And I’m not talking about no global thermonuclear war, either. If there is an opposite to that game, Crayon Pysics Deluxe is probably about it. And it doesn’t stymie me with new data encryption algorithms, no instead it defeats my OCD by being a non-downloadable prototype. Honestly this is super awesome, watch through the first [...]

Categories: gaming · the future

Ever since I thought Lance Bass was going to get into space before me (which, thankfully, never happened) I’ve been mildly obsessed with the space tourism industry and monitoring it’s falling costs, I’m not the only one! Thank god for Richard Branson, y’know? So he just unveiled SpaceShipTwo and it’s attendant White Knight 2 - [...]

Categories: breakfast links · space · the future

So I recently got my hands (for a few moments, at least) on a Kindle. I find it to be quite impressive, especially given it’s a 1st gen product from a company who hasn’t built hardware before. I now firmly believe that Amazon has a game changing device on it’s hands - it clearly has [...]

Categories: kindle · the future · the love

So Newsweek (thanks scott) just broke the news on Amazon’s new e-book reader, the Kindle. This project has been slow to the table and there’s been lots of speculation on the topic before now but Bezos wanted to take his time and get it right. I, for one, am really hoping that he’s gotten it [...]

Categories: amazon · books · gear · kindle · the future · the love · wishlist

Papabubble comes to NYC! No, it has nothing to do with that. It’s apparently a super fancy candy store that makes it’s candy on premises. I guess it’s kinda like Dylan’s Candy Bar, but way, way, waaay more expensive. Gothamist gives the scoop. I wanna try some.
You know what else I love besides candy? Quizzes. [...]

Categories: breakfast links · quizzes · the future

These pictures of japanese sewer systems are amazing (via mefi). I can’t really tell if this is one sewer system or a bunch or when they were built (I don’t think this was built 2,200 years ago), but it’s definitely where you expect to spend your post-apocalyptic years hunting down (or, if less fortunate being [...]

Categories: breakfast links · japan · the future

Apparently there’s a new craze sweeping Tokyo - kegadoru or Injured Idols (via tokyomango). Girls wearing surgical coats or maid outfits are totally out at the Akihabara maid cafes, now you have to be sporting eye-patches and bandages! This one’s a little … odd, to me. One cosplayer describes the confusing appeal:
One guy into the [...]

Categories: breakfast links · japan · the future

My children! The future is now! Well at least according to Gizmodo. Moller International is getting ready to release a consumer hover-car, named oh so enticingly the M200G! This bad boy will go 10 feet up and 50MPH and only set you back $90k-$125k. There’s a video on the giz page that’s interesting for about [...]

Categories: breakfast links · commercials · the future

It’s a tale as old as time - Skaters and the Cops. Apparently June 21st was Go Skateboarding Day, which is what a few teens did in Hot Springs, Arkansas. A cop seems to have taken exception to their activities (which it seems to me that they often do) and started arresting and manhandling them [...]

Categories: breakfast links · the future · web2.0

I was just talking with Scott the other day about this whole multi touch thing, in particular about the general utility of multi touch screens. I’m of the camp that while if Steve Jobs decided that multi touch were the way and we should all give up out keyboards and pinch and zoom our way [...]

Categories: microsoft · the future · the love