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Archive for July, 2009

Retrogaming article on Racketboy.com

Posted in Surfing the Web, Videogames on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve turned my collecting habit into a productive piece of publishing. I contributed to the “101″ series over at retrogaming site Racketboy.com. I’ve been writing some for them since discovering the site a couple of years ago. This the longest piece I’ve done for them by far. The site is a side project for the [...]

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It’s SODA, fools

Posted in Pop culture on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Check out this county-by-county breakdown of whether people call soft drinks “soda,” “pop” or “coke.” It’s worthy of analysis by the 538 guys! Interesting how St. Louis and Milwauke are islands of soda in a sea of pop. East coast/rust belt influence there, perhaps?
By the way, it’s “soda.”

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Layoff badness …

Posted in Lame, Life on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

It wasn’t me this time, but it still sucks. We’ve lost some incredibly talented people in the last year and our awesome videographer is among them. My only hope is that if I’m ever terminated, I can handle it with as much grace.

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Giant Bomb – “Apply directly to the forehead”

Posted in Funny stuff, Surfing the Web, Television on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Long time, no post! I have to post this video, from a gaming Web site called Giant Bomb. It’s a parody of TV ads, and they made it as a viral video to promo their new iPhone app for their site. Really, this has nothing to do with games – if you watch TV you’ll [...]

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