Archive for August 19th, 2008
Blik Super Mario Wall Decals
I’m considering getting a set of Super Mario Blik Wall Decals for my office — which is essentially a gutted 1950s dorm suite filled with cubicles and a few desks. It has a very East German feel to it.
Tags: Blik, Nintendo, Super Mario Bros, Video Games
Damon Brown’s Porn and Pong
Damon Brown has written a book, Porn and Pong, on the nexus of pornography and video games in the computer era, that deals with “how politics, hidden agendas, and financial pressure affect the controversial art forms of gaming and pornography.” Whatever.
Check out the cover art,
Three Way Chess
I have no idea how it’s played, but MeIgnorant has some interesting shots of a three-player chess variant.
Hmm…now the next time my wife gives me a strange look after I ask her if she wants to join me in a three-way, I can act all indignant and insist I was only talking about chess.
Tags: Chess, Chess Variants
DC Direct Green Lantern Power Battery Prop
In brighest day, in darkest night . . . well, you get the idea. DC Direct has released a couple Green Lantern Power Battery replicas in the past, but this puppy is the first one they’ve done in metal. This one will, sadly, retail for $395, which means I’m probably never going to own one. Oh well.
I can console myself with the pictures of my kids and I at the zoo with our (plastic) power rings and me in my Green Lantern shirt. A one family Green Lantern Corps.
Tags: DC Direct, Green Lantern, Replicas, Toys
Extension/Script to Fix Firefox Spellchecker?
Firefox’s spellchecker works just fine, but the way it highlights misspellings with a series of red dots underneath the misspelled word is a usability nightmare IMO. I hate it. I regularly miss misspelled words because it is so easy to miss the red dots.
Anyone know of an extension or Greasemonkey script that can modify how misspelled words are highlighted?
Tags: Firefox
Pascal’s Wager via Jack Chick Parody
This Jack Chick parody is one of the best illustrations of the problems with Pascal’s Wager I’ve ever seen (and it is odd to see how popular Pascal’s Wager remains with naive theists).
Tags: Atheism, Jack Chick, Pascal's Wager, Religion