handy tips

some speculation that it was to do with revenue split from the 5by5 app. I would certainly like to know.

wrote for The Star, fan of the St. Patricks (pre-Leafs)

(<a href="http://funkaoshi.com">via</a>)

Broken City Lab's iOS app for psychogeographic walks

about the blowout weekend for Avengers

profile of Joss Whedon

my favourite sci-fi author talks about his favourite games, and Civ (one of my faves) figures heavily. Swoon!

some of the funniest pictures I have ever seen, esp. Life Sphere and believe_in

modern day Icarus story (<a href="http://bigweek.co/">via</a>)

somewhat tortured (as the Hulk should be) but I think I agree in general

all digital theatrical in 2013

what a loss

on Girls (the HBO show) and race

EMA's anti-bullying charity single

"having things in common is overrated. Having each other in common is what's rare." (<a href="http://bestof.metafilter.com/2012/04/An-Oldie-but-a-Goodie">via Best of MeFi</a>)

"Jobs where empathy and "emotional intelligence" can be considered requirements, often personal service and "high touch" interactive positions, have by and large been immune to the creeping mechanization of the workplace. And here's the twist: most of these empathy-driven jobs are performed by women." This is a sci-fi bro movie waiting to happen.

Realosophy argues for taxes that reduce speculation in the condo market. I agree - the measures that Flaherty has taken to reign in the housing market all make it harder for actual people to buy the land they want to live in.

Steve Munro on the possible DRL routes. He doesn't spend a lot of time discussing where it would connect with the Yonge-University line, which I'm curious about, as Metrolinx doesn't seem to want it to go to Union for capacity reasons

(<a href="http://funkaoshi.com">via</a>)

"I asked Kristian Hammond what percentage of news would be written by computers in 15 years. “More than 90 percent.”"

(<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/brwlevitt/status/195612220414111744">via</a>)

thinking of giving this a shot

"There were 3.62 million illegal downloads of Dexter this year, as compared with an estimated 2.19 million legitimate viewers of the show in the U.S." Was discussing pirate vs. legit viewership for Mad Men. So since Mad Men doesn't show up on this list of top downloads, it's got to be less than 1.7 million, as compared to the 2.5 million legit viewers (not including timeshifting, reruns, Netflix, DVD etc).

great game, great story, and a great opportunity for me to crow that I'm actually really good at this game. I am ranked #17 in Tower Mode!

I saw this linked to repeatedly but since its a clunky PDF I didn't get very far. It's worth it though. Valve has no hierarchy and thus employees are free to pick what they want to work on. Fascinating to read how this might actually work.

(<a href="http://www.joshbabcock.com/">via</a>)

"If you launch a game at $20, and the price goes down to $5, you need to sell four times as many games to make the same money, right? Surprisingly... they don’t just sell four times as many games, they may sell 20 times as many, or more."

interesting take on why publishers hate Amazon so much by Charlie Stross (sci fi author) (<a href="http://daringfireball.net">via</a>)

I remember an absolutely bulletproof Trinitron tube TV my parents bought. I loved my Walkman. And I loved so much about the Playstation. But it's been downhill from there. (<a href="http://daringfireball.net">via</a>)

if Apple ups the screen size on the iPhone, what aspect ratio will they use? (<a href="http://marco.org">via</a>)

"Put on some shaving gel and shave your face or whatever. Don’t use a mirror unless you’re some kind of loser."

there should be an award show for cosplay

Ars nerds out on next-gen gaming hardware rumours. "The game consoles can be subsidized and sold at a loss because each game also includes a cut for Sony or Microsoft. As long as gamers buy a handful of games, the money can be recouped. Boxes used predominantly for streaming media don’t provide access to that same revenue stream."

behind the scenes of the greatest sports GIF ever. (this must be physical comedy day today) (<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/theturner">via</a>)

great examination of the iOS generation of casual games. Misses the Wii / DS in its cursory history though. Be sure to play the minigame. (<a href="http://waxy.org">via</a>)

Notch's new game. Space trading! But more mining? & monthly fee?

about Broadacre City, FLW's plan for a very sprawling, planned suburb

(<a href="http://daringfireball.net">via</a>)

Thanks, Dave

an AV Club spinoff site about games. First <a href="http://penny-arcade.com/report/">The PA Report</a> and now this? Suddenly there is a lot more good games-writing.

Courier being Microsoft's now-dead dual screen tablet thing. (<a href="http://funkaoshi.com">via</a>)

beautifully written

this is amazing - watch the video too. I never see Yonge & Bloor at rush hour so I didn't realize how crazy it gets. Does the Post always do such good Toronto transit coverage?

the 501 gets a little love from the National Post. I ride it a lot (not the whole way of course) and while there are many, many problems (overcrowding, motorists not stopping at streetcar stops, delays, short turns, urine on seats, etc. etc. etc.) it's still a surprisingly pleasant way to get around.

big difference from Gary Webster

49% of Canadians believe Canada "would be in good hands if the New Democrats were in office." Being the Official Opposition has apparently helped.

The New Yorker points out that Apple invests surprisingly little in R&D.

on the Daisey / Apple / Foxconn stuff.

"The centrepiece was two twentysomethings dressed in prop sunglasses faking a picnic in the middle of the floor and mock-walking a bike through the sales venue, shilling for the whole generation they forgot they belonged to"

okay, this is sort of a weak article. In fact, I'm only linking to it because I can't get the phrase "socially aggressive narcissist" out of my head.

if you reminisce about Robocop, I will link to that. As for the title, a theory: like film musicals getting replaced by music videos, action films were replaced by video games.
(<a href="http://whatadaythatwas.blogspot.com">via</a>)

"Today marks the 75th anniversary of H.P. Lovecraft’s death."

I got the Apple keyboard a while ago and used it once with the iPad. All these solutions seem clunky next to a MacBook Air, or just getting good at the on-screen keyboard...

the new 1080p files on iTunes come close, but fall short of Blu-Ray. Still problems with banding etc. (<a href="http://macrumors.com">via</a>)

he had me at "the wedding theory". But seriously, this is a must-watch for those interested in the art and business of games. (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/113824/When-theres-no-more-room-in-Hell-the-consoles-will-walk-the-Earth">via</a>)

rather than look at the unprecedented Chinese demand for oil or Mideast instability as the cause of current high gas prices, this article details how the remaining global oil sources (tar sands, arctic, deepwater) are much more expensive to extract.

(<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/adampsyche">via</a>

prolost is "skeptimistic" about a new Kickstarter campaign to fund a Bolex-style cheap HDcam

among other things, Marco Arment takes issue with "via" links. I used to not bother with them, but realized I do find it interesting where a given site found a link, so I try and provide them where possible. I think it's only interesting for obscure links, not for newspaper articles, and it's not always something you know / remember.

I found it really odd how he conflates source and via links in the Daring Fireball example, but then I read <a href="http://www.curatorscode.org/">the page that prompted his post</a> and see that it's done there too. Via = source, hat tip = via? Bullspit. The source link is the actual link, and "via" is how you got there. I got to Barrie via Highway 400. I got to this article about creative-commons licensed mashups via Boing Boing.

I'm linking to this as a public service so you don't have a heart attack when you see what you think is a giant rat

(<a href="http://juancole.com">via</a>)

some good details of the case

what do you know, jaywalking isn't actually a crime in Toronto. Reasonable!

it begins.