Month: December 2012

  • Photojojo Time Capsule

    The best thing about getting this now is comparing how tiny this Christmas tree is versus the one I have this year.

  • Top 20 Most Viewed Photos

    Yesterday we took a look at the most interesting, now let’s look at the most viewed!  Two photos of Nam that I took with my holga have really been taking off.

  • Top 20 Most Interesting Photos on flickr

    The last time I could quickly find where I did this was last January. While there are some photos that are similar, there’s been quick a shake-up on the Most Interesting Photos (as determined by flickr’s algorithms).

  • November 2012 Video Games Report

    Civilization V (17 hrs) – I took advantage of the Steam Fall Sale to finally pick up the Gods and Kings expansion to Civ V.  I have enjoyed founding my own religion, Otakuism.  Religion plays a much more key role than they did in Civ IV.  In the previous game, I would pretty much just…

  • Spaceship Earth viewed through Marble

    Recently I was listening to a Talk of the Nation interview with Jerry Brotton about his new book A History of the World in Twelve Maps.  He mentions how the maps have a political reason for existing as well as having an effect on the viewer.  He also mentioned how the map creator always puts…

  • The Future of Today’s Games

    Recently I was putting away my old video game systems into deep storage.  The Playstation 2 hadn’t been played in a year and I didn’t want to clutter up my entertainment console with unused systems.  So I started exploring the emulation landscape on last generation’s systems.  Would I be able to play last generation’s games…