links for 2011-06-29
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Lots of links to instructions from pros.
links for 2011-06-28
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'The Supreme Court on Monday struck down on First Amendment grounds a California law that banned the sale of violent video games to children. The 7-to-2 decision was the latest in a series of rulings protecting free speech, joining ones on funeral protests, videos showing cruelty to animals and political speech by corporations.'
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Interesting differences between perceived bias by gender/ethnicity/age/etc and the evidence elsewhere in the survey.
links for 2011-06-25
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'And dancing. Which everyone made fun of. But as far as I am concerned, it may have been the biggest and best contribution, the one that spawned a jillion YouTube videos and may well be the lasting influence the game leaves behind, an imprint on all the games since: a brief moment where you can stop saving the world or killing rats and realize the real scope and potential of the medium.'
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'As a woman, you're subject to men occasionally crossing the line, but some of the things that get said to me are so . . . .creative, that it's not possible for these men to see where the line is from where they're standing.'
links for 2011-06-22
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'[Spintria] were used in ancient Rome to request and pay for different “services” in brothels and from prostitutes on the street…. One side of these coins showed what the buyer wanted and the other showed the amount of money to be paid for the act.'
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Art in the Inner Sunset.
links for 2011-06-17
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'Even back then, at the age of 19, I knew that the comparison was catastrophically wrong. But I still made it, and even today, when I certainly am old enough to know better, every time I see Ichiro, I still feel both the warmth and the embarrassment of that particular misappropriation.'
links for 2011-06-16
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'The Click’s initial idea was to exchange the "P" in Asperger for a question mark…. But The Click faced an added challenge: The design had to appeal to people with Asperger’s, too — those who ultimately stand to benefit from the rebrand.'
links for 2011-06-14
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'The trend of reverse-striving has crossed over: adult women are acting more and more like little girls, and it’s really starting to get on my nerves.'
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Brand logos redone in the style of their rivals.