So, went to Flashback Weekend with halkillsdave and crew, as I have the past few years. Convention was a little sparse, but Romaro was there, and that's cool. Unbeknown to Gabe and I, Wizard World Chicago was right across the street. So we hit that up, and wow, it's pretty big. Saw Warren Ellis. Found a lot of great comics extremely cheap, but was too poor to get most of them. Next time. Bruce Timm was there, but he looks like everyone else. Con was massively overstimulating. Drove home. Neck hurt.

Gabe (paraphrased): You know what? There were a lot of boobs at the comic con. I forgot, but I love boobs.

Well said, in regards to the many female cosplayers. At one point Solid Snake gave me the stink-eye for checking out his cowgirl girlfriend. There was also a full sized Mojo (from X-Men) and a lot of adorable little kid Stormtroopers and some tiny imperial officers. Couldn't always tell who was a marine recruter and who was cosplaying. Someone took a picture of my shirt. Artists tried to sell me stuff. Lots of webcomic people there, many of them look like their webcomic. Like pets. I got a Reboot art book and some comics. Might have to go again next year. Keen.

Rolling Madness is a remake of the old fantastic game Marble Madness.

A brief cover gallery of the many, many awful TMNT clones that populated the 80's.

Nifty Monster Origami. I like the mind flayer.

Fake drug agent gets away with just about everything he can in small town. The funny part (ha ha and sad)? It did bring drug crime down, and increased people's perceived safety.

Secret LEGO vault holds all the treasures of my childhood and I must steal them all for myself out of a misplaced sense of nostalgia.

Recording Industry claims Radio is Piracy. On the ball, them folks.

The Real Reason Guns are Dangerous


Everyone loves Log!


Celebrity recreations of Hitchcock shots.

The other day I was looking at the second collection of Garfield strips, trying to find some to potential "Garfields without Garfield", but was struck with two realizations, possibly connected: One, there are few candidates, as most of the strips focus on physical interaction between characters, and two, they are much funnier.

Ok, fine, I've watched it, and yes, Where the Hell is Matt is awesome. He's a cooler person then me. Any anyone I know. Dammit.

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.
There's got to be a better suited music choice for that dance though...

65 things that look like Pac-Man. Or a pie that someone had a slice from. All are terrifying.

noooooooooo (Unless Keanu is playing Gort, that I can see)

WALL-E.
It's the best movie Pixar's ever done.

I've got a new gmail address: brreitz etc etc.

* Mass advertising is restricted. Billboards are categorically banned; advertising in subways, buses, removed. Towns take up "Advertising-Free Zones."

* Nobody wants to be a doctor. It becomes an over-whelming bureaucratic job with low status. Women and minorities become working doctors; men do medical research.

* Computer screens (both CRT and flat screens) are found to be dangerous to the health. Working at a computer is viewed as a toxic job.
-Unthinkable Futures

Jesse van Dijk's Vertical Seaside City is amazing. Truly, truly amazing. Seriously fantastic. I look at it, and want to visit. Extended visit.

Great Sesame Street art parodies.

The Happening was pretty bad, apparently. Bad enough this reviewer wants to save you the trouble.

Animals. They think they're so freaking great, and we buy right into it. Eighty years ago, though, we were ready to wipe the out completely, unless they shaped up!

The AIDS awareness ads from Europe are always pretty freaky, but these two take the cake (so very NSFW).

SCIENCE HAS FAILED US (earlier)! Things they said would never work, but did.

Kellogg's, LEGO team up to train kids to choke. I can actually hear the lawsuits.

Funny little Serenity/Firefly comic by the CulturePulp guy.

The infamous legal status of The Happy Birthday Song: A massive legal examination might prove it's not so copyright forbiden as previously thought.

You could do worse then reading some of Coco Wang's comics on China's Earthquakes. Especially the one on the pandas.

Eh, stuff.

RvD2


Peter Cook and Dougless Adams on a game show:

Have I Got News For You. Weird.

Bought a cheap mp3 player. They're not so bad.

Lost my wallet. Somewhere in between sitting at the house couch and my room. It's frustrating, 'cause that's a small range to look in, and I still can't find it.

Bought a used Insignia media player for five bucks. Soon we'll find out if it works!

The Associated Press are total dicks. And saying that just cost me $12.50.

Smithsonian article on the new lab-created diamonds. Fascinating. Gut originally made them in his garage. I'm glad he decided to go public with it, and not just keep hawking created diamonds to pawn shops around the state.

Make: a Perceptual chronometer tells you when time slows down. Useful if you ever expect to be hit by lightning-charged chemicals.

There are some great entries in this year's IGF contest, DinoRun and Fez included.

AMAZING stop-motion short.

Hey, those were glue sticks!

Trailer for the Coen's Burn After Reading:

Looks pretty fantastic-great.

Women! Best stay away from haunting sights, as you might get womb ghosts!

scans_daily has posted two of my favorite panels, and the comics they come from: Dr. Doom vs. Luke Cage & "Deadly is the Doctor Called Doom!"

I really don't see this as being a good idea. The message I feel the kids are getting is not "Drunk driving is bad" but "Authority is extremely untrustworthy." Which might be the better lesson in this case. Plus, did the "dead" kids just get the day off? Presumably, they'd pick the more popular students to maximize emotional resonance. So, we get a second lesson out of this as well...

The City of Shadows pictures are creepy.

More abandoned things in China: The Mall of the Damned.

This is weird:

A Decepticon/Lucky Star mash-up?

The Secret Society of Odd Acquisition has some cool stuff.

So I watched The Big O. Then I wrote some stuff about it. Then I posted it.

( I don't much care for giant robot shows... )

Does anyone have any spare laptop ram they don't mind parting with? Computer is becoming a slug while running important things. Game things.

Otherwise, I'll just play Earthbound and ChronoTrigger again, that's fine too.

"I am everywhere, and I appear however I wish, to produce the results that I wish." Need something to read? Try Rainbows End, full text here, wiki summery here. I find it hard to believe that a year ago, I had never even heard of Vernor Vinge.

First Gary, now Erick. Man, gamers are taking a hit this year.

"WuChess.com is the worlds first online chess and Hip-Hop community." I couldn't have put it better myself.

OM NOM NOM NOM Do it right, or pay the price.

Bob Phantom. He's my new golden age hero. And don't call him Mr. Phantom, (that's his dad). I think his power has something to do with making Asians fall out of planes, but who can tell?

Batman Jones is another great name. What I like is he's better at the whole Batman role than Bruce, and without childhood trauma (besides being named "Batman"),but seems to have severe ADD issues. He needs a comeback. Do you hear me, DC?

Do movies fuck with your head? Yes.
Does the internet make you dumb? God, yes.
Or maybe not? Ferrets in a cup!

Why, yes, I do enjoy Concept Art! Thanks io9.

I guess I unexpectedly cameo in todays xkcd.

Vending machine that breaks things for you.

Star War's Empire theme played on floppy disk.

I could see sampling that.

Fox news has the scoop on Obama's TERROR FIST technique. Is there anyone who can save us?

I was almost not sold on Mirageman, but that was before I saw his awesome costume.

It's no Italian Spiderman, but hey.

Also, read Rainbows End.

For future reference: The Absorbascon's Dynastic Centerpiece Model and the more recent Villainous Tarot. Man, Batman really is the only guy who fits these models to a T.

"Markov chain is a probabilistic model well suited to semi-coherent text synthesis. Garkov is an application of the Markov model to transcripts of old Garfield strips."

50 best store names that are puns. Oh, these are fantastic.

There's an interesting discussion in the comments of Marginal Revolution, a fine economic-related blog, about what to do if you get thrown a thousand years through time. A concern that has always plagued me.

The poster for Oliver Stone's W is clever. I like.

WTF is some kind of parody of WOW. I have not tried it yet. Maybe it's good?

Tengen Toppa is bigger then this.

I watched the first two AMV Hells, and I think that's an alright way to spend five minutes, so I look to AMV Hell 3, and holy crap that is over an hour long. Part of me wants to see it though, so I'll probably stop by the house at some point and make people watch it with me. Same goes for 4.

It's been a while since we've had the creation museum here, how about a new review?

Things that make that guy with a sign sick. So, I'm confused by "The Jews That Are From The Synagogue Of Satan." Because does that mean that the rest of the Jews are fine? Actually, a lot of things on the sign seem oddly specific. "Child-Molesting Homosexuals" would assume that hedro child-molesters were a-ok, and "Dykes on Bikes" assumes that lesbians are fine as long as they travel via car. Some are just confusing. Ankle Biters? Sport's Nuts? Effeminate Culture AND Rebellions Women? Man loves his fonts though. Loves 'em.

Interesting artifact: A 1953 One Magazine article on homosexual marriage.

Who would you rather see Leo DiCaprio as? The Founder of Atari or Creator of Bond? Neither one seems...appropriate.

Stiller, Black, and Downey try and make a viral video:
Jack Black, Ben Stiller & Robert Downey, Jr. at 2008 MTV Movie Awards on FunnyOrDie.com
hee hee