Category: "Silly"
Oversize Big Wheel trike
The first time I saw the picture of the archetypal child's trike at the top of this Gizmodo page, I didn't get it. It took a moment before the scale sunk in...
(Via Gizmodo and UberReview) more »
On Pedestals
It's always sad when one's heroes turn out to be not merely human but, to put it nicely, utter shits. I've been an SF fan for a long time and enjoyed authors like Orson Scott Card, Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven. Jerry Pournelle was the first I soured… more »
MAME TARDIS
This gadget serves no purpose whatsoever, but a freaking TARDIS-shaped MAME arcade box? Woo!
(Via Wired) more »
The problem with time travel
Yup: causality. Here's a brief primer from the physicists over at Irregular Webcomic. more »
"Can We Get A Napkin, Please"
Unlike most of the Improv Anywhere performances which seem to be annoying -- funny, to be sure, but still at someone's expense -- their food court musical number is a classic.
(Via BoingBoing) more »
The D&D Gateway Diagram
Nifty flowchart on the NYT's site about how D&D is the gateway to nerd-dom!
(Via BoingBoing) more »
My girlfriend, assassin
There comes a point in every new relationship when your girlfriend wants to share a secret.
So begin the retelling of an account where a photojournalist's girlfriend turned out to have a slightly chequered past.
(Via Kottke) more »
$140,000 gem-encrusted Hot Wheels diecast
Sometimes think that I need an "obscene" category when "silly" just doesn't cut it.
I suppose I should be glad they they didn't deface one of their decent-looking models while creating this hideous monstrosity.
(Via Gizmodo) more »
The English, she is hard.
I recently received an email with the following sentence:
No one seems to want to say the "R" word out loud, but there are irrefutable signs that a recession may be looming
When things are "irrefutable," one doesn't qualify them with a "may." more »
Contemporary Playmobil
Forget the Gizmodo story (although it is a follow up to something I linked to earlier); just look at the associated photo and try not to think "I want that set." more »
Why the Apple G4 Cube failed: cats!
Too bad he de-emphasized it as the reason in favour of cabling, but blogger bbum felt that one of the principal failings of Apple's G4 Cube was that of:
having a flat topped, conveniently sized, surface on top of which things will be placed, will fall,… more »
Terrible box art for graphics card and motherboards
Anyone who has been into a computer components store in the last five years has seen these monstrosities: poorly rendered or airbrushed genre art (typically fantasy or science-fiction) placed prominently on a cardboard box that has nothing more… more »
