360 degrees of Minty magic.....
Goats.
Camels.
Sheep.
Hippies.
Next-gen games consoles.
Can you spot the one that's out of place ?
Well, that's the exciting thing - there isn't one.
Much to my pleasure I've heard today that the forthcoming Xbox 360 games console will feature a graphical front-end for watching whilst playing CD's, MP3's and WMA's. This, in itself, is nothing unusual - after all every PC has that built in as part of Windows Media Player.
What warms these Carpathian cockles is that Neon, the tool in question, is designed and built by none other than Jeff Minter and Llamasoft.......
Yak and Llama.Yes, you read that right - the hairy hippy from the late 70's who goes by the name of Yak and addled the brains of many of that generations home computer users. Tucked away in the firmware of a super-console.
For some of you that name will mean nothing but for others it's probably already conjuring up images of spliff smoking animals, flying camels and laser-spitting death llamas.
I for one am absolutely overjoyed.
posted by Just Somebody @ 6:55 pm
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I would be overjoyed if it wasn't part of Microsofts "World Domination Tour"™
I felt the same when Ben & Jerry sold out too. It's so sad when a spirit of rebellion is replaced by "the mighty dollar"™
If you read his comments you'll see how overjoyed he is that his work has finally made it out into a more public domain in the form he'd been aiming for over the many years before.
You can sense the joy in his writing about this coming into place and, for me, it's not excitement at a huge bank-balance.
Whatever motives, hidden or otherwise, that Microsoft had/have are totally different to what one Yak is feeling right now. I'm going to give him the benefit of my happiness at his success.
ok, fairy snuff
No worries - just my faith in human nature showing through, that's all !
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