On that note, my vision prevents me from reading most street signs far enough in advance to make traffic changes (change langes, slow down and turn, etc.) safely. So I cannot make out Elmendorf DR at 50 yards but the funny looking church, the large hill, the abandoned school are very easy to spot well off in the distance. Or maybe I just drive too fast, that's almost certainly true. I use maps whenever I can but mostly to find the landmarks I'll use to make the turn instead of the name of the street. Obviously, a good GPS would solve this problem too but I've gotten very good at this and google maps on my phone is good enough.

There are some places, like Utah, where most of the streets are named after their grid line. That changes things since I can guess that 1550 is shortly after (or before) 1500 which I just passed.

I purchased a Viao a few months back and was surprised to see Chrome appear on the desktop instead of IE. If Google wants to buy browser market share more power to them. I had not tried Chrome before and I'm glad I have, its a great browser.

Not exactly revolutionary but this is a great description of the game mechanics involved in playing to the casual audience. Like it or not any game that wants widespread adoption will not be targeting the hardcore players more willing to reroll when they fail. It's too bad really since those games were far more entertaining than end-game World of Warcraft is today.

Another good reason for games to reward players for their time is that it requires far less testing. if your Cow kills my level 99 Amazon because of a glitch then I may uninstall rather than rerolling. If I only lose the time it takes to run from the graveyard then I don't care as much about how well tuned the encounters are. Perhaps the article mentions this but I'm too lazy to read it.