Posts Tagged ‘crazy awesome’
This Story Has Everything
‘Exorcist’ author, William Peter Blatty, to sue Georgetown University in Catholic court. I’d say more, but now that I know this is possible I have some lawsuits to prepare.
The History of Science Fiction
Displacing this hand-drawn Zork map from my desktop for the first time in years, ladies and gentlemen, the history of science fiction. First saw it you-know-where. Click to enlarge.
Awesome, Awesome, Awesome, Awful
* Talking Points Memo is all over science fiction news today: “New Computer Program Predicts Likelihood Of Violent Civil Unrest Abroad” and Lockheed Martin invents the holodeck.
* Mystery piano appears in Biscayne Bay.
* Insurance Company Drops Cancer Patient And Veteran Because He Accidentally Underpaid By Two Cents.
European-Style Photoblogging
I’ve finally thrown up some photos from our European vacation on Flickr, including (among other things) a lot of shots of those Belgian comics murals we were so taken with. Enjoy, if you’re so inclined…
On Plane Crashes
Deserving of a better post than a quick ‘war on geese’ joke is Thursday’s U.S. Airlines crash, which has really turned out to be a remarkable story. There’s video from a Coast Guard camera on LiveLeak (the crash occurs about two minutes in), as well as properly exultant summaries from Josh Marshall and Edge of the American West.
Manga Watchmen
Manga Watchmen. That’s pretty awesome. Via Tor and Progressive Ruin.
Must-See Bollywood 2010
Bollywood will remake Back To The Future. This is guaranteed to be awesome.
Warning Signs of the Future Revisited
The blog icon for this week is of course shamelessly stolen from the Warning Signs of the Future Flickr group, one of my absolute favorite things on the Internet. That’s why I’m so glad I ran across the Doktor Sleepless wiki this afternoon, which has a similar aesthetic from the minds of Warren Ellis and Ivan Rodriguez. (Information on the series here. Originally via grinding.be.)
In the end I found it necessary to troll the site for every Warning Sign image I could find, which I now happily share with you. So cool.
Most of these originate in a series of variant “warning sign” covers done for issues of the series, which I will now absolutely have to check out, if only because of stuff like this.
Credit Where It’s Due
The awesome LEGO anatomy cutaway I’m using for this week’s blog icon is actually available as a full-size print from Moist Productions. I ask you, world: who among you loves me $59 worth?
2008 Post of the Year
This thread from YayHooray (via MeFi) is easily the coolest thing I’ve linked to this year and possibly the coolest thing I’ve linked to in the entire time I’ve been doing this, with all the great flowcharts and infographics you’ve come to love from years on the innertubes. Some highlights:
this week’s blog icon, the LEGO anatomy chart
probably next week’s blog icon, the gummi anatomy chart
the week after that, sci-fi awesomeness
the interstate highway system as a subway map
your digestive system as a subway map
area codes in which Ludacris claims to have hoes
Sarah Palin pregnancy decision map
the map of Zork that doubles as my desktop
New Jersey invites you to come and see it all
extinction timeline, 1950-2050
narrative map of classic Choose Your Own Adventure novel The Cave of Time
risk perception and actual hazards
a chart of how Americans spend their money that seems to strongly argue for a national salary cap around $100,000
a map of the United States expressed in terms of proximate distance from Knoxville, TN
the Indo-European family tree (and again)
a visual guide to the financial crisis
a flowchart history of Cubism
Keep in mind those are just highlights. This is can’t miss.
Best News I’ve Heard All Day
Best news I’ve heard all day: Wild monkey loose in Japanese subway eludes police.
Project Apollo Archive
Celebrate NASA’s 50th the right way with this huge archive of space-program photographs at Project Apollo Archive. Via Cynical-C.
No Better News
Jeffrey “George Bluth” Tambor: “After months of speculation, I think we have finally figured out for sure that we are indeed doing an Arrested Development movie.” God bless America. That is all.
Gerry Canavan 
