June 2010

I was a kid when video games were first being introduced to the world at large, and I remember being 9 years old or so – completely obsessed with these things – and looking through the Peterborough / Lindsay Yellow Pages looking for anything related to video games and finding nothing. At the time I [...]

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Today I was treated to my usual Sunday morning pancakes on top of my Father’s Day present. Pretty cool, no? There’s just so much awesomeness in this: My four-year-old drew Optimus Prime on the left (with very little help from my wife, I’m told). Josie also scribbled “Optimus Daddy” on the bottom. Too cute. Ella, [...]

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Team Barton has a ritual every Sunday morning where the kids let the grown-ups sleep in a bit and the family is rewarded with pancakes afterwards. (And yes, we allow – no, encourage – the children to spend these mornings watching TV. Don’t approve? Get bent.) Anyway, the pancakes: They taste great, and they’re served [...]

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Remember how cool it was when Google turned their homepage, and logo, into a playable version of Pac-Man? I thought it was rather charming at the time – and just further proof that Google is the kind of modern, fun, and productive company that other software development studios should emulate. But then came the news [...]

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