They need to turn this into a real game! It’s like Maple Story meets Minecraft.
(Source: kyle-, via chuckfinleys)
The bytes sound better on vinyl.
And the award for “Most obscure computer file format” goes to …
Back in the 1970s, floppy disk drives were extremely expensive, typing BASIC programs took time, and it wasn’t like you could drive over to Best Buy to get a compiler. Which made it difficult to distribute software programs. But one format which proved relatively easy to distribute in a magazine was the “Floppy ROM” — literally, a vinyl record flexidisc which computer nerds would put on a record player, record onto a cassette player and play into their computer. The May 1977 issue of “Interface Age” magazine, shown above, actually had one of these rare relics, which you can actually buy on eBay. Next time you use Dropbox to save your homework, think of how far we’ve come.
Vote for your favorite characters each round. 32 characters, one month, one champion!
Polls are open now for Round 1. It’s easy to go and vote. This could be fun.
My Final 4 are Drogo vs Bronn and Tyrion vs Daenerys, and I have Tyrion as the champ
(via tumblrofthrones)
If you’re actually reading this on the site and not in RSS (guys, come on in from the cold, don’t be shy), you’ll already have noticed that I changed the “look and feel” of the site. In doing the design, I focused on three things: simplicity, the reading/viewing experience, and sharing.
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Yay, Kottke tumblr mirror! Now there’s no reason to ever leave my Tumblr dashboard.
SZCZ
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