May 2009
39 posts
The Strain →
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Theo Gray\'s Mad Science: Experiments You Can Do... →
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Where does our information come from? →
A graphical answer, courtesy of Blake Stacey:
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans →
When I first saw this, in the opening few seconds, I thought it was another comedy cut of an old Nic Cage film, like the funny edits of his WICKER MAN remake. And then I thought, no, I don’t…
National Fist Bump Day →
National Fist Bump Day Introducing America’s newest holiday: National Fist Bump Day. Next Wednesday, June 3rd, marks the one-year anniversary of Barack and Michelle Obama’s “fist bump heard…
Who is afraid of Rose Gottemoeller? →
VPK (Military Industrial Courier) is one of the two key Russian newspapers that cover military issues (the other one being NVO, Independent Military Review). It is a fairly conservative publication,…
Who is afraid of Rose Gottemoeller? →
VPK (Military Industrial Courier) is one of the two key Russian newspapers that cover military issues (the other one being NVO, Independent Military Review). It is a fairly conservative publication,…
Career Renegade: How to Make a Great Living Doing... →
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Miles O'Brien: The Hubble Constant →
Miles “Intergalactic Space Badass” O’Brien, whose work we’ve been featuring as a guest contributor on Boing Boing Video, has a must-read piece at True Slant about the recent end of…
“Shooting jello is actually the standard way to rate handgun bullet penetration....”
– THE fat people thread. - The Something Awful Forums
World War Robot →
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Playing Air Traffic Chaos on the DS - just had my first mid-air collision. In my defence, the runways aren’t labelled very well.
Planet Of Beer →
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“Every August, Ed stands downtown with an American flag and a banner that reads...”
– Zenarchery » Dark Miracle
Secret London - an Unusual Guide (Jonglez Guides) →
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Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth →
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Shatnerquake →
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Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and... →
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The Experts\' Guide to Doing Things Faster: 100... →
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Games: Pandemic →
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This game is totally awesome and really fun - it took us eight tries to beat the virus.
You know what’s an appealing theme for a family game? Pirates. Or trains. Maybe…
I Can't Find Time To Waste Time At Work...: It's... →
Kotaku - The Making Of Wrestle Jam: The Wrestler's... →
I wish I could sneeze properly instead of making a retarded squeak.
DVDs to harness hyperspace →
Gold nanorods could boost capacity of next-generation disks.
Dollhouse Renewal Looking More Likely [Dollhouse] →
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Fox is “leaning toward” renewing Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse, based on strong DVR/online numbers. Much depends on eleventh-hour…
Genmon: Pixar vs Dreamworks →
Reference material. I’m learning it.
Snark Snark Snark! →
Some days, I think everyone who’s following LOST should be forced to watch all four seasons of Babylon 5, just to see what a show looks like when the creators actually know where they’re going with…
William Gibson Aviator Briefcase →
I recently acquired a new bag to tote the laptop computer that is my principal interface with the world in which I exist. It’s a bag designed by William Gibson, more commonly known for novels…
LOGIN 2009 keynote: gaming in the world of 2030 →
I’ve just given one of the keynote speeches at the LOGIN 2009 conference here in Seattle. Here’s more or less that I said … Imagine you’re sitting among a well-fed audience of MMO developers…
Shouts & Murmurs: Fourteen Passive-Aggressive... →
The Space Between All Things →
A note — if you want to engage pisher, you do so at your own risk. He has Ideas. He will tell them to you. You think this will be okay. You think you can handle it. You cannot. Trust me. I’ve got…
The morning after the knife before →
In the long history of outrageous drinking stories, this has got to be one of the best. The Emergency Medical Journal has a case study of a man who woke up in hospital after being admitted…
Insider seduction →
LAST week on “Gossip Girl”, a soap opera about rich New York City high-school students, I caught an interesting bit of dialogue between Rufus (the impoverished middle-class Brooklyn arty type) and…
Google Street View: A Journey Along The Northern... →
It’s art, but not as we know it. Ian Buchan has pieced together this (overground) journey along the Northern Line using nothing but screengrabs from Google Street View. Where the hell do…
What is the best comment in source code you have... →
Random wrongness →