You have died of dysentery
FORTY YEARS AND TEN iterations later, the Oregon Trail has sold over 65 million copies worldwide, becoming the most widely distributed educational game of all time. Market research done in 2006 found that almost 45 percent of parents with young children knew Oregon Trail, despite the fact that it largely disappeared from the market in the late ’90s. A recent frenzy of nostalgia over the game has yielded everything from popular T-shirts (“You have died of dysentery”) to band tour promotions (“Fall Out Boy Trail”) to humorous references on popular websites (“Digg has broken an axle”). via citypages.com Three Carleton Read more…
Early renderings of the McMenamins Elks project
via blog.thenewstribune.com Click the link above to see more at the Biz Buzz blog. Some great stuff.
The Beach
I was in Westport for a night this weekend, and it was a good reminder of just how close we are to the ocean. Sometimes I forget because the drive itself can feel like a real slog sometimes. But when you get there … I just love the ocean. Even during a storm in January.
Because why not test the effect of weightlessness on cats?
Who thought this would be a good idea? [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9XtK6R1QAk?wmode=transparent]
Black Swan, True Grit, and The Kings Speech
These three moves are playing at the Grand and they are all very good. However. Don't go to see Black Swan if you're not prepared to cover your eyes for a lot of it. It's bloody, and not a little scary. Good. But still a horror movie. True Grit is a really good movie from the Coen Brothers. Not as good as their best, but a great Western with a really great cast. And The Kings Speech is a very good drama, again with a great cast. Spend a day and see all of them! (Or a half day and just Read more…
Homemade Pasta. First Attempt.
See the full gallery on Posterous A successful first attempt. Turns out this was really fun and easy with the pasta rolling machine. While I made the noodles, Mary made a great oregano sauce. I think I’ll try more egg in the dough next time. And getting a pasta rack might be better than drying it over the back of a chair. But this was really good! Excited for the next batch.
How true is this for you?
via laughingsquid.com For as often as this is true (and it is fairly often) there are plenty of cases where Twitter and Facebook have been huge assets to my work and productivity (and Gmail is absolutely essential. All my email accounts route there). On January 19th, I’ll be interviewing Andrew Fry from UWT’s Institute of Technology about social media for City Club’s lunch. The three main topics will be its effect on business and productivity, privacy, and social media. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. I hope you’ll join us! http://www.cityclubtacoma.org to register.
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