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Global Warming Can Be Fun

Saving the planet one game at a time.

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My 15 minutes…all in one week

It’s been a good week for me in the press. The weekend before last included the OLPC game jam, as well as my son’s high school graduation and the start of the Games For Change festival in New York.
There was an article in Mass High Tech on serious games in which I was featured:
But […]

I gotta get me one of these.

That’s the Bikecar. Yes, he’s pedaling…and so are two guys in the back. It would be amusing to commute around the city in one of these. And it beats a Prius. Unless you measure it in miles per gallon of Gatorade.

Opportunity, Synchronicity, Synergy, Energy

After a long spell of work and contemplation, the last two weeks have been a whirlwind of meeting new people and doing interesting things.
Two weeks ago was GDC, which is normally a highlight of my year. This year, though, things were a bit tougher. To keep expenses down, I had scheduled a shorter-than-usual trip this […]

She looks better in a spacesuit.

I met her at the Wired Next Fest.
Imagine my surprise.
This is funny, weird, and sad, all at once. Click the pic for the full image.

What’s your New Year’s resolution?

I took this in Vermont over the holidays. Obviously, those aren’t real flowers. There was even a dusting of snow on the ground. But this is a place where I’m used to inches of snow at this time of year, if not feet of it, or at least enough ice to skate on. This year, […]

November haiku

It took me two bike rides to get this right:

Autumn cycling chill:
Empty trees thrash overhead,
Leaves beneath my wheels.

A perfect fall day in New England

Wow. My wife and I got on our bikes and rode to the top of Mt. Wachusett today (round trip was 63 miles, about 4800 feet of vertical climb).
The temperature was 55-75 degrees, depending on where we were at the time. It can get pretty chilly when you ride near a lake or a […]