David E. Kelley is the creator and producer of many television shows in the "legal drama" genre, such as L. A. Law, The Practice, Ally McBeal, and Boston Legal. He also created a show I liked very much, Boston PublicNow, those of you who know me well in person, or even online, probably know that I am given to hyperbolic expressions and analogies ( Read more... )

We had two final project presentations today for CIS 730 (Artificial Intelligence). Both were among the five who worked on the Roguelike game Angband. Our goal was to look at specific behaviors and improve them ( Read more... )

Let's start with this rendition of "Dragostea Din Tei" by the Romanian pop band O-Zone, posted in Youtuber form by neverpoplar. (Yes! Blame her! I looped it. Ying tong ying tong ying tong ying tong ying tong iddle i po!)

( Version one: Clone of the Star Wars Kid )

jereeza! miyeko!
Look what I found!

It's the Winter 1990 issue of Whole Earth Review:

( The Misery Manga - two large panels )

From #teunc chat, reposted by request.

Setting: mid-19th century London
Cast:
Tripitaka - a London street urchin
banazir - a Nazgul Sith and a Jedi Hobbit
figgylicious (Figgy) - a schoolteacher
taiji_jian (Paganini) - a passerby

( The script - long )

If the first instant message had been treated with the same pomp and dignity as the first Morse code message, it might have read... "OMGWTFINTERNET".

That is all.

--
Banazir
(oh, and check out the new "phone" icon)

Until you've seen someone dissolve a human hand off with vomit, there's just something missing in your life.

In Cronenberg's much-lauded remake of The Fly, Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) dissolves Stathis Borans' hand and foot by regurgitating his corrosive fly vomit on it. My uncle described this at the time (1986), and I didn't think much of the ( Read more... )

Two bits of weirdness from two wonderfully weird people:

• From gondhir:
  The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
• From jereeza:
  Darth Vader: The Musical (The Sith Lord of the Opera)

--
Banazir

Salvation is in sight! Well, OK, no it isn't, but if I don't start seeing some results soon, I will uninstall Vista and put XP Pro back on Hirilonde, so there, nyah.

( Earlier problems and an update )

OK, here are the final choices! Please vote for one.
(I broke ties according to how I voted.)

( Firefly Pick-Up Line Contest, voting round 2 of 2 )