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Tuesday, June 21

Infographic: Taking Down Terrorists

This is one of my favorite infographics, because it details much of the tactics in my current Delta Green campaign (from The Atlantic):

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Saturday, February 27

This song is now stuck in my head

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Friday, February 19

Mystery Science Theatre 3000 Presents Jack Chick's "Dark Dungeons"!

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Friday, February 12

Aliens Rap

This...this is a thing of beauty:

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Thursday, February 4

10 Places You Can't Go in the World

Just in case you thought there were no mysteries left in the world. more

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Thursday, December 3

Eight Ways In-Vitro Meat will Change Our Lives

Gross and yet...somehow inspiring. more

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Saturday, October 31

The Adventures of Lil Cthulhu

The best summary of the Call of Cthulhu universe, ever.

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Friday, October 9

This "Pillow" Scares Me

Funktionide Part II from eltopo on Vimeo.

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Friday, October 2

How to Survive an Alien Attack

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Tuesday, September 1

This is Awesome

The Sixth Sense is a wearable, gestural interface. I've dreamed about this sort of technology since I was a kid. more

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Thursday, July 2

This. Is. Gross.


Fortunately, someone figured out what it (they) is (are). That doesn't make it any less bizarre.

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Saturday, June 6

Where the Hell is Matt?

It's sappy, I know. But it brings a smile to my face every time.




If you watch enough times, you start to see little things, like the way people dance, what's in the background, who is in the crowd...

Maybe I'm watching it too much. That's okay, I don't care. It makes me happy. And Brenden happy. Brenden will now share his thoughts: yhjgi ih jnhjc.

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Tuesday, April 21

American Stonehenge

The strangest monument in America looms over a barren knoll in northeastern Georgia. Five massive slabs of polished granite rise out of the earth in a star pattern. The rocks are each 16 feet tall, with four of them weighing more than 20 tons apiece. Together they support a 25,000-pound capstone. Approaching the edifice, it's hard not to think immediately of England's Stonehenge or possibly the ominous monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Built in 1980, these pale gray rocks are quietly awaiting the end of the world as we know it. [MORE]

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Wednesday, April 15

What's In the Box?

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Wednesday, April 8

Square Butts Burger King Music Video with SpongeBob Square Pants



Ze goggles...ZEY DO NAHTING!

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Friday, March 27

Beware Data Rot!

Data rot refers mainly to problems with the medium on which information is stored. Over time, things like temperature, humidity, exposure to light, being stored not-very-good locations like moldy basements, make this information very difficult to read. The second aspect of data rot is actually finding the machines to read them. And that is a real problem. If you think of the 8-track tape player, for example, basically the only way you can find 8-track cartridges is in a flea market or a garage sale. The problem, strangely enough, is not so bad on the older stuff, but quite bad on the more recent stuff. So we can read tapes here at the museum that are 50 years old. [MORE]

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Tuesday, March 17

Do You Suffer from Flying Polyps?

If so, then you need ELDER SIGN (tm)!

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Thursday, March 5

Lovecraftian School Board Member Wants Madness Added To Curriculum

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Arguing that students should return to the fundamentals taught in the Pnakotic Manuscripts and the Necronomicon in order to develop the skills they need to be driven to the very edge of sanity, Arkham school board member Charles West continued to advance his pro-madness agenda at the district's monthly meeting Tuesday. [MORE]

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Sunday, March 1

The Cute Cat Theory Talk at ETech

As I always suspected, where technology goes, its earliest adopters are porn. This theory is expanded to include activism as a close second. In short, your technology is not successful until it's used to foment rebellion and distribute porn. [MORE]

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Saturday, February 28

Cthulhu Gets Loose

Octupus An octopus today managed to pry loose a water-control valve at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium, flooding the facility with more than 200 gallons of saltwater. [MORE]

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