Link: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/03/09/opinion/09opart.large.gif
Nifty flowchart on the NYT's site about how D&D is the gateway to nerd-dom!
(Via BoingBoing)
Link: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/i-fell-in-love-with-a-female-assassin-791978.html
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)
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rb8aOzy9t4
Cool little animation about a cat wanting in. An earlier one about trying to wake up the owner is also pretty darn amazing.
Interesting article from the NYT: if a US government department takes a scunner to you, and you have your domain registered with a US-based registrar, they can and will shut it down. The purpose of the site, the readership, the server location all make no difference.
(Via Daring Fireball)
Link: http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1845.html
As regular readers know, I love my "Irregular Webcomic" which is probably the smartest use of Lego out there, including building large Millennium Falcons.
In the linked-to episode above, he explains Godel's incompleteness theorem. You need to read this one.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWuYa5NiYqk
I can't really see Cadbury airing these adverts so I assume it's some marketing company flexing its creative muscles.
Summary: suicidal creme eggs.
(Via Nodwick)
Link: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1aa_1203466755
It's another in the sequence of the Sony-battery-goes-critical videos. No idea as to when it was taken so it may be quite old.
(Via Gizmodo)
Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2008/03/farewell_gary_gygax_the_dungeo.html
Gary Gygax, the co-creator of "Dungeons And Dragons", has died.
An estimated 20 million people worldwide have played D&D, with more than $1bn spent on game equipment and books.
"I thought we would sell about 50,000 copies," Gary Gygax told me back in 2004.
Also worth reading: Woot's Jokes Not To Make About This. The two best are also probably the most obscure:
7. “With his last breath, he cursed the name of Marlon Wayans.”
...
11. “Lorraine Williams is behind this somehow, I just know it.”
Link: http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/switched-on-blu-ray-had-friends-in-high-def-places/
Interesting article on why although Blu-Ray may have outlasted HD-DVD, it hasn't necessarily succeeded.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nSB1SdVHqQ
Impressive video of what happens when the wind over powers a wind turbine tower.
(Via BoingBoing)
Link: http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/02/and-the-greenes.html
Wired has a small article on what are the twelve cleanest-running production cars in North America, as well as the twelve worst. What's nice is that there are a number of the cleaner cars I'd be happy to drive when my current (not-so-envirofriendly) vehicle finally implodes.
Link: http://www.newsfirex.com/blog/?p=201
David Watanabe, author of my favourite OSX-based news/RSS reader, "NewsFire", has made it freeware today. I highly recommend it so give it a whirl.
Link: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/02/palm-os-emulati.html
Wired asks:
The question is, Why?
The answer is: there are a lot of good PalmOS applications that simply don't exist on the iPhone.
Link: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/02/nature-mill-com.html
It's probably an expensive way to dispose of vegetative material, but given Calgary's climate, I like the idea of a composter that you don't need to go outside into the severe cold to feed.