2005 July 13

I've been meaning to tell everybody about our rocking chairs. Well, they're Video Rockers:

The Video Rocker is a comfortable, lightweight, space-saving rocking chair. It was specially designed for children and adults to be used for watching TV or playing video games. The Video Rocker is available in a variety of colors and fabrics. The Video Rocker is so comfortable, fun, and affordable that everybody should have one!

Indeed, I've indirectly sold several of them just by having friends come over and take a load off. Video Rockers are much more timeless than papasans and beanbags – and geekier. I'll get a shot of Ponzi sitting in one later – in front of our new bad-ass home entertainment system. Video rockers = must have. We've got the RSS-orange colored variety (thanks, babe!).

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NASA World Wind is an amazing 3D world browser designed to zoom in on Earth from satellite perspective of the entire planet. At Where 2.0 we were lucky enough to meet one of the developers to talk about the significance of World Wind as an educational tool and future plans for improvement. The maps are a compilation of Landsat satellite images and Shuttle Radar Topography data collected during Space Shuttle lauches. The interview talks about current features in World Wind and plans for the future of the project.

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This Week In Games – TWIG – is a weekly podcast. In every episode I’ll give you the lowdown on what’s going on in the industry, and tack along my personal opinions.

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