Category: Culture

  • Is Wil Wheaton’s Table Top just a reality show for board game geeks?

    Is Wil Wheaton’s Table Top just a reality show for board game geeks?

    Yesterday Wil Wheaton wrote a blog post (and corresponding reddit post) in which he apologized for “completely screwing up the rules” in at least half (10 out of 21) of the episode of Table Top Season 3. IMHO his apology is a text book example of how not to apologize. He spends the majority of the post singling out…


  • The Matrix Turns 15 Today

    Happy Birthday. Everything is a remix.


  • The Nintendo WiiUnderated

    The Nintendo WiiUnderated

    For Christmas this year we bought Santa brought the kids a Nintendo WiiU for Christmas. I’ve been holding back this post until I played a few different game types on the system. As usual, Nintendo has done a great job of designing and prompting really fun gameplay. As has been the case with their last few…


  • Vote With Your Wallet, Buy Nothing Day

    Vote With Your Wallet, Buy Nothing Day

    Today was Buy Nothing Day, Ad Busters’ annual day of anti-consumerist outreach. Despite my liberal hippie leanings, I generally have a visceral reaction against campaigns such as these.  That’s a post for another day… In the spirit of Buy Nothing Day, I’d like to take a moment to ask for your input on a closely related…


  • Posting Salary is Table Stakes

    Today Marco Arment wrote about how frustrating it can be when employers don’t post salaries. If you see a job listing that doesn’t specify a salary range, assume it’s so low that they’re embarrassed to include it, they don’t respect you enough to tell you, or their heads are so far up their asses that…