Warning: squirrels.

New Math

So, I received a Spanish languange campaign flyer in the mail today from the Santa Ana (CA) Unified School District encouraging me to vote "sí en la Proposición G."  Let us, for a moment, overlook the fact that I do not habla Español. I do, however, habla basic math. Heck, I even passed college calculus (albeit on my sixth attempt). So you can imagine my surprise when I saw the following image on the flyer:

Notice something strange? Here, let me zoom in for you.

From what I can gather, Proposición G proposes to repeal the Pythagorean theorem in Santa Ana.

Heck, how could anyone oppose that?

What's the next big computer game?

Now that Grand Theft Auto IV is out, I've been wondering what the next big video game will be.  Spore promises to be big if only because the game's designer, Will Wright, has a history of making games that are massive hits [e.g., SimCity and The Sims]. I am extremely excited about Fallout 3, first because the teaser trailer was astonishing and second because the game is being designed by the same team that made Oblivion.

There is a third game I've added to my "okay, this could be cool" list: Mirror's Edge. Scheduled to be released around the same time as Fallout 3, Mirror's Edge is a first-person action-adventure video game that focuses less on shooting and more on interacting with the in-game environment. The following trailer from GameTrailers.com shows you gameplay footage of what Mirror's Edge will look like.

The second video deconstructs the trailer, pointing out some things you might have missed.

Color me intrigued.