I had a free Saturday for the first time in what seems forever, so I embraced my inner computer programmer and spent the day without bathing, reading development articles, and watching a one hour documentary on the history of Tetris.  I can tell you that the Tetris documentary was the second most fascinating thing I encountered today (the most fascinating would be my odour after being up 10 hours without showering).  Definitely check it out if you haven't already.

The story of the game that allows me to dominate all of your @$$es is much more complicated than I originally thought - and yes, I know I can *slaughter* you at Tetris, even if we've never played against each other, I'm that good at it - involving the Soviet government and no less than 4 different companies fighting for it.

The saga of Tetris and Alexey Pajitnov (its creator) verifies that you don't need a ridiculously complicated idea to change the world.  He sat down and coded a simple game - so simple that it took over the planet.  I can't think of many people in my generation who haven't played at least *one* game of Tetris on computer or console.  The funny thing about Alexey's idea is that he wasn't building it because he wanted to get ridiculously wealthy or irrevocably influence an entire generation's gaming habits - it was just a simple concept he built for fun.

Not every idea needs to be earth-shattering for you to explore it - in fact, the best ideas were the people who got legitimate enjoyment out of their work without too much concern for where it would take them monetarily.  

Do you have a "Tetris" inside of you?