Things I Found Interesting Around April 1st
04/02/2010
- PlayExpo v3.0
My alma mater now hosts a game developer expo which looks kinda awesome. Great speakers. - Plants Vs. Zombies plush toys!
Handmade; would be cool if you could buy them - Dharma Initiative Alarm Clock
- Concept Feedback
Redesigned, looks good. Also Packt Pub had a redesign lately that looks 20x better than their old site. - Subtraction.com: Adding Up Basic Maths
Cool to see the kind of money that can be made from a very well known designer making a nice WordPress theme. The answer: a decent amount but nothing incredible. His big lesson, and the lesson I’m learning from the Digging Into WordPress book: it’s all about the long tail. - Big Bang Theory minus laughter
I’ve always hated laugh tracks. This goes to show how they are actually almost part of the narrative of the show itself. - ShakeItPhoto
You know, I saw you mention the laugh track thing on Twitter yesterday and it made me think of Big Bang Theory. It’s the only show I watch that still uses one! You’re right though, it seems really weird without it.
It was that show I was watching that sparked it. I was kinda half-watching it, but my brain tuned into the laughs and it was all over. It’s just ridiculous how much of it there is, that once you notice you almost can’t pay attention to anything else.
Other nerds will tell you it doesn’t have a laugh track, that it’s a live studio audience. [laugh-track]. OK it does have a live studio audience, but their recorded sounds is absolutely NOT what makes it to TV.