Happy 35th, Atari 2600! | Games Blog - Yahoo! Games: October 14 marks the 35th birthday of the legendary game console, which landed with a bang in 1977. It wasn't the first home video game system -- that honor belongs to the Magnavox Odyssey -- but it quickly became the most widely adopted and set the standard for many, many years.
To celebrate the console that revolutionized home entertainment, we dug up 35 factoids you might not have heard about while you were busy playing Asteroids and Pitfall.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Outcry Scuttles Plan to Put Horse on Menu at M. Wells Dinette - NYTimes.com
Loved loved loved M. Wells. Glad it's open. Hate that he had to bow to anti-freedom zealots.
Outcry Scuttles Plan to Put Horse on Menu at M. Wells Dinette - NYTimes.com: M. Wells Dinette, the highly anticipated reincarnation inside MoMA PS1 of a celebrated Queens restaurant, has been open for only five days, but its chef and owners have already removed a controversial item planned for the menu.
Outcry Scuttles Plan to Put Horse on Menu at M. Wells Dinette - NYTimes.com: M. Wells Dinette, the highly anticipated reincarnation inside MoMA PS1 of a celebrated Queens restaurant, has been open for only five days, but its chef and owners have already removed a controversial item planned for the menu.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
The Last Psychiatrist: One Way Our Schools Are Training New Narcissists
The Last Psychiatrist: One Way Our Schools Are Training New Narcissists: What kind of school doesn't want a kid to stand up to a bully, especially when they're doing it to help someone else?
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Oldest Living Princeton Undergraduate Dies | Mudd Manuscript Library Blog
I saw him at Reunions many times...
Oldest Living Princeton Undergraduate Dies | Mudd Manuscript Library Blog: Malcolm Warnock, the oldest known living Princeton undergraduate alumnus of all time, has passed away at the age of 107. Malcolm Roe Warnock was a part of the Class of 1925.
Oldest Living Princeton Undergraduate Dies | Mudd Manuscript Library Blog: Malcolm Warnock, the oldest known living Princeton undergraduate alumnus of all time, has passed away at the age of 107. Malcolm Roe Warnock was a part of the Class of 1925.
Monday, October 1, 2012
The CD, At 30, Is Feeling Its Age : The Record : NPR
The CD, At 30, Is Feeling Its Age : The Record : NPR: Today marks the 30th anniversary of a musical format many of us grew up with: the compact disc.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The Democrats think Romney just self-destructed by pointing out, um, THEIR ENTIRE STRATEGY | The Daily Caller
The Democrats think Romney just self-destructed by pointing out, um, THEIR ENTIRE STRATEGY | The Daily Caller: I can see why Democrats are so offended. How dare Mitt Romney say they’re dependent on the government? Only Democrats get to say they’re dependent on the government! Has everybody already forgotten “Julia”?
Thursday, September 6, 2012
The Last Psychiatrist: The Harvard Cheating Scandal Is Stupid
Interesting take...
The Last Psychiatrist: The Harvard Cheating Scandal Is Stupid: So let me make my own counter-allegation: the students aren't guilty of cheating, the university is guilty of entrapment.
The Last Psychiatrist: The Harvard Cheating Scandal Is Stupid: So let me make my own counter-allegation: the students aren't guilty of cheating, the university is guilty of entrapment.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Former SAS soldier who took buttocks from Saddam Hussein statue has charges against him dropped | Mail Online
They saved Saddam's ass!
Former SAS soldier who took buttocks from Saddam Hussein statue has charges against him dropped | Mail Online: Officers arrested Nigel Ely after Iraqi officials claimed he had 'illegally removed cultural property'.
Former SAS soldier who took buttocks from Saddam Hussein statue has charges against him dropped | Mail Online: Officers arrested Nigel Ely after Iraqi officials claimed he had 'illegally removed cultural property'.
Monday, August 6, 2012
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Joe Posnanski at the Olympics – NBC Is Ignoring Twitter Diehards — And Rightfully So
Those of us with jobs are happy to see events time-delayed in prime time. Though would it kill NBC to have alternate prime-time Olympics programming on their other channels? I'm sick of swimming.
Joe Posnanski at the Olympics – NBC Is Ignoring Twitter Diehards — And Rightfully So: It feels like everyone is angry. But not everyone is. NBC isn’t doing a disservice to its viewers. It’s just ignoring the ones who don’t matter.
Joe Posnanski at the Olympics – NBC Is Ignoring Twitter Diehards — And Rightfully So: It feels like everyone is angry. But not everyone is. NBC isn’t doing a disservice to its viewers. It’s just ignoring the ones who don’t matter.
How NOT To Make Friends And Influence People | According To Hoyt
I seriously doubt most CEOs in this country agree with me politically, but why should I care? What's *far* more troubling are elected officials who believe they have the right to police people's thoughts. That's tyranny, folks.
How NOT To Make Friends And Influence People | According To Hoyt: What are you going to do for an encore? Go after every business in this country that’s owned by a religious person? Till – what? – everyone in the nation turns against you and buys a roll of duct tape to shut you up?
How NOT To Make Friends And Influence People | According To Hoyt: What are you going to do for an encore? Go after every business in this country that’s owned by a religious person? Till – what? – everyone in the nation turns against you and buys a roll of duct tape to shut you up?
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Wondermark #857; In which the Old is New Again
I'm going to have many conversations like this with my kids soon enough...
Wondermark #857; In which the Old is New Again
Wondermark #857; In which the Old is New Again
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
When the Olympics Gave Out Medals for Art | Smithsonian Magazine
Still makes far more sense than synchronized swimming.
When the Olympics Gave Out Medals for Art | Smithsonian Magazine: For his work, An American Trotter, Winans won the first ever Olympic gold medal for sculpture.
When the Olympics Gave Out Medals for Art | Smithsonian Magazine: For his work, An American Trotter, Winans won the first ever Olympic gold medal for sculpture.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Buttersafe - Your Fortune
We had Chinese food last night. It was great, but not quite this full of intrigue...
Buttersafe - Your Fortune
Buttersafe - Your Fortune
chainsawsuit by kris straub - your new olympic mascots
The sad part is: that's really what Wenlock, the official mascot of the London Olympic games, looks like. No joke.
chainsawsuit by kris straub - your new olympic mascots
chainsawsuit by kris straub - your new olympic mascots
Friday, July 20, 2012
How Ellis Island’s First Immigrant, Annie Moore, Became an American Mystery -- New York Magazine
How Ellis Island’s First Immigrant, Annie Moore, Became an American Mystery -- New York Magazine: Maybe as Annie and her two younger brothers waited out their last frigid night on the S.S. Nevada—they had arrived in the harbor on the evening of December 31, 1891—someone explained to them that things had changed. They and the 145 other steerage passengers would be among the first immigrants sent to a new facility whose opening was planned for New Year’s Day.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Slots of Fun in Popular Casino In Queens! - Village Voice
More slots revenue than any other casino in the country? Right here in Queens? Who would have thunk it?
Slots of Fun in Popular Casino In Queens! - Village Voice
Slots of Fun in Popular Casino In Queens! - Village Voice
Monday, July 16, 2012
The Big War Over Cuties, the Small Fruit - WSJ.com
I was wondering why clementines seemed to be everywhere this past winter...
The Big War Over Cuties, the Small Fruit - WSJ.com
The Big War Over Cuties, the Small Fruit - WSJ.com
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
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