Sales of Halo:Reach hit $200 million worldwide the first day of sales. This is proof that the gamers are still out there, but aren’t buying just anything that happens to be on the shelf.
Phil Spencer, vice president of Microsoft Game Studios, said a lack of blockbuster games was to blame for the industry slowdown, and the success of “Halo: Reach” would support Xbox 360 console sales for the world’s biggest software maker.
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No. 10: Lorena Ochoa (Golf) – Income: $5 million
No. 9: Paula Creamer (Golf) – Income: $5.2 million
No. 8: Jelena Jankovic (Tennis) – Income: $5.3 million
No. 7: Ana Ivanovic (Tennis) – Income: $7.2 million
No. 6: Annika Sorenstam (Golf) – Income: $8 million
No. 5: Kim Yu-Na (Figure skating) – Income: $9.7 million
No. 4: Danica Patrick (Racing) – Income: $12 million
No. 3: Venus Williams (Tennis) – Income: $15.4 million
No. 2: Serena Williams (Tennis) – Income: $20.2 million
No. 1: Maria Sharapova (Tennis) – Income: $24.5 million
I’m really into whiskey, but I think I’ll pass on tasting Gilpin Family Whisky. Why? Because this single malt whiskey is made from urine. Specifically, it’s made from the sugar rich urine of elderly diabetics.
It seems a bit strange to me that the media carefully warn about and label any content that involves sex, violence or strong language — but there’s no similar labelling system for, say, sloppy journalism and other questionable content.
Here’s some neat history: the Ancient Greeks did not consider the Unicorn a mythological creature – they believe it was real! Some people think this is silly, but we know the truth. Unicorns are real. They are a consolidation of everything right, good, honest, and innocent in the universe – and they fart rainbows. And when Unicorns fart rainbows, sometimes little pellets fall out. Pixies (also real) collect these pellets and package them as Freakin’ Magical Unicorn Gum.
The geeks shall inherit the earth? Vanity Fair made a list of the 100 most influential people, and internet geeks dominate the top slots.
1. Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)
2. Steve Jobs (Apple)
3. Sergey Brin, Larry Page, and Erick Schmidt (Google)
4. Rupert Murdoch (News Corp)
5. Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
6. Bernard Arnault (LVMH)
7. Michael Bloomberg (mayor of New York City)
8. Larry Ellison (Oracle)
9. Evan Williams and Biz Stone (Twitter)
10. John Malone (Liberty Media)
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