Category: Websites

Saying goodbye to videogame magazines

I’ve finally let the last of my gaming magazine subscriptions lapse. There are many reasons for doing so, particularly in an internet age where information flows freely to us through websites that won’t appear in print until a month or two later.

In fact, many of the same feelings I have are laid down in an article entitled, “This is Why Your Game Magazine Sucks” from the site These Damn Machines.

New Google features

Frequent Google users may have noticed that a few new features have made their way into the popular search engine.

Google Local allows you to enter in a city and state along with your query in order to help find area businesses and services. The results include telephone numbers and addresses, as well as access to maps of the location.

The blue links at the bottom right of the search result page’s header no longer merely point to dictionary definitions of the keywords you used. Now they’re links to Answers.com, which provides more in-depth definitions, explanations and links relevant to those words.

Moving art

[animaris rhinoceros transport]

If you find the idea of kinetic art that’s wind powered interesting, you might want to take a look at the Wired article “Wild things are on the beach” about dutch artist Theo Jansen.

Some of his work is truly astounding, such as this 2MB video of his animaris rhinoceros transport shows. For more videos of his work, check the “film” link on the artist’s website, strandbeest.com.