Chatroulette Log 1
Wherein I share a log of my recent Chatroulette session.
New Album by The National in May
Wherein I share the video for “Terrible Love,” by The National.
Because Asking a Question is a Federal Offense
Well, this sucks. Peter Watts has been found guilty of a federal crime because he asked question and did not submit to the whim of capricious authority without asking “why?” One would have thought that such a stance, you know, personal liberty and the ability to question authority, would be an American value instead of …
HR Links’n’stuff
I know, right?. It’s one of the reasons I like British television so much. Sure, there are beautiful people on the BBC, but there’s a lot more actors that look like normal, average people than on American tv. It’s quite refreshing actually.
I admit it, I’m all sorts of fanboy giddy about this!
Nature sounds we can’t usually here: cells in trees popping.. Makes you realize there’s all sorts of things going on around us that our senses aren’t equipped to detect.
Close look at the grooves on a vinyl album. Very very close. Alien landscape close. Neat
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Eat That Cheese
A very interesting article about lactose intolerance today on Salon.com. Of particular note: Milk itself has a lot of lactose, but aged cheeses have very little (most of the lactose is drawn away in the whey, and what’s left in the curd is fermented by bacteria and mold). Yogurt with live cultures contains bacteria that …
McCain Introduces Bill To Make Obama More Powerful Than A King
S.3081 is obscene. S.3081 is profoundly anti-law. S.3081 allows for indeterminate detention for pretty much anyone the President “considers appropriate.” S.3081 is backed by Republicans who talk a big game when it comes to freedom and liberty and the rule of law, but who, as this bill demonstrates, are really bullies and thugs who have …
My New Blog
As I mentioned recently, I am starting a new blog that will focus on my time and work as a graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh. I am pleased to announced that it is up and running at ThisThus.com. Over the next few weeks I will probably make adjustments to the look of the …
A Rant Against Reboot Mania
“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” – Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride This is a rant against reboots. Not the fact of their existence, but the fact that people keep using that term to mean any new version of a previous text. Look, the fact …
Grad School Update for March 2010
I have accepted the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Theatre Arts offer and will be starting their PhD program this fall. I plan to write more about my decision, as well as writing more consistently and diligently about the process of getting my PhD over the next several years. In fact, I will be setting …
New TARDIS Design for the New Series of Doctor Who
This news makes me a very happy fanboy!
This new Tardis – not an obligatory accessory for each new Doctor, but required by the damage done to it in Tennant’s last episode – is big. It must be three times the size of Tennant’s, on multiple levels with staircases in between. Less grubby than its predecessor, with a transparent plastic floor on the main level, its walls are resplendent with polished copper and its central column features a blown glass decoration that could be straight from Tales of the Unexpected. There are old car seats and downstairs – downstairs! – a swing. With a nod to Paul McGann’s Tardis, the central column features an old TV screen on an extendable trellis. It also has a 1980s-style computer keyboard, and a His-Master’s-Voice style trumpet speaker. (Link)
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