January, 2009

  1. Loaded Dice for RPGs

    Chessex sells these novelty Cheat Dice. They’re not actually loaded, but rather they are creatively labeled, Cheat Die set contains: 1 d20 numbered with two “20″s and no “1″ 1 d10 numbered with two “0″s and no “1″ 1 d6 numbered with two “6″s and no “1″ 1 d6 numbered with two “1″s and no…

  2. Dumbest. Batman. Toy. Evar.

    So I was checking out the clearance toy bin at the local Wal-Mart-style chain store and ran across what has to be not only the worst Dark Knight tie-in, but possibly the lamest Batman toy ever. I give you, the Dark Knight Interactive Bat, According to Mattel’s promotional material, Batman Dark Knight Interactive Bat makes…

  3. Boing! Boing! Dumb-And-Resentful?

    Jason Kottke decides to start a meme and Cory Doctorow can’t help but jump on the bandwagon about the WhiteHouse.gov robots.txt file which went from 2,400 lines to 2. Of course there must be some nefarious purpose there or lesson about the closed nature of the Bush administration vs. the new open Obama administration. Kottke…

  4. Academic Freedom Day and A Fair Result

    Apparently the creationists at the Discovery Institute are planning an Academic Freedom Day for Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday, February 12, 2009. On their website, the organizers make much use of this quote from Darwin, A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each…