Archive for February, 2008
Dexter Morgan Bobbleheads?
Action Figure Insider reports that Bif Bang Pow has received the rights to make licensed merchandise based off of Showtime’s serial killer series, Dexter. The company plans to start off with a Dexter Morgan bobblehead. ZOMG WTF. I wonder if they’ll make an Ice Truck killer chopped up body action figure like the one left [...]
The Harikikigaki
Japan’s Kyushu National Museum holds a copy of the Harikikigaki — a 16th century medical text of unknown authorship which claimed that diseases were caused by tiny bugs that crawled into the body. The Harikikigaki advises using acupuncture and herbs to deal with the bugs, like the Haisyaku to the right.
Pink Tentacles has scanned illustrations [...]
Justice League Trophy Room Replica - Multi-Colored Kryptonite Display
A few weeks ago I mentioned DC Direct’s Superman cap replica, but this DC Direct Trophy Room Replica is even better than that. Yes, a multi-colored kryptonite display,
If you believe my wife, I’d have to worry about the effects of the Blue Kryptonite. Of course I’d be sleeping on a Green Kryptonite couch for a [...]
WebMynd
For the past 5 years I’ve been using Ken Schutte’s Slogger plugin for Firefox to keep archives of every website I visit. But lately I’ve run into installation issues with Slogger, plus there are a number of important features that I’d like that Slogger doesn’t offer.
The other day I happened to run across WebMynd. WebMynd [...]
Plustek OpticBook 3600
Plustek makes this interesting scanner, the Opticbook 3600, which is designed and marketed specifically for scanning books. According to the comments from buyers at Amazon, the included software is sucks, so expect to buy third party OCR/etc software on top of the $280-$300 price for the scanner.
GoToMyPC.Com
There are certainly cheaper ways to access computers remotely, but for me the dollar cost of using GoToMyPC.com is more than made up by having someone else worry about the details, along with a couple of special features that I haven’t seen in VNC-style applications.
I’ve been using GoToMyPC.com since 2005 to connect to various computers [...]
Book Review: Our Gods Wear Spandex
I’d been anticipating Christopher Knowles’ book Our Gods Wear Spandex for months, ever since it was first solicited in Previews. As the publisher’s description put it, the book would “trace the rise of the comic superheroes and how they relate to several cultural trends in the late 19th century, specifically the occult explosion in Western [...]
Lovecraft Sanity Test
The Howard P. Lovecraft Society has an amusing sanity test on their site.
Lego Kaiju
What could be better than taking Legos and then building Kaiju out of them? Right, nothing.
Lego Godzilla
Lego Mechagodzilla
Lego Mothra
Lego Gamera
OMG, Champions Online
Okay, maybe I will actually stop playing WoW at some point after all. Like maybe Spring 2009 when Cryptic is currently projecting it will launch Champions Online. Hell. Yes.
Somewhere in my basement I’ve got a 1st edition copy of the original Champions from 1981. I forced my grandparents to drive 60 miles to the only [...]
