December 2008
3 Smart Things About Sleeping Late →
Arguments about why sleeping late and waking late is GOOD for you.
Group moves people into foreclosed houses →
via Boing Boing.
Build A Net Gun →
Source comments that, apart from some jiggery-pokery with a heat gun or propane torch, it’s really just “a lot of sawing, wrenching, gluing and swearing” (via Gizmodo).
Twit 4 Dead: more silly nonsense with Twitter... →
This guy made four Twitter bots, which act out a game of Left 4 Dead, acting as the four survivors. They interact with each other as well. Really awesome (via Kotaku).
Qwinn's PS:T mods →
Mods for Planescape Torment that patch the game, add more content, and make it generally better (via the Escapist).
Top Technology Breakthroughs of 2008 →
Wired lists the top ten tech breakthroughs of the year. Some of these are pretty impressive. Makes me wish I’d sorted out my feed-reader problems sooner.
Irony: Giant Snow Globes Recalled, Might Burn Down... →
2008 Gift Haul
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Not too bad, considering that the Macbook I got a couple of months ago is also counted as a generous early Christmas present! It does sort of look like my mum and her partner are trying to tell me to do something in 2009 though.
… Train your dog? :P
My own:
Satchel and laptop bag (which is about twice the size of my laptop!) (from my sister)
Lots of...
Audie Murphy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
Seriously hardcore dude. Read here to learn why I found him in the Real Life section on TVTropes’ One Man Army page.
Dma-SC - The First Blip-Blop Noel
Originally...
Another Isolated Incident →
A twelve-year-old girl in Texas (I think) is grabbed by police who think she’s a prostitute, and beaten up. Three weeks later, she’s arrested for resisting arrest. Good Lord (via Boing Boing).
WatchRC Helicopter Modded 45 Caliber Handgun Will Probably End In Disaster (Gizmodo)
THE CANTOS OF MVTABILITIE: The Old Irish Verbal... →
nosmo:
Also known as ‘the most demanding intellectual challenge I have experienced in eight years at Oxford University.’
In short, the Old Irish verbal system nearly did for me. I teach this language to postgraduates, and I simply can’t hold it in my head all in one go, without constantly revising it. Now this is of course in part due to my appalling laziness, but some blame has to be ascribed...
The Brainy Gamer: Dissonance →
An article discussing how dissonance in games (not musical necessarily) could lead to more enjoyment in games, provided the game has a proper sense of immersion.
Essentially, dissonace will crop up, no matter what. So, we should try to make it part of the experience, rather than trying to paper over the cracks and wheel the sofa in front of them.
Of course, that just my reading of it (via...
Daniel Pemberton TV Orchestra - Horny Old Man
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Word Journal →
nostrich:
Everyone loves words. Especially Linguistics students. So when my tutor (Lynne Murphy, by the way, for fellow Linguists) suggested a word journal as an extra credit project, I jumped all over it. This isn’t it, but it’s borne from the same idea, except with more collaboration. (Name is subject to change on the grounds that it’s boring, apparently. Jeez.)
At the moment, it’s Inky,...
Dances With Penguins →
A wonderful article explaining fandom, in this case from a fanfic writer’s perspective. Mostly the same as what I experience, but remove all the references to fanfic and replace them with discussions about games, comics, and anime (via Wil Wheaton).
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peroty:
Nine Inch Noëls
Via The...
