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  • SSRN-A Test of the Law of Demand in a Virtual World: Exploring the Petri Dish Approach to Social Science by Edward Castronova
    Castronova's paper on whether the Law of Demand, as it works in the real world, also works in the virtual.
    (tags: economics games castronova research paper )
  • qwantz: "select" is a workhorse, "update" is as routine as a pair of pants. "coalesce" is something special
    Ryan North makes a little poem dedicated to the COALESCE function in MySQL. He's right: it's super useful.
    (tags: databases mysql poem ryannorth poetry programming sql coalesce )
  • Dr Nic’s What is *jour and why they are killer apps for RailsCamp08
    "Local devs, running local services, but how to share with everyone in the room?" Answer: rebuild all your tools to work across Bonjour. Slightly bonkers but very cool.
    (tags: git ruby bonjour networking collaboration gitjour gems tools utilities programming )
  • E3 EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft’s Natal To Deliver 1:1 Teabagging on Xbox Live | Hardcasual
    "When we assembled a focus group of Xbox Live players, they immediately asked for one feature we hadn’t even considered – in-depth tracking of the groin area, for post-kill celebrations. We were proud to help them find a new revolutionary way to teabag – and believe me, these ain’t no waggle controls." Hardcasual goes for the soft targets, as usual. Ahehe.
    (tags: teabagging microsoft humour natal games hardcasual )
  • YouTube – The Beatles: Rock Band Press Conference Trailer 1
    Seriously, Harmonix' character design is just amazing, and this movie – just the _intro_ movie to Beatles Rockband – is making me care more about that band than anything in my life has. Harmonix are gods.
    (tags: games beatles animation characterdesign art rockband harmonix )

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