Under a Gibbous Moon

Carnegie Mellon students created a proof-of-concept application for Microsoft’s Microsoft Surface Table. The program, SurfaceScapes,  adds a suite of tools for both the GM and player by allowing them to interact with their shared virtual world.

I must say, this is far and away the coolest application of the otherwise ya-it’s-neat-but-why-bother, Microsoft Surface Table. While this would be one hell of an expensive addition to your role playing group, if you’ve got the money to spend, this might be the ultimate role playing supplement.

Surfacescapes Demo Walkthrough from Surfacescapes on Vimeo.

Hat tip Boing Boing

PepsiCo had a 1.26 billion dollar judgment placed against it in Wisconsin earlier this week. Two men filed a lawsuit against the company claiming that PepsiCo had stolen their idea for selling purified bottled water. Apparently a secretary for PepsiCo’s legal department received the letter informing them of the lawsuit, but failed to do anything with it because “because she was so busy preparing for a board meeting.”

This gaffe could cost the company a sum approximately 20% of their annual profits. There’s not doing your job and then there’s not doing your job.

This hat looks like something that would be at home in Terry Gilliam’s Brazil.

happiness hat from Lauren McCarthy on Vimeo.