This Browser Is… So HEAVY!

Posted by Doug on September 4th, 2008 | 1 Comment

…Heavy with links! It's time, folks, for another massive download of Links Of Interest that I've managed to pack-ratsave for your enjoyment, so here goes.
Near-zero-G Mentos & Diet Coke! Yay, science!

I've run into some funny automated censorship software in the past (the old America's Army forums had a particularly aggressive one, so much [...]

Posted in Books, Humor, Military, Politics, Video Games, Videos

Good Idea/Bad Idea

Posted by Doug on April 16th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Good idea: Defending your intellectual property via every means necessary.
Bad idea: Defending your intellectual property via every means necessary by threatening to sue a competitor whose president is a former lawyer and who has the law on their side.
Good idea: Reading Dave Barry's Tax Day column.
Bad idea: Reading Dave Barry's Tax [...]

Posted in Books, Humor, Law, Links, Technology, Video Games, Videos

An Incomplete List At Best

Posted by Doug on November 26th, 2007 | No Comments

Wizard Entertainment has a list of the "ultimate fictional weapons", including Glamdring (Lord of the Rings), Mjolnir (Thor's hammer), railguns (The Eraser) and He-Man's Power Sword, among others.
Stunningly missing, however, is Neal Stephenson's Reason. I hope Wizard are ashamed at their oversight and that they correct it with all due haste.

Posted in Books, Comic Books, Observations

There Is No Justice Left In This World

Posted by Doug on November 22nd, 2007 | No Comments

…For Peasant Pig and the Terrible Dragon, with Lowly Worm as the Jolly Jester, one of my all-time favorite children's books, is out of print and unless you're looking to pay at least double on fleaBay, you're simply not going to get a copy.
Richard Scarry's publisher needs to get on the stick and get it [...]

Posted in Books, Observations

J.K., You Devious Fiend!

Posted by Doug on July 11th, 2007 | 1 Comment

On this, the day of the latest Harry Potter film's release, I stumbled across Cracked.com' Top 6 Reasons Harry Potter Isn't For Kids.
For instance, from Reason #3, "Welcome to the Wonderful World of White Supremacy":

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Rowling, on the other hand, takes the Law & Order approach, lifting the most evil things she could find in history [...]

Posted in Books, Humor, Movies

Making Lord Of The Rings Accessible To All Literary Palates

Posted by Doug on March 27th, 2007 | No Comments

I recently stumbled across a wonderful thread on the Straight Dope message board posing the following question: What if Lord of the Rings Had Been Written By Someone Else?
Some quick examples, starting with an adaptation that would make Theodor Geisel proud:

"Gandalf, Gandalf! Take the ring!
I am too small to carry this thing!"
"I can not, will [...]

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…Or Else, My Brother, I Might Have To Get Medieval On Your Heiney!

Posted by Doug on February 18th, 2007 | No Comments

The original helpdesk employees, apparently, were not brought about by the advent of the computer as previously thought. Instead, a far earlier invention spawned an entire industry:

I bet those Gutenberg rollouts were a real bear at monasteries Europe-wide.

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