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Archive for November, 2007
Accidental Empires – Robert X. Cringely
30, Nov 2007A friend gave me Bob Cringely’s Accidental Empires years ago. Finally got around to it. Cringely is a gossip columnist for the tech industry, and even he realizes how ridiculous that sounds. It’s important context for Accidental Empires, a smart and interesting read. It’s a history of the microcomputer industry, roughly 1978-1996. It’s fascinating. It’s [...]
- In: print
NFL2k5 makes the 360 backwards-compat list, finally!
27, Nov 2007It’s in the list! It’s in the list!. This makes my day. Seriously. That is my favorite Xbox game, and now I can play it on the 360. I don’t have to keep the old Xbox1 anymore!
- In: games|the good life
Whiffle Madness!
27, Nov 2007http://view.break.com/368935 – Watch more free videos [via Crave]
Vinyl bug, she bites me….
9, Nov 2007on sale Monday, exclusively at rotofugi.
- In: future|the good life
Sub Pop mp3 store
9, Nov 2007This is a good idea. Sub Pop’s historic catalog is damn impressive, full of of long-out-of-print 45s, EPs, and LPs from bands all over the indie rock map. Here’s a link to their mp3 store. The downloads are 192kbps mp3s, which is plenty good for how I would listen to them. There are already a [...]
- In: future|heavy rotation
Clever *and* pocket-sized.
6, Nov 2007A driver for every screw. Dead simple, smart, and cheap enough that I would always try to keep one in my pocket. [via BoingBoing]
- In: current|the good life
Martian postcard. Awesome.
2, Nov 2007I am nerd for this Mars explorer stuff. Check this out (from NASA): Here’s a larger version without the “false color” from MSNBC.
Soul Balm 11/2/07
2, Nov 2007A little ‘Apache’ with your AC/DC? Yes, please. Thank you.