What I'm Reading on the Web
Gnostica, A Tarot Card Game
This looks like a really neat game. It uses the Tarot cards as an ever-changing landscape in a territory control strategy game. Each suit has certain abilities that can be used to further your goal of controlling at least nine points worth of territory. I may have to trot this out at a future game night--I certainly have enough decks of Tarot cards I don't use for anything else. Just need to get my hands on some of those Icehouse counters.
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On the claimed 'war exception' to the Constitution
Once again details come out that prove no matter who's in charge We The People are getting screwed over. This time it's our lives on the line. While I can see the utility in allowing the government--in this case the President or another member of the Executive Branch--the ability to authorize a deadly force strike against an American Citizen who is affiliated with a terrorist group, it is a line too thin to be walked as de facto policy. If anything, this is something that should be buried so deep the president doesn't even know about it until it's a "one life or many" decision. As it is, this is unacceptable and everyone should be aware of it.
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Do you want to vanish—and win 10K?
This looks to be a follow-up to a stunt Wired writer Even Ratliff pulled over the summer. The basic idea is: Can you vanish for a month, elude detection, and walk away with $10k? It sounds like an absolutely wonderful challenge--and one I'd be more than willing to take if I wasn't in the middle of so many other things right now. I think I will check in every now and then during March to see how the runners are doing, and how creative the chasers are being in figuring out where they are.
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Life Below 600px
Every few days I have to deal with some client or another being concerned about how much they can cram "above the fold". This article illustrates nicely that the fold isn't the end all and be all of having your content seen and acted upon. Key take-away: Above the fold is where a teaser goes--something that will draw people in to the rest of your content. Secondary point: You content has to be worth is when people get there.
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