Served an eviction noticeThis sucks. I had no idea they were so behind. I hope they don't go out of business. Unless Ray Kurzweil is a pessimist, it's going to be a long time before Amazon can make a recommendation engine as good as Dave Nee ( Read more... )

My mouth is watering. link

I didn't have much time to read or watch things, so a Top 10 necessarily includes the Bottom 10. But here are the new things I consumed this year, near as I can remember ( Read more... )

Weaver put realistic-looking rubber turtles, no bigger than a saucer, in the middle of a lane on a busy road near campus. Then he got out of the way and watched as over the next hour, seven drivers intentionally ran over the turtle, and several more appeared to try to hit the defenseless animal, but missed ( Read more... )

Holy Bantha Poodoo!

Star Wars Episode 7 is targeted for release in 2015, with more feature films expected to continue the Star Wars saga and grow the franchise well into the future.http://thewaltdisneycompany.com/disney-news/

Another book I've just started to re-read is Neuromancer, upon the occasion of Mr. Gibson releasing a non-fiction collection and doing interviews where he mostly talks about old punk records. I, like many others, had my mind blown by N. and the other Horsebooks of the Cyberpunkalypse, and have eagerly bought all of his books since, even as they (d ( Read more... )

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One of SNL's best skits ever:
Captain Nemo: No! No! now, look, I was obviously wrong to have ever even mentioned 20,000 leagues under the sea. I simply meant that we would traveling a total distance of 20,000 leagues - lengthwise, while we happen to be underwater.

Mr. Land: So you're saying we're 20,000 leagues underwater, under the sea? link