Stupid “Top X…” Lists Always Come Out At Christmastime
…and Forbes’ list of the 15 wealthiest fictional characters is no execption to the “stupid list” clause. I’ll give them credit, though: they are trying to make business entertaining.
Category Humor
Link Ratings, An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Sean Gleeson has asked for commentary (or put out an RFC, in geek terms) on a potential system of icons that could be employed to indicate the actual content of NSFW links. So far he has “Offensicons” for nudity, sex,…
Awkward Moments In Identity Politics, Anime Geek Edition
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?”
“In Ancient Times, Hundreds Of Years Before The Dawn Of History…”
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…
Your Ponderable For The Day
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…
Today’s Assignment
Attend meeting with networking equipment vendor. Attempt to not giggle every time vendor representative mentions “out of the closet” and “in the closet”. Berate self, Dimsdale-like, for juvenile sense of humo[u]r. All of this hypothetically, of course.
Test Your CBGIQ
Just how well do you know your comic book superheroes? What is your Comic Book Geek I.Q.? If you think yourself a real comic book afficionado, BBSpot has a quiz worth taking titled Superhero or Household Cleaner?. See how well…
OSM(TM) Explained
Confused by the launch of OSM™? Well, have no fear, good citizen of the Internet[s], for Iowahawk is to your rescue! What is “Open Source Media?†Open Source Media is a new multi-aspect business concept in which many of the…
The Obvious Next Step In The Evolution Of Consumer GPS Gear
Los Angeles-based Wanderlust Media has apparently discovered that many people are sick of being chided by an anonymous-sounding female voice when using their in-car GPS-based navigation systems. Accordingly, they have lined up celebrities to lend their pipes to the mass…
An Historical Comparison In Pictorial-Assisted Form
Mary Mapes, former CBS News/60 minutes producer responsible for greenlighting the bogus Bush National Guard Memos story, when asked during a Washington Post online chat “Who do you suppose actually forged this fake document?”: You are wrong to believe that…
