Spore, the highly anticipated new game from Will Wright (the creator of SimCity, SimAnt and The Sims) launched on Friday here in Europe and tomorrow in North America. I was/am incredibly tempted to buy it. I saw it at the store here on Friday, but it’s €49.95 and the menus are all in Dutch. I […]
Entries Tagged as 'Technology'
An Observation
September 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Technology
I’ve noticed that for most people in my age and socioeconomic cohort (basically, upper-middle-class college kids and early-20-somethings) their laptop is easily their most treasured possession. I imagine it occupies the place held by the stereo for kids coming of age in earlier generations. When I was in college, the first thing everyone did when […]
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At the data retention conference
September 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Hungary, Politics, Technology
My biggest impression so far is that the EU legal and bureaucratic apparatus is positively labyrinthine. I pity the poor internet service providers trying to make sense of ambiguous, poorly written directives. It seems like the EU imposed these requirements without much reflection and with only a very minimal amount of input from the public […]
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My computer conks out…
September 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Italy, Technology, Travel
The Italian hackmeeting is really awesome. There’s a bunch of cool people, and the building is awesome. It was apparently built by some guy with mafia ties as a fancy house in the city, but was confiscated by the government before construction was complete. It sat empty for years, but now it’s a squatted social […]
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Where was I?
October 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Hacker culture, Italy, Photos, Technology
I guess the last time I wrote was over a week ago now. As you may have noticed, the site was down for a few days, too. Between that, and the fact that I haven’t been any place with reliable internet, it’s been hard. I’m going to try to get caught up, but I think […]
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