Archive for August, 2008

Vacation

Just published at Forbes.com:
See you in September.
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Friday Gallimaufry: Another Gold

Just published at Forbes.com:
Please stand for the playing of the Chinese National Anthem. And remain there until you click all the links in this gallimaufry. • Moving • Subway monkey • Lego Donkey Kong • 18 iPhone drinking apps • Inside the Defcon…
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Death Star Over San Francisco

Just published at Forbes.com:
Welcome to Imperial Fleet Week in San Francisco, courtesy of Current TV and video artist mhorn.
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Gen Con: Gygaxian Charity

Just published at Forbes.com:
Ever seen a 6 foot tall, 20-sided die? You have now. Charitable gamers could donate spare dice into the huge piece outside the main Gen Con hall. The dice filled die sold for $1,500 as part of a charity auction….
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Here Comes GenCon

Just published at Forbes.com:
Over the next four days, Forbes.com reporter Klaus Kneale will be attending Gen Con Indy, one of the longest running, biggest and baddest gaming conferences in the world. And he’ll be filing reports on all the coolness –and weirdness– right…
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008

America’s Best Colleges

Just published at Forbes.com:
Competition is good. Choosing a four-year undergraduate college is one of the biggest decisions a typical American family can make. And for too many years, information about the quality of American higher education has been monopolized by one publication, U.S….
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Attack of the Show: iPhone 3G

Just published at Forbes.com:
It’s been one month since the release of Apple’s much-hyped iPhone 3G. How is it selling? What do users think? And where does Apple go from here? Last night I appeared on G4’s Attack of the Show to discuss.
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008

The Olympic BSoD

Just published at Forbes.com:
A blue screen of death at the Olympic opening ceremonies — ouch. Blogger rivercool has more photos. clipped from www.smh.com.au Turns out that Bill Gates was not the only famous Microsoft identity to be spotted at the Olympic opening ceremony….
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Friday Gallimaufry: Eights Full of Zeros

Just published at Forbes.com:
Only a true Olympian will have the strength and fortitude to click every one of the links in this gallimaufry. • We love xkcd • A wooden mirror • Halo corpse alphabet • I want the Mario Scarf • Rich…
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008

America’s Hard-Drinking Cities

Just published at Forbes.com:
Residents of these metros report high levels of problem drinking.
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008