Lee’s blog Vox 2008-11-06T14:32:06Z Lee http://gwire.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2252056378fdb/ The Q of S tag:vox.com,2008-11-06:asset-6a00c2252056378fdb0109d0e89437000f 2008-11-06T02:10:35Z 2008-11-06T14:32:06Z Lee http://gwire.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom "What did you think?" "Weirdly, Quantum of Solace is probably the first movie where I've finished the videogame adaptation before seeing the movie. I got this weird sense of spacial familiarity - as if it was set locally, or somewhere I'd visit...

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]]> A question of definition tag:vox.com,2008-10-16:asset-6a00c2252056378fdb00fa96a372f00003 2008-10-16T23:27:53Z 2008-10-17T19:02:34Z Lee http://gwire.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Zero?

"This is arguably the first presidential election of the HDTV age. So is it more important a candidate looks good on high-def... or on YouTube?" That's the question I asked author Neal Stephenson at a Q and A in London last night. I couldn't...

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]]> Jar Jar Economics tag:vox.com,2008-10-10:asset-6a00c2252056378fdb0100a8021273000e 2008-10-10T16:46:18Z 2008-10-11T23:28:56Z Lee http://gwire.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom "Yeah, well I blame George Lucas." "Oh for... Well you seem to have been consistantly blaming Lucas for everything bad the last few years. Do tell - how has this creator of fiction caused the current economic crisis?" "You say that, but the eco...

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]]> Wrapped in the flag tag:vox.com,2008-08-28:asset-6a00c2252056378fdb00fa9694f2dc0002 2008-08-28T01:45:31Z 2008-08-28T01:59:15Z Lee http://gwire.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Captain Britain

After unexpected UK success in this years Olympic games, and the prospect of pouring millions in public funds into the hosting of the next one, sustaining some level of excitement about the Olympics is suddenly the new patriotic duty. I try, I ...

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]]> ICANN FAIL tag:vox.com,2008-06-27:asset-6a00c2252056378fdb00fae8c6c437000b 2008-06-27T10:15:37Z 2008-06-27T10:19:18Z Lee http://gwire.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I've never been a fan of ICANN. They're a ludicrously costly organsisation whose "authority" stems from administrative stewardship for some of the internet's universal namespaces. As I used to point out: ICANN costs millions to run every year an...

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]]> Comic chat redux tag:vox.com,2008-06-16:asset-6a00c2252056378fdb00fad6920f1b0004 2008-06-16T22:50:35Z 2008-06-16T23:25:48Z Lee http://gwire.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Adventures-in-productivity

Hah. Now every stupid instant messenger conversation I have can be rendered as a poorly conceived anonymous three-panel webcomic. Huzzah. There's still a bit of cut-n-pasting to do, but stripgenerator.com seems to be quick and simple enough.

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]]> Watt the...? tag:vox.com,2008-04-23:asset-6a00c2252056378fdb00f48cf141f40003 2008-04-23T12:28:45Z 2008-04-23T13:13:04Z Lee http://gwire.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Lumen

Why the hell are we still labelling light-bulbs in watts? The energy consumption of a light-bulb is rarely the overriding criteria for choice (otherwise we'd be saving energy by sitting in the dark), it's whether it's bright enough for its inten...

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]]> Donut Plains tag:vox.com,2008-04-18:asset-6a00c2252056378fdb00f48cef91830003 2008-04-18T01:15:18Z 2008-04-18T13:55:03Z Lee http://gwire.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom "My girlfriend is always kicking my arse at Mario Kart DS - the Wii version may be my best chance to claw back some dignity," I say, gripping a white plastic toy steering wheel. Apparently, in Mario Kart games, having played the first game...

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]]> Snow day tag:vox.com,2008-04-06:asset-6a00c2252056378fdb00e398ed78bd0004 2008-04-06T17:19:49Z 2008-04-06T18:24:36Z Lee http://gwire.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom It snowed in London last night. As made my way down the street I felt a cold wet thud against the back of my head. For the first time in my adult life (that I can recall) I'd been pelted with snowballs by kids. And not the powdery snowballs of...

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]]> Browsing history tag:vox.com,2008-04-06:asset-6a00c2252056378fdb00f48cebe8e20003 2008-04-06T14:56:26Z 2008-04-06T14:57:27Z Lee http://gwire.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom One of the things on my mental radar for 2008 (trends: tea-snobbery and "kaizen") is the mainstreaming of personal statistics - data gaterered about a specific person, presented (primarily) for the use of that same person. The concept is alread...

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