Why aren’t you buying Ted Noodleman, Bicycle Delivery Boy by yours truly and the incomperable Ryan Ottley? Probably because you’ve never heard of it. But I’m here to tell ya yer really missing out. of course, I might be a wee bit biased…but that’s ok, I’m allowed.
Today my breast swells with pride as my brother, the CEO of TRIGGIT, inc. gets some props as the opening salvo in a Washington Post article about Web 2.0. Zach (that being the brother) is one hell of a hard worker and more than deserving of this…but it’s damn nice to see others agree! HOORAY!
At the Web 2.0 conference here in 2005 — back before Google had paid $1.65 billion for YouTube and people were talking about valuations for Facebook of $15 billion — Zach Coelius, a precocious 25-year-old who had snuck into the hall without paying, stepped up to the microphone and asked the speaker for a bit of career advice.
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Start a company, replied Rupert Murdoch.
Now, two years later, Coelius has wheedled his way in again, this time to the Internet A-list party at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, sponsored by MySpace, which Murdoch purchased in 2005 for what now looks like a bargain price of $580 million. Within minutes, Coelius has pushed through the throng and buttonholed Murdoch to report on how it has all worked out — how he had parlayed a "chance" meeting with a venture capitalist into an invitation to a regular poker game with other VCs who seeded his new "widget" company with their poker losses and later with modest first-round financing. Now, with a small staff and a tested product, Triggit.com is about to launch.
For the next two minutes, the two scheming entrepreneurs traded stories, the jowly septuagenarian media mogul filling in some details of how he broke the newspaper printers union on London’s Fleet Street, the lanky young upstart riffing on the spectacular promise of social networking. It’s hard to say who was enjoying the conversation more. But like many in the room, they had the sense that this was one of those magic moments that comes along every decade or so, when nothing is certain, everything is possible and anything can be spun into gold.
Here’s the link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/18/AR2007101802462.html?sub=new
Go Zach go!!!
By Kep! | September 14, 2007 - 3:50 pm - Posted in Games
It’s Baaaaaack! Due to some comic book lettering deadlines I have completely neglected ya’ll. But you have been in my mind, so here comes the games that have been maddening me for the last couple of weeks. Post high scores!
PUMPKIN CARVING!
http://www.cubpack81.com/images/carve_pumpkin.swf
Halloween is just around the corner…at least in my house (lots of short people, pre acne). This is a great way to get in the spirit. It’s also a fun way to test out more advanced carves for your squash artistes.
Bloxorz
http://www.thegamehomepage.com/play/bloxorz/
Yeah…I’m already hating myself for this one. This is a puzzle game like few others–it actually held my interest all the way through. It’s beautiful to look at, challenging, and just simple enough to play you’ll be gnashing your teeth for at least an hour. No hate mail please, I’ve written enough to myself.
Hyper Sphere
http://irate-nation.com/games/hyper-sphere/hyper-sphere.swf
As a kid in Chicago in 1983 I remember few things better than going to the arcade and playing whatever whacked out game came out that month that made little or no sense. One of the best (it was relative to my age, I’m sure) involved a Russian bear balancing on a ball wandering a maze and trying not to fall off into oblivion below called Crystal Castles. I was terrible at it…and I’m no better at this. But i gotta admit, it’s a lot of fun trying!
The Escape Game
http://lqgame.com/top-e.html
As a rule I am not a fan of the "locked room games"…which is strange as i am a huge fan of locked room murder 
mysteries. the main reason I don’t like them is they’re usually about hitting the combinations enough times that you eventually win by default. To be honest, this one isn’t much different. So why am I recommending this one? It could be that it’s better thought out than a lot I’ve played…it is…it could be that it’s tougher than many I’ve played…yeah, that too…but mainly, it’s because it has a "suicide pill" that gives you a quick, if dishonorable out. Give it a go. If you like this type of game, you’ll love it…if you don’t, take the pill.
Word Shoot
http://cognitivelabs.com/word_shoot.htm
My kids can’t type to save their 
souls…worse yet, though I cruise along at over 100 words a minute, it’s all hunt-n-peck (yeah, I’ve been clocked). So, what’s a guy to do? Right! Find a game where typing a word is the way you kill the bad guys. Better yet, find one that has enough levels of difficulty that if you’re not touch-typing your roast meat. Type that bastard!
Blocky Game
http://freewebarcade.com/game/blocky-game/
So, you’ve made it this far? Good for you. Time to step up those patern recognition skills. This is simple: Just clear the screen of colored blocks by drawing squares with all the same colors in the corners. How simple could it be? WARNING: Don’t do this one drunk or you may wake up tomorrow with a hangover and your computer outside on the sidewalk smashed to bits with the neighbor kid’s Louisville Slugger. You’ve been warned.
Dice Wars
http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/dice/dice.html
Do you like Risk but have no one to play with? Here’s a nifty little alternative I remember playing in coffee shops back in college but i haven’t seen since. It’s fun and a bit addicting. But remember, when you yell "GOTCHA BITCH!" at the screen, you’re really only playing with yourself.
IndestructoTank
http://funderoo.com/games/indestructo
I’m kinda mixed on this one. It barely made the list this week. However, it has a few really nifty things going for it. First, it has a game mechanic I’ve never seen done quite like this before. that not only makes it fresh, it makes it unique. Second, it’s the first game in my memory (which is admittedly shoddy) where you get points to spend buying your enemies…got that? You don’t improve yourself, you buy different kinds of THEM. That’s just nifty. Third, I have had a crush on Laura Petty ever since the movie TANK GIRL and this just gives me a warm fuzzy thinking about it.
Oh, Don’t Forget
http://www.ohdontforget.com/
Ok, this isn’t a game, it’s a reminder service. Type in a cell phone number and it’ll text whatever you want at whatever time / date you want.. Like a reminder to get your ass to bed by 1AM after playing these games all night. It’s also fun to screw with your friends. Muhahahahahaha!
Manamana Ya’ll!
By Kep! | - 2:11 pm - Posted in Uncategorized
Microsoft, in yet another push to recover the 
ground lost to Mozilla, Google and other up-n-comers has actually taken the rather brilliant step of including a WYSIWYG blog editor with VISTA (downloadable for XP jocks too0 that actually is cross-blog compatible and seems to by pretty slick. How Slick? Wellll…right now I’m giving it a go and it’s not too bad so far. Yea Me!
Most notable is that I now have a Windows spell check…which is still a bit better than anything for Firefox (though those are improving mighty fast). Also, it doesn’t force me to boot up a browser to use…which may, someday, impress me.
More later on this…or not.
For those of you who got this far, thanks. Here’s a bonus treat. Coming soon TWO new books written by yours truly. Comics that is. White Gold. Geeky tea. No, I’m not moving to Beverly…but wouldn’t that be nice?