March 2009
91 posts
Malthus: vampire slayer →
“I can’t believe these tears were mine,
Give ‘em to you to keep away...”
– Beck - “Missing”
Some thoughts on the new Microsoft ads →
Ronald Moore on Why The BSG Finale Was Sappy and...
…we had labored in the early part of the season to establish this mythology that the reason why the Cylons couldn’t procreate is because love was necessary.
RIght. We all know that the reason dogs can make puppies is because they LOVE each other. A praying mantis tears her mate’s head off because she’s in LOVE. Stupid.
Battlestar Galactica was at its best when it was...
British Girls on My Bus
Three teenage girls boarded my bus halfway through its commute. I didn’t know they were British at first - they looked like regular teenagers to me. As a sign of some kind of embarrassing prejudice I didn’t know I had, I hated them at first but later liked them immensely.
They took up the entire forward section of the bus an put on copious amounts of makeup - eyeliner, mascara,...
“We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.”
– Carl Sagan
“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a...”
– Carl Jung
Area Man Just Realized He Doesn't Even Know When... →
Drunk Man Dangerously Close To Figuring Out You're... →
Drug War: Yet Another Failed Conflict The U.S.... →
“You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic wars
I’ve been living on...”
– Blue Oyster Cult - “Veteran of a Thousand Psychic Wars”
Lord of the Rings Party →
“Roll out my coffin, drink poison in my chalice
Pride begins to fade, soon...”
– Dr John - “Walk on Gilded Splinters”
“When in doubt: C-4”
– Jamie Hyneman
Even Facebook Employees Hate the Redesign →
Who Will Die On House?
Speculation and rumor: A major character is apparently going to commit suicide in a forthcoming episode of House.
Speculation has been rampant on sites like Houseis Right.com.
My theory, as stated before, is that we’re going to get Cameron and Chase back in the Diagnostics department, which means two spots have to open up.
The character who will be committing suicide is Doctor...
Big Dog Beta
Watch this:
Then watch this:
Brux
Have you ever heard of bruxism? It’s a word that sounds cooler than what it means. It’s adapted from a Greek word that means “teeth-gnashing.” Lots of people do it, and many of those people do it when they’re sleeping. For most of us it isn’t a problem - you might not even know you’re doing it.
My own bruxing finally got the better of me. I was...
In Focus: Starving Third World Masses Warned... →
In Focus: Starving Third World Masses Warned... →
Make a Rifftrax File with Just Your Mac and 2...
Step One: Rip
The big, meaty, time-intensive thing is the almighty DVD rip, accomplished using Handbrake. I used Normal settings. Handbrake will rip the movie and its audio track from the DVD and encode the video into a file, probably around 1 GB in size. You can import this file directly into your next (and final!) application, GarageBand - simply make a new Movie project and grab your...
“To me, all creativity is magic. Ideas start out in the empty void of your head –...”
– Alan Moore, via io9
Bus Shelters Announces Your Weight →
“Into the garbage chute, flyboy!”
– Princess Leia, in one of many Star Wars quotes that can also work as sexual innuendos
Rant: Please, No More Dark Superhero Movies →
The rumor is that Fox wants to make a “dark” Fantastic Four movie. io9’s Graeme McMillan makes an excellent argument against the idea.
Photobomber →
Roomba cover resembles monstrous horny toad →
Sleazy Health Insurance Covers Any Doctor's Visit... →
Obama: Economic crisis 'not as bad as we think' →
You mean a President used a crisis as an excuse to advance his policies and his party’s pet projects? Welcome to party politics, folks.
When Obama dramatically reduces the inexcusably far-reaching executive powers established by Bush 2, I will be his #1 fan.
“You don’t shit where you eat, you don’t bite the hand that feeds...”
– comic book retail god Brian Hibbs on the insulting portrayal of comic book fans in the most recent episode of formerly-good-currently-crappy superhero show Heroes (via io9)
Sleazy Health Insurance Covers Any Doctor's Visit... →
Apple exploring Magic Wand controller for next-gen... →
Year Of Law School Now Mandatory For Nation's... →
The Audacity of Grope →