the anti experience of Ed

Continuing on…..
Seattle Waterfront Arcade
Because of this particular arcade’s proximity to a lot of Seattle’s tourist attractions on the waterfront, I suspect that local arcade game enthusiasts may not know about this one or want to deal with parking down in the increasingly popular area (according to a new report Seattle now ranks ninth in the […]

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Admittedly, I’m a chart geek. I have copies of all the relevant Tufte books. I feel that I know a deceptive or misleading chart when I see one.
Let’s look at this one at cnn.com, about obesity rates in the US.

At first glance, I noted, damn, look at the red, the south sure is […]

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It was heralded over postcards, a voice mail on my home phone, my cable box messages…. the new Program Guide and DVR interface is now on my Motorola cable box here in Seattle!
Let’s get this out of the way. I hate, hate, hate this box. It’s incredibly flaky to the point that I […]

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Continuing on my thoughts about places to play arcade games here in Seattle…. some thoughts about a place near Eastlake…..
Jillians’s Billiards

This establishment seems to be primarily known as a place to play pool, but they have a decent selection of arcade games. They have a wider variety of games than the others listed - […]

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awwwww!

From National Geographic’s website.

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The recent launch of CrankysArcade’s Blog about arcade games at IGN.com had me thinking about the last few times I’ve been out to a video arcade! Growing up there were places out in suburban Seattle that I went to several times a year; one was called “Zones” I think, the other was the “Fun Plex.” […]

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Hey, Sanju made Cute Overload a few weeks ago!
Check it out here.
Cute Overload is a nice beacon of cute fuzzy-wuzziness in what can be a cruel, cruel Internet sometimes….

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This is a repost (slightly cleaned up and with a few links added) from an oft-linked-to blog post I wrote in 2004…. enjoy!
Technological Transparency.
Interactive digital art installations have an immediate hurdle to face when presenting to the general public. The problem is that no one wants to look like an idiot and mess up in […]

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As a nice gift, my girlfriend Laura adopted a Red Panda for me from the kind folks at the Red Panda Project. Her name is Sanju.
I personally prefer the Red Panda over the “classic” Giant Panda. There are two at the Woodland Park Zoo that we visited on a sunny day last weekend. They’re […]

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Yesterday I was determined to go hiking, despite the fact that I had gone canoeing on Lake Washington on the previous day. Unfortunately, I had a truncated day, as I had to pick up vegetables for work from a local farmer at the West Seattle green market. So, I thumbed through the […]

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