Smelly e-Books
Smelly e-books for college students — Anyone who knows me well will realize why I love this link [via Dave, who knows me well]
Smelly e-books for college students — Anyone who knows me well will realize why I love this link [via Dave, who knows me well]
Funny: iPhone Shuffle — I still want an actual iPhone... [via Rich]
The Aeroscraft flying yacht/cargo ship looks very keen [via Dave, of course]
Rube Goldberg, eat your heart out! This is amazing. [via Rich]
Text-based adventures: Before the graphics — These were the games I loved as a boy
If God says, pi == 3, does that make it so?
I love Japanese television: What happens when a ball is thrown back 100 km/h from a truck moving forward at 100 km/h? My favorite comment: "music needs to be more dramatic!!"
Awesomeness: Speed test between a 1986 Mac Plus and a 2007 AMD Dual Core Athlon machine. Care to guess which machine wins? It takes the MacPlus 11 seconds to boot to desktop, but 63 seconds for the modern machine. [via Dana!!!]
Mashup: Boogie Nights vs Star Wars [via kottke]
Via Jeff: Obi-Wan buys a car
The last ten seconds of every first-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. (How I loved this show!)
For all my geeky friends: Marvel vs. DC
Apple podcast seminar [via Macdaddy]
Samson C01U USB microphone — somebody's thinking of starting a podcast...
Star Wars in 30 seconds. With bunnies. [via Andrew P.]
For ALL my geeky friends (Nicole, Dave, etc.): Battle of the Gods
For Tammy: What Dungeons & Dragons is really like — this is frighteningly accurate [via Rich]]
I just picked up Civilizaton 4 a couple weeks ago. It's awesome, and has been sucking the spare cycles from my life (such as they are). Nick bought it, too, and has begun forwarding fun Civ4 articles to me, such as this: Winning a cultural victory with "always peace" on. Fun for a Civ geek.
Wii Sports experiment — Guy loses ten pounds in six weeks just playing video games. [via mikebanx]
For geeks only: FeedBurner hack to find the number of subscribers via tricksiness
Jedi are evil. A New Sith, or Revenge of the Hope [via Rich]
Obsessed with online games? Try First Life!
The history of computer role-playing games, part one — ah, this brings back memories
Oooh. Fun for word geeks: heteronyms.
Real-life Leeroy Jenkins — funny for what? one other person that reads this? But funny just the same. [via waxy]
For Joel: Master of the Dark Arts — Ignored for decades, the twisted genius of Mervyn Peake is finally getting the attention it deserves
Somewhere over Essex — Zeppelins at war. I cannot possibly describe how much I love this summary of Zeppelins used for warfare.
Forget Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica. What would dogfights in space actually be like?
The World of Warcraft diet — man loses 41lbs. in three months playing online computer game. Maybe I should try...
A Bend developer is building The Shire in Central Oregon, which doesn't make a heck of a lot of sense — The Shire is more like, well, Canby.
Madden NFL 07's Mr. Irrelevant — this is a great little article about player ratings in sports video games
Spam + Blogs = Trouble — I've been moaning about splogs for several months now. They're a curse, and they're only going to get worse.
The Radius 320, a 4800x1200 flat-panel monitor. Lovely. [thanks, Dave!]
8-bit opera [via scrubbles]
Goggles, the Google Maps flight-sim, is pretty darn nifty
These Star Trek inspirational posters are all the rage on the net, and with good reason. They're funny! [via rich]
This is amazing: the time fountain.
Van Gogh's Starry Night. From LEGO.
Who's on force? The classic Abbot & Costello routine set to Star Wars... [via rich, who flies]
The 95 theses of geek activism. Great reading for geeks.
This is awesome! Stop-motion human space invaders. [via kottke]
Best corn maze ever. Beam me up, Scotty!
Keeping the sci-fi health theme going: bionic man can control robotic arm with his mind and silk may be able to help repair damaged nerves. We are living in the future. [via Dave]
Science fiction approaches reality: Suspended animation trials are underway, and they're working
Nintendo Wii may launch early — I shouldn't be this exceited, but I am
The official Nintendo Wii site is up. Yes, I still have money saved to buy one of these this fall...
I've been taking some heat in comic book forums because I think the first Superman film (from 1978) is awful. (I just rewatched it on Sunday.) Pauline Kael's review says a lot of what I wanted to say, only better.
I find this fascinating: an inside view from a Google employee
For Sparky: Xybots
I mentioned social bookmarking in the blog the other day. Who filters the filters? looks at the social bookmarking, and includes a table comparing the major sites. Here's popurls, my favorite link aggregator aggregator.
Tell me about couples and surfing. Though this fellow is actually doing research for an article on the subject, he offers some great food for thought. I, too, am addicted to the total flow of information on the internet.
Matt mocks the Star Wars kid. Hilarious, but you have to know your internet memes.
The best PC browser may finally be ready supplant Safari (which is, itself, vastly superior to IE): Firefox becomes a contender in OS X
Amazing! A self-published ebook from 37signals has made $175,000 in 75 days. Did I mention I'm exploring the idea of producing a personal finance eBook? [via waxy]
Time says that the Nintendo Wii is "a game for all ages". All of my garage sale earnings are going into an envelope to be held until Christmas, at which time I'll spend the money on a Nintendo Wii. (Actually, I may preorder one...)
For the Star Wars fans: Darth Vader calls the Emperor. Hee-larious. [via vbb]
Fun Wii facts confirmed — okay, it's official — I'm not channeling all my "found" money (garage sale money, web site ad revenue, etc.) into a fund to buy Nintendo's latest game system when it comes out around Thanksgiving. I had been intending to save for a new Mac, but that can wait. I want a Wii.
Super Mario Galaxy — Place your bets now! What are the odds that Mr. Frugal buys a Nintendo Wii? I'd say they're 2-1 in favor at the moment. Time to start saving my pennies.
A victim of its own success: Blizzard acknowledges WoW problems. [via Dave]
The Sci-Fi Channel will produce a Battlestar Galactica prequel called 'Caprica' [via Dave]
Look! It's the first cross-post to one of my new blogs. (But it's worth it.) This Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Re-Enactment Society video is hilarious, even if you're not a comics geek. (But especially funny if you are.)
Dungeon Escape! is frickin' awesome! (A stick-figure tribute to the old laser disc video games like Dragon's Lair.) [via waxy]
Yo, baseball fans! Check out this amazing video: 1986 World Series game six re-enacted in RBI Baseball on the Nintendo. (This is the famous "Bill Buckner error" game in which the Red Sox pitching staff imploded.)
Wow, the video game stuff just keeps coming: This Warcraft III tabletop touch screen is mind-blowing.
Unbelievable: Half-Life 2 on an Intel Mac. Dude, buy your Apple stock now because it is going through the roof.
The Star Wars literature compendium, which includes a handy reference to Star Wars comics published up until 2000 (including UK-only comics)
Create your own Knight Industries Two Thousand (K.I.T.T.). You won't be cool if you don't. [via dave, who is dorkier than I am...]
Awesome film re-enactments. A single guy performing classic scenes from The Shining, Willy Wonka, and more. This Princess Bride Battle of Wits scene is amazing.
The best sci-fi concept albums. I've been looking for science-fiction themed music lately. I'll have to check these out.
KeepVid allows you to actually download those funny videos you find at YouTube or Google Video. Handy, eh?
Rob's big World of Warcraft cheat sheet is an awesome resource. Too bad Joel and I are on hiatus from the game. [via airbag]
Downloadable D&D Cyclopedia costs $6. I just sold my physical copy on eBay. This is my single favorite version of any fantasy role-playing game. It's just sheer fun.
Battle for Wesnoth is a free, turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme for multiple platforms, including Mac.
The contest to boot Windows XP on the Mac is over. The winners will receive $13,854. [via the whole damn internet]
Best TV show idea EVER: Who wants to be a superhero? [via Andrew P.]
oooohh... Handy: Processor comparison chart. How fast is that Mac compared to a similar PC? What about dual-core chips? This chart has the answers.
Final standings: official medal count and my alternate medal tracker that takes into account population and GDP. (Compare with the 2002 Olympics alternate medal tracker.)
The top ten sci-fi films that never existed is actually a fairly decent rant (though filled with l33t hyperbole) on the state of modern science fiction films. [via mefi]
I don't buy a lot of computer games anymore, but when I do it's nice to know that the Mac Game Store exists. (Civ4 in June!)
I know I already covered this in the main blog, but here's actual media coverage: Starbucks kills chantico [via kris!]
Zeppelins forever! Worldwide Aeros announces luxurious airborne cruise ships. More here and here. [via Dave, of course — he's my link to all the latest airship news!]
Alone together in World of Warcraft: an interesting analysis of the social dynamics of this supposedly multiplayer game. This article argues that, largely, people choose to be by themselves in this heavily social virtual world. [via waxy]
QML, the quest mark-up language, allows you to create web-based choose-your-own adventure games. Sounds like fun.
OMFG! The Bobacabana is a Seattle home filled (filled) with Star Wars memorabilia. There's even a cereal room [via mefi, where the owner responds]
An atlas of cyberspaces, topology maps of various networks — kind of cool [via Paul, or maybe AJ]
Must see! This is just about the coolest thing ever: Mario Unleashed: the Super Mario theme played on Marimba at a high school talent show. Apparently the three marimba players practiced this all year during marching band. [via everywhere — this is another one that's been floating around for weeks]
Wow! I love The Numbers, which is apparently a weblog devoted to detailed numbers regarding the film industry.
The Walrus, a mammoth military blimp in the planning stages [via Dave]
For the ladies: Make You Happy Tonight [via bb]
Bilbo's home — Bag End — meticulously crafted as a doll house. Amazing.
The latest Doctor Who series from BBC (which aired last spring) is coming to the SciFi Channel this March. I've watched most of the thirteen episodes and find them remarkably good while still remaining true to the older material. Check it out. [via aicn]
Another sign that the future is here: this wireles Flickr-enabled photo frame presents an ever-present slideshow of the thirty most recent photos in your Flickr photo stream [via Dave]
An idea whose time has come: massively multiplayer personal productivity
I published this in the old flotch, but I just found it again and it's worth repeating. This is a comic geek's ultimate dream: collector amasses complete DC collection.
Peanuts meets Marvel: Peanuts characters re-imagined as Marvel superheroes. Frickin' awesome.
Woohoo! Civ IV is coming to the Mac! (World of Warcraft will take a backseat to this.)
An elaborate in-game funeral held for a World of Warcraft player who died in real life. I love this game.
The Handpuppet Move Theater presents: Serenity
Brickquest: fantasy boardgaming with Legos!
Golden age cartoons features all sorts of juicy cartoon information
Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning is a popular Finnish Star Trek parody. What's not to love? (A trailer is available.)
The Prisoner is set to return to television. I've never seen the original, which is a crime. What kind of geek am I?
MIT to stage Star Wars musical — this sounds hilarious...I wonder if there's any way to get footage of a performance
I must have died and gone to heaven: Labyrinthus Latinus is a MUD in Latin. In Latin! It doesn't get any geekier, folks.
A one-dollar compound microscope that you build yourself
Teaser trailer for The Fountain, the latest from Darren Aronofsky (of Pi and Requiem for a Dream fame)
At least I'm not the geekiest guy alive: What Tolkien officially said about elf sex. Also: LotR slashart (generally NSFW or for homophobes).
The ultimate ungulate page: your guide to the world's hoofed mammals. (But where are the tauren?!?)
This discussion of nerds and tact filters explains some of who I am today.
Apparently there's a MMORPG called EVE in which players are starship pilots in a vast galaxy. In a bold stroke, a fleet of pirates recently assaulted an Alliance fleet and stole a Dreadnought, an enormous capital ship. This boggles my mind.
Fascinating: two stories of Digital Rights Management run amok. Sony, rootkits, and DRM gone too far. Also, DRM-crippled CD: a bizarre tale in four parts. Both are longish and technical, but simply vital reading.
Fascinating account of the process behind creating custom-bound comic books. I'd love to have some of my books and comics custom bound, but I don't know where to start. (Also: an interview with the guy who does this.)
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, a WoW expansion, was announced today. More information here. [via Scott S.]
Top flotch: if you're Star Wars fan (and especially if you hated the prequels), then this is a must-see: lost Empire Strikes Back footage. Sort of. Hilarious and brilliant.
Uncle Mark's 2006 Gift Guide and Almanac — I read the 2004 version of this guide, and it was excellent, filled with great suggestions.
TravelWOWcity is a sort of virtual tour of World of Warcraft. I haven't played the game since April 21st, but boy have I felt its pull lately. I want to play. I want to play.
The history of Civilization (the computer game, that is) and a wonderful thread about it on Metafilter.
Hack-a-day features all sorts of do-it-yourself geekery, such as build your own Segway, build your own flamethrower, and build your own bagpipes
A computer case made from corrugated cardboard? Sounds dangerous! Also sounds like a job for (Custom Box Service...) [via Dave]
I just googled for a Proust action figure; I thought it would be a fun ironic thing to own. (Proust and action are kind of opposites). The search result made me sigh.
The usable home: home hacks to make life easier. For example: put items you need to remember in your path. And: leave writing instrumens everywhere.
LiveMarks is a fascinating del.icio.us. links viewer featuring popular items and a live updated stream of new items. Very cool. Very.
A Star is Born laserdisc review (I could explain why I'm posting this, but that's like a weblog entry in and of itself)
The zeppelin library archive. I love zeppelins. There's something nostalgic and fascinating about them.
The next iPod killer? A PEZ dispenser mp3 player. [via Dave]
And, finally, fantastic Monty Python toys.
