Because it's not a proper webcomic post without an example:
Showing posts with label nerd. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nerd. Show all posts
7/17/2011
Guys, guys, guys!
I'm famous. Well, more like I bought myself some fame from a cool webcomic that my friends recently introduced me to, Poly in Pictures (hi PiP visitors! sorry my site's so neglected and cobwebby). (And now the recursive linking circle is complete.)
Because it's not a proper webcomic post without an example:
Because it's not a proper webcomic post without an example:
New MBTA paint schemes
So here's a couple-week-old one: The MBTA [just had] a contest to choose the newest scheme for their new engines from MPI (presumably more of the MP36/40 MPXpress family). These are the three options they gave:
(Okay, first off, why's the last one a different engine model than the other two - do or don't they have rear platforms??)
My initial reaction was a very railfan-typical preference for the first design that continues the current, classier lightning-stripe scheme (though the handling of the transition on the roof cowling behind the cab is weak).
With time though my designer side has found more faults with the detailing of that scheme (what's with that little strip in the middle of the nose??) and grown fonder of the other two. The front is really bold, which can feel cheesier and doesn't satisfy my railfan aesthetic, but does appeal to the rest of me. (Also the black on purple with gold pinstripe is just plain pretty.) I think it's fascinating how divided my design opinions are based on my headspace at the time! Regardless, these will be fun to see trackside.
(Okay, first off, why's the last one a different engine model than the other two - do or don't they have rear platforms??)
My initial reaction was a very railfan-typical preference for the first design that continues the current, classier lightning-stripe scheme (though the handling of the transition on the roof cowling behind the cab is weak).
With time though my designer side has found more faults with the detailing of that scheme (what's with that little strip in the middle of the nose??) and grown fonder of the other two. The front is really bold, which can feel cheesier and doesn't satisfy my railfan aesthetic, but does appeal to the rest of me. (Also the black on purple with gold pinstripe is just plain pretty.) I think it's fascinating how divided my design opinions are based on my headspace at the time! Regardless, these will be fun to see trackside.
3/30/2011
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11/13/2010
The New Cosmopolitan
Looking for fans is about looking for people who appear to have given a great deal of thought to how they dress and what they’re doing, and who have, in the process of applying all this thought to their daily lives, concluded that they would like to behave differently from the norm.
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Reading Patterson’s recent biography of Robert A Heinlein, Learning Curve, I was struck by how much fringey stuff old RAH dabbled in: telepathy, radical politics, polyamory (or ‘‘companionate marriage,’’ as it was called in his day), nudism, and all manner of funny business, all of which is reflected in his books, and all of which can be summed up with ‘‘all laws are local.’’
It's rather arrogant of me to claim this, but I like to believe that this is the philosophy of my entire life. I think that this is why the geek worlds tend to be much more embracing of things like "alternate" gender presentation, "fringe" sexuality, or many "nontraditional" lifestyles in general with barely a second thought.
[via Waxy Links]
10/19/2010
Jed and Maurissa (of the Whedonite/Dr Horrible world) do a Dollhousey music vid
not even a huge fan of the song itself, but totally in love with the video (okay, maybe it's just because i love the actors/writers....)
[via Kiernan]
" 'Remains' by Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon
Directed by Anton King
Story by Anton King
Starring Maurissa Tancharoen, Fran Kranz, Caitlin Stasey, and J.R. Starr
Special thanks to Dichen Lachman, Les Chantery, Jack Wylson, Christina Wun, and Enver Gjokaj'
[via Kiernan]
8/09/2010
You really need to watch/hear this episode of TWiT - net neutrality, wkileaks, etc
You all need to watch/hear (or read the transcript of) this episode of This Week in Tech episode 260 on net neutrality, wikileaks, and more important discussions that will shape much of the next decade or two of our society.
7/31/2010
7/28/2010
new video from The Guild - Game On
7/23/2010
JoCo's Noho show with his new band!!!
Last night Jonathan Coulton and his new band debuted in Northampton - it was amazing... I can't wait for recordings of the songs to be available, but in the interim, I stumbled on these videos from a fellow audience-member. Quality is about what you'd expect, but does give you an idea of how the new band sounds. Here's one of his new songs, The Stache (more vids available on click-through)
(I wish i'd thought to bring my camera...)
(I wish i'd thought to bring my camera...)
7/14/2010
7/03/2010
Kazara's Guide to the Internet
My friends ToasterFaerie and AlexisofRoses have informed me of a most informative website for humans such as ourselves desirous of learning how best to use the internet:
Confused by the Internet? Do not despair! I am here to help you understand the ins and outs of this strange substance, the Internet. I may not be from Earth, and yes, some critics may call my sources "questionable", but reading this blog will make your Internet 350% more enjoyable, profitable, and inconceivable.
5/21/2010
Infrastructures (xkcd comic)
Yea... let me know when that violin of yours exits alpha and has a native OS X port...
5/18/2010
River Tam figurine = HAAAWWWWTTTT
Hawk's first QMx project - I'm so happy that he's working with them!
(Hawk is the artist of AppleGeeks awesomeness)
4/18/2010
okay nerds, it's time to go to war
Molly Wood: fighting the copyright police state (this actually reminds me a lot of what I've read about the Red Scare communist witch hunts of the Cold War era...)
3/31/2010
2/10/2010
2/09/2010
2/08/2010
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