Archive for June, 2007

Two Types of [Nerdy] Allure

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Briefly (hah!..?), today’s Featured Article at Wikipedia is the Wonderbra. I must confess that I haven’t read the article, but I congratulate the team who pushed this article up to the level necessary to be featured on the front page. Reading the debate about whether to feature it may be entertaining enough. And, from […]

Homebrew Pinball: The Google Group

Friday, June 8th, 2007

There’s a new Google Group in town: Homebrew Pinball. There are a number of people out there — the DIY pinball crowd — working on their own whitewoods, re-themeing existing games, or even just imagining making their own pin one of these days. Hopefully this group can help ease sharing knowledge between us […]

Preview: Pinball 101

Friday, June 1st, 2007

It looks like a very, very cool video coming out this summer: Pinball 101 (trailer here). I highly recommend watching the trailer. There’s a lot of slow motion in it, including a very nice example of a bang back. I think I’ve tried a bang back once or twice, but frankly not […]