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Made in Nashville "and sold around the World" - Andy

A pretty neat 4-way dialog (tetralog?) about the state of video games in 2010, how the best ones reflect the state of the medium, and how the medium reaches the culture at large. - Andy

I have a mostly-unused bedroom wall that kind of really needs some configuration of this. - Andy

I could not resist sharing such a terrible typography pun, especially when the visual execution also contributes. - Andy

I'm pretty glad that Shakespeare is a recurring off-screen character in Dinosaur Comics. And that the phrase "MEANWHILE, IN TUDOR ENGLAND" gets such regular use. - Andy

Even the moon is really REALLY far away. Hm. - Andy

Definitely worth $5. The energetic chiptune music and carefully simple graphics complement the difficulty very well. And the difficulty is of the "restart-instantly-at-the-beginning-of-the-current-obstacle-as-many-times-as-you-need-to" variety. - Andy

Hm. I need to travel somewhere. Probably somewhere I've not been. - Andy

I really don't have words to express how much this stimulates my ingeniousness-appreciation cortex. And my novelty lobe. - Andy

I always forget how really surprisingly high geosynchronous satellites have to be to remain geosynchronous. - Andy

Plus, all the chopped-up seagulls will feed the dwindling fish populations! - Andy

As often happens, the final panel is fantastic. - Andy

A crappy old soldering iron is still something that gets very hot when you plug it in. - Andy

The magazine ad one is by far the best, but the rest are still great enough. - Andy

8 tons of Effects - Andy

My new way of maintaining composure. - Andy

Useful this weekend and every weekend. - Andy

My dad was over and pulled that up for background watching. IT WASN'T ME. I did happen by during the big Agent Smith fight scene, which was much more comical than I remembered. - Andy

Some of these are pretty great. Samus, Bowser, and Kirby in particular. - Andy

Some of these are pretty great. Samus, Bowser, and Kirby in particular. - Andy

I love when science does things that seem completely fictional. - Andy

Hopefully Canon will catch up soon. - Andy

Publishers are still denying realities of digital distribution. Also, I wonder what the screen size is on the pocket reader. - Andy

Shared mostly for "I already know what happened yesterday: I ate a bunch and then I pooped a bunch!" - Andy

This seems maybe a little stodgy. CVT can be pretty great. It lets an engine run at its peak efficiency over a wide range of ratios since it doesn't have graduated gear ratios. One of the noted effects is the lack of traditional "engine torquing the car" feel, but I'm guessing that might just be the inevitable dampening of science in the face of ICE. Some previous CVT vehicles (like the Nissan Murano) have made feel-good concessions at the expense of peak efficiency. Clarkson might be clinging to a dying sensation. - Andy

A pretty effective use of reductio ad absurdum. - Andy

Only a mockup, but hmmmm - Andy

Transgenic glowing beagle clone puppies! - Andy

The 1970 22-tube coaxial image is really striking. - Andy

The 1970 22-tube coaxial image is really striking. - Andy

Hm. I need to watch Blade Runner more often. The recent Final Cut is beautiful, especially on Blu-ray. - Andy