Geekstuff

In the Small World category, Amygdala was nice enough to link to something that my Person To Contact In Case of Emergency wrote (and I later linked to here). It got a good number of hits in the last week, and she never figured out why. Just one of those things, I guess.

No doubt it’d be “someone who accesses Brad DeLong’s website to find the link to this: Flame Warriors.” I mean, it wasn’t even from one of his posts (a somewhat interesting one, mind, all about comments and trolls and deleting and so forth): it was just another comment in the thread. Alas. Alack. There is … Read more

… there’s a paper or three in the situation found here, I’m sure – especially given that most of the people involved in this are probably fairly average teenage males. Only that particular demographic would see the point of virtual prostitution rings. (Via Lincoln Cat)

… but sometimes he stretches just a bit to justify adding things like this: Cartoon Laws of Physics. It’s OK, James: you don’t need to pretend anymore. You’re becoming a geek. It’s inevitable, and nothing to be ashamed of. Here, read up on Evil Overlords, too. You’ll be going through that stage anyway, so you … Read more

What did I think of it? And in that very moment, away in some courtyard of the City, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn. And as if in … Read more

Either a very quirky digital camera, or a very pointless set of fakes. You make the call. (Via the Instadude) Moe PS: I sorta want to know why the camera did that, but not if the explanation requires too many polysyllabic words.

Could it be? Could it really, truly be? Is Hollywood really beginning to make movies that are geared to my demographic? Because via Lileks I see that a film called Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is coming out, and by God this is the sort of film that I would pay primetime money … Read more

I’d just like to note for the record that we’re currently #2 for Google searches using naked women as the search string. #1 is a Salon article about Mr. Spock’s nudes. (pause) The Internet is weird, man. UPDATE: My smarter half has pointed out that we’re #12, not #2. Oh, well, something to aim for.

… all y’all futzing around with it do know that some of us, like, actually use Google to do our jobs, right? I mean, I don’t begrudge any of you your fun, but don’t break the nice indexing protocols, ‘kay?

Am I the only person out there who will be happy to see: : Anakin Skywalker get tossed into an acid vat, or explosively decompressed, or exposed to plasma fire, or whatever it is that’ll turn him into Vader? : Obi-Wan Kenobi run like a scared little bunny? : The Jedi Order in general be … Read more

… or it’s not. It may just be quirky enough to take off, though. Via Balloon Juice (sure, he gets to be on the map. Hey! We’re not blogrolled by him, either. Grumble grumble whine moan grumble grumble whine…*). Moe * 😉 UPDATE: Well, it’s obviously going to be the next big thing, as the … Read more

… to an age-old question. And there was much rejoicing. (Via Volokh.) UPDATE: I have had the Plasma Physicist Who Lives In The Basement Of My House* look at this, and she confirms that the numbers and stuff seem to check out. She doesn’t do biophysics, though. *Of course, from her point of view my … Read more

I agree with Mr. Drezner wholeheartedly: Please, please, please don’t let it suck.

…there’s no point to writing for a blog if you can’t do egoboo for it. Well, in this case, girlfriend egoboo: she wrote out this particular piece after watching the Real Version of The Two Towers (some people call it the Extended Version, but we all know better, right?). Fair warning: she’s as much a … Read more

While I have nothing against anime – indeed, my lifestyle is such that I am periodically exposed to it, and I quite like some of the stuff – I wish to note that the name of this blog has nothing to do with this site; it’s parallel evolution. The geekcontent of the name of this … Read more