Lost Tribe of the Sith #5: Purgatory FREE EBOOK NOVELLA

John Jackson Miller's latest installment in the e-book series LTotS has been released in PDF.

Hopefully a kindle version will be up on Amazon.com soon.


For those of you unfamiliar with the setting of the Lost Tribe of the Sith series.  The crew of a Sith dreadnaught, the Omen, crash land on a technologically and naturally resource deprived world of Kesh.  The story follows how the stranded Sith deal with each other and the natives of the planet.

This series of E-books ties in with the current major novel cycle by Lucasbooks/DelRey, Fate of the Jedi.

A captivating publicity

A relaxing escape for the week-end! 

G-Souto

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Portuguese surf game for iPhone & iPad

Tiago Pires (Portugal) & Taj Burrow (Australia)

http://tek.sapo.pt

"A surfing game that’s actually fun? Rad! There have not been many surfing games in gaming history."

Matt Dunn (USA)

Chillingo announced in September a licensing agreement with developer Biodroid to publish Billabong Surf Trip, an arcade-simulation surfing game for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Set throughout the world’s best surfing destinations, the game uses Billabong’s top professional surfers Andy Irons, Taj Burrow, Joel Parkinson and Tiago Pires as ambassadors for the game, who share helpful tips on how to rip and get tubed on waves for maximum performance.

www.touchgen.ne

“Biodroid developed a robust life-like game that explores Surf and Billabong heritage in a totally authentic way” said Diogo Horta e Costa of Biodroid.

www.touchgen.net

“We worked closely with Billabong and its Professional Surfers to ensure that the game mechanics mirrored what is experienced in reality,” states Ricardo Flores, of Biodroid. “Every detail from the types of heart-stopping waves found at various surfing locations to the range of maneuvers players can try is the same as what can actually be done in the sport.”

“My overall experience with Billabong Surf Trip was a good one,” wrote Matt Dunn from the prestigious game site Touch Gen. “The waves are sweet, the controls are solid, and the various maneuvers actually require some skill and timing to pull off.”

Tiago Pires, Maya Gabiera, Taj Burrow

 www.billabong.com

Top surf stars Taj Burrow, Maya Gabeira and Tiago Pires were also on hand and gave the crowd some of their thoughts on how the game had been developed from the surf aficionado’s viewpoint.

BiodroidEntertainment is a media entertainment company founded in 2007 and based in Lisbon, Portugal. The company focuses on the management, production and distribution of IP based products. 

There is not many games on sports. And less on outdoor sports! So, I think this surfing game can motivate young people to a healthy outdoor life!

And the fact of best surfing champions being  behind the creation of this project will help kids and teens to practice a healthy sport!

G-Souto

22.10.10

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Ballprints in the Butter...

"You know what it’s like when you come home from work and you’re still upset about that whole thing with Jenkins after lunch when he was trying to horn in on your ideas and you were all “Jenkins, what the f*ck?” and Jenkins gave you that goddamn smug smile that makes him look like a rat and if Mr. Avery wasn’t there you would have smacked his smart mouth with a stapler, but all you could do was try to sound smarter than the little bitch and it irked you the whole day? And then on the drive home you got stuck at that red light next to the bar where all the tranny hookers hang out, and the red lasts literally five minutes, so for five minutes you just had to sit there trying to ignore the three trannies who were asking if you wanted to taste some cock candy? And then you finally get home and all you want is to have a drink and make a sandwich and then you go into the fridge and there’s no beer left and the only Coke is already open, and the cheese was left unwrapped so it got that dark, chunky crust buildup that you hate, and when you grabbed the butter you could swear there was a perfect impression of a waxed scrotum in there, detailed wrinkles and all? That doesn’t happen by accident."

Kidexpo à Paris

 http://www.kidexpo.fr/

Le salon famille Kidexpo aura lieu 22, 23, 24 et 25 octobre 2010 à Paris, Porte de Versailles. Cette année, une trentaine de stands seront présentés, regroupant des thèmes variés et proposant des animations, conférences ou activités : sport, nutrition, santé, sciences, loisirs. À voir toute la programmation ici

Deux nouveautés cette année pour les enfants : le Village de la science, où on peut monter à bord d’un simulateur de pilotage d’avion et le Festival du jeu de société avec tous les jeux de Noël : le Monopoly avec carte bleue, le 1000 bornes électronique et la présentation du jeu Creationary (conçu par Lego).

Pour les parents, une série de conférences avec des conseils, des bons plans vacances et le stand de la mairie de Paris aidera à trouver des activités pour les enfants.

www.salonkidexpo.com

Mon choix personnel va pour EcoFolio un stand ecolo qui proposera plusieurs animations pour sensibiliser les enfants au tri et au recyclage des papiers.

Léo Folio,  outil pédagogique pour sensibiliser au tri et au recyclage des papier (conçu par des acteurs de l’éducation environnementale et labellisé par le ministère du Développement durable), sera présenté en exclusivité à Kidexpo.

Autour des thèmes de l’éducation et de l’autorité, des difficultés scolaires et de la précocité ou encore de l’alimentation et du surpoids chez l’enfant, des tables rondes vous accueilleront tous les jours à 11h et 15h au « Rendez-vous des mamans ».

 www.kidexpo.fr

Il y aura un prix Kidexpo qui sera remis à l’un des 10 jouets nominés et présentés lors du salon. Ces produits, parmi lesquels des jouets de Lego, Playmobil ou Lansay, seront soumis aux votes des enfants et des parents, et le prix du grand gagnant sera remis le lundi 25 octobre à 15 heures.

Si vous habitez Paris, ne perdez pas la possibilité de vous amuser! Allez! Partez à Kidexpo!

G-Souto

21.10.10

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"Top Homos."

On the front page of a Ugandan newspaper, the country's 100 "top" homosexuals were listed, along with a bright yellow banner that reads, "Hang Them."
It also includes a photo and their addresses.

Four men have been attacked since the paper was published and many others are now in hiding. But this is not new for the conservative African country. A lawmaker introduced a bill last year that would have imposed the death penalty or life in prison for homosexual acts.

Gays in Uganda have suffered harassment and attacks since the bill was introduced. It follows a visit by leaders of U.S. conservative Christian ministries that promote therapy to turn gay people straight.

Ugandan citizen Patrick Ndede:

"Before the introduction of the bill in parliament most people did not mind about our activities. But since then, we are harassed by many people who hate homosexuality. The publicity the bill got made many people come to know about us and they started mistreating us."

Over the last year, 20 gay men have been attacked in Uganda, while another 17 have been arrested or put in prison.

The future of books?

The Future of the Book. from IDEO on Vimeo.

What impact will digital books have on the experience of the written word – apart from the form factor, and the ability to store hundreds of works on a single ebook reader? Will the rise of gadgets like Kindle and tablet computers like iPad actually contribute to the medium in a creative way? Read more

Interesting, isn't it? You can also participate in the discussion online.

G-Souto
13.10.10

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References:

Is interactive fiction the future of books?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology