07.03.08
Angr * E
(category: Arts)Kinda saw it coming, but people are angry about the fascistic liberal agenda of Wall*E. Probably the only thing I didn't like about the movie was that I got a little bored with the preachiness, but still. Oh, and if you haven't seen it, do so.
posted by Shaun @ 19:47:37
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07.02.08
Hitch
(category: Academia)Fascinating/scary article written by Christopher Hitchens, who volunteered to be waterboarded. He gets pretty f-ed up pretty fast, as you can tell in the video. If you're not interested in the details of the experience (pretty much nothing like I thought), he lists some interesting pro- and con-waterboarding arguments at the end of the article.
Additionally, here's an interesting interview with him covering a range of anti-religious topics. He makes some pretty good points, albeit sounding like rather an asshole when he does. Still makes me kind of curious to read his book though.
Lastly, here's an anti-(C)hanukkah article by same. It kind of skips around, but satisfies the need for some sort of anti-theist writing that skewers something other than Christianity, the lack of which has bugged me of late. Still, I think that is perhaps unduly bolstering my opinion of an otherwise lackluster article. I shall have to check back when I am less thankful.
posted by Shaun @ 21:59:16
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Glad I bought a DS...
(category: Geek)...because something amazing is coming. Remake or sequel?
update: Joystiq has confirmed Chrono Trigger DS for the upcoming holiday season. I'm okay with that.
The remake supposedly contains more artwork from the original artist (Akira Toriyama), dual-screen functionality, a new dungeon, and a wireless play mode.
posted by darwin @ 01:31:22
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06.30.08
Rumors
(category: General)Depressing article about just how many people are whole-heartedly believing the many rumors about Obama. I'm not a super-fan, but seriously? Born in Africa and becoming president so he can bring his family here illegally? C'mon, now. I'd actually be reasonably happy if McCain would take a second to shoot some of these things down, not that I think he really will. Seems like the honorable thing to do. But yeah, the ever-fantastic snopes.com's #1 article for weeks has been the one listing the many rumors and shooting them down, one by one.
posted by Shaun @ 20:54:02
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Redemption
(category: Bloggism)An article on the background of the whole Metallica debacle, as previously blogged on. Apparently the band weren't too happy about it. The interview is with the editor of the review that held out the longest before taking it down. He's actually benefited from the whole thing, he now admits, because Metallica have offered him an interview as an apology, whereas he couldn't have gotten one before, being from too small a publication. He's quite good at pointing out the band had nothing to do with it... he suggests American PR companies' egos are in fact to blame.
posted by Shaun @ 20:05:43
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06.28.08
Diablo III!!!!!!!!!!
(category: General)Holy crap! The page won't even load, but as far as I've been told, the big blizzard announcement was Diablo III. You can check out the dead link here or refer to the page Shaun linked to in the previous post. I'm pumped and just praying it will run on my macbook.
p.s. http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/ is working well and has both a cinematic teaser and a gameplay trailer that shows just how awesome this will be.
posted by darwin @ 08:40:26
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06.25.08
Blizz
(category: Geek)If you go here, you can either listen to or read an interview with the lead developer for Starcraft II. It's pretty interesting, and focuses mostly on the zerg.
At diablofans.com, they're going all kinds of bonkers over a supposed big "reveal" coming up. I guess there're diablo runes hidden in a splash graphic on Blizz's webpage, and they kinda look like they might form a pentagram, and who knows what else. Apparently the Blizzard Invitational is coming up or something, so who knows. Keep an eye on? Sure. Get too excited? Nah.
posted by Shaun @ 19:34:51
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Big John
(category: Rocks)This is just in case Josh was thinking of ever coming back to the states.
posted by Shaun @ 19:01:03
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06.20.08
McCain
(category: General)Good and amusing article about John McCain and his election strategies. It goes on for a bit, but if you find it too long I'd still recommend skimming it for the author's interviews with supporters at rallies: they're pretty classic.
Here.
posted by Shaun @ 22:15:34
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06.18.08
Requiem For a Day Off
(category: Random)::unoriginal::
posted by darwin @ 01:27:41
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06.16.08
Norwegian Wood
(category: Arts)Though by no means my favorite, I have long thought Victor Wooten probably the best bassist alive. Well, now there's proof.
posted by Shaun @ 20:40:35
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06.10.08
Paper
(category: General)Interesting article about scientists who have created paper tougher than cast iron. I was most surprised that they suggest the final product potentially being cheaper than regular paper. Since J does science and science did this, I congratulate J on his amazing discovery. Yay J!
posted by Shaun @ 19:35:42
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Lazer Collection
(category: Geek)Stumbled upon this interesting animation through a link on Weebl's. It's one of those "this is too stupid to not be funny" things I seem to be so fond of lately. Be sure to check out the second one, and the Mr. Octagonapus remix.
posted by Chris @ 08:40:32
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06.09.08
Coda -- Metallica
(category: General)EDIT: Metallica have named their new album "Death Magnetic" and you can listen to a couple clips from it here.
Apparently the reviews I posted earlier were taken down because Metallica's lawyers forced them to. I guess they brought music reviewers over to listen to the album, did not have them sign non-disclosure agreements or anything like it, then got pissed cuz they posted music reviews online. I'm sure Metallica themselves had crap to do with much of this, but still, what the hell?
posted by Shaun @ 21:49:54
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06.08.08
Poached
(category: General)NYTimes has an article on how, in Tanzania, people are pretty literally poaching albinos. Albino humans. It's pretty f-ed up.
posted by Shaun @ 10:47:05
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