Archive for November, 2008

The Mechanical Contrivium Knows Things You Don’t

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 Posted in Trivia, I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

It's true, it really is, every last friggin' word of it:   Ten Top Trivia Tips about Drunken Smartass!   Drunken Smartass can run sixty-five kilometres an hour - that's really fast. Humans have 46 ... Read more..

Chinese Arithmetic

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Music, Lit/Writ/Crit | 2 Comments »

Look, I am as aware of the vagaries and importances of music history as anyone I know, and I know a lot of music nerds. In fact, I'd go so ... Read more..

Maybe The Corndog Place Is Hiring.

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

The great Goopy made this short comic about the economy that's as cute as you'd expect from his other work, and yet still comes off as a short film. Hmm. Maybe ... Read more..

My Name Is Tony, And I Like To Dance!

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 Posted in Lit/Writ/Crit, I Found This Interesting | 2 Comments »

I wrote a piece for BoingBoing Gadgets on a new kind of motion capture software, into which I manage to shoehorn a digression about pasting ping-pong balls to Tiger Woods' face that ... Read more..

RIP, TRL

Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Game Shows, NYC, Lit/Writ/Crit, I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

You know, I'm totally going to miss Total Request Live. For real. It was the cultural touchstone for a generation, the reason I was late for work when I lived near ... Read more..

Pleased To Meet You.

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

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