Archive for December, 2004
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17 Dec 2004Discuss
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16 Dec 2004
Plutor's word of the day: zeugma /zoog'-muh/ n. 1: the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words, usu. in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense.
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16 Dec 2004
Firefox's New York Times ad is in today's issue. Here's a PNG version, including a blowup on yours truly.
Dang, now I have to run out to the store and buy a newspaper. (Apparently Napoleon Dynamite uses Firefox.)
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15 Dec 2004
Half of me is offended by what the movie I, Robot does to Isaac Asimov's universe. The heart is in the right place -- to a certain extent -- but it messes up some characters and it throws a huge monkey wrench into the pre-Empire timeline. But, I did get a kick out of the references to his stories. I can think of three off the top of my head. (Warning: Spoilers ahead.)
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14 Dec 2004
In the New York Times on Election Day 1996, the crossword puzzle correctly predicted the winner of that day's presidential election. And the story behind why is absolutely phenomenal. (I only wish it didn't include the words "tour de force")
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14 Dec 2004
Final 2004 election tally: George Bush, 286 electoral votes; John Kerry, 251 electoral votes; John Edwards, 1 electoral vote?
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14 Dec 2004
An anesthesiologist has discovered that allowing children to play Game Boy for a few minutes can be used as a replacement for pre-anesthesia tranquilizers. Imagine playing wireless multiplayer DS with your brother in the waiting room. That would be the best surgery ever.
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13 Dec 2004
For those of you who don't still read Sluggy Freelance on a daily basis, I would recommend putting aside an hour and reading the storyline that just ended last week. It wrapped up at least a couple loose ends, and was quite gripping. Far better than "Kitten 2", and much easier to follow. You should start at May 19.
Since the Saturday strips are being done by a guest artist as a sorta-parallel story, only the first one is really pertinent to the story. You can skip the rest unless you like mediocre silliness.
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13 Dec 2004
Shopping for video games in Osaka, or, why I'm trying to convince M to get a residency in Japan.
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10 Dec 2004
I just said "Holy shit". Aloud. At work. Why? Google just unveiled a new Beta project: Google Suggest. It'll suggest autocompletions of your search. In realtime. Really goddamn fast. I'm almost beyond words, here.
