHHHH SO MANY TYPOS WHY
Also, the pull out method is not an adequate form of birth control, just sayin’
As someone who knows multiple people that have received ”little surprises” by pulling out instead of using contraceptives, you may think you’re good ”at making sure the juices don’t flow to the baby making bits” but you aren’t.
