Monthly Archives: May 2007

there’s this online discussion that i saw a long time ago that’s still bugging me. it asked the question: "Could a typical young man, armed only with a knife, (say, six or eight inches long) be trained to consistently "win" … Continue reading →

i just finished watching DUS, which is hindi for "ten". and just so you know, it’s not DUS as in "goose," but DUS as in "bus." this is one of those movies that’s all about people swaggering in slow motion … Continue reading →

last month the SPACE SQUID team presented at the austin dorkbot event. dorkbot describes itself as people doing weird things with technology. i like to think of them as wannabe technomages, or like the digital circus of ZBS’s "the adventures … Continue reading →

i’m still reading the neddiad by daniel pinkwater. one of the joys of reading his books are the many interesting factoids he throws in. for instance, you should never have more than two bottles of CHEF CHOWS HOT AND SPICY … Continue reading →

i think i may have mentioned that i live on the eastside of austin now, which is the BAD side of town. i was biking around, exploring, and i found this branching intersection . . . . . . which … Continue reading →

now if we take the political truism: "there could be no rebellion without darth vader" and extend it to the current political climate, the person who plays the role of darth vader is too obvious to mention. the question then … Continue reading →

if you’re ever in austin, and it’s after 2am, you’re drunk, and you have access to cable, check out public access. if you’re lucky, and they haven’t been cancelled again, you might catch the PuppeTose puppet call-in show. you might … Continue reading →

http://i14.tinypic.com/52f8i0o.jpg i tried this with my "you might be a zombie if" t-shirt.

so, back in a review i did of a sanjay dutt film, i snidely mentioned that his fight scenes remind me that india doesn’t have an indiginous martial arts tradition. well, it turns out that i’m an ignorant prick. india … Continue reading →

i think the internet should be exclusively devoted to this subject. a year or so ago i found out that most of the great apes can inter-breed and produce viable and sometimes fertile offspring. being a normal guy i immediately … Continue reading →