Software prices

Pathways Into Darkness is available for free download from the Mac App Store, as we reported last week. When it first came out, it cost $70. You kids today don’t know how good you have it.

Where do you rank on the list of “The World’s Richest People”?

Every year, we hear from Forbes and others about the people who are the “x richest people in the world”. Have you ever wondered where you might fall on that scale?

The Global Rich List asks users how much their yearly salary adds up to, and then let’s them know what percentage of the world’s richest people they’re in.

You’ll be surprised at how high on the list you are, compared to the vast majority of the world’s population.

Boston Marathon

Explosions at the end of the Boston Marathon have created casualties and caused fatalities – our thoughts are with the runners, friends, families and spectators affected by the event.

‘Spaceship’

Analyst Horace Dediu offers an interesting perspective on why Apple’s new “Spaceship” campus is round.

Dish makes bid for Sprint

Dish Network is making a $25.5 billion to buy Sprint before Japanese corporation Softbank can close an acquisition deal.

Ship My Pants

KMart’s new ad encourages people to ship their pants. And other stuff.

How to complete ‘Snake’ and accept the emptiness of life

The Verge:

It takes 13 minutes and seven seconds to complete Snake, the decades-old game that enjoyed a renascence (sic) through Nokia’s early mobile phones. What reward lies at the end of this snake’s insatiable desire for food?

Nothing.

Weirdly mesmerizing.

How the United Center is converted from ice to hardwood

Chicago Tribune:

For the Bulls and Blackhawks to share the floor at the United Center, it takes a choreographed conversion from ice to hardwood and back again — something that will happen 26 times this season. Once a Blackhawks game ends, the crew of 45 springs to action, changing the playing surface in about two hours.

Fascinating video and description of the process of turning a hockey rink into a basketball arena.