Firstly, an interesting game has shown up on my smallish internet radar. Fastr is a game where you are shown a group of photos from the Flickr community. All these photos have the same tag. You have to guess what the tag is.

I like the concept because:

1. It’s a detective game. All the clues are there, pointing to one answer.
2. It illustrates how variable people’s interpretations of a word are, and all interpretations are legitimate.
3. You compete with other people to guess the tag as quickly as possible. I believe there is a cumulative ladder, although you will fall off it as soon as you close the webpage. So it’s a slightly interactive game too.

Yesterday, I thought about food a lot. In particular, I thought about artichokes. I was craving marinated artichoke hearts. Also, lightly pan-fried scallops with a sprinkling of sea salt.