While I’ve been working hard to improve the quality and quantity of this site, I wanted to make a plug for my other venture, Brickd.com. Brickd is a blog that features the best designed Lego creations that I dig up from around the web. It is a simple photo-blog, and I update it several times a day.
And so, my dear readers, I implore you to please visit the site and tell any and all of your Lego-loving fans.
I’m excited to introduce my latest web project: brickd.com. Brickd is a simple photoblog with the best Lego design work from around the web. I’ve found myself getting back into Lego building recently, and wanted to share some of the most impressive custom work that other builders create.
Please be sure to check out the site, subscribe to the RSS, follow Brickd on Twitter, and tell your friends.
Enjoy this fantastic 8-bit crossover where you can take some iconic NES-era character like Mega Man, Link, Samus, and more through the levels of the original Super Mario Brothers. The creator has done a fantastic job of incorporating the touches from each character’s game such as the controls and music. This is definitely a perfect nostalgic blend of classic gaming.
You can play the game in all of its retro glory after the jump.
I just received a prompt when I logged-in to Facebook asking me to go through a process to reestablish my interests. Facebook introduced their new profile feature that links all of my interests and likes to new hub pages. Before, it used to just run a search on that term to show me other people who shared that interest. This move is certainly an attempt to create community around people’s passions, and evolves the social network beyond just being a place where friends connect with each other to a destination where I can discover and discuss my interests. While the pages for each linked interest are pretty sparse now, they do hint at future wiki-style collaboration around the content.
I’m sure that this move is part of their larger strategy around semantically marking up pages to describe their content with the new Open Graph Protocol, and these new destinations will surely be well-optimized to generate traffic from search engines.I’m certainly looking forward to seeing how this change to the way my topical interests exist in Facebook will evolve into a more mature product.
I’m happy to introduce the first video for the new startup I’m a part of: Gravity.com. We’re building a site that allows people to come together and discover people and discussions that match their interests so they can engage in discussion. We’re currently in private beta, but if you’re interested, please sign up to request an invitation. This video is a fun way of showing what we’re about. Enjoy!