January 2008
13 posts
Stranded at the airport? Don't forget Rule 240 →
Travel Editor Peter Greenberg explains the unwritten rule that can get you on your way when your flight is canceled or delayed.
10: Zero Three →
This week we see a little of the other side of negotiation.
You too can help tell the story of Exile 4 just hop over to our forums to find out how. We need contributers now to keep The Exile running!
Tiki Bar's Johnny Johnny (Kevin Gamble) Saves... →
Today Kevin Gamble, also known as Tiki Bar TV’s “Johnny Johnny,” in an incredible act of heroism, saved a woman from an oncoming train in a New York subway. “The train is about 60 seconds away, so I immediately leap over the edge…So I haul her up on my shoulder, at which point she comes too, and I quickly get her back to the edge…”
Ann Arbor Lighting Up With 100% LEDs! →
Last year Ann Arbor joined forces with LED manufacturer Cree, Inc, on an ever-expanding citywide LED initiative to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. With a recent retrofit contract signed with Lumecon, Ann Arbor is on its way to being the first U.S. city to light up its downtown with 100% LED technology!
Sega Master System games coming to Virtual... →
The first two for Japan are Fist of the North Star and Fantasy Zone. Game Gear games on the way too!
The Exile IV: The Cost of Doing Business →
So this week we get another great page from Leo Zovic.
SimCity Classic GPL’ed - called Micropolis →
Source code for SimCity has been released under the GPLv3. For legal reasons the open source version was renamed Micropolis, which was apparently the original working title.
The Exile IV: Law and Order (Satellite... →
This week on the exile check out all of the things that happened, Trent gets arrested, and the virus makes its way toward the Red Spot.
Remember the 7up cool spot?
Steve Jobs tells off fan, calls her "rude" →
Blogger and podcaster Violet Blue approached the Apple CEO on the Macworld floor to ask for a photo — and got completely blown off.
The Victorian Holocaust: how come no one knows... →
The Victorian Holocaust: Hitler and Stalin were rank amateurs compared to the British Empire. So how come no one knows about it?As the peasants began to starve, officials were ordered “to discourage relief works in every possible way”. The Anti-Charitable Contributions Act of 1877 prohibited “at the pain of imprisonment private relief donations
Fantastic Anthony Bourdain Interview →
I’m a big fan of Anthony Bourdain period, but this interview raised my opinion of him ten fold. He has only “job”—traveling around to what ever country he wants to, eating a ton of food, drinking tell he’s silly, and still getting paid to do it—that I would ever actually wish for if I found a genie lamp.
The Exile IV: Click! →
The Exile this week keeps following Trent as he tries to make his way through his problems and continue on his mission. You will have to read it to see how things go from there:
Jon Scrivens contributes this weeks page. Jon is the creator of Little Terrors an awesome story with Zombies and all sorts of other monsters, creatures, myths, et cetera… You should go check it out. Right now.
The Exile IV: Click! →
The Exile this week keeps following Trent as he tries to make his way through his problems and continue on his mission. You will have to read it to see how things go from there:
Jon Scrivens contributes this weeks page. Jon is the creator of Little Terrors an awesome story with Zombies and all sorts of other monsters, creatures, myths, et cetera… You should go check it out. Right now.