Monday, May 10, 2010

You know you've found a fun game when...

... you wait until the kids go to bed, then have best of five tournaments. Star Wars Guess Who is so much fun. Sometimes we even let the kids play.

Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Sung to the tune of "These are a Few of My Favorite Things..."

Loved the alt-text in today's xkcd:

Telescopes and bathyscapes and sonar probes of Scottish lakes,
Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse explained with abstract phase-space maps,
Some x-ray slides, a music score, Minard's Napoleonic war:
The most exciting new frontier is charting what's already here.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

(Dr) Who ya gunna vote for?

Gacked from Adina
Featuring Sean Pertwee ( Jon Pertwee's son) talking about what his father use to say and David Tennant doing the voice over at the end.
How many Dr who in jokes can you jam into one election ad? *boggle*

Monday, April 12, 2010

The new Bros, or "Where's the angst?"



They are teenagers, so by definition they should be full of angst. They are singing a song about a man cracking up under pressure. So why do I feel like this is being sung by people with big happy smiles on their faces, waving their arms in the air?

Here is how I think it should be done. Oh, and get those kids off my lawn!