How is it that the Pixar desk lamp does not use a compact florescent bulb? This seems especially odd as Wall-E seems to have a large focus on trash and recycling.
Adventure Time
This Adventure Time show that was aired on Nickelodeon’s Random! Cartoons is totally amazing and needs to be picked up for a full season.
where video games are today and where they need to go in the future
This is a really great speech about where video games are today and where they need to go in the future. Jonathan is super critical of most games today saying they offer artificial rewards to encourage game play instead of building game machanics that encourage game play with out the need of artificial rewards. Like Jonathan I also agree that WoW is a great example of this transgression.
Loudon Wainwright III – Grey in L.A
I am currently in love with this song: Loudon Wainwright III - Grey in L.A. (myspace)
Interview with Chris Messina about OpendID, OAuth and Diso
Brian Oberkirch (always a great interviewer) has an amazing interview with Chris Messina about OpendID, OAuth and Diso. Only recently I fully comprehended OpenID (a great wordpress plugin here) and OAuth is slowly making it self clear to me.
While a lot of these concepts are hard for me to absorb while just reading the specs once more down to earth tutorials and podcasts are out I’ll be quick to try and implement some of these functionality.