August 2010
6 posts
Motion sickness
So, by the end of the year, all 3 console manufacturers will have motion-enabled options for their consoles.
Naturally, the Wii already was; not very accurate, true, but it got much better with Motion Plus. Which is underused, but that’s for later. Next month, PS3 gets Move, a camera and controller setup that combines the old EyeToy aesthetic with Wiimote-esque hand units (and a big glowy...
Futureshock
So, this morning, Scarlett had her first future terror.
It’s not unusual in little kids. She’d declared she was going to live with daddy forever, and I merely asked if she was sure she would never want to meet a man, get married and move out. The idea terrified her so much she became pretty much inconsolable, wailing and crying at the idea that maybe in 14+ years time she might change...
Sci-Fi Asides: From the Ashes
Science fiction tells us how to live forever. It’s always easy: hypersleep cryogenically storing people until arrival at their destination, clone tanks creating a perfect clone of someone after their demise, people restored from mere scraps of matter back to their old self. But, what about the psychology of this act? How would you react to somebody restoring you to life in a future you...
EMBLOGGINATION!
Haven’t done this in so long, this will be a nice long dump. Hurr.Right, while at work yesterday, I discovered the bizarrity that is Neuro Drinks. We both tried the “Bliss” variant, but I am extremely intrigued by these. It did make us both feel a bit tingly in the head, and indeed made us a quite giggly and happy. I’m wondering if the others work just as well…
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