The Macbook Wheel is going to change everything.  I've already ordered the black one.  I get a processor that's a full 30 Megahertz faster than the white one and it was only $1200 more.

--Found via Noah

I don't know how I was unaware of this until today, but there are seven Muppets with official Youtube accounts: Beaker, Rizzo, Gonzo, Fozzy, The Swedish Chef, Statler and Waldorf, and Sam the Eagle.  There's not a lot of video content so far, but there are some amusing little touches that make this great: things like their account names (Beaker's user name is "meepmeepmeepow," Statler and Waldorf's is "heckleu247") and the fact that all the descriptions on Beaker's videos read "Meep meep meep."

Above: Beaker's one-man rendition of Ode to Joy.

This week I got to interview one of my favorite designers working in the games industry today.  Edmund McMillen is behind games like Gish, Meat Boy, Aether, and Coil.  He's been working independently for 10 years now, eschewing the politics of corporate culture to create the games he wants to play on his own terms.  He's got a CD out that collects all of his animation, comics, and games in one place.  I highly recommend picking it up.

It's amazing to me: people I've always wanted meet and talk to are taking time out of creating the things I love most to sit down (Skype in, whatever) and explain their process to me.  I've gotten to talk to some of the most prolific adventure game designers today.  I met the m