Rant Things

Things which amused or interested me today:

• We All Had To Update Firefox Because Of Farmville Users [Facebook]
  July 1, 2010 – Scary.
• Bye Bye, HDMI! There's a New A/V Cable Standard in Town [Hdmi]
  July 1, 2010 – What a good idea. I wonder if anyone’ll adopt it.
• Wallpaper version of Spacetime’s Finest #1. BTW, less than…
  July 1, 2010 – Trading spaceships…
• Noah's Solution
  July 1, 2010 – Ow. That’s a horrible joke.
• CSS3 solar system
  July 1, 2010 – The good and bad of the Internet browsers.
• CSS3 solar system
  July 1, 2010 – The good and bad of the Internet browsers.
• Mythbombed – This is Photobomb
  June 30, 2010 – Well, if you’re going to get photobombed…

Things which amused or interested me today:

• The World's First 3TB External Hard Drive, From Seagate [Hard Drive]
  June 30, 2010 – Yow. 3TB, with 4KB sectors (instead of 512B).

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Battle Against Unattended Children Escalating In Passive-Aggressive Fashion
  June 29, 2010 – But who will think of the…oh, right.
• Watching the World Cup in 3D: The (More) Beautiful Game [3D]
  June 28, 2010 – Here’s where the real 3D fervor is going to come from; not so much from sports, but from folks who use it to enhance an experience, rather than rub “THREE DEE!” in your face.
• A Need for Silly Public Works
  June 28, 2010 – Heehee. I like this idea.
• Rush Hour Puppet Show
  June 28, 2010 – It can’t be long before flea-market subcultures form in traffic. In dystopian Los Angeles freeway future, pull up to meal trucks, barter cars, and maybe even 30-second moustache trims, all during your commute.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Battle Against Unattended Children Escalating In Passive-Aggressive Fashion
  June 29, 2010 – But who will think of the…oh, right.
• Watching the World Cup in 3D: The (More) Beautiful Game [3D]
  June 28, 2010 – Here’s where the real 3D fervor is going to come from; not so much from sports, but from folks who use it to enhance an experience, rather than rub “THREE DEE!” in your face.
• A Need for Silly Public Works
  June 28, 2010 – Heehee. I like this idea.
• Rush Hour Puppet Show
  June 28, 2010 – It can’t be long before flea-market subcultures form in traffic. In dystopian Los Angeles freeway future, pull up to meal trucks, barter cars, and maybe even 30-second moustache trims, all during your commute.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Mood Mugs by Thabto
  June 27, 2010 – Do you pick the one you feel now, or the one representing how you want to feel?
• Surfer cat
  June 27, 2010 – I went to school with people like this. Cat in tin pot captures them perfectly.
• The dark side of…
  June 27, 2010 – I think it’s old, but it made me laugh.
• JAM! Tales from the World of Roller Derby
  June 27, 2010 – …and the book. Also via http://superpunch.blogspot.com/
• Joshua Smeaton -
  June 27, 2010 – Derby pin-up for JAM! anthology. Via http://superpunch.blogspot.com/
• Time to stock up…
  June 27, 2010 – Adding snarky commentary to catalog images. You know you want to.
• A visual pun
  June 27, 2010 – Oh, I get it.
• I respectfully disagree with your point.
  June 27, 2010 – Ah, wit. Sometimes I wish mine were this cutting.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Classic Pop Icons Seen In A Different Light (PICS) | I Can Has Internets
  June 27, 2010 – We’ve seen some of these before at http://store.glennz.com/ , but yeah, they’re fun.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• YouTube – carlton singing
  June 24, 2010 – I didn’t post this for the video. Click the little soccer icon to the bottom right of the player. Then unclick it.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• (via xratedshow)
  June 23, 2010 – Released a few decades after Vuvuzela concerto…
• Mushroom lamps
  June 23, 2010 – Oooo, pretty.
• There is no such thing as, “watching Labrynith too…
  June 23, 2010 – Today’s surreal animated gif.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• YouTube – Pogo presents Toyz Noize
  June 22, 2010 – …and part 2. (Toyz Noize is a bit happier than Buzzwing.)
• YouTube – Pogo presents Buzzwing
  June 22, 2010 – Hooray again for Disney and/or Pixar. Someone knows how to engage their fans. Part 1…
• Sinestro is a Laker
  June 22, 2010 – Something for the laker fans…
• Star Trek/Fantasy Island mashup
  June 22, 2010 – I love old on-set pictures like this.
• Cookie monster has never been so happy theCHIVE
  June 22, 2010 – This is an absolutely stunning amount of happy.
• Insane $33,000 mattress has 10 pounds of cashmere
  June 21, 2010 – For the princess with pea bruises, I guess?
• The Universe hates your data | ZDNet
  June 21, 2010 – Yeah, I really can’t disagree with the man. 3 copies or it doesn’t exist!

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Pastry face
  June 21, 2010 – I’m impressed.
• Space techs
  June 21, 2010 – Sometimes you gotta call in…a shark?
• Pirates, mateys, wenches find booty in Vallejo
  June 21, 2010 – A pirate festival? This should help the pastafarians against global warming (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster#Pirates_and_global_warming ). Maybe.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Mission accomplished: Vatican blesses Blues Brothers – NYPOST.com
  June 19, 2010 – I think they’re catching up; only 30 years behind this time.
• The 1977 print ads of an unscrupulous time-traveler from 2010 [Radvertising]
  June 19, 2010 – Eeee, this is fun to look at.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Mission accomplished: Vatican blesses Blues Brothers – NYPOST.com
  June 19, 2010 – I think they’re catching up; only 30 years behind this time.
• The 1977 print ads of an unscrupulous time-traveler from 2010 [Radvertising]
  June 19, 2010 – Eeee, this is fun to look at.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Doctor Hoo by ~pu-sama on deviantART
  June 19, 2010 – Terribly cool (click through to see the picture). Via http://io9.com and http://www.bleedingcool.com/
• YouTube – ファミコン動画にあわせてヴァイオリン演奏　"スーパーマリオ Bros.編"
  June 18, 2010 – Super Mario world 1-1 and 1-2, as played on the violin. With sound effects, mind you. And there appear to be others.

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Git for the lazy – Spheriki
  June 17, 2010 – Nice. I can use documentation like this; though it helps to have a working knowledge of other version control systems. Via http://reddit.com .

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Git for the lazy – Spheriki
  June 17, 2010 – Nice. I can use documentation like this; though it helps to have a working knowledge of other version control systems. Via http://reddit.com .

Things which amused or interested me today:

• 4chan does historical figures
  June 17, 2010 – This gives me hope for the future. NSFW language. Via http://reddit.com/ .

Things which amused or interested me today:

• 4chan does historical figures
  June 17, 2010 – This gives me hope for the future. NSFW language. Via http://reddit.com/ .

Things which amused or interested me today:

• waterforchocolate: I think this is photoshopped…
  June 16, 2010 – Your meme month in review…
• Snaggle-Tooth Salad: Abby Normal?
  June 16, 2010 – A lovely commision; also in black and white. Via http://superpunch.blogspot.com/ .
• Parental leave and masculinity
  June 16, 2010 – Very interesting that this could be a driver to equalize societal gender differences in the workplace.
• #31553 – Polyp by Helene Steiner is a laundry-basket and…
  June 15, 2010 – I like this idea…
• Citing Medieval Law, Men of English Town Summoned to Longbow Practice
  June 15, 2010 – Spectacular. Next, students may request and require cakes and ale whilst sitting exams, but must attend with their sword strapped to their side at all times. http://www.snopes.com/college/admin/cakesale.asp

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Yo dawg…
  June 15, 2010 – One that I actually giggled at.
• The story of Tetris
  June 15, 2010 – One player figures out the secret.
• Plastic antibodies effective in living animals
  June 15, 2010 – Wow. Hello, the future. Via http://jwz.livejournal.com/

Things which amused or interested me today:

• Bbbzzzzzzzzz
  June 14, 2010 – Link goes to the world cup. (thank you http://reddit.com/ )