Today's Links
Hunter S. Thompson shot himself and died yesterday. Not to make light but I always figured he'd go out in a hail of gunfire. I imagine he got fed up with the world and decided to take the easy way out. HST was one of my favourite authors. I first discovered his writings when I was at camp, where someone had left a copy of "The Great Shark Hunt" in the cabin I was bunking in. I was hooked instantly as it fed into my interest in underground comix and early 70's culture at the time.
RIP Dr. Thompson and all that. Couple of links:
A good page of interviews and other material
King Mswati of Swaziland has decreed that no photographs may be taken of his growing collection of luxury cars - amid criticism that he is spending his country's money on frivolities when many Swazis are starving. Here's a link to a run-down on one of his more recent purchases, a Mercedes Maybach 62, one of the most expensive cars in the world. It looks like a nice ride!
1up.com has a list of the 50 Most Important games ever made. Umm, that would be computer games. The Macintosh computer is #22, for the contributions the platform made to gaming... I can think of a few very important ones: Myst, Prince of Persia, Dark Castle, Marathon, Deja-Vu, Uninvited and Shadowgate - all of which were developed on the Mac first.