This isn’t as much an attempt at humor, as a suggestion for anyone interested in programming the next big thing.
This isn’t as much an attempt at humor, as a suggestion for anyone interested in programming the next big thing.
I can’t vouch for the music, or the musician, but this video had me LOL’ing. So many Easter Eggs and funny little bits.
If you were a child in the 80’s perhaps you developed a love of Ninja Reptiles? Maybe you are also a fan of crime fighting flying mammals? You should probably buy the new shirt in the Vlad store then.
OK, so E and I are doing an informal “read a bunch of books” thing, which more or less was my New Year’s resolution (ie. to read more and watch less TV).
I haven’t been as vigilant as I should be, but I suppose that’s beside the point. I just finished Richard Dawkins’ latest book last night, and the Appendix in it is full of a lot of frightening poll information.
First, there’s the polls that have been given intermittently since the early 1980s in the US by Gallup, which repeatedly show around 40% of Americans are creationists who believe that all life on earth was formed as it currently exists today. The shocking part about that is that it’s been consistent over 30 years. It’s never dropped below 40%. And what that shows is willful ignorance in the face of reality. Dawkins writes about school teachers who have children screaming “No!” when they’re told they’re going to be studying evolution. It’s mind-boggling to me that this should be the current state of affairs in this country, but then, I guess I’m not in the 40% creationist camp.
An equally stupefying poll showed that 19% of Britons think that it takes one month for the earth to go around the sun. Is that idiocy or did they conduct these polls before people had their coffee?
In any case, a pretty good read. I was bogged down in the middle section, but I thought his discussion of molecular evolution was excellent, as well as the chapter on vestigial wings and unintelligent design.
Next up is Chuck Klosterman. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. A little light culture reading, like an after dinner mint.
I’m thinking about taking up the piano. And then I see something like this, and I think I should do something else, cause I won’t ever be able to do this. (I’m really good at staring at screens, FYI. I could probably do that for a living pretty easily.)
Anyway, found this on the YouTubes. Flight of the Bumblebee.
And the file is done. Word of warning, I did my designs and tests on thinner paper, so of you print on thicker paper (like photo paper) stuff won’t line up perfectly. Not shabby for my first stab at it though. There are probably free templates I could have use to get started, but that wouldn’t have been as fun.
Do you often find that you wish our fictional characters could be your bestest buds? Or maybe you just wanna sit down to a beer every once in awhile with a misanthropic panda or neurotic mummy? Well, good news! Though you might be slightly insane, you’ll soon have your chance!
I am working on some prototypes right now (read crappy), but I soon hope to have some PDF files that you can download, print, cutout and construct. It could be rad. It could be lame. I guess we shall soon see.
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I am an off and on participant of a weekly sketch group over at PencilJack, and this weeks topics included the worst Sith Lord ever…Darth Maul. Here is my iPhone doodle. Done in Autodesk’s Sketchbook app, in about 15 minutes.