Atari 2600 Tank Combat Rides Again

Ahh, the good old days...remember back in the 70's, when the coolest videogame console around was the Atari 2600? ...um...or am I really dating myself now? In any case, the console shipped initially with the iconic game "Combat". Using tanks and airplanes, you tried to take out your opponent before they did the same to you. The tank option was always my favorite. You'd each start at opposite corners of a maze, then make your way to a strategic spot where you could rain turret fire down on your opponent...

Sorry, got lost there in the moment. Anyway, my point is this...some kind soul has brought back the Atari 2600 Combat game, programmed in Java, and renamed as TurboTanks. You can now play against a computer opponent using your browser. Game on!

TurboTanks

Happy 22nd Birthday, Macintosh!

Yep...it was this very day, 22 years ago, when we learned why "1984 won't be like 1984". The now-mythic Super Bowl ad that introduced the Mac also introduced us to the idea of commercials during the big game as an event unto themselves. But, at the core of it all, was this new computer. Small. Personal. And with some new pointing device called a "mouse". MacDailyNews has a great article on the commemoration, with links to the "1984" commercial and a true rarity -- a movie where a very young Steve Jobs introduces the Mac at Cupertino's Flint Center.

So, happy birthday, Mac...and many more!

MacDailyNews - Happy 22nd Birthday, Apple Macintosh!

Post-Its Meets the Web

Do you find using sticky notes useful in your everyday life? How about on your computer? OK, take it another step -- how about on the Web itself? Enter Mystickies...from their intro page:

To put it simply, Mystickies allows you to place little yellow squares of digital paper anywhere and everywhere you feel like in the whole wide web. Along with the ability to put sticky notes on webpages mystickies offers a powerful interface to browse, search, sort, edit and generally have a wonderfull time with your sticky notes from any computer that has internet access.

Sounds good...stickies that come up whenever you load the page. Now you can load it up, then set it as your browser's default home page. Cool!

Mystickies - Sticky Notes for the Web