The Decade of Games

What's after social media? Game theory, apparently.

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/09/welcome_to_the_decade_of_games.html

100 best magazine articles ever written

Ok, so this is something of a crap shoot, but I applaud the idea. The guys over at Cool Tools have started a list of what they think are the best articles ever written in English. It's overwhelmingly American, and they really, really like David Foster Wallace. But I respect that they have at least attempted, and invite suggestions.

Things I like about endeavours like this:

1) You don't have to read every single one; you can just read the ones that interest you, and know you are getting top quality writing.

2) No matter what you read, you will be reading very, very good writing.

3) You end up reading interesting articles on topics you wouldn't normally find interesting.

4) Many of the articles are worth reading for style alone, and not the content.

Have started making my way through the list, starting, naturally, with the top 7. Of note so far for me are 'Why the future doesn't need us' by Bill Joy, 'Consider the Lobster' by the above mentioned DFW, and 'Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?' by EJ Edward Jay Epstein (whole engagement ring, 'diamonds are forever' thing was created by ad agency N W Ayer).

If you enjoy it, please send your love their way.

http://www.kk.org/cooltools/the-best-magazi.php

I think if I could ever show my thought process in a linear way, and try to confine it to 2D and an A4 sized piece of paper, it would look something like this. What would be even cooler is if I could plug electrodes into my brain and have it generated automatically and in 3D.

Luke Sullivan

Luke Sullivan from Mediastash.tv on Vimeo.

Lasagna Ragu

So I kind of fell off the veggies only diet. But I have two very good reasons, thanks to FX Cusine. The first was Ragu Bolognese, the traditional dish that spag bol is based upon. It took over four hours to cook on Saturday, but was worth every minute. The second was the Lasagne you can then make with the ragu.

I just discovered FX Cusine, and I love it. It's clearly the blog of someone who loves eating. That he takes such lovely photos of the process makes it very easy to understand the dishes.

Inspired, I took my own photos, which pale in comparison.

Peter Kenny's Birthday

60 years of Chinese Communism

If the Olympic opening ceremonies weren't enough to convince you that China had arrived (again) on the world stage, 'ave a look at these fantastic pictures from boston.com. Who, by the way, do lovely photojournalism online in their Big Picture section.

Proof that one thing you get from communism that you don't get in a democracy is unbelievable levels of synchronisation, the 60th anniversary of communist rule celebrations were sort of like the opening ceremonies, but with guns. Which is all the proof you need that they would kick anybody's ass in a war.