Sentences, etc.

Mar 05

Portal 2 is Coming -

Yes.

[Crosses fingers for native Mac version.]

Update: Portal 2 for the Mac has been confirmed.

Hell yes.

Mar 04

Star Wars in Yarn -

Adorable!

Via A Day Late & Half a Pixel Short

Feb 28

The Freedom & Responsibility Culture at Netflix -

The slides embedded on the Netflix Jobs page make for some fascinating reading. There’s a lot there that stands out, but Netflix’s policy for expensing, entertainment, gifts and travel from slide 71 is really great:

Act in Netflix’s best interests.

Those five words are literally the entire policy. I find it very uplifting that they actually treat their employees like adults.

10 Things You Didn't Know About Orgasm -

Kottke shares a TED talk in which Mary Roach relates some interesting tidbits about everyone’s favorite pastime.

Feb 22

Embrace Life -

Best seatbelt commercial I’ve ever seen. Brilliant execution.

Via 37signals

Feb 18

The Mariana Trench To Scale -

It’s amazing how much we don’t know about our oceans. Then again, it’s amazing how much we don’t know, period. Whenever I see something like this it serves as a catalyst for wanting to know more.

Via Daring Fireball

Feb 16

"My Eyes" from Dr. Horrible: NES Style -

A Nintendo-style arrangement of “My Eyes” from Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. This is one of 13 total tracks I’ve done in this style that will be part of a Flash animation I’m putting together to re-create the entire movie in 8-bit style.

Excellently done. Don’t miss “Everything You Ever”.

I can’t wait for the animation.

A Conversation I Have Every Month or So -

Ditto. So very ditto.

Feb 09

The Process -

Yep, that’s pretty much how it is.

Dogs and Sleds -

Oh the puppies! How I do loveseses the puppies!