July 2008
49 posts
The E3 Trailer Park →
Yahtzee gives a rundown on the biggest titles and announcements from E3 2008.
Is Cuil up to the challenge of competing with... →
“Cuil’s search index spans 120 billion Web pages… Cuil’s technology drills into the actual content of a page… Cuil is hoping to attract traffic by promising not to retain information about its users’ search histories or surfing patterns - something that Google does, much to the consternation of privacy watchdogs.”
It seems Google’s search could be...
Rescue Your Old VHS Tapes: The USB VCR →
David Pogue: When it comes to tech, simplicity sells
245 Words per minute… is that even possible?
Age of Conan →
This week, Yahtzee dons the loincloth and fuzzy, horned hat to review Age of Conan.
Is there a such thing as a perfect cookie? →
Or does every cookie crumble? Check out the recipe for chocolate cookies and let you be the decider.
Digital Copyright Problem? →
This Tool may help; I need to know whether it’s legal or not what I write sometimes. Thanks to Lifehacker for bringing this up.
Can you save the earth? →
Someone needs to find a way to build a machine that will collect the CO2 in our atmosphere… and there’s a prize for the person who does so. But why approach it this way instead of entrusting our government to do so? (For obvious reasons, I suppose)
'Dark Knight' sets box office record with $66.4M →
I saw this movie on opening night, and it was spectacular. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s definately worth paying that high priced movie ticket for, especially for IMAX. But you don’t have to take my word; look at the amount of people who have already seen this movie.
Big Guys are Asking the Little Guys
Proposed George W. Bush Sewage Plant makes ballot →
SAN FRANCISCO - A measure seeking to commemorate President Bush’s years in office by slapping his name on a San Francisco sewage plant has qualified for the November ballot….
…Local Republicans say the plan stinks and they will oppose it.
Mandela celebrates 90th birthday →
Picken’s Plan for Wind Power
Alone in the Dark →
Yahtzee reviews Alone in the Dark while surprisingly neither alone nor in the dark.
iPhone 3G - Tutorial on Costs
Government shuts down mortgage lender IndyMac →
“IndyMac Bank’s assets were seized by federal regulators on Friday after the mortgage lender succumbed to the pressures of tighter credit, tumbling home prices and rising foreclosures.
The bank is the largest regulated thrift to fail and the second largest financial institution to close in U.S. history, regulators said.”
— From The Associated Press
Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter.
– President George W. Bush leaving the G8 Summit.
LEGO Indy →
This week, Yahtzee plays with LEGOs and re-lives childhood horrors about Indiana Jones.
Shutting Down This Blog →
Not this blog. A different one.
G8 summit again... →
Pricey oil, the food crisis and the credit crunch: the new challenges either have their roots beyond the G8, or have quickly raced across borders.
Not here to make friends?! →
Tomato - Salmonella Scare Over →
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'WALL*E' may be long on trash and short on... →
I went to see Wall-E this weekend, and I agree with most critics, for once. I recommend everyone should see it, just because it’s for all audiences, not just for kids or tots.
Water Bottle Phenomena →
Fourth of July Mania →
Webcomics →
This week, Yahtzee takea apart the making of a successful gaming webcomic, or: how to make millions of gamers happy with the minimum amount of effort.
Introducing the Family Boy! →
“It cost me $10 at Goodwill, and while I pride myself in avoiding the lies of advertising, I was admittedly suckered in by the packaging:
“Take you back to FC / NES wonderful TV games dream world.”
How could I resist wonderful TV games dream world? The Family Boy has so many features, as this word-for-word transcription of the box text explains:
Built-in Games
Ergonomic and...