Stefanos Karagos has an interesting method for using mind-mapping tools like FreeMind or Inspiration to diagram books for later study, review and recall.
Month: January 2007
The Lamest Superheroes Ever?
Wandered across this list of the top 10 lamest superheroes ever.
At Number 7 they have what I would have put at No. 1 — Matter Eater Lad. Matter Eater Lad can eat anything. The choice detail the Pop Culture Addict leaves out is that whoever created this abomination added the detail that he was from the planet Bismoll (ugh).
Of all the lame members that DC created for the Legion of Super-Heroes, Matter Eater Lad is definitely the worst. But everyone has a bad day — even the best comics contain a few bad ideas here and there.
What made matters worse was that Matter Eater Lad was a part of the LSH for almost 11 years (from 1963 to 1974), though his unique abilities meant he wasn’t actually in the stories very often.
Finally they wrote him out of the book and sent him off to political office on Bismoll.
Shakespearean Insult Generator
The Shakesepare Insult generator, generates a fresh Shakespearean insult with each page refresh.
The Grand List of Console Role Playing Game Cliches
This is an exhaustive list of common cliches found in console RPGs. It would be more amusing if console RPGs didn’t universally suck, but this does a good job of documenting why the suck so bad.
Happy Hour Is 9 to 5
Okay, I have to admit the first time I ran across Alexander Kjerulf’s Positive Sharing site, I assumed it was probably a bunch of bulls*** management nonsense. Kjerulf’s message is about how to be happy and create happiness at work.
He’s written a book on the topic which says it all, Happy Hour is 9 to 5. The book can be read completely online, and is also available for sale in print and PDF versions at Lulu.Com.
A lot of the book is advice about how not to create workplaces that grind people down, and why that’s a lot more effective than the sort of places we all hate to work. I’m not saying it’s a revolutionary book that will change everything, but it Kjerulf has a very interesting perspective and concrete ideas that are worth taking a look at.
The Ozmapolitan
Hungry Tiger Press has scanned and uploaded copies of The Ozmapolitan — a short newspaper that was first published in 1904 to promote the publication of The Marvelous Land of Oz. The newspaper gimmick was used again in 1905, and then discontinued until 1926 when it was published three times to promote new Oz books by Ruth Plumly.
The Hungry Tiger Press site also features three issues from the 1960s and 1970s done to promote reissues of Oz books, and several that Hungry Tiger Press itself did to promote its Oz-related releases.