December 2010
29 posts
“I have come to the conclusion that the only manly sport left is Women’s...”
– Reader’s email sent to Fraters Libertas
“It’s not as if I had a plan for all this. It just kind of happened. It was...”
– Leo Laporte, quoted in The New York Times
Real Racing 2 Review – 148Apps →
Sony has Gran Turismo, Apple has Real Racing. Real Racing 2 can’t compete with the 1,031 cars that GT5 has, but for a mobile device it’s just as impressive.
They’re dead-on — been playing this off and on all weekend, and it’s made of pure awesome. Absolutely worth the $10.
U.S. Navy’s Record-Breaking Electromagnetic... →
In a fascinating display of futuristic weaponry, the U.S. Navy broke world records today with a railgun, a device that sent projectiles hurtling around a range at speeds of up to Mach 7 and up to 33 megajoules of energy transfered to the projectile.
This kind of weapon requires no explosion to get a projectile from point A to point B. Rather, a railgun uses an electromagnetic current to...
"I've already seen more things on tv today about...
inthefade:
my son
Not to diminish the death of Lennon, but i agree, this is very disappointing.
“Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has...”
– Thomas Sowell
Gowalla Turns the Tables, Integrates With... →
WOW. This is a HUGE play in the social location field.
It is the company’s decision to integrate Gowalla with Foursquare, its rival in geolocation, that will capture all of the headlines, though. The Foursquare integration has two key components. First, Gowalla now lets you broadcast your checkins on not only its app, but Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook Places and Foursquare as well. Gowalla even lets...
Interactive Flash Snow Globe →
This is years and years old, but it’s still fun to go visit at Christmas time. I’d forgotten it for a few years.
