Courtesy of Max, a fun fact of the day!
Chicago, aka “The Windy City”, didn’t get that nickname for being windy. The name became popularized in 1876ish when politicians and city advocates were extremely long-winded in talking up the city a lot.
I had no idea. Read more on wikipedia.
I like games, but I just don’t get Farmville. Maybe it’s because I haven’t tried it, and maybe because the constant Facebook updates in my newsfeed are annoying as hell. I also am partial to board games with social interaction, not role play or simulation games like WoW or Second Life, which frankly are pathetic outlets for the anti-social zombies among us.
But “normal” people in my life play Farmville! When I ask why, they say “it’s so fun” or “so cute” and honestly, not much more than that. I think it probably has the same mind-numbing effect as a lot of trashy tv shows like Real Housewives or 16 and Pregnant (yea, that’s a show, with multiple seasons to boot). People don’t seem to care about strategy, or winning, or even generally succeeding. I can’t figure out what drives them to convince me to adopt a baby cow or eat some blueberries, and further, why think I’d care. And I certainly don’t want to help anyone plow their terrain.
Since Farmville started in June 2009, there are a LOT of people who use it and are fans of it via Facebook. The seamless integration with Facebook in fact has been easy advertising for the game and has undoubtably been the number one reason people decide to play. I just can’t figure out why they stay. PLEASE, someone, give me a good answer!!!
The people who hang out in Tompkins Square park up close and personal. Well-constructed interviews and accompanying photographs at least shed more light on a very stereotyped group of people. Not my scene in the slightest, but still part of my neighborhood.
Nothing surprises me anymore.
fizzbuzz is not a real word but apparently it’s a thing with “tech people”. Or else I made it one. Either way, I learned something about coding that will probably not help me find a job, but amused me more than I care to admit.
