Day: October 23, 2006

The Ultimate Nerf-Mod &mdash the Fast Action Rifle

Last week I mentioned the coolest Nerf gun you can actually buy in stores. Well, there’s an even cooler Nerf gun, but its built entirely from scratch — the Fast-Action Rifle.

This is custom bolt-action Nerf gun that is awe-inspring in the detail. For example, check out the video of firing the gun, where the “shell casing” for the Nerf projectile is ejected with the bolt action.

Awesome.

The Postmodern Language Association’s Alternative Citation Standards

For the researchers out there, The Postmodern Language Association has a nice resource for citing those usually hard-to-reference quotes that you might need to include in your next missive. For example,

When citing epithets hollered out car windows:

  1. Describe the vehicle from which epithet emanated
    (approximations are acceptable in cases of great speed).
  2. Identify the location where the incident occurred (see #1).
  3. List the date incident occurred (see #1).

Example: “Hey Buddy, who the F*CK taught you how to drive?” [Large Delivery-Type Truck, Near Main and Chicago Streets; Evanston, IL:
March 5, 1999.]

Peer review that.