January 11, 2007 – Brian.Carnell.Com

The Ozmapolitan

Hungry Tiger Press has scanned and uploaded copies of The Ozmapolitan — a short newspaper that was first published in 1904 to promote the publication of The Marvelous Land of Oz. The newspaper gimmick was used again in 1905, and then discontinued until 1926 when it was published three times to promote new Oz books by Ruth Plumly.

The Hungry Tiger Press site also features three issues from the 1960s and 1970s done to promote reissues of Oz books, and several that Hungry Tiger Press itself did to promote its Oz-related releases.

The Grand List of Console Role Playing Game Cliches

This is an exhaustive list of common cliches found in console RPGs. It would be more amusing if console RPGs didn’t universally suck, but this does a good job of documenting why the suck so bad.

Happy Hour Is 9 to 5

Okay, I have to admit the first time I ran across Alexander Kjerulf’s Positive Sharing site, I assumed it was probably a bunch of bulls*** management nonsense. Kjerulf’s message is about how to be happy and create happiness at work.

He’s written a book on the topic which says it all, Happy Hour is 9 to 5. The book can be read completely online, and is also available for sale in print and PDF versions at Lulu.Com.

A lot of the book is advice about how not to create workplaces that grind people down, and why that’s a lot more effective than the sort of places we all hate to work. I’m not saying it’s a revolutionary book that will change everything, but it Kjerulf has a very interesting perspective and concrete ideas that are worth taking a look at.