June 2008
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PvPonline » Archive » Interlude: The Adventures of... →
I link to this partially because it’s pretty funny, and partially because I miss when PvP did funny strips instead of long, drawn-out storylines that sacrifice good daily punchlines.
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WALL-E Easter Eggs | /Film →
The pizza truck was right where I thought it’d be, yet I missed it.
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Nike Finally Releasing Back to the Future Part II... →
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Pull List
I try constantly to limit the number of comics I read regularly, but it’s a losing battle. If I find I’m not enjoying a series, I cut it. Strange as it may sound, most comic fans read for the character and, if the book’s not good, they just complain but keep spending money on the series. For your entertainment dollar, a comic book is just too expensive for how long you spend...
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The Lego Mega-Guide: Everything You Always Wanted... →
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Earth’s summer solstice (the longest day of the year) was last Friday. Today is the Martian summer solstice. Mars has 668 Sols in its year, equivalent to 684 of Earth’s Days, but its moons don’t create separate seasons. New blog The Big Picture has some amazing landscapes of Mars, including a sunset, and a breathtaking view of Earth from there.
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IMDb Resume for Troy McClure →
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Newsarama.com : Animated Shorts: Back to the... →
I had no idea the next Futurama DVD was out today.
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Tit-for-tat by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely →
Neat, ostensibly true, story about Mark Millar’s grandfather fighting the British in Ireland.
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Discovery of the Planet Vulcan
I took a class in college called Philosophy of Science. One of the things we studied was how scientific hypotheses can be based on foundations that may turn out to be flawed. Over time, even the simplest things we think we know from our observations of the world can be called into question as we discover new complexities. The story of the planets Neptune and Vulcan illustrate this beautifully.
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News: Nintendo Channel Reveals Hard Truths About... →
Looks like this could be a very effective way to see what games are worth your time.
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YouTube - Simpsons Map for Quake III Arena →
Brilliant.
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Ball Girl Makes Incredible Catch →
That’s how you catch a foul ball.
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An Inside Look At The Making Of Ghostbusters | Das... →
I love that Rick Moranis simply retired after Honey I Shrunk the Kids.
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IGN: Bringing Guitar Hero World Tour to Wii →
So far it looks like GH4 for Wii won’t be an underdone port like Rock Band. I’m wondering if Harmonix will announce a sequel by the end of the summer to try to get people to hold off on buying GH4.
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Story of a Peanut: The TiVo Remote's Untold Past,... →
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A Curious Case of Serial Typesetting: Chapter One →
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FILE Magazine Project - San-Zhr Pod Village by... →
Wild sci-fi-looking abandoned village in Taiwan.
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AFI: 10 Top 10 →
Ten greatest films in ten different genres.
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Bone: 3 Mini-Comics →
Three promotion strips Jeff Smith did when Bone was in publication.
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in vestimentis ursum →
Stuffed electronic animals with and without their fur.
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Spore Creature Creator →
A free version of the Spore Creature Creator is now available for download for Mac and Windows. It contains a quarter of the parts that the full version will have.
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Wonder Woman on a Skateboard →
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The Sopranos: Definitive Explanation of “The END” →
If you’re only going to read one long, detailed exegesis of the finale of The Sopranos today, let it be this one.
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The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log »... →
Part one of an interview with Alan Moore. I love his point about how as things go online there’s a reverse effect where people want nice editions of books to balance it out.
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Harry Potter Prequel
J.K. Rowling’s short, handwritten Harry Potter prequel sold at auction for $49,000, the proceeds of which will go to a dyslexia charity. You can view the story by going to Waterstone’s website and clicking “Read our authors’ stories”. A mirror and typed version are available here.
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Mystery on Fifth Avenue - NYTimes.com →
Architect designs a puzzle into a house for the owners to find later. Don’t miss the slideshow.
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Datamancer.net -- Custom Keyboards →
Super cool custom steampunk keyboards. Pricey, though.
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Countdown Continuity
In an interview the other day with Grant Morrison about Final Crisis, he spent some time discussing the differences between events in his book and in Countdown to Final Crisis. In short, he had nothing to do with Countdown, so any plot differences are editorial’s fault. The funny thing, to me, is how much the joke is on all the morons who kept buying Countdown week after week even though it...
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scans_daily: Ma Barker →
From The Big Book of Little Criminals, a story illustrated by Frank Quitely about Ma Barker.
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The Cost of the iPhone: More Per Month for Data -... →
New data plans cost $10 more, meaning over time the new iPhones actually cost more than the previous ones.
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System specs for Spore →
Looks like the MacBook will actually run it. I’m surprised.
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Bruce Schneier: Are photographers really a threat? →
“Prohibiting photography was something we used to ridicule about the USSR.”
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Newsarama redesigns →
Finally, finally, finally includes RSS feeds.
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Weezer Patterns
I downloaded Weezer’s new album this morning and listened to it on the Metro. I can never tell how I feel about a new record until I’ve heard it a few times, but it’s pretty good. I loved Weezer (the green one) when it came out but it hasn’t aged as well, and Maladroit and Make Believe never made it into any lasting rotation. Really Weezer (the blue one) and Pinkerton are...
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Charles Atlas: The Ad That Made an Icon Out of Mac →
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The Scientist : Banana: R.I.P. →
In the 1960s a disease wiped out almost all of the breed of bananas sold around the world, and now a new strain is threatening the fruit.
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Cult Movie Songs: The Original Music Videos →
Featuring “Stuck in the Middle with You”, “In Your Eyes”, “Hip to be Square”, and more!
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Soda Pop! - a set on Flickr →
Images of old soda cans and bottles.
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iGoogle theme by Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon →