<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>That was a fantastic share and right on the money! I'm wondering if apple could bring back the pet rock just by putting a logo on it :)<br><br> iPhone</div><div><br>On Jan 22, 2010, at 9:49 AM, Charles Firth <<a href="mailto:charles@firthconsulting.com">charles@firthconsulting.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Ok..<div>I have to share this but it comes with some caveats. </div><div><br></div><div>First - Penny Arcade is an online web comic at:</div><div><a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/"><a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/">http://www.penny-arcade.com/</a></a></div><div><br></div><div>They're a comic about (basically) gaming - they're very very funny and successful enough they've launched a convention (PAX) which is the largest gaming convention in the world. They've also started a great charity called Child's Play (<a href="http://www.childsplaycharity.org/"><a href="http://www.childsplaycharity.org/">http://www.childsplaycharity.org/</a></a>) - that provides toys and games to kids in the hospital. This year alone they've raised over $1.7million from gamers.</div><div><br></div><div>So they're big names in the video game world. </div><div><br></div><div>Second - their comics and news post contain <b>explicit language</b> - Basically, it's "R" rated. So if that sort of thing bothers you, don't read any farther. Every M-W-F they post a new comic, and to go along with it "Tycho" (the writer) posts a news update talking about the comic, or about the comic's referenced topic (usually a video game or industry event) - so typically you view the comic and read the news post (or vice versa)</div><div><br></div><div>With all of that in mind, below is today's comic and news post - both of which I feel accurately sum up the hype around the tablet and how hard it is for Sony/Microsoft/Amazon/etc to handle the fact that Apple exists. As always, I find Tycho's assessment of the industry to be dead on.</div><div><br></div><div>Again, <b>EXPLICIT LANGUAGE</b> ahead!!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-------News Post for Friday, Jan 22, 2010 ---------</div><div><Screen shot 2010-01-22 at 9.33.39 AM.png></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-------Comic for Friday, Jan 22, 2010 ---------------</div><div><770509271_mUGL4-L.jpg></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NPMUG mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:NPMUG@davesevick.com">NPMUG@davesevick.com</a></span><br><span><a href="http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug">http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>