February 2010
19 posts
RIP, Hummer →
Having failed to sell the Hummer brand off to a Chinese car manufacturer, GM is shutting it down. This car was like the high-fructose corn syrup of automobiles, something that concentrated everything…
Simplicity is hard. Let’s go shopping! →
As part of my pursuit of happiness, I have been steadily shedding attachments, getting rid of things I don’t use, thinking about ways of keeping the things I do use longer, and just generally…
Laptop surveillance kid was disciplined when... →
According to the lawyer for the family of the boy whose school spied on him at home through a covert webcam application on his laptop, the boy was disciplined for eating candies that bear a passing…
Laptop surveillance kid was disciplined when... →
According to the lawyer for the family of the boy whose school spied on him at home through a covert webcam application on his laptop, the boy was disciplined for eating candies that bear a passing…
FBI investigating Lower Merion School District... →
The FBI has opened an investigation into the PA’s Lower Merion School Board use of covert webcam software to spy on its students. And someone’s made a t-shirt to commemorate the event.
The…
Devotion to Duty →
Jacket design for Mark's new book! →
I know Mark will be embarrassed that I posted this, but I just can’t resist. Seen here is the fantastic cover for Mark’s new book, Made By Hand: Searching For Meaning In A Throwaway World, due out May 27. (And yes, he made those cigar box guitars himself.) Congrats, buddy! We’re so proud of you!
Trailer for actual proto-Lost TV series from 1969,... →
In the comments for my post about the 1967 alternate-history version of Lost, Bill Streeter wrote: “They kinda did make Lost in the 1960’s. There was a program in 1969 called The New…
Soul Train 1973 line dance clip: antidote to... →
If this video does not make you measurably happier than before you clicked “play,” your heart is a cold, dead wasteland. Update: some commenters believe that the heavy-set fellow in…
Coffee Kiss ceramics →
Ceramics artist Tsang Cheung Shing created this double-take-inducing piece entitled “Ying Yeung,” referencing both a beverage of mixed coffee and tea and the idea of love and marriage….
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day belongs... →
Yeah, that’s lightning. On an exploding volcano. It’s enough to make me want to bring back the original umlaut in “Körth”. Where’s the lightning coming from? APoD says: Why lightning…
Snow dalek attacks! →
Mary Robinette Kowal sez, “Neil Clarke, editor of the Hugo nominated Clarkesworld Magazine, was slain on his front lawn by a snow dalek, while his young son watched. We are deeply saddened by his…
Snow dalek attacks! →
Mary Robinette Kowal sez, “Neil Clarke, editor of the Hugo nominated Clarkesworld Magazine, was slain on his front lawn by a snow dalek, while his young son watched. We are deeply saddened by his…
Scifi "disaster" Valentine cards →
(by Garrison Dean for io9)
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day belongs on a... →
Yeah, that’s lightning. On an exploding volcano. It’s enough to make me want to bring back the original umlaut in “Körth”. Where’s the lightning coming from? APoD says: Why lightning…
Hipster puppies →
hipsterpuppies.tumblr.com (via @tokyomango)
Beaker (of the Muppets) performs "Dust in the... →
The official Muppets Studio channel on YouTube just keeps getting better and better. First “Bohemian Rhapsody,” now this: Beaker performing the Kansas prog-rock classic “Dust…
Cakespy: Chocolate Avocado Cake With Avocado... →
From Recipes “Trust me, I too had my doubts.” [Original artwork and photographs: Jessie Oleson] Yes, you heard me. Chocolate avocado cake. With avocado buttercream. Trust me, I too…
US border entry-card set to music →
Jim sez, “American born, Stockholm based musician Andy Fite reads the US entry card to music. Musical setting of a found poem. Americans may never have read this text, but visitors from…