From the Literal Barrage Conceptual Series. With apologies to Jeff Goldstein for ganking his schtick. “Whoa, wrong meeting, I guess! So it’s pronounced ‘May-cha’, not ‘Mek-kah’, huh? Guess me and my 3XL Gundam shirt should vaminos, eh, muchachos?”
Martial arts fans, have you seen Ong Bak? If not, Netflix it, grab it from Blockbuster, do whatever you have to do in order to see this movie. I won’t bore you with the details of the “plot”, such as…
If you have even a passing interest in the history of operating systems, then you owe yourself a look at the comprehensive timeline of UNIX’s existence. Dang. Just try to follow some of those OS family trees…
A coworker of mine forwarded me a link to a photo montage from this year’s air show at Edwards Air Force Base. It features the first picture of an F-22 with the missile bays open evertaken in public, among many…
I’m always left to wonder if anyone, anyone pays attention to SciFi movies as “cautionary tales”. For instance, while Tetra Vaal is cool in concept, in practice such a system practically reeks of Terminator 2. Yes, let’s put weapons into…
I’ve only recently become aware of the musical phenomenon known as “mashups“, where DJs and remixers take what would seemingly be incompatible musical pieces and create coherent songs using said music. For example, Jay Z released an a capela version…
Ian Faith: I really think you’re just making much too big a thing out of it. Derek Smalls: Making a big thing out of it would have been a good idea. Hubris over at INDCJournal notes an odd visual connection…
What ever happened to “Ring-Around-the-Collar”? If the advertising of my youth served as any indicator, RAtC was not only the enemy of those wishing to be well-dressed, but also the very fabric of civilized society itself. Detergent after detergent vowed…
The following link could quite be, and I’m not in any way joking or exaggerating, the single greatest achievement of Mankind in the history of Time itself. Click and stand in Trans-Siberian awe.
Me boy’s one month birthday passed last Thursday without note in this space, so I thought I’d note it now. William is almost 5 weeks old now and growing like gangbusters, truth be told. He came into this world at…
