Posted: January 16th, 2010 | Author: will | Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments Off
oh, I guess I forgot to mention: mobzombies is available on the app store. Read more here.
Mobzombies is a truly mobile, location-based iPhone game that pits you against zombie hordes generated by human activity at real places. Unique movement controls allow players to use their bodies as joysticks, turning mundane physical things (barstools or people, for instance) into tricky obstacles obstructing the path towards zombie destruction.
Posted: January 7th, 2010 | Author: will | Filed under: sports | Comments Off
A quick dispatch (I rarely post things here anymore) about the importance of SSIDs in community / neighborhood life. As I was talking to my dad this morning, he recounted a story from yesterday where his neighbor had given him a case of beer, and left him a note saying something like “today your status in the neighborhood has changed.” On the face of it, seems like a pretty cryptic and odd thing to have happen to you, which you might think about while you were enjoying one of the beers. The rationale behind the beer + note, it turns out, was a result of a certain Andre Dawson being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday.
Dawson, who had a number of great years with the Montreal Expos and the Chicago Cubs, had a legendary arm from right field, which earned him the nickname “The Hawk” due to the ease at which he could throw out runners (his prey, presumably) at home plate. Anyway, so why the beer and ostensible status-shifting within the community? Not because, it turns out, that my dad is a huge Andre Dawson fan. Instead, at one point when I was at home and acting as IT support, I configured the SSID of his airport as “Andre The Hawk Dawson.” Now, most people, day to day, don’t know who the hell Andre Dawson is. But after yesterday, this mysterious name they see in their network settings suddenly clicked, as Dawson (after being inducted into the Hall of Fame) was instantly all over the news.
Just goes to show the little bit of magic that can happen when you put a little effort into choosing that SSID.