Omnomnomnibus

Stop SOPA. Stop PIPA.

2012-01-17T23:06:00.000-08:00

This post will remain, long after the blackouts of January 18th have come and gone.

SOPA and PIPA are closely-related bills in the US legislature that, if passed, will cripple the Internet. They are scheduled to go up for a vote on January 24th.

This is not a drill.

Google: End Piracy, Not Liberty: sign the petition
StopTheWall.us: protest about PIPA directly to your senator

Learn about the bills (SOPA, PIPA) and make yourself heard.

Is Kim Jong Il?

2011-12-18T21:46:00.000-08:00

No, he's dead.

...and this:

This would be a good time to have that popular revolution you've been sitting on, North Korea. :3

Anigifferous V

2011-12-13T21:01:00.000-08:00

Goddamnit, I have so many of these built up....

I think I have an addiction to anigifs. ;_;

(╯°□°）╯︵

Madder

2011-10-28T21:00:00.000-07:00

St. Louis Cardinals beat Texas Rangers to win 2011 World Series

Hey Rangers, u mad?

GTA

2011-10-23T21:46:00.000-07:00

...is a great collection of games with much to be said for their design, drama, and entertainment value.

Add a little hacking and some Yakety Sax, and now you've got a real masterpiece.

I cannot watch this for more than 30 seconds at a time without laughing my ass off.

Libya is an Obamanation

2011-10-22T21:32:00.000-07:00

Yes, I know it was a NATO airstrike and Obama didn't have any direct call on the situation, but the FARK snark was too good to pass up.

Congratulations, Libya. :3

This is exactly how I feel.

2011-10-14T20:40:00.000-07:00

Vis a vis the kicking guy, not the kickee.

Meanwhile in Sweden

2011-10-05T21:15:00.000-07:00

Flying Jacob

O_o Woah, Sweden. Jesus.

Photoessays

2011-09-17T17:55:00.000-07:00

Another reason I love the Internet; photographic essays of every topic, every culture, every discovery, every event. You used to have to get a copy of Time or National Geographic to see the collections of professional photographers embedded in exotic locales. Now you can GIS anything... but, even better than that, you can browse the accumulated work of some of the best photographers that journalism can send around the world. Time Magazine has thousands of collections archived on its site, some going back as far as the 1930s (or farther; I haven't gotten through all of them). The New York Times, LA Times, and Chicago Tribune have done the same, among countless others. New work is being added every day, expanding the horizons of anyone with a machine and a connection. And, of course, you don't have to stack your favorite works of photojournalism on the bookshelf anymore. :D

Here's Boston.com's "The Big Picture", one of my favorites.

Never know what meme fodder you'll find.

TOO cute

2011-09-09T18:54:00.000-07:00

...aaaand a spare, for use in office emergencies:

Huskies

2011-09-08T21:22:00.000-07:00

Because Mishka.
<3

Daleks

2011-09-08T18:59:00.000-07:00

Anigifferous IV

2011-09-07T13:56:00.000-07:00

Meanwhile 4: U.S. Edition

2011-09-06T15:30:00.000-07:00

Webcomics YAY

2011-09-05T19:14:00.000-07:00

INERTIA IS A PROPERTY OF MATTER

2011-09-04T14:41:00.000-07:00

BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL!

Meanwhile 3: World Tour

2011-09-03T15:21:00.000-07:00

"Meanwhile" might be my favorite meme.

Obamarama

2011-09-02T21:34:00.000-07:00

The man is just so f*cking photogenic. XD

The Machine Taunts You

2011-08-31T05:06:00.000-07:00

...laughing at your biological dependency on foodstuffs.

Meanwhile 2: Russian Boogaloo

2011-08-30T15:17:00.000-07:00

Why? Because it's Russia.

Leisure Diving

2011-08-29T15:04:00.000-07:00

I think "planking" and "owling" and whatever the fuck the media decide is the next big photo fad are all stupid as hell. Leisure diving, however, I can appreciate.

Creativity~!

LOLJesus

2011-08-28T07:00:00.000-07:00

Well, he is.

2011-08-27T14:59:00.000-07:00

I fucking LOVE Earthbound/Mother.

NERRRRRDS

2011-08-27T14:54:00.000-07:00

Take THAT.

Just like that.

2011-08-21T22:01:00.000-07:00

Go, Libya, go!

Dog + Not a Dog

2011-08-18T20:35:00.000-07:00

Mine.

I've got you, kid.

Say Wat Again

2011-08-13T14:41:00.000-07:00

Office Shenanigans

2011-07-23T15:05:00.001-07:00

I want to work there. ;_;

Just put on your Cool Face

2011-07-21T09:28:00.000-07:00

This is just a little bit of why I might like an office job. (Not everything at Worklols.com is funny, but the cool face gets me every time.)

I always DID feel bad doing that...

2011-07-20T17:05:00.000-07:00

Especially in the Star Road levels, where losing Yoshi was a necessary step several times to make the damn jump. Damnit.

Notes

2011-07-18T20:50:00.000-07:00

Those last two only strengthen my resolve to never steal from co-workers.

Signs

2011-07-17T12:39:00.000-07:00

Nightflying For The Lulz

2011-07-16T15:43:00.000-07:00

Storage of Babies

2011-07-14T16:28:00.000-07:00

But if you speak a language other than these three, it is just fine to store your baby in tupperware.

Spiderman again

2011-07-13T07:07:00.000-07:00

Love

2011-07-12T09:13:00.000-07:00

There is nothing stronger than love.

TODAY IS QUEX DAY

2011-07-08T11:45:00.000-07:00

(Congress will see this madness!)

Yep.

2011-06-29T17:40:00.000-07:00

For The LulzSec

2011-06-24T22:10:00.000-07:00

So,

...is boning...

...ostensibly because...

...and everybody wants to be...

...and also probably because...

...and all just in time to fill the gap between hockey and football. :D

THIS IS A SMAMMICH

2011-06-22T19:02:00.000-07:00

I imagine I will need to show this smammich to people in the future. Ergo, posting it:

SMAMMICH

(That's all.)

It's Hi-dog.

2011-05-30T19:57:00.000-07:00

I cannot explain why this image fascinates me so much. Something about the spacing between the eyes.

For Every Occasion

2011-05-28T20:27:00.000-07:00

All of these have been useful to me at one time or another.

For The Lulz

2011-05-16T16:03:00.000-07:00

Hell fuck yes. Phoenix lights 2.0, here we go.

In unrelated shenanigans:

...this is fairly innocuous in the daytime, but rig it up with some LEDs and go flying in the steady desert night winds:

...equals:

Model planes and other small fliers do a good job, too:

But, in any case:

DO IT.

Batman Returns Again

2011-05-07T21:18:00.000-07:00

Batpug by Kristin Palach

And a few more...

2011-05-02T23:07:00.000-07:00

From the slew of hilarity that spawned on Fark from May 1st~2nd:

Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan

9-11-2001 Where Were You

The Buildup to the Surprise Presidential Address

Nevar Forgit

2011-05-01T23:36:00.000-07:00

9-11-2001

I'm 17 years old walking between classes in high school, senior year, when someone yells in the halls "somebody is shooting down planes in New York, and the Pentagon got bombed!"

My next class is AP Government. The teacher is about 20 feet down the hall, standing in the doorway of his classroom. He has the TV tuned to CNN and is ushering students out of the hallway, into the room, so he can close the door. An email has been sent to all the faculty that expressly states the televisions are to remain off; he tells us this. He then tells us that he believes we are witnessing the beginning of a war, and that we have the right to see what is happening as it unfolds. We spend the rest of class watching in horror as the twin towers burn and collapse. Our teacher speculates as to the persons behind the act; he expressly mentions Osama Bin Laden. It is the first time I have ever heard this name. The CNN anchors report that all major US cities are on high alert, and all planes are being directed to land at the nearest airports. Class ends and we scatter.

The next class is marching band. With some other 300 students, I stand in formation on the practice field, and we drill for our halftime show. The school is located between one regional and one international airport, but no airplanes pass overhead today. Everyone knows why. Five minutes before we are released to head inside, a formation of 3 fighter jets passes overhead at high altitude. They are too far away to make any sound except a distant whisper; I think all 300 of us saw them anyway.

5-1-2011

My little sister, turning 19 this month, calls from college to let us know her dorm is going crazy with the news that Bin Laden is dead. She read it on Tumblr. The President is about to speak; turn on the TV. Also, she tells me, this is the day the death of Hitler was first announced publicly in 1945. I check Wikipedia: she's right.

Fuck yeah.

Happy Easter

2011-04-24T07:14:00.000-07:00

Go suck some chocolate eggs. :D

DINOSAURS

2011-04-16T12:06:00.000-07:00

Awards for Best Costume Ever, Best Guest Speaker Ever, Best Day-at-School Ever.

Dogs + Babies

2011-04-15T11:45:00.000-07:00

more of Pugbaby can be seen here

And together, they will rule the universe.

Take a Look Overhead

2011-04-12T16:17:00.000-07:00

The hell do these keep coming from? And why is the background always so PINK?

Better. And this sequence:

...always cracks me up.

Thanks again, Liz.

2011-04-11T21:46:00.000-07:00

And if that made you sad, here's something less saddening:

Transportation

2011-04-10T19:14:00.000-07:00

Concentrated Cute

2011-04-07T21:30:00.000-07:00

You have just consumed 10,000 IU of cute. Congratulations; that's a lethal dosage.

Enjoy your slow death. :D

Happy Baseball Season

2011-04-02T09:20:00.000-07:00

...and the reply:

From here.

April Fools

2011-04-01T00:30:00.000-07:00

Not prank, just a non sequiteur.

Barcelona

2011-03-28T20:03:00.000-07:00

That is all.

The Internet Brings us Science

2011-03-13T08:28:00.000-07:00

True, most of it is distilled down to YouTube clips and funny drawings, but it remains no less fascinating. :D

Batman Returns

2011-03-10T21:25:00.000-08:00

This is probably my favorite picture ever. It's not even a shoop; was the LA Times Pic of the Day a while back. I only wish I could find it bigger.

Does whatever a spider can

2011-03-07T19:38:00.000-08:00

My sister is skilled at finding Spiderman oddities.

Tapdancing on a Cracker

2011-02-23T17:30:00.000-08:00

FFFFFFFebruary already.

2011-02-09T10:41:00.000-08:00

Crrrrrrap.

Poe K. Maun brings your Christmas Gift

2010-12-25T00:01:00.000-08:00

I feel it beneficial to our society to announce that certain fellows and a lady or two have generously put to fine use their skills and learning in the field of emulation to provide the public with the latest iterations of the Pokemon universe, largely translated into English, and free of charge. One need only search the Internet with a reliable service, such as Google, for "Pokemon black white v7" to acquire the necessary files and instructions. Alternately, one could enjoy this link.

Cheers!

Lo, Saturnalia!

2010-12-24T21:01:00.000-08:00

Copypasta.

Yonkoma Dump

2010-12-23T22:05:00.000-08:00

Movie yonkoma:

Random yonkoma:

Obama-yonkoma:

Okay, so some of 'em are more or less than yon.

Holy F*ck

2010-12-22T11:57:00.000-08:00

This is a human player, and the video is not accelerated.

Furthermore: damned if this isn't a cool idea: First Person Tetris

By David Kraftsow, dontsave.com.

Babies

2010-12-21T07:31:00.000-08:00

Words Cannot Describe

2010-12-20T11:37:00.000-08:00

Some pictures need captions. Some do not. These could go either way.

Ja-pan.

2010-12-08T20:22:00.000-08:00

Were it not for the Internet, we J-philes would still be watching Sailor Moon, reading translations of Ranma 1/2 released at a rate of one every 18 months, all the while wondering what life beyond "annie-may" or "man-gah" was like in the magical land of Japan.

Instead, we get a solid 60~75% of everything available in the Japanese market, translated by both commercial and charity sources (AKA fans), and sold for a reasonable price plus horrible shipping charge, straight to the US of A. Or Europe. Or nearly anywhere in the world where one can expect the Internet to be made publicly available in a cafe or library.

This is what I want for Xmas.
Maybe next Xmas, as I understand they are on backorder for the next 6 months.

FYI: "pan" (パン）is Japanese for "bread."

Thanks, Liz.

2010-11-30T20:49:00.000-08:00

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~..."

2010-11-18T09:02:00.000-08:00

Okay, I won't pretend I knew anything about this blog before today, but thanks to FARK, it is now my favorite.

Please, please, please, go read Hyperbole and a Half. For your own good.

Vote, damnit.

2010-11-02T14:53:00.000-07:00

Go vote.

VOTE.

Good Indeed

2010-10-25T09:50:00.000-07:00

Well, I've forgotten to give love to one of my eldest favorites. Responsible for "We Like the Moon" (Spongmonkeys) and "Viking Kittens" among other things, the lovely limey Joel Veitch behind rathergood.com is also responsible for considerable damage.

...aaand EdII is in the shop, so I'm working on a PC. D:<

B'awwwwww

2010-10-16T07:35:00.000-07:00

Another reason to love the Internet beyond access to foreign shows and classics: access to student work. Long ago in, say, the 80s, the only cartoons we ever got to see were the ones on Saturday mornings. If you were lucky, your parents had cable, and you could watch Nickelodeon shows any day of the week. A Disney flick would come out once or twice a year, and then you could watch that. But nobody put out their shorts, their concept pieces, their student projects and pitches. There is perfectly good animation out there -- sometimes profoundly GREAT animation -- that never reaches an audience outside of a dozen students in animation school.

The Internet gives us a view to anywhere. :3

CCCP

2010-10-15T08:00:00.000-07:00

Damnit, Russia. You and your vintage animations. If it weren't for the Internet, we would all be safe from the adorable but somewhat racist adventure of a little boat. Or a young girl's psychosis brought on by a clear lack of social interaction at home. But no, you had to put them up on YouTube and share them with the West.

Chunga chunga.

One more:

*shakes fist in the general direction of Moscow* Ruskies!

Fuck Yeah Seaking

2010-10-13T19:46:00.000-07:00

I cannot understand why this amuses me so much.

Internet Justice

2010-10-08T20:00:00.000-07:00

This is certainly one of the reasons I really, really love the Internet.

First, read this: Dying 7-Year-Old Girl Taunted by Neighbors

Summary: A little girl is dying of Huntington's disease. Her own mother also recently died from the same condition at age 24. Their neighbors are posting images of the girl and her mother in the arms of the Grim Reaper, putting their faces in place of skulls, etc. and posting the crap on Facebook. Also, they have a coffin displayed in the back of their pick-up truck (for Halloween, they claim) and have been driving it up and down the street since before the mother's death.

And because the Internet allows word of this appalling behavior to spread far beyond the bounds of Detroit, it shows up on places like FARK; meanwhile, 4chan dispenses great justice, and Reddit organizes donations and support for the victim's family.

While the denizens of the 'net might not have the power to stop death (yet), they sure as hell can put apply the power of the human response to tragedy and injustice in a way we never could before.

Oh, and somebody's helping via Twitter, too. >:D

So I Have This Sister

2010-10-01T15:32:00.000-07:00

...and she sent me this:

Which isn't really my style. But she also sent me this:

Which makes Sugimoto Kousuke my newest favorite jishuseisakusha.

...and this randomly appeared in the tall grass, but it fled before I could get my pokeballs out:

Anigifferous III

2010-09-23T10:47:00.000-07:00

Two oldies I need to get off this machine:

And a slew of new love off an LP thread from FARK:

final line as the guy flies away: "I AM DOLE MAN!"

Hellyeah. X3

Stupid People Are For Fun

2010-09-22T13:50:00.000-07:00

Stupid people make for great entertainment:

But did you know that you can also have fun with racists? It's true!

Just add water.

Wat ho.

2010-09-22T11:52:00.000-07:00

AND now I know where this and this originally came from: Li Wei, a photographer in China. I still don't know exactly how he sets up his shots, but I imagine it involves some extremely well-timed acrobatics and a fast camera. And probably Photoshop, though I'd like to imagine not.

Tetris

2010-09-19T19:45:00.000-07:00

...with a Contra intro, apparently.

Something Awful, meanwhile, is consistently something fantastic.

Still Mad

2010-09-01T11:58:00.000-07:00

The Return of Derp

2010-08-27T16:42:00.000-07:00

...aaand I am back online. :L

Motivation I

2010-08-19T20:20:00.000-07:00

I am only posting this because I needed to throw that last image at someone.

Snakes~

2010-08-06T10:54:00.000-07:00

Yeah, snakes! I love 'em.

Anigifferous II

2010-08-01T15:25:00.000-07:00

Somebody's going to hell for that one... New favorites discovered on the latest last post thread.

Batpug Returns

2010-07-24T16:52:00.000-07:00

So it's not a meme, but I love pugs.

o.o?

2010-07-11T15:18:00.000-07:00

I would like to know.

every little beep

2010-07-08T14:41:00.000-07:00

Watch this and see if you can tell what it's about; what each of those little lights and electronic beeps are. It's not too hard to understand; the first 60 seconds should make it obvious to anybody with an 8th grade understanding of history.

But then, keep watching. See if you can guess the final numbers, when each country is going to stop. And if you get bored, skip to the end where they tally up everyone's "contribution" to the total.

And if you're wondering, that's Nevada.

So Pringles

2010-06-20T16:33:00.000-07:00

Not a meme (yet), but insane. XD

Notes again

2010-06-17T07:31:00.000-07:00

Goddamn I Love Achewood

2010-06-16T03:03:00.000-07:00

Comic Sans is a joke in and of itself.

Random disapproval

2010-06-15T16:21:00.000-07:00

Three that I've found useful as of late.

Some words and no pictures

2010-05-28T15:38:00.000-07:00

Dipity's timeline of memes is an incomplete but useful catalogue of Internet madness. Know Your Meme is better. Encyclopaedia Dramatica is ~~best~~ 4chan.

Birds

2010-05-24T21:02:00.000-07:00

I freaking love birds.

Puppies

2010-05-13T03:09:00.000-07:00

Sometimes they come with captions:

And sometimes not:

But always, they are cute.

Asskicking

2010-05-12T10:10:00.000-07:00

I have got to think up some sharp text for that last one (comes from the Hitchhikers Guide movie).

Happy Mothers' Day, you mothers.

2010-05-10T07:01:00.000-07:00

Chill

2010-05-08T10:08:00.000-07:00

Everybody just relax.

Don't hurt me no more.

2010-05-04T20:32:00.000-07:00