​Making stuff is hard. Being creative is a tough business, especially in an age when any stupid young (and probably fat) nerd can log onto Kazaa or whatever you crazy kids are using these days and experience for no money what many of us have slaved for long and hard to make. Videogames have had to contend with illegal distribution since the beginning. But unlike the makers of music and film, game designers have larger capabilities when it comes to circumventing would-be software pirates (not to be confused with would-be software ninjas, who would totally beat the software pirates in a fight). Nowadays most will just use a verifiable product code or something else just as effective, and just as boring. The 5 Most Hilarious Forms of Software Copy Protection – Topless Robot. They really did the most to curb software pirating back in the day. I totally remember the “Dial a Pirate” pad! I also remember looking up the 3rd word on line 5 on page 5 of my PHOTOCOPY of the Prince of Persia...

TechCrunch is on the precipice. As soon as tomorrow, Mike may be thrown out of the company he founded. Or he may not. No one knows. And if he is, he will be replaced by — well, again, no one knows. No one knows much of anything. Certainly no one at TechCrunch. This site is about to change forever and we’re in the total fucking dark. I’ve been able to piece together little bits of information here and there, and it’s not looking good. Hence, this post. TechCrunch As We Know It May Be Over | TechCrunch Not particularly surprised by this. Tech news is not exempt from the perils of big media takeovers. I’m actually surprised they lasted this long. Nothing good can come from AOL…   Still though, RIP for what you once were, a really cool place for start up news, bleeding edge tech discoveries and other things of that nature.  ...

Extremely Impressive! Inkling will run you about $200, but it seems to be totally worth it. Check out their website to learn...

The web today is a growing universe of interlinked web pages and web apps, teeming with videos, photos, and interactive content. What the average user doesn’t see is the interplay of web technologies and browsers that makes all this possible. Evolution of the Web This is a really neat interactive chart! I’d forgotten about Mosaic until I saw the icon for...

According to anonymous sources for the LA Times, Netflix offered over $300 million to license Starz content, but Starz didn’t merely want cash up front — it wanted the Starz Play service to be a premium Netflix tier, and have Netflix charge more than the existing $7.99 a month for access. Starz says Netflix deal is over after streaming services hikes its prices – The Washington Post. Netflix’s battle for licensing continues. First they dealt with skyrocketing prices from the distributors, now when trying to manage those costs, they get threats of non-renewal! Maybe it’s time for the consumers to rise up and take matters into their own hands? Time for us to start pressuring the distributors...