Category: "Silly"
"Geeks In Love"
Link is to a rather wonderful Flash music video. Truly, this is serious Dena and Ritchie territory!
(Via Pharyngula) more »
"Internet People"
As the original linker said:
I recognize most of the people in this video, which might be a surefire sign that it is time to disconnect ;).
Quite.
(Via Amber Mac) more »
Goofy, but apt, T-Shirts
I gave this one to Ritchie about a year ago; I'm now thinking about repossessing it as based on the referrer logs he's doing quite well on readership by stirring up the creationist stewpot! more »
Spamese
Sometimes one receives spam that's worth repeating. This is one such.
Dear Mr.;
In fulfillment of the effective legislation referring to the protection of data and Spam:
We asked for its permission to him and authorization to send our commercial… more »
Immortalize yourself in Lego
Well, not Lego per se, but you've seen the South Park character generator and people are pretty familiar with the Wii Mii's. Same thing, except it's a digital Lego minifig.
And no, you can't see the one I created for myself.
(Via Pharyngula) more »
The Tech Commandments
I'm not sure how I missed this Joy Of Tech comic when it was initially published back in, well, I'm not sure really, but it's a good 'un. more »
"For the horde!"
Warcraft? The Australians are worried about "World of Warcraft" as a terrorist training program?
You could try to sell me on "Counterstrike" or "Battlefield 2" where you can at least create virtual environments to practice in. Quoting an online game… more »
You wouldn't like me when I'm angry...
Well, that's nice.
According to various scientific papers, as a left-hander I "can think more quickly when it comes to tasks such as playing computer games or playing sports."
The downside is that I'm a bit more likely to go psychotic while doing so… more »
Bringing Teh Funny
I like a good turn of phrase. To wit:
I dislike crapping on sci-fi movies for 'bad science'. It's like crapping on Lord of the Rings for having elves and magic.
It's a movie. If there were ever to be a truly realistic sci-fi movie, it would be several… more »
LOLwhatevers
I've been trying to avoid the whole lolcats meme thing, but this one got me on two counts:
1) It's funny.
2) I have absolutely no idea what the animal pictured actually is but it does a great Monty Burns impression. more »
Wikipedia Edit Wars
One of the standard criticisms of the Wikipedia is that anyone can edit a page and thus effectively vandalize it. One of the standard defences is that such behaviour is typically caught quickly and the edit reverted.
The difficulty is determining when… more »
Typeface nitpicking
Every asked yourself what irritates a professional font designer or typesetter when watching movies? Wonder no more! more »
Novel anti-gravity invention
Well, technically I suppose all anti-gravity or perpetual motion engines inventions are novel as none actually work, but Wired has a nice graphic showing their stab at it based on two truisms: toast always lands butter side down, and cats always land on… more »
