May 2012
1 post
Dan Harmon Poops: HEY, DID I MISS ANYTHING? →
I watched the last 3 Community episodes of the season last night and read this today, and despite having seen the news of the 13 episode season renewal, feels more like the end than a continuation.
danharmon:
Kids:
A few hours ago, I landed in Los Angeles, turned on my phone, and confirmed what you already know. Sony Pictures Television is replacing me as showrunner on Community, with...
April 2012
1 post
March 2012
1 post
February 2012
3 posts
Minimal Mac: Microsoft's Biggest Miss →
minimalmac:
One of the benefits of a long car trip with my wife is the opportunity to have really great and insightful conversations with the smartest person I know. Yesterday, on the first leg of our trip, we spent some time discussing Microsoft’s many missed opportunities. The failure to take the iPhone…
Sir Howard Vincent's Police Code (1912) →
The complete text of Sir Howard Vincent’s Police Code. It’s the 15th (1912) edition of a compact guide to law, conduct, etc. for London policeman, by the man who founded Scotland Yard’s CID. Uploaded by Marcus L. Rowland, creator of the Forgotten Futures tabletop RPG.
THE SHERLOCK HOLMES SOCIETY ANNUAL DINNER 2012 -...
sherlockology:
The Society’s 60th Annual Dinner was held in the Members’ Dining Room at the House of Commons in London, on Saturday 7th January 2012 with guest speaker Steven Moffat. We were lucky enough to attend, and what follows is a write up of the night, and transcript of Steven’s speech, which was performed without any notes.
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January 2012
3 posts
May 2009
2 posts
50+ Excellent Posters about Design →
One Div Zero: A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly... →
Very funny, though he does omit APL,
'Tis the dream of each programmer Before his life is done, To write three lines of APL And make the damn thing run.
July 2007
1 post
The awful faux pas of editing your own Wikipedia... →
June 2007
3 posts
Air travel advice from Violet Blue (NSFW) →
How to safely fly with sex toys.
Short film "SPIDER" on QOOB.TV →
May 2007
14 posts
YouTube - Avenue Q doing Trainspotting - BBC Mini... →
Scalpel Magazine →
Sharp reviews and interviews on what they coyly refer to as genre fiction or the speculative fiction field, by which I assume they mean science fiction and fantasy if the current samples are anything to go by. As they say in their reviewer manifesto, “street-level criticism, a style of reviewing that serves to bridge the gap between academic criticism and standardized reviews.” It...
How the mouse pointer works →
1-click Award by 株式会社リクルートメディアコミュニケーションズ
Very Heath Robinson →
(US translation: Very Rube Goldberg) Flash movie.
Color Schemes, Color Palettes, Color Theory →
The Canonical List of Online Color Resources for Designers (updated periodically with neat stuff)
Global Incident Map Displaying Terrorist Acts,... →
33 Rules to Boost Your Productivity →
Some useful advice here.
April 2007
11 posts
tlbox - Web Design Tools →
A very useful selection of tools for web designers; CSS, HTML, colour selection, fonts, and more.
The People's Republic Of Newport: The myth of an... →
‘One of the main arguments that religious people throw up is that the great genocides of recent times were committed by atheists. They tend to focus on both Hitler and Stalin, ignoring the fact that both were brought up in religious circumstances and held religious beliefs.’
Nathan Petrelli for Congress →
China Mieville interviewed in The Guardian →
‘I’m a fantasy geek’ China Miéville talks children’s books with Michelle Pauli on Guardian Unlimited Books
John Hodgman on This American Life →
That and stories of sudden fame, quick riches, and the downside of the dream job.
FLURB, a Webzine of Astonishing Tales. →
Issue 3 of Rudy Rucker’s free Science Fiction webzine.
Charlie Brooker on High Street Typography →
From Guardian Unlimited. ‘Shop signs have never been uglier. A stroll down the high street has turned into optical torture…’
Basic Truths About 24's Jack Bauer →
Not quite as funny as the Chuck Norris facts…
Inside Industrial Light and Magic →
First of 3 articles, one a day, on the BBC News web site about ILM.
The Making of Star Wars →
A gallery on Wired.com of 20 pictures from the book The Making of Star Wars
06-T has a name
I bought a Beeblebear a couple of weeks ago. It had been left behind after the Eastercon by mistake from the ZZ9 merchandise table, and I’ve always wanted one. This lost bear called out to me, and so I said I would buy it. I checked on the gallery and found it was one of the 2006 batch, the last of the batch, 06-T. Couldn’t decide on a name straight away. So I decided to give it...