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    links for 2009-01-31

    Feds: IT admin plotted to erase Fannie Mae • The Register
    I saw this in Die Hard 4. It was awesome. "A fired computer engineer for Fannie Mae has been arrested and charged with planting a malicious software script designed to permanently destroy millions of dollars worth of data from all 4,000 servers operated by the [...]


    links for 2009-01-30

    Digital Britain: 'Rights agency' planned to fight online piracy |
    … or a mafia
    (tags: rights ip protection intellectualproperty ipr online digital media uk)


    links for 2009-01-29

    Wii Fit gets Body Check Channel in Japan News // Wii /// Eurogamer - Games Reviews, News and More
    This has 4iP/NHS commission written all over it
    (tags: wiifit wii health gaming gamedesign lifestyle proactive 4ip)

    Dan Houser interview: Rockstar Games's writer for GTA 4 and The Lost And Damned - Telegraph
    "“I think the medium is still very [...]


    links for 2009-01-28

    Sky to take on 1,000 workers as customers rush to sign up |
    It wouldn't have been that hard to correlate this against HD set sales of the Christmas period, would it? Then we could have a better judge of takeup?
    (tags: sky economy recruitment hd)

    Updated: A Year Later, AOL Is Contemplating A Bebo Sale
    "Bebo was pitched [...]


    links for 2009-01-27

    Is 'Grand Theft Auto IV' the greatest writing of the century? — chicagotribune.com
    Halps, newspaper trying to deal with "new" cultural art form. Clue: answer is no.
    (tags: troll videogames writing gtaiv chicagotribune gaming storytelling narrative)

    OpenSpime | WideNoise to let all familiarize with the concept of spimes
    (tags: widenoise openspime noise volume environment sensing iphone ubicomp [...]


    links for 2009-01-26

    Digital Stuffing » Digital Rights
    At least they got them in the end
    (tags: virgin rights ipr socialmedia)

    Grand Theft Auto IV: Chicago Trib Asks "Is GTA This Century's Best Writing?"
    You can ask all you want, it isn't going to make it true.
    (tags: writing games gamedesign gaming chicacotribune)

    The Pixar Story: A Leslie Iwerks Film
    Fantastic documentary covering the history [...]


    links for 2009-01-24

    Sulka's Game - Package tracking excitement
    Sulka, I love you for giving me awesome ideas
    (tags: sulka package delivery tracking storytelling)

    Jonathan Blow: The Next Phase
    The full Blow
    (tags: jonathanblow braid interview challenge story gamedesign narrative interactivity badmovie storytelling gaming)

    Gamasutra - Braid 's Blow: Game Challenges Clash With Good Story
    "If we eventually become no interaction and [...]


    links for 2009-01-23

    http://www.harpersglobe.com/
    What EQAL did next
    (tags: cbs eqal harpersglobe)

    OSCAR.com - 81st Annual Academy Awards - Nominees
    Really quite disappointed
    (tags: oscar nominations 2009)

    Amanda Open Source Backup
    (tags: amanda zmanda backup mac enterprise)

    Bacula, the Open Source, Enterprise ready, Network Backup Tool for Linux, Unix, and Windows
    (tags: bacula mac backup enterprise)

    The Setup on waferbaby
    Desk/productivity porn.
    (tags: productivity porn setup desk)

    Scott Brown on Why [...]


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    My Twitter account’s private. 
    I have met pretty much everyone who’s following me.
    It’s mostly about my cat.
    If you’re interested in what I’m doing as part of my work, then please follow oh_sixtostart (”overheard at Six to Start”) for the irreverent stuff, and sixtostart for the more serious stuff.
    If I don’t know you, I won’t let you [...]


    links for 2009-01-22

    Prometha - Home
    Oh, go on then. Is this part of Routes?
    (tags: prometha genetics via:mildlydiverting)

    Portal Gun - a set on Flickr
    Promising career in prop-making
    (tags: portal videogame gun cosplay prop)

    Professor Layton and the DS Adventure Game Revival | MetaFilter
    Metafilter on adventure games and the DS
    (tags: metafilter gaming games adventuregames ds nintendo professorlayton)

    Keeping up with Lost [...]


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