I mentioned my searching for my geneology, and that I had bought a Utilikilt while at Gencon SoCal, but I just found this really excellent radio documentary on the kilt and Scottish heritage in the US:
Listen and learn, laddies and lasses.
Somehow, I missed the fact that Ibiblio hosts The Libraries FAQ. Among the more interesting questions:
7.3 Can a werewolf be a librarian? Can she be happy?
You know…I’ve asked myself that before, and now I know the answer. Do you?
from Apple:
Live the digital life in stylish simplicity. Just 6.5 inches wide and 2 inches tall, Mac mini provides what you need to have more fun with your music, photos and movies — right out of the box. And it boasts a miniscule price to match: Mac mini starts at $499.
*drooooool*
EDIT: I was so absorbed in the Mini, that I nearly missed the Flash Based iPod!
Time to mix things up. Meet iPod shuffle, the unpredictable new iPod. What will it play next? Can it read your mind? Can it read your moods? Load it up. Put it on. See where it takes you. Choose from pocket-size 512MB or 1G models starting at $99 and surprise yourself.
Ah, the wonders of childhood. Especially when you discover things like a sexually themed children’s show from Britain, and audio outtakes of the Thundercats saying things you’d not really expect.
Rainbow, the children’s show from Britain above, is absolutely hilarious. The actual clip never aired, but was done as a joke by the actors/producers involved. Completely safe for work, but very funny. I’d recommend headphones, because the audio without the video might turn some heads.
Next thing you know there will be Disney porn. Oh, wait….
Ok…I’m pretty certain we’re all sick of the LiveStrong bracelet fad by now. Yes, I know it’s for a good cause. Yes, I know that Lance Armstrong is cool. Yes, I know everyone is doing it. But fucking Nike started it. It can’t be all good.
But when I see cheap rip-off bands in my local Shell station, I declare the fad over. Especially when shit like these are coming out…nothing is worse than knee jerk patriotism (do not get me started about the freaking yellow magnetic ribbons on everyone’s cars).
Anyway…there are already sites where you can order parody ribbons for your car…I think it’s time for parody bracelets. I’m thinking something like…make up a bunch of them with different labels for everyone:
Political: Liberal, Conservative, Left, Right, Green, Socialist, Communist (would have to be Red, I think)
Sexual: Top, Bottom, Queer, Gay, Straight, Trans, Bi
Religious: you can fill these in
Or how about just random messages:
I hate everyone.
Fuck the world.
Penguins rule the universe.
Whatever you wanted. I’m convinced that if I printed up a couple hundred black bands with something like “Metalheads for killing babies” I could sell them like hotcakes.
I’m telling you…I could make a *pinky finger near mouth* million dollars.
An enterprising Ultima Online player has set up a system where players, in game, can donate gold to charity for the victims of the recent tsunami. The gold is then converted via Ebay into American dollars, and donated.
Very pomo. Fake money being converted by fake people into real money to help real people.
Will Eisner passed away on January 3rd, 2005 at the age of 87 following quadruple bypass heart surgery.
Will Eisner was truly one of the legends of comics…possible THE legend of comics. His name isn’t as well known as Bob Kane or Stan Lee or Jack Kirby in average circles, but he was as important a person to the history of comics as any three other people put together.
For all my readers out there…this morning found me driving to work and searching my iPod for some early-90’s music to rock to during my hour drive. I had just gotten Soul Asylum’s first album (Grave Dancer’s Union) a couple of weeks ago, and had forgotten large portions of it, even though it was a staple of my ’91-’95 undergraduate career.
So I ask you: What are the essentially early to mid-90’s must have albums? Quirky stuff included…On my iPod I currently have:
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin
Soul Asylum
James
MotherLoveBone
and the requisite biggies like Pearl Jam and Nirvana.
What SHOULD I have that just screams NINETIES! A few that I’m thinking of adding to my collection include: Screaming Trees, Spin Doctors…help me out here, people.
EDIT: I know that many of you were like…6 during the 90’s (yes, I’m looking at you, Trish). Humor me.
One of my favorite pieces of medical trivia has always been that one of the deadliest diseases on the planet was Rabies. When you actually begin to show symptoms, it’s too late, and if you haven’t been treated in some way, you’re going to die. There have been no survivors of the disease…until now.
A teenager who became the first person known to survive rabies without a vaccination went home Saturday after nearly 11 weeks in the hospital, officials said.
As a part of her treatment, the doctors induced a coma. Knowing how deadly this actually is in practice, the inventiveness and treatment given by these doctors is nothing short of truly amazing.
If this rumor turns out to be true, sign me up…I’ll order one as quickly as I can! Even with the sure-to-be-sub-par architecture, hopefully it will be at least RAM upgradable…as long as I can throw 512-1024 Meg in it, and the HD is over 40 Gig, I’ll be all over this like a hobo on a ham sammich.