You may not have heard of the Flow Awards, because they didn't actually exist until just now, when I made them up. But I think they're needed: awards that recognize technology that supports creative flow, instead of disrupting it. I'm going to give the first one to Masterwriter songwriting software.

Why does a single browser window need 100 megabytes of memory to function?

...Wait, no, try it again. ...OK, one more time. ...How about NOW???? ...OK, Give it another shot. ...This time for sure. ...What other apps are you running? ...Do you have all the latest drivers? ...When was the last time you upgraded your motherboard? ...You're not using a KVM switch or something, are you?

This Game Design Theory book by Raph Koster kicks butt...but there's something Spooky going on!

Hey, Fatty! Are you really using a sitar as a metaphor for courage? Are you actually claiming that risk is the only safe investement in game design? Could you truly be advising people to do what they like? Are you still talking about the Game Developers Conference...even though it's already after E3??? Fat Man, this time you've gone too far.

I wouldn't mind being remembered for this.

An article about making free phone calls with an iPod led me to a site with downloadable telephone touch-tones. Then I found another use for them....

Is Episode III the best yet?

Amidst raving about Google maps capabilities, an open source project pops up that does many of the same things. ka-Map, released by DM Solutions handles many of the same web mapping challenges that Google has handled so well.

Ever notice how many words that were once nouns are now verbs? I got both blogged and slashdotted this week, but you can help me get sweet revenge, er, I mean, return the excellent favor to my new friends!!!