The future is a scary place. Sometimes I think I would rather have a post apocalyptic future than the one we are headed towards. Technology is bringing us closer to the world of Minority Report when it comes to big brother and advertising.
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via EFF
I saw that title somewhere else and I got all uppity and thought, “Keyboard Cat is so 4 months ago.”
Of course, then I saw the screen cap below and I did a spit take. That’s your mission for the rest of the day, see how many people you can annoy doing spit takes.
via Laughing Squid
I can’t wait for the inevitable T-shirt.
Here’s something to inspire you should you require it:
Actually, given the options, it’s impossible to be a swamp dragon.*
Oh, sorry – haven’t I told you what this is about yet? Well, those of an age to will remember fondly those books where you chose what type of adventure you could have by responding to various options and turning to the appropriate page. For those that they needed a little more, Steve Jackson came up with a whole series which required you to roll a die and take note of changing numbers… Dungeons and Dragons for the literati, essentially.
Given the internet and the state of computers and the graphic abilities thereof, you would have thought this sort of game would have died off. Not so. A couple of guys by the names of Dan Fabulich and Adam Strong-Morse have come up with “Choice of the Dragon”, a corking choose-your-own-adventure of the simple type.
Simple, it may be, but it’s definitely involved and engaging enough to hold you to the end. It’s not a massive game, but it does hold replay value. I certainly want to know what could have turned out differently, had I made a different choice here or there.
You jump straight in, being attacked by a knight and his steed. Once he’s dealt with, you answer a couple of questions and then it’s back into living the life of a dragon…
What’re you waiting for? Go give it a shot!
*Swamp dragons, for the uninitiated, are runty little sort-of dragons that have, as their main defence mechanism, the ability to fatally explode. Obviously, this is a good trait for the species as a whole, not the remains of the particular dragon settling over the landscape in smouldering little lumps.
Yes, I’m paraphrasing Terry Pratchett.
Ever seen photographs of rake-thin models with cheekbones that could slash holes in cement, teetering along a catwalk in some bizarre outfit and wondered, “what the hell was the designer thinking of??”
I mean, take these shoes – what on earth could have been the inspiration for them?*
Well, wonder no more. Someone has been diligently applying themselves to the inherent mathematical nature of things and posting them on the web for all to see. For example, here’s is one such fashionista’s 1+1=2:
Well, now we know just what went through Viktor & Rolf’s minds – apart from fresh air. More to be seen over at Fashematics.com.
Thanks to Madragoran for the fab find!
* Probably something that involved S&M, or a desire to see how gullible people are. Or both. Probably both.
Unless this is yer first time around the internet, you know about the Cheeseburger phenomenon. Ye know, lolcats. If not, and you came here first, I call ‘fibber!’
The thing is, it’s not just cats, walruses and the like; there’s a whole network of the damn things, from cute animals and babies (an oxymoron in my book) to annoying celebs and socially inept folk. Okay, okay, here’s a link to the whole damn lot, then…
Of course, with everything being as it is, no sooner does something become a ‘phenomenon’, but there will be parodies, tributes and outright rip-offs galore all suddenly jockeying fer position in the limelight. With that in mind, take a gander at these and see if ye can spot the theme…
Yeah. It’s not rocket science, is it? Oh, and many apologies if yer one of those that’s arachnophobic. If yer not, then why not swing over to ROFLSpiders and bask in the creepy sarcasm of a new site in its early days.
Courtesy of Geekologie.
