I totally flubbed this one and now it’s all over the ‘net, but the Mars rover Spirit is one-year old today. Originally slated for a 2-month mission, it’s so exceeded it’s expected performance it’s actually starting to overcome some of the bad press NASA has had in the past few years. JPL has a really […]
Project Gutenberg, the site with thousands of free books available for download, has posted their top 100 of 2004. It’s amazing to look at the great stuff availble for free thanks to the contributions of thousands of people all over the world. I need to get my Franz Kafka formatted and/or printed. Link [via J-Walk]
This is what you find when you type “I’m bored” into Google. I-am-bored.com.
Ok, someone is even more obsessed than I thought possible and has set down the entire script of the Flying Circus episodes from Monty Python. Check out the homepage for even more weird resources. Very cool. Link
So, I’m lazy (and busy) but mostly lazy, and haven’t posted my Christmas post. Not that I had some huge thing to post or deep insights into the Season, but it can hardly go without a mention. Obviously, my big gift to myself was building my computer (and buying the parts). J– got her pink […]
This has to be the weirdest use for a game mod I’ve seen in a while. Garry’s Mod allows you to pose the characters and actually construct new machines in-game. A cool hack to be sure, but the screens used to demo the mod are, uhm, odd, to say the least.
I think the title says it all Link [via Gawker]
Tonight, J– and I went out for Chinese food. Which is to say, we went to a strip mall that served food cooked by Chinese-Americans. We had Triple Vague Delight, Six Ways, with rice. Of course, at the end of the meal we got not just the bill. Oh no, we also got fortune cookies. […]
I have to say, I have my doubts about the authenticity of this, but it’s damn funny, no matter where it came from. I’m especially enamoured of the response form at the bottom. Classic newsgroup rage. Link
My new machine is up and running. Actually, it’s been running for a while, I’ve just been playing with it so much I didn’t post. One annoying thing to remember if you’re building a new system and expect to play any game made in the last 4 years. Many of the game publishers are putting […]