October 2010
Imagine you are Nintendo.
You have the #1 handheld console in the Nintendo DS and variants, and the bestselling traditional console of this generation in the Wii. They are both literally so successful that a running joke started around how they print money. The touchscreen gaming of the DS presaged widespread adoption of touch as a fundamental method of electronic interaction. The motion-based controls of the Wii led both...
Goddamn Adults For Congress →
A plea, by me. Pass it on, please.
A mature, responsible adult relationship will...
Girlfriend: Why are you accusing me of being against the American Revolution?
Me: I'm not *accusing* you of being a loyalist, I'm *congratulating* you!
On Language and Louis CK
bmichael:
There is a riff in Louis CK’s Hilarious that’s been stuck in my head all afternoon.
Anyway, I was listening to the two guys. And one of them used a word that really pissed me off. Because, it was how he used it. He used the word ‘hilarious.’ That’s one of those words that we use, and we don’t care what it means. We go right for the top shelf with our words, now. We don’t think...
