September 2010
7 posts
"If Superheroes Were Hipsters" by Caldwell Tanner... →
I don’t usually relink CH stuff, but this one amused me particularly.
WatchWhy DID Han Solo jettison the cargo that led to Jabba’s bounty? Found out in this really cool animated short! The Solo Adventures (by Daniel Smith) Excuse the 3D.
Taiwan War Games →
Taiwan runs a simulation on how long it would last against a Chinese invasion. The result: Three days.
:weep:
Chinese factories now compete to woo laborers →
tl;dr version: China is developing rapidly, raising a generation that doesn’t want to work blue collar.
I’m calling it now: their factory jobs will be filled by illegal Thai immigrants.
August 2010
29 posts
WatchInformative animal documentary on Graboids, more commonly known as landsharks. (by Frank Robnik)
American Apparel faces bankruptcy, Hipster trend... →
There’s some sort of hipster apathy joke in there, somewhere.
F.B.I. Challenges Wikipedia Over (Fair) Use of Its... →
Part of me is happy that free speech/fair use is being defended. Part of me is embarrassed that it’s a division of our justice dept. that needs to be reminded.
Teen Kills Pregnant Woman, Sues for Damages →
A high school girl drives into oncoming traffic, killing a woman, her unborn fetus and her teenage son. The girl survives, and goes on to sue the woman’s estate for emotional & monetary damages…
Welcome To America!
Scientists use stem cells to regrow joints and... →
SCIENCE TRIUMPHS AGAIN!!!
“In an apartment bldg filming Castle. Heard Castle on tv in another apartment, so...”
– Nathan Fillion
2 tags
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World opens with the eponymous character informing his friends he’s dating a high school girl. This, despite his own age (he’s 22), his career (he has none), his living situation (sharing a one-bed apartment with a gay friend), or approval of his peers (he doesn’t have it). Completely unfazed, Scott (Michael Cera) deems the relationship favorable, basking in the uncomplicated...
Google, Verizon say no ‘net neutrality’ for... →
“Mobile is the future, and mobile is wireless. So, what they are saying is the future isn’t net neutral.”
Quantum memory may topple Heisenberg's uncertainty... →
Heisenberg compensators are now theoretically possible. Which means teleporters are that much closer to reality!
The Magician & the Snake →
A short comic tale about a mage & his familiar. Strange but evocative.
Transformers MMO Rolling Out →
oh god oh please oh god do i dare hope dream believe?
Big burgers 'damage jaws', say dentists in Taiwan →
Oh Taiwan. Why you make me cry.
July 2010
33 posts
WatchPrimer, one of the best time travel movies ever, free to watch online. (via Google Video)
Chinese Journo: Taliban Training Monkey Soldiers... →
Communist news is amazing! I never knew simians were being drafted into religious wars!
It's official: Joss Whedon is directing the... →
One of the best tidbits to come out of San Diego Comic-Conthis year.
NEW ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ episodes being created →
Huh. Don’t get me wrong, I liked B&B when it was on the air, but how could this show come back WHEN WE HAVE NO NEW FIREFLY?!?!
iDish: simulated dish app for all your... →
1. Run iDish Program.
2. Put sushi on your iPad.
3. ???
4. Profit
Argentina Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage, - TIME →
Just in case you missed this piece of news.
WatchLagoa Multiphysics: The Future of physics engines (by Thiago Costa)
Vatican: Ordaining Women as bad as Pedophilia →
So, Catholic Church, giving a committed, faithful lady a position to serve the church in a greater capacity is equivalent to sexually abusing children? There are no words.
This is Why I'll Never be an Adult →
“But a few times a year, I spontaneously decide that I’m ready to be a real adult. I don’t know why I decide this; it always ends terribly for me. But I do it anyway.”