The Round-Up #6

Note: Hopefully, non-Round-Up posts will resume this week. My old computer died about a month ago and I should get another soon.

Welcome to the Round-Up. Whenever I something interesting, funny, or unique online, I post it on DWG's Twitter feed, DownWithGT. Then, every week or so, generally on the weekend, I post a list of the 3(ish) most linkable pages and call it the Round-Up. Number six after the jump.


Andy Kessler at the Wall Street Journal thinks that the primary driver of progress and economic productivity is now the video game industry rather than the military-industrial complex. You might think that Call of Duty and XBox are no more than tools of recreation but the technology used to create them is increasingly desired and admired across economic sectors and already found in "revolutionary" products like the iPhone.


Bobby Johnson of Technology Review wants to explain why the Web has been "showing its age." The need for things like Flash and plug-ins are an unnecessary byproduct of the outdated HTML and are even more damaging now that mobile devices can't handle them. However, there is a group that is working on another creating a coding system for the Web that meets modern needs. An in-depth explanation of the Web and what is being done to improve it.

Unfortunately, you need to sign up to view the article. Technology Review will let you read three articles for free if you do sign up and I suggest you make this one of them.

Jared Wade at Sports Illustrated's Point Forward remembers past NBA players' signature moves (ie, Shaq's dunk) and wonders which of today's players have on-court signatures. Some - like Brad Miller's pump fake - are boring but many - like Rajon Rondo's ridiculously smooth pass fake - are can't-miss.

Here, is an article about a homeless man who used his voice to find quick fame and possibly a lucrative job.