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Garfield the cat doesn’t actually speak, so what would Garfield the comic look like if he just wasn’t there? Apparently it would look like Jon is a mental patient.

by Zach 2 months ago | Link »

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A very cool new scooter design from the MIT Media Lab Smart Cities Group.

by Zach 5 months ago | Link »

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The ROFLCon preliminary guest list is up. They’re trying to get every famous internet meme or celebrity to go to Harvard in April for a conference. Must attend!

by Zach 5 months ago | Link »

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In case you actually decided to try Dwarf Fortress: The best how-to guide ever on how to play.

by Brian 6 months ago | Link »

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Date Archive: November, 2007

Time Wednesday Nov 28 2007 4:00am

Permalink for '' Adroll Launches Into Private Beta

Author by Zach Tags under No Tags Comments with 6 comments

The fine folks over at Adroll (including our own Brendan Doms) just launched into private beta today. Adroll is a really interesting concept for buying and selling advertising. I got a chance to play with it a few weeks ago while it was still in alpha and I was very impressed. […]

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Time Friday Nov 16 2007 8:09am

Permalink for '' Bioshock, Halo 3, and Portal

Author by Brendan Tags under No Tags Comments with 2 comments

Just in time for another huge wave of FPS’s this month (Call of Duty 4, Crysis, Soldier of Fortune, and Unreal Tournament 3) I’ve got some brief thoughts on the single-player experience of the games from earlier this fall. That means I’ll leave the Team Fortress 2 discussion for another day…so that I have […]

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Time Thursday Nov 15 2007 5:37am

Permalink for '' Road Biking: My New Hobby

Author by Sean Tags under No Tags Comments with 3 comments

One of my favorite things about San Francisco is that this city has a really serious biking culture. Whether it’s weekend tourers in Marin, teched-out recumbents and racers from the peninsula, or hipster fixies from the Mission, this city is full of bikes of every variety. Get all of these bikers together in the […]

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Time Wednesday Nov 14 2007 8:05am

Permalink for '' Dwarf Fortress - Best Game Since Nethack

Author by Brian Tags under No Tags Comments with 3 comments

Let me tell you about the greatest game since Nethack. No, it’s not Team Fortress 2, as much as I enjoy stabbing people in the back. And no, it’s not Halo 3 as much as I enjoy overpriced franchises that have lost their luster and innovation. It is the one and only Dwarf Fortress […]

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Time Tuesday Nov 13 2007 12:01am

Permalink for '' Blog Party!

Author by Zach Tags under No Tags Comments with 0 comments

We’re back! After weeks and weeks of not posting, we’re coming back with fresh posts, new beta bites and maybe even some new projects. After letting the site lay fallow, I decided it was time for us to get back into blogging. But how could we prevent the same problems from […]

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