great once you know you should use the 1.4 “Eihort” directions instead of the 1.2 “Dagon” directions, even if you're building 1.6 “Shoggoth”

“IKEA clearly tips the Bauhaus balance in favor of business. IKEA’s success, however, might prove that consumers care less about the Bauhaus emphasis on lasting value and a humane society than they do about buying cheap stuff right now. ... For IKEA, form does not follow function. It follows price. IKEA claims it battles elitism, but it really battles cost. ‘Our biggest idea is the smallest price,’ reads an IKEA catalog. Compare this (rather unfairly, I realize) with a statement by Walter Gropius: ‘We aimed at realizing standards of excellence, not creating transient novelties.’”

“Like those off-color panels in a Scooby Doo cartoon from the 70's, gamers can see an approaching scripted event instantly, and it becomes a matter of anticipation instead of surprise.”

“How great? It's H.264 compressed and 1280 x 720 resolution, but you should see it for yourself. Armed with my new camera on a quick relaxing trip to Palm Springs, I decided to use the opportunity to make a sample video.” Nice; my poor Powershot is still in a drawer with a broken lens extension armature thing