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Saturday, June 27, 2009



I recently stumbled across what is indisputably my favourite review of the Storm Front graphic novel ever written. Or poorly translated. Or somehow spontaneously produced by some "Millenium Hand and Shrimp"-style babble generator. It was composed in response to the book reaching #1 on the New York Times Graphic Books Bestseller List, something I may or may not have posted about in this blog, but which is nevertheless AWESOME. *adds to resume, come to think of it*

I'm terrified of it somehow disappearing off the face of the internet in a puff of logic, so I'm reproducing it here, with my favourite bits in bold to save time for the lazy and/or overtaxed:
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The "article" can be found in its original habitat here.

God bless you, internets. Every one.

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Priscilla said at 1:55 PM

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Monday, March 30, 2009



Academic Earth fills me with giddy glee. As described by LifeHacker:
Web site Academic Earth is like Hulu for academic lectures, pulling free lectures from Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, and Yale into one attractive, easy to navigate site. It's incredible.

The site clearly takes its cues from Hulu and iTunes on its design, but it's ten times better than either, because it's open. The videos can be embedded anywhere or downloaded and enjoyed wherever you want to take them. It's easy to use, has tons of great content, and it doesn't cost a dime.
Wow. I am on that like beige on unbleached rice. Now I just have to figure out where to start! Biology? Economics? Psychology? History? I think I'll start with The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877.

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Priscilla said at 9:34 AM

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Saturday, July 19, 2008



Is it just me, or is Domino's Pizza Tracker kind of insane? Order Placed / Prep / Bake / Box / Delivery? "Mohammed began custom-making your order at 9:38 PM"?

More like the Too Much Information Age.

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Priscilla said at 9:45 PM

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008



It's Firefox 3 Download Day! Sooooo.... where's Firefox 3?

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Priscilla said at 9:50 AM

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Monday, February 11, 2008



Anonymous vs Scientology: EPIC WIN.

How am I only hearing about this now? Internets, you have failed me.

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