Billions

Information is Beautiful has a neat visual to put some things into perspective.

Science Video Goodness

10 dimensions in 11 minutes is a nifty feat, no? But "String Theory" is still just a hypothesis. Granted it's a hypothesis with a lot of very pretty math behind it, but it's not testable or provable. Yet?

I Would Beta Test This...

...just for the chance to have done it. I mean, orbital sky diving?! How is that not awesome?!

Well...Yes. Exactly Like That.

1000 times.

In Case You're A Closet Steam Punker

Glasses with adjustable focal lengths (that don't look like driving goggles) are finally here. Personally, I think you should be out and proud with your dorkdome.

The Next Film On My List

I give you Vampire Girl VS Frankenstein Girl. (Campy gore warning.)

Wowzers.

This short film is definitely not for the squeamish, but it's seriously wicked cool.

MANIFEST DESTINY from Darrell and Doug Waters on Vimeo.

From the creators:

Every time I find myself the recipient of one of these late night phone calls, tramping through some back alley behind another dark abandoned warehouse . . . Stuttering another secret password. . . Entering another hastily constructed operating room. . . Scalpel in hand, performing another indescribable procedure . . . I see another pair of eyes . . . By now in the hundreds . . . Staring . . . Whenever I try to sleep . . . Another member of an unenviable audience. . . Asking a painfully simple question for which I have no answer . . . Why . . .
Cranston says I need to “detach”. I suppose he’s right. I can no longer bear their judgment. I leave them here. . . On the table . . . As I scribble my signature on the confidentiality agreement, I leave them to their fate . . . I say goodbye . . .

News On The Latest Dune Movie....

but also, the image in this link is just...win. It's full of win.

Ultimate Staring Contest

Back From Vacation!

Had a great time at the beach, regular posting will resume as soon as I find something worth posting about. :)

Oh, For Pete's Sake

Disclosure: I do not do drugs.

That said,this bullshit is why the war on drugs is a scam. Look, so long as people want to escape their everyday lives people will get high on something. Hell, they're choking themselves unconscious and eating mushrooms that grow in cow shit to do it. This is not a behavior pattern that you can legislate or prosecute away, Attorney General Douglas Gansler. Selective criminalization is for all intents and purposes (excluding green pocket lining) arbitrary.

Pay attention. There were 22 shootings in Baltimore between June 14th and June 20th. What gives? Violent criminals too difficult to catch so the new plan is to create easier targets by criminalizing more teenagers and twenty somethings to justify next year's budget increases? Disgraceful.

Dude, Really?

Okay, I think the more pressing matter is what kind of moron keeps baby snakes in his pants pockets?

Sweet.

So BSG season 4.5 (Really, Sci-Fi...I mean SyFy (What douchey fucking name- it's like short hand for syphilis.)? Sorry, still a bit sore over their season breakdowns.) is finally out on DVD so my next acquisition phase has arrived. This round's 'To Do' list?

-BSG 4.5
-Replace Firefly and Serenity
-Red Faction

Dollhouse is also out, but I'm putting that down for the next round.

I Was Going To Post Something Else

But this is way cooler.

The End Is Nigh

I've joined Facebook. I know. I'm a little sick over it too.

New Link

I give you Everything Is Terrible. The lolz. Omg, the lolz.

Classic.

I got all nostalgic for a minute.

The Secret Lives Of Librarians...

...apparently include book cart drill teams.

Primary Suspect? The Shredder.

Apparently the Foot Clan is alive and well in Ohio. I mean who else would swipe a tortoise from the local zoo?

Zombie Robot Not Actually A Zombie

So there were jokes made, but the fact that Cyclone Power Technologies had to issue a press release to allay public "fears" is freaking sweet.

“We completely understand the public’s concern about futuristic robots feeding on the human population, but that is not our mission,” stated Harry Schoell, Cyclone’s CEO.

Looks the the Zombie Apocalypse and the Robot Holocaust are still separate calendar events, folks. Breathe easy.