Hi, I’m Phil Nelson, a writer, developer, and audio-visual maker of stuff. I have been making stuff online for over 25 years. I run RetroStrange and Set Side B. Good to see you.
Blog Archives
>[Fire isn’t a noun, it’s a verb, and it’s what Amazon has done in the targeted direction of Google. This is the first shot in the new war for replacing the Internet with a privatized merchant data-aggregation network.][link]
[link]: http://cdespinosa.posterous.com/fire “Fire – cdespinosas posterous”
[Matt Gemmell:][link]
>I fully acknowledge the value of, and need for, actual SEO; I just think that in many cases, the tactics employed under that title would better be described as Search Engine Manipulation or even Abuse.
A post full of sound advice. Dirty SEO is one of the lamest things I see smart companies do.
[link]: http://mattgemmell.com/2011/09/20/seo-for-non-dicks/ “SEO for Non-dicks – Matt Legend Gemmell”
[A write-up / retrospective by the primary author of Thief: The Dark Project’s 3D rendering engine][link]. An interesting historical curio, from the time just before hardware 3D rendering was commonplace. via [Shawn Medero][shawn].
[link]: http://nothings.org/gamedev/thief_rendering.html “The 3D Software Rendering Technology of 1998’s Thief: The Dark Project”
[shawn]: http://shawn.medero.net/ “Shawn Medero”
[A jaw-dropping demake of Super Smash Brothers in the style of the original Game Boy][link]. Can’t say anything more than wow at the moment. PC-only.
[link]: http://www.supersmashland.com/ “Super Smash Land”
[I have won the contest to be an avatar in the location-based zombie RPG, Please Stay Calm by Massive Damage, Inc.][link]
I’m very happy.
[link]: http://massdmg.com/2011/09/please-stay-calm-avatar-photo-contest-winners-sketched/ “Please Stay Calm Avatar Photo Contest Winners Sketched! « Massive Damage, Inc. – Location Based Mobile Games”
>[The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes for Peace in Our Time, in the United States or any other country. Make no mistake about it: We are At War now — with somebody — and we will stay At War with that mysterious Enemy for the rest of our lives.][link]
[link]: http://proxy.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=1250751 “ESPN Page 2 Column”
[A simple Ask Metafilter becomes an awesome thread on the history, utility, and basics of JavaScript.][link]
[link]: http://ask.metafilter.com/195482/Lets-assume-that-I-am-the-stupidest-person-that-ever-lived-Explain-to-me-what-JavaScript-is-what-it-does-and-how-a-moron-would-go-about-learning-it “Let’s assume that I am the stupidest person that ever lived. Explain to me what JavaScript is, what it does, and how a moron would go about learning it… – web design coding | Ask MetaFilter”
[SWEATSHOP][link], the live internet art show I produce, returns this Sunday, September 11th, starting at 2pm PST. Trista Musco will be our special guest artist, and we will be watching the low-budget Vincent Price film [THE LAST MAN ON EARTH][movie]. Tell your friends, tell your enemies, tell your mom.
[trista]: http://www.qtrnevermore.com/ “Trista Musco”
[link]: http://sweatshop.tv “Sweatshop”
[movie]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058700/ “The Last Man On Earth”
