Four short links: 6 September 2010 - Game Engine, Enterprise Twitteralike, Open Microbiome, and Good Mental Habits
Akihabara (Github) -- open source (GPL2 and MIT dual-licensed) HTML5/Javascript engine for classic arcade games. (via chadfowler on Twitter) Eureka Streams -- open sourced Java app for enterprise Twitter-like activity: build a profile, join groups, post updates, subscribe to updates from individuals or groups. (via dlpeters on Twitter) Open Microbiome -- hoping to build open tools, standard ...
Movie: Going the Distance
In “Going the Distance,” Drew Barrymore plays a quick-to-laugh, ambitious young hipster who loves cool indie bands, “Shawshank Redemption,” and playing the old arcade games in bars.
Video game museum gives arcade classics extra lives
Nerd nirvana? It's a video game museum that doubles as an arcade.
Namco Bandai Games Announces Namco Museum Megamix for Wii
Namco Museum Megamix (Wii) Remixed arcade classics are enhanced with 3D visuals and use of Wii motion control.
Arcane Festival proves to be a feast of fun
WITH just 500 revellers and only a handful of bands it was a far cry from huge festivals like Reading or Glastonbury. But to music-lovers and artists it was the highlight of the summer.
Leechburg man works to donate furniture to needy people
Hank Commodore knows children who no longer sleep on the floor. He has fostered some himself. Others have beds because he donated beds to their families.
The Dash Between: Bob Emery transformed his dream into reality
In a Disney-like moment in the mid-1950s, Bob Emery looked at a plot of seemingly unusable swampland in rural Summit County and envisioned a family-friendly recreation area with a lake at its center. Legendary filmmaker Walt Disney had a similar experience in the 1960s, when he began purchasing Florida swampland on which to build his Disney [...]
State of Play: Download and Conquer
Arcade games are finally back on the A-list.
Film Review: Going the Distance
Thirty-one-year-old Erin (Drew Barrymore), an intern at the “ New York Sentinel ,” let love sideline her life once and isn’t about to do it again.
Barrymore comedy doesn't go 'Distance'
In "Going the Distance," Drew Barrymore plays a quick-to-laugh, ambitious young hipster who loves cool indie bands, "Shawshank Redemption" and playing the old arcade games in bars. Jason Long, on the other hand, plays a quick-to-laugh, ambitious young hipster who loves cool indie bands, "Shawshank Redemption" and playing old arcade games in bars.