The psychological experience of using the Internet is undergoing slow but
constant change. Up until now, using the Web has involved "going out" to Web
sites. However, this is changing. Understanding this transformation, and
plotting its direction, can provide us with a new understanding of where our
Web technology is going. This destination can be called "Web 3.0."
Underneath the Hood
Very little of the core protocols that define how the Internet works have
changed over the last twenty years. What has changed, and very slowly, are
some basic hardware upgrades and the software interfaces we use to transfer
information. These gradual, almost superficial changes, have done little to
change what the Internet actually does from a technological perspective, but
have greatly altered our perception of the "Internet experience".
Computers and Telephone Lines
The Internet is co... (more)
The board game blog world has been relatively stable. Most everyone who was
blogging four months ago was blogging twelve months ago and is still blogging
today. There are a few exceptions, and some blogs fell off of my radar. See
my left sidebar for a complete list of board game blogs that I track.
If you know any blogs that discuss general board game topics and update at
least once a month, drop me a line and I'll consider adding it. Thanks,
New (to me) blogs:
Beyond Candy Land - Eric Paradis, Stamford, CT. Board games for kids, with a
Eurogame slant. Hasn't updated since April.
Boa... (more)
Dayton's game group generally only meets on shabbat, which would preclude me
from attending. Perhaps in response to my request for an alternative day for
gaming while I was in the area, or simply by coincidence, one of the gamers -
Bruce - held a day of gaming in his house this past Sunday.
Bruce. Note the three shelves stacked with games behind him.
Although Bruce's house appears on Google Maps if you know where to look,
searching for the street, or the cross-street, or any other street nearby
only yields locations in other parts of Dayton. I managed to find his street
on GM only ... (more)
+6 Bag O'Munchkin Babes
Following Steve Jackson's other release +6 Bag O'Munchkins. Aside from the
weirdness of using these in a game of Munchkin - you can put one in front of
you in order to gain a benefit during the game - SJ added a whole level of
weirdness to them by allowing you to use the pieces in any other game.
For instance, you can whip out a munchkin babe to add or subtract from your
die roll once in some other roll and move game.
This is so cool, that I hope the concept spreads (and I'll be stealing the
idea for my next game at BGG.con, so look in your goodie bags).
Aargh... (more)
I had to stop at Avri's in Beit Shemesh pick up a copy of Diplomacy to use
tomorrow for my big game day at work. Avri runs the Beit Shemesh board game
group on Tuesday nights - what a coincidence - so I stayed for game night. I
had brought along Dominion and Race for the Galaxy, figuring that I could
teach them a few new games as long as I would be there.
In fact, I got there a bit early. Avri had already played Race for the Galaxy
once or twice, so I taught him how to play Dominion. We played, once again,
with the coddle set of basic kingdoms, which has barely any player
interac... (more)
Yehuda Berlinger has been programming since he was eight years old, and consulting about the Internet since he was twelve. He has worked professionally for more than fifteen years as a UNIX systems administrator, a web programmer, and a technical writer. His interests include social aspects of technology and board games. He is now 37 years old and lives in Jerusalem, Israel with his wife and four children. He blogs at 
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