Linked List: November 19, 2010

Friday, 19 November 2010

Mike Schramm Interviews John Carmack 

Nice interview at TUAW regarding Id’s amazing new Rage game and iOS gaming in general.

The Talk Show, Episode 17 

Yours truly and Dan Benjamin, talking about The Beatles, killer apps for Android, the RIM Playbook, the Jambox, dropping your pants for TSA, and more.

This week’s show was brought to you by the .tv top-level domain, and TaskSurfer, a to-do manager for Mac OS X.

Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner 

If only I could go back in time and show this game to my six-year-old self. AR mode makes you look goofy but it’s crazy fun.

TSA Told Cancer-Surviving Flight Attendant to Remove Her Prosthetic Breast 

Molly Grantham, reporting for WBTV:

A Charlotte-area flight attendant and cancer survivor contacted WBTV after she says she was forced to show her prosthetic breast during a pat-down.

TSA and Those Deadly Nail Clippers 

From an email to Erick Erickson from a soldier returning from Afghanistan:

This is probably another good time to remind you all that all of us were carrying actual assault rifles, and some of us were also carrying pistols.

So we’re in line, going through one at a time. One of our Soldiers had his Gerber multi-tool. TSA confiscated it. Kind of ridiculous, but it gets better. A few minutes later, a guy empties his pockets and has a pair of nail clippers. Nail clippers. TSA informs the Soldier that they’re going to confiscate his nail clippers.

Marshalls Has Those $399 iPads, Too 

MacRumors, on those $399 iPads at TJ Maxx:

T.J. Maxx sister chain Marshalls is apparently also offering the same deal. A MacRumors reader notes that several Marshalls stores in Florida are stocking the entry-level iPad and are reportedly receiving 100 iPads per day over a three-day period.

Where are they coming from? Why only the 16 GB Wi-Fi model?

Bud Selig Plans to Expand MLB Playoffs to 10 Teams 

ESPN:

Commissioner Bud Selig’s plan to expand baseball’s playoffs to 10 teams gained a sense of inevitability after little to no opposition emerged during meetings this week with owners and general managers.

They’ll be playing the World Series in December, with 16 playoff teams, before this guy gets done ruining the sport. They should figure out a way to let fewer teams into the postseason, not more.