This is fantastic.

The fourth one, especially, killed me. I kept looking at it, cracking up, seeing some new detail, and then cracking up again.

It's no secret that I'm a fan of Jonathan Coulton. Hmm...well, maybe it is kind of a secret, because I've only mentioned him once before, and that was years ago, and it's not like all of you have access to my MP3 files, do you? (You don't, right? Cuz that would be kinda creepy.) Anyway, most casual geeks can claim to be fans of Code Monkey or ( Read more... )

Courtesy of hells_satans, a little test for you: Color acuity test. Lower scores are better.

I'm not sure which is more befuddling...the fact that there's a web site that sells geek themed soaps, or the fact that there's more than one.

(That said, the "Last Airbender" soaps sound kinda nice.)

Geeks of a Certain Age (like me) frequently have fond memories of typing on an IBM 101 keyboard. The keys were tall and chunky, were quite springy (until you wore it out), and had a really satisfying click to them, which was probably terribly comforting to those of us (also like me) who learned to type on actual typewriters with the paper and the ( Read more... )

I don't seem to be able to post about anything except Doctor Who lately. I guess I'm not doing anything interesting myself. Saw this video this morning; was amused ( Read more... )

I haven't posted a video in a while, and this one I saw today amused me. And it's Friday, so why not?

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Some days, the world seems a little lower-rez than others.

This summer, as we know, has a Transformers movie and a G.I. Joe movie. If you remember the Hasbro toy/cartoon juggernaut of the early '80s, though, you know there's one piece missing.

No longer.

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I found an interesting article from PC World the other day, about "nearly dead" technology. It's about tech that you assumed would be completely gone by now, and yet it's still hanging around, for one reason or another. I wasn't surprised at how many of them I recognized; I was surprised at which ones I had used, or still have. I threw out my ( Read more... )

I linked to the wonderful charity site FreeRice about a year and a half ago, when everybody else found out about it. But have you been there lately? You can now quiz yourself on topics other than vocabulary: Check it outFor some reason, I really enjoy the "Famous Paintings" quiz. I'm pretty awful at it, but I've gotten up to at least level 4 ( ( Read more... )