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  • Things Which Are Disturbing Out Of Context

    "Yes, you can lick me while my code compiles."

  • Post Pointing To Long Inside Joke

    Namely this one.Which bears a surprising resemblance to this.

  • W00t!

    Made it to the Top 20 (albeit the bottom of the Top 20) in about four days!And y'all missed this humongous flamewar on the e23 forums about how I choose to sign my work. Sheesh. A five page thread with maybe two comments…

  • Not a bad weekend:Dinged 36! (Thanks for the vote of confidence there, Kreela...) :)Finished a short story. This is very very, good. I'm a great starter and a lousy finisher. I'd have a wonderful career writing the first…

  • About damn time!

    I started writing this in May of 2004. It was finished up in a few weeks. Then it waited...and waited...and waited...while my life has undergone so many twists and turns and catastrophes that reading my original "About T…

  • Pretty darn good...

    Usually Something Awful's Photoshop Friday is mildly amusing, but this selection shows some pretty good work. I'm impressed.

  • "Probably due to Quantum"

    As Granny Weatherwax might say. In any event, in a stunning example of zen-induced headaches and "Man, the universe is freaky", scientists have apparently built a computer which works better if it's turned off. (Luddite…

  • Reality Outpaces Satire. Film at 11.

    I thought they were joking.They weren't.

  • Career Prospects

    Note to self: Reject offer for command of Pegasus. Look into that open drummer position w/Spinal Tap instead.

  • Moore's Law Marches On...

    (It should be noted that Moore's "Law" has more in common with Murphy than with Newton -- it's an observation, not a scientific principle. Still, it has proven a marvelously correct one.)What articles like this drive hom…

  • Things I Have Learned...

    ...you cannot use a garlic press as a can opener.Yes, Lizard in on his semi-yearly "cut out caffeine" binge, where I go a few motnhs sans drinking 4 liters of diet coke a day. I'm actually just cutting out soda entirely,…

  • Hilarious.

  • Never Fight A Land War In Asia, and..

    ...never match wits with a Jew when self-abasement is the theme.Apparently, an Iranian newspaper has decided to hold an anti-semetic cartoon contest in reaction to the Danish cartoons of Mohammed (erm..but weren't most o…

  • I Missed The Orgies!

    Attention, any of my fellow Red Sea Pedestrians! I need to know -- did any of you get to attend Purim Orgies? 'Cause I sure didn't.In case you're wondering why I think I should have, check out this link.Then go here for …

  • Another big 'no shock' quiz...After you die...In the GroundAfter death, you will cease to exist.  In all likelihood, your carcass will be deposited in the ground.                Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

  • Gotta Love That Whedon...

    Fixed link."3) People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy."From this posting.

  • Sleep in Light, G'Kar

    Well, shit.

  • Code of the Legomaker

    Lego pinball.What is especially impressive is that all of the electronics are done with LEGO components as well -- granted, they're programmable Mindstorms units, but, still -- it counts as Lego.So what happens when you …

  • More than meets the eye!

  • Despite sleeping way too late, I managed to actually get enough accomplished today that I don't hate myself. It seems Baen is starting up a new online magazine, with two slots each issue reserved for new writers. I can't…

  • Phrases You Don't Hear Often: "Whale Meat Glut"

    Whale Meat Glut Stries JapanI'd have loved to see Battle Whale on Iron Chef, esp. if they had a live sperm whale in Kitchen Stadium."Fukui-san!""Go ahead, Ota.""It seems the challenger is first to grab the harpoon gun! M…

  • You belong in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.  Youvalue freedom above all else.  You wouldfight and die for your family and your home. Which Heinlein Book Should You Have Been A Character In? brought to you by QuizillaYeah…

  • Ah, the good old days...

    This song brings me back to, oh, 1998 or so, when I first tried EQ1. Back then, if you died, you reappeared at your bind point (usually your home city) stark naked -- well, wearing your tunic and pants and that's it. All…

  • I am too much of a fanboy.So, PVP Online has a link to this page, which is apparently some story about some woman who kept running in to Spiderman throughout his whole career and is convinced he's stalking her. Except th…

  • Wow.Fixed link.

  • Playing the game...4 jobs I've had:Door-to-door soliciter for a commie pinko leftist activist group (NYPIRG)Loading dock unloaderComputer programmerCamera salesman4 movies I can watch over and over:Star WarsRaiders Of Th…

  • I personally feel this should replace "Hello, World" as the canonical first-thing-you-write in a new programming language...

  • The great thing about quizzes...they let you update your blog without actually saying anything....               Daffy Duck!      You scored 42 Aggression, 42 Sophistication,  and 42 Optimism!                        Gene…

  • Your Social Dysfunction:SchizotypalYou display social deficits and oddities of thinking.  Your perception and communication are similar to those of a schizophrenic.                Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.comPlease n…

  •   The Snake Spirit You scored 53% Creativity, 30% Compassion, 46% Strength, and 58% Intelligence! You are a Snake Spirit. You are mysterious, silent, and constantly changing shape. You love that you are unique, cre…

  • Lizard on this Friday's BSG:"It was a classic World War I style air story, with a cyborg Red Baron and a bitterly alcoholic Snoopy."

  • Guess he shouldn't have taken that vacation in Sunnydale...In other news....went to one of the more interesting local restauraunts, the Creekside Outpost Health Food Store, a combination very-small-restauraunt and hippie…

  • I recently had the odd idea of a steam-electric hybrid. After all, steam cars were competitive with gas cars in the esrly part of the last century; the main problem with them was the long start-up time. So you use an ele…

  • In the "Back when Google didn't own the whole planet..." departmentThe Future Of Google.(Notice we used to grep for things? Now we Google them. Verbing weirds language.)

  • In the "Well, I suppose it was inevitable" department...I'll be buying it, of course.

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