http://www.darw1n.net/index.php babblings ! Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:50:50 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss092 darwin@darw1n.net darwin@darw1n.net en So Valve just released the next big update for TF2 which included new achievements and weapons for the Heavy. One of the new weapons was previewed in the Meet the Scout video, the Sandvich. And to properly introduce this weapon, they went ahead and made it it's own video, which ... http://www.darw1n.net/index.php?p=1579&c=1 Click on the intro to read the rest of "BRAGGHRRAHHEEEEOHHERRRRRURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!" A nice pretty color version exists but I've decided to upload the black and white version for, uh, posterity. The whole thing is a submission for a Finnish comic magazine. So, I've been teaching at English Language ... http://www.darw1n.net/index.php?p=1578&c=1 Haven't done an anti-PETA post for a while, so here's PETA's blog talking about how they wanted to run an ad in a paper comparing the greyhound bus beheading in Canada to slaughterhouses. The newspaper declined to run it, but PETA still have it posted. And just cuz ... http://www.darw1n.net/index.php?p=1577&c=1 I've discovered another webcomic that has, in the course of 24 hours, proven itself very worthwhile. This morning I began reading some of the archives of Hijinks Ensue. The comic content is similar to Penny Arcade, but it is usually less obscure. I had a originally found a post ... http://www.darw1n.net/index.php?p=1576&c=1 Kinda surprised Fosterave didn't post this already, but here's a rap video made by some folks working at CERN, explaining what the Large Hadron Collider will do. There's an accompanying blog post that explains a lot of how it came to be. Edit: That reminds me, when do we wish ... http://www.darw1n.net/index.php?p=1575&c=1 This is pretty crazy... I thought the investigations into the anthrax mailings had pretty much dead-ended, but apparently the suspect killed himself just after being informed that he would have charges filed against him. I really thought nothing would ever come of this. And again, my apologies for ... http://www.darw1n.net/index.php?p=1574&c=1 There's going to be a new Robocop movie. My parents wouldn't let me see the original Robocop's. Something about them being to violent (apparently they were rated X for gore when they first came out). Even though the first was forgotten, the new version looks interesting because of the new ... http://www.darw1n.net/index.php?p=1573&c=1 I found a great webcomic: Medium Large. Solid art, good humor, lots of pop culture references. Not as funny as Marmaduke, but close. (Yes, that was sarcasm). http://www.darw1n.net/index.php?p=1572&c=1 I'm cross-posting this from the 356w blog partly because it's awesome, and partly because a friend of mine is running for State Representative. Though the only democrat running in a Massachusetts precinct, it is in fact one of the few Republican strongholds in the state (about 80% Roman Catholic ... http://www.darw1n.net/index.php?p=1571&c=1 Just for kicks, you can buy swimsuits and underwear with butt padding here. I would also introduce you to the following marvelous sentence: "Kenneth Christman was the dynamic and visionary founder of Butt For You." Splendid. Sadly, he was not quite visionary enough to pad the front. ... http://www.darw1n.net/index.php?p=1570&c=1