Economies in Everything: The Human Soul

June 25, 2009 – 1:00 pm by Animeted
Hey guys, read this on an economic blog and thought it was very interesting: http://mosnews.com/weird/2009/06/22/soullatvia/ Apparently, some Latvian private company is giving out small loans requiring only one piece of collateral: // cue dramatic music// YOUR SOUL!

The Voynich Manuscript

June 5, 2009 – 8:49 am by jYopp
To anyone who doesn't read XKCD daily, the target demographic for today's comic is precisely, Elmer.

Dice-o-matic

May 27, 2009 – 11:39 am by calane83
I first read about this on Bruce Schneier's blog, believe it or not.  Pretty cool.

Awesome Videogame Wallpapers

May 11, 2009 – 12:59 pm by jYopp
This guy on DeviantArt has (apparently) painted high-quality scenes from some of the greatest SNES-era video games as desktop wallpapers. Mario, Sonic, Metroid, Legend of Zelda, Megaman, etc. are all represented.

Wall-E case mod

May 2, 2009 – 12:47 pm by calane83
This is incredible.

World’s Metalest Tip-of-the-Day

April 7, 2009 – 7:30 pm by calane83
I was using Sam Spade, and I got this: Awesome.

Pub evacuated after Monty Python prop mistaken for grenade

April 4, 2009 – 10:11 am by calane83
Here: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/03/holy_hand_grena.html and here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5018294/Pub-evacuated-after-Monty-Python-prop-mistaken-for-grenade.html

Cyborg vampire batteries

April 2, 2009 – 11:26 am by Zeotrope
Yes, it is exactly that awesome. This puts us just one step closer to the glorious cyborg uprising of 2055.

Almost sound slike it could be the plot of the next “Metal Gear”

March 24, 2009 – 12:29 pm by jaywood
In 3100 A.D., global warming has caused the sea level to rise and engulf the streets of Brooklyn. The land is gone, but society rebuilds the city on top of existing structures, connecting buildings through a network of sky bridges… To meet the upper city’s demand for laborers, city leaders contract the Brooklyn Institute of Technology (B.I.T.) to clone a new working class…. Neanderthals were chosen as the main focus of the research based on their physical resilience. The city’s contract called for far more Neanderthal clones than were required, causing the excess and sub-standard Neo-Neanderthals to be discarded to the dregs of the city… …You take the role of an elite Neanderthal fighter with a taste for blood. Having had your arm unwillingly detached from your body courtesy of a chainsaw, your new prototype biomechanical arm transforms into different twisted and brutal weaponry to aid you in the slaughter… From: First Person ...

Another end to the earth. Sigh.

March 13, 2009 – 10:01 am by Animeted
Headline: 20 Years ago, Earth was blasted with a massive plume of solar plasma. I find it odd that The next such tempestuous season is slated for 2012 or so. There are so many ways for the Earth to end in 2012, why do we need one more? (My list now contains: US presidential election, global warming, velociraptors, super-nano-aids, solar plasma blasts, and my 10 year high school reunion). Regardless, happy Friday the 13th. ~ Elmer