More Information Than You Require about More Information Than You Require December 25, 2008
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Books are now done, their is no need to print any more. The book jacket for this thing is funnier than every comedy film released in 2008 combined.
Also, while searching google for this book, this is the second image to come up. That is all.
Where’s Santa at? Ask NORAD December 24, 2008
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A tradition built on a 1955 misprinted Sears ad back before NORAD even existed, NORAD Tracks Santa gives children around the world the chance to talk to Santa and find his whereabouts on Christmas Eve. From their website:
For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s Christmas Eve flight.
The tradition began in 1955 after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement for children to call Santa misprinted the telephone number. Instead of reaching Santa, the phone number put kids through to the CONAD Commander-in-Chief’s operations “hotline.” The Director of Operations at the time, Colonel Harry Shoup, had his staff check radar for indications of Santa making his way south from the North Pole. Children who called were given updates on his location, and a tradition was born. To listen to Colonel Shoup talk about the experience, click here.
In 1958, the governments of Canada and the United States created a bi-national air defense command for North America called the North American Aerospace Defense Command, also known as NORAD. NORAD inherited the tradition of tracking Santa.
Since that time, NORAD men, women, family and friends have selflessly volunteered their time to personally respond to Christmas Eve phone calls and emails from children. In addition, we now track Santa using the internet. Last year, millions of people who wanted to know Santa’s whereabouts visited the NORAD Tracks Santa website.
Also, thats probably the most bad ass Christmas logo I’ve ever seen.
You just smack the lip, Hwuuu Paaa! December 24, 2008
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This is my totally unrelated Christmas-eve post. Merry Christmas dude. Who else is going to get so pitted for Christmas?
AHHHHHH! A Bioluminescent Deep-Sea Siphonophore! December 23, 2008
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I think the human race may be in trouble if these Siphonophora ever gain sentience. Its appearance is deceiving: instead of one super freaky undersea organism, this thing actually consists of a whole colony of super freaky organisms behaving like one organsim. In other words, it’s like the Zerg hivemind. These things are often poisonous and can grow to be 40 feet in length. Oh, and the individual organsims that make up a Siphonophora are called zooids, which is one of the best words ever.
Crayon Physics Deluxe Beta Released: Woo Hoo! December 22, 2008
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I knew playing the original a year ago that despite being rough around the edges, Crayon Physics was a brilliant idea. Fast forward to December 2008 and Kloonigames has been hard at work right through the holidays to bring out the first parts of a masterpiece: Crayon Physics Deluxe. Like Portal and Braid before it, Crayon Physics is based on a simple, yet ingenious mechanic: get the ball to the star by drawing things. Not just squares and rectangles like the prototype, but anything that fits on the screen. You can even make simple machines to create pulleys and axles. The possibilities for completing a single level are immense, emergent, and often put a smile on your face. And its hard not to talk about the games entrancing music: usually a small indie game like this can’t hope for much more than to not annoy players with repetitive blips and bloops. Crayon Physics Deluxe out does the rest with an ethereal, enchanting, and incredibly relaxing score that really adds a lot to the experience.
If you want to play something unlike anything you have played before, play Crayon Physics.
Anyone got 80,000$ I can borrow? I want to buy a SPACE SHIP! December 22, 2008
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Being the unabashed Battlestar Galactica nerd that I am, I can’t help but totally geek out to this. This makes me really jealous since I probably won’t be able to afford anything at the auction and also a little sad at the shows passing. At least this show actually got to finish, unlike the ill fated Firefly. I’m probably going to plow through the whole series one last time before the final season starts up on January 17th. Their are some webisodes up right now, and while it’s nice to see the familiar faces of the crew again, I feel a little sad inside just knowing my favorite show of all time is about to come to an end.
Oh, and I really, really want this Raptor. I promise I’ll give it a good home!
This would go on the wall in my living room. These too.
Also perfect for the living room, President Roslin and Admiral Adam’s desks. Round out your Adama/Roslin collection with the model ship Adama smashed and Roslin’s Book of Pythia.
An awesome, Blade Runner-esqe pistol from the show.
Why don’t they just make these into diecast collectibles? I’d buy the whole set if they were reasonably priced.
Plenty of stuff to get your drink on (like half the cast), including Tigh’s liquor bottle and Galactica’s Top Gun mug.
To have had these back during the election.
And of course, I save the best for last. (I could have sworn actor James Callis said he was taking this picture off the set with him).
