General Chatter

Wow....

feeds@yuku.com (DRAG0NFLIGHT) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:28:02 GMT

That's all I have to say about this.

Just Wow....

Today's User Friendly - an annual commeration

feeds@yuku.com (robkelk) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:47:42 GMT

http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20091108

Early enough that we should all remember it for Wednesday, I'd think.

Pop Quiz: Anime title or writer's tool?

feeds@yuku.com (robkelk) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:24:48 GMT

Write Or Die

Where Mal's Been The Last Six Weeks

feeds@yuku.com (M Fnord) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:34:49 GMT

So, hi guys. It's been a while. So you're probably wondering where the hell I've been since September.

Long story short, I've been in the hospital for an unidentified viral infection. I spent most of that time under heavy sedation in intensive care, so details are kinda vague. I'm still in, in fact, in rehab. Hopefully I'll be recovered enough to go home in a couple more weeks.

So that's where I've been. I'll be a bit more active in the...

Mr. Sangnoir, you have a call from the LHC...

feeds@yuku.com (robkelk) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:16:44 GMT

The Register: 'Something may come through' dimensional 'doors' at LHC

Okay, their possible portal doesn't last for very long... but Doug could keep it open for a while, right?

(And now that I've called it a portal, I have to wonder what kind of cake their cafeteria serves... )

One reason to love flight sims...

feeds@yuku.com (Logan Darklighter) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:57:16 GMT

... is the crazy stuff you could NEVER get away with in real life!

^_^

(Oh...

lol-kzin?

feeds@yuku.com (VladimirTherin) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:52:06 GMT

http://www.webscription.net//news.aspx?showarticle=98

Window 7....

feeds@yuku.com (Rod H) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:18:24 GMT

I can live with it.....on my laptop at least. As my laptops a HP/Compaq pre-vista -but coulda had it new- machine, with some non-factory tweeks. I decided to grab a retail copy of Win7 pro (tax refund at work) and squeeze it in there. Not something straightforward as some may like. For the widely trumpeted "No XP upgrade for you!" is true, and using the on-disc migration tool is a challenge when it keeps on crashing due to ffdshow errors and a flaky dvd-r drive. I ended up putting...

Aerial View of Ares I-X Flight Test

feeds@yuku.com (Bob Schroeck) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:15:56 GMT

This is a little bland at the beginning, but starting at about 3 minutes in, the footage starts getting spectacular.� Check out the shock wave cloud around the falling booster at one point.� It gets so clear and crisp that you almost think you're watching CGI footage.

ROFL of the day: "Mars Action Hero"

feeds@yuku.com (Bob Schroeck) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:45:55 GMT

From this article about the Mars Science Lab:

MSL has class. It's not going to arrive on Mars huddled and asleep, cocooned in wussy airbags. No, MSL is going to arrive in style: on a jetpack.

That's right. After its heatshield (the largest ever flown to another planet) withstands a fiery entry and is discarded, and its parachute

OK, now this is really cool (3,512,745th edition)

feeds@yuku.com (Bob Schroeck) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:39:35 GMT
Movie narrative charts at xkcd.

Earth hit by asteroid that yielded a 50-kiloton explosion...

feeds@yuku.com (Bob Schroeck) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:16:02 GMT
...last month.

Fall anime Season

feeds@yuku.com (ordnance11) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:57:25 GMT
I've been watching Nyan Koi and for romantic comedies this one is pretty hilarious.

Anyone else have any anime series they'd like to recommend?

Neon Genesis Stratocaster

feeds@yuku.com (robkelk) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:52:28 GMT
And Telecaster

1/8 scale available from GAINAX, full-size available from Fender.

(Now, if I had a 1/8 scale Yuki Nagano figure, I'd know what axe to give her... )

RightStuf sale thread Redux

feeds@yuku.com (robkelk) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:36:43 GMT
After a long run of book sales, RightStuf has finally remembered it's an anime-sales company...

40% off list for DVDs and BluRays, and 33% off list for CDs and books, on Bandai titles, until November 9. Details and coupon code.

Looking for Mr. Fusion

feeds@yuku.com (Stephen Mann) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:52:17 GMT
Many years ago, I read a short story about a man who sold a mysterious black box device called Mr. Fusion (I think). This box, about the size of a cube refridgerator, allegedly could power a 4-person home for 100 years without refeuling. The box was trapped to self-destruct when tampered with, and since the company refused to comment on the fuel or process by which the energy was created, is was a true mystery to everybody how it worked. The box sold for $1000, and proceeded to destroy the...

For those who speak no Italian...

feeds@yuku.com (Bob Schroeck) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:12:44 GMT
...and no English either: an Italian pop song that's supposed to sound like English, but is nonsense in both languages:

"Freezing Cold, and Ants and I Chew Soul", aka "Prisencolinensinainciusol"

Movie-Map

feeds@yuku.com (robkelk) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:18:28 GMT
Today's UF Link of the Day is Movie-Map - The tourist map of movies. Give it the title of a movie you liked, and it'll give you other movie titles that you might like as well. They're presented in a "cloud" - the closer two movie titles are to each other, the more likely somebody who liked one will like the other.

The really cool thing about the site is that you get to see the titles moving around in the...

I want one of these

feeds@yuku.com (VladimirTherin) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:53:45 GMT
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/

I imagine amazon is kind of pissy right now.

The inset lcd screen seems like such an obvious touch I wonder why no one has thought of it before.

Warning, warning: Geek levels approaching critical mass!

feeds@yuku.com (OpMegs) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:31:53 GMT
Literally.

You could make a drinking game out of recognizing all the references involved.