Archive for October, 2008

Why is the Onion always so awesome?

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Obama: The Truth

Bears besiege Russian mine after killing guards

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4387144.ece The Kamchatka brown bear is one of the world's largest, with males growing to around three metres (10ft) and weighing up to 700kg (1,540lb). They can also reach speeds of up to 30mph (48km/h) despite their size. Most brutal headline of the year? I mean, this isn't even from the onion! ...

Cool site for freelance work exchange.

Monday, October 27th, 2008

http://www.odesk.com/jobs/ data entry to voice acting, to freelance writing and scripting, this looks pretty cool.

The Onion: Ron Paul’s dramatic exit

Friday, October 24th, 2008

I'm not sure I know what to think about this, but it's entertaining.  Maybe a little dark in light of recent goings-on. http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/ron_paul_promises_to_return

Online divorcee jailed after killing virtual hubby

Friday, October 24th, 2008

This is probably the most iconically Japanese article I've ever read.

WoW Speak

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Dear Friends, My current roommate Amy finds herself in an awkward position and I think you guys can help. (or at least have some fun coming up with an answer) She went on a pretty weird first date and the guy won't stop texting her. He won't take a hint after two ...

Photo Editing Program?

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

Hey Guys, since we're discussing blog editing what do you guys recommend for a photo editing program. I remember Elmer said Gimp was good. Chris also mentioned Paint.net and Google's Picasa. What's the best and freeist software there is? I like using photoshop, but obviously can't afford it and I'm ...

Writing Advice from TF2

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Something about writing I found from the Team Fortress 2 guys. The whole article is here ...The point for all you young writers is just this: if the constraints of your current project don't specifically forbid it, your best writing will always result from writing your name on the Predator ...

Tragedy: A Metal Cover Band of the BeeGees

Friday, October 17th, 2008

http://www.letsmaketragedyhappen.com/ WARNING : Has Embedded Audio "You Should Be Dancing" was particularly awesome, be sure to catch the narrative interlude.

Cool test to determine your skills of geometric precision

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

http://woodgears.ca/eyeball/ the distribution curve at the end was really interesting, especially the shape of the distribution, lots of people are pretty good, but the slope towards 'suck' was pretty gradual, my first playthrough I had an accuracy of 3.13, and went back twice more and scored in the low 4s, actuially ...