Kevin's instantly classic take down of Augmented Reality, or "stupid reality" as I like to call it.
b/w Greenfield on public space, bare feet, and tetanus shots.

"To mark the 40th anniversary of the Internet, DARPA has announced the DARPA Network Challenge, a competition that will explore the role the Internet and social networking plays in the timely communication, wide area team-building and urgent mobilization required to solve broad scope, time-critical problems.

The challenge is to be the first to submit the locations of ten moored, 8 foot, red weather balloons located at ten fixed locations in the continental United States. Balloons will be in readily accessible locations and visible from nearby roadways."

APA article on Allston planning on Second Life, the simulation platform used as a civic engagement tool.

great 1972 article about the great game by the notable Brand. I have this collected in little volume with an essay about Gregory Bateson, somewhere.

Checkers has been solved. Play the machine they built with that information.

multiplayer crosswords

ride the roller coaster of us home prices (1890-pres)

"Can a Bayesian spam filter play chess?"

"The closer you are to the action, the more desperately your eyes search for the televised image." kio: You may appreciate the boxing anecdotes.

MAXIMAL ASSIDUOUSNESS

orginal Monopoly

nation simulation game

antigame

SF0 is a Collaborative Production Game set in San Francisco. Players build characters by completing tasks for their groups and increasing their Score. The goals of play include meeting new people, exploring the city, and participating in non-consumer leis

"SiSSYFiGHT 2000 is, like, an intense war between a bunch of girls who are all out to ruin each other's popularity and self-esteem." -really early multiuser web game (like 1999!) mem'ries!

george bush text adventure

defaults to hamsters, but squaredcircle works really well

claire chanel spends a month in second life. hasn't been updated since 12/08, so maybe things have gone awry

"Post your enigmatic shots of the Windy City. Everyone else tries to guess where it was taken."

the best mac game.

lots of cloudy days.

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_fpo's former home (?)

via slavin_fpo

fun & addictive little game. must go back to work!

i hope to get good at this

problem solving flash game

shockwave risk