January 2009
22 posts
“I took a sip of [the whisky] and thought, well this isn’t too bad.”
– BBC NEWS | UK | England | Somerset | Man trapped by sofa sipped whisky
Ice Station Zebra →
Long time readers might recall that I wrote about the perfection of ice spheres back here. Basically, you need a sphere instead of a cube to get evenly perfect melting in a glass of whisky. Well,…
“Why the recurrence of the image of some valuable truth hidden in an inaccessible...”
– Nuclear apocalypse and the Letter of Last Resort. - By Ron Rosenbaum - Slate Magazine
Real life Portal gun →
A man who is a much better boyfriend than I built this real life Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device for his cosplay girlfriend. This baby looks so good! More pics here on Kotaku.
Sundance makes Twitter shine →
People have been trying to point to the turning point for the hugely popular micro-blogging service Twitter for a little while now. The mainstream media reporting of the attacks in Mumbai being…
Children's toiltries I want →
I love these two prodcuts, someone buy them for me! First is this soap dispenser, created to promote good hand cleaning! The dispenser stamps your hand and you know if its clean once the stamp has…
Batttlestar Galactica Film Festival? →
I loved lots about the season premiere of Battlestar Galactica this weekend. One image that jumped out to me was this shot of Galen Tyrol walking past a non-descript film festival poster. …
Andrew Wyeth →
Artist Andrew Wyeth passed away today. I really like this Slate article juxtaposing this late painting by him: With his most famous work, Christina’s World:
Star Wars recalled...poorly →
I love this video this guy made about his friend who has never seen Star Wars and yet is trying to describe the entire plot, fun times! Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t…
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WATCHMEN tie in toys →
Selling Dr. Manhattan Lunchboxes pretty much sums up my fears about the WATCHMEN movie. One part of my brain is excited about the idea of WATCHMEN merchandise hitting shelves. Unfortunately…
