As we gear up for The Third Iraq War, as we remember the day the Towers fell….this…..
Anti-War slideshow I made to the song Southampton Dock by Pink Floyd.
Especial is especially special.
I forget how this came up, but I ran across something that made me wonder about the adjective especial, which I think of as an antiquated and/or British equivalent of special and have never (to the best of my knowledge) used. It turns out there is supposed to be a difference between the two; …
Heard on the radio…"..as we enter the Third Iraq War….."
The often mentioned Black Mirror has now made it to the top of my Go Find list.  If you have not watched Black Mirror and spoilers bother you do not listen to the whole episode, they will let you know when to hit stop. More often than not what others consider spoilers I consider  points that make me either want or not want to peruse  the item.  Hearing about  the episodes on HI only made me want to see them all the more. ymmv
Grey & Brady on the season finale talk about greycations, training your
dog, alternative medicine, monkey copyright, monkey art, the great monkey
renaissance of the 1960s, autos revisited, the ice bucket challenge,
Scottish Independence, Black Mirror and Charlie Brooker.
Spoiler warnings: for Black Mirror: The National Anthem, Black Mirror:
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"Mojang does not exist to make as much money as possible for the owners. As the majority shareholder, I'd know. Every time a big money making deal comes up that would make a lot of money, it's of course very tempting, but at the end of the day we choose to do what either makes the most sense for our products, or the things that seem like fun for us at Mojang" – notch
Minecraft has been one of those goto  items as both a Dad and a gamer. It is an indie game, the original dev has opinions of what makes games fun and he has so far stuck to his words, and the community that has grown up around Minecraft is all about openly sharing the joy. Not, say, nickle and diming folks for user created skins, maps or mods. Keeping it open and innovative. Not, say, suing your user base for doing those things.Â
MSCraft? It is like selling christmas to the scrooge?  My house will not be amused one bit. 
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that, according to “a person with knowledge of the matter”, Microsoft is in “serious discussions” to buy Mojang, the studio that made smash hit Minecraft.
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