Via Miriam Burstein, everybody’s favorite Middle English poet posts about what he’s reading these days: Battlestar Ecclesiastica by Johannes Wycliffe In this boke of science ficcion, a man ycleped Wycliffe is the bishop of the gret chirche of Seynt Paules, the which is lyk vnto a mighty shippe and kan moue thurgh the voyde of… Continue reading Geoffrey Chaucer Hath An Interesting Reading List
Category: Silliness
Wikipedia Brown
I’ve been way behind in my blogreading the last few weeks, owing to a huge amount of, you know, actual work for my day job, so this may have been all over the Internets already. On the off chance that it hasn’t, via Ethan Zuckerman, a link to Wikipedia Brown and the Case of the… Continue reading Wikipedia Brown
Nerd Holidays
Steve Cook suggests a holiday for computer nerds: Far better than World Hello Day would be Hello World Day, celebrating 32 years of every programming manual’s stock first example. Global diversity could be honored by recognizing our rainbow of programming languages, from Pascal to Brainfuck, and when we were done we could all sing a… Continue reading Nerd Holidays
The Secret to Dealing with Missionaries
PZ links to a video of a couple of guys dressing like missionaries and knocking on doors for atheism in Salt Lake City. Like most ambush comedy, the concept is better than the execution– in particular, there’s an opening rant about Mormons that goes on way too long. There’s some moderately clever stuff, but it’s… Continue reading The Secret to Dealing with Missionaries
Pimp Me Time Sinks
The fad of the moment among the physics majors is a shareware game called Pocket Tanks, in which players on opposite sides of the screen fire various weapons at one another, adjusting the launch angle and overall power in order to hit the target. Every time I walk into a room with two or more… Continue reading Pimp Me Time Sinks
Wikipedia vs. Aquaman
John Holbo comes a little unglued, but it’s entertaining reading. Or, possibly, I need to get out more. Also, what does Fictional Jimbo Wales think of this?
Clauses You Don’t See Often Enough
The Onion AV Club has a review of the Aardman Animation CGI flick Flushed Away that contains a sentence starting with: Once the film introduces a pack of French frog ninjas led by Jean Reno,… Really, it doesn’t much matter what comes after that. I don’t really intend to see the movie, but it pleases… Continue reading Clauses You Don’t See Often Enough
“Someone might tell Dr. Jones that in academia ‘publish or perish’ is the rule”
Like most pieces in McSweeney’s, the lette denying Indiana Jones tenure goes on a bit too long, but it has its moments: The lone student representative on the committee wished to convey that, besides being an exceptional instructor, a compassionate mentor, and an unparalleled gentleman, Dr. Jones was extraordinarily receptive to the female student body… Continue reading “Someone might tell Dr. Jones that in academia ‘publish or perish’ is the rule”
Jack Chick Was Right About Halloween
At least, that’s the obvious conclusion to draw from today’s Medium Large…
Mmmmmm…. Sacrilicious!
I’m inordinately amused by this Overheard in New York entry. Quite possibly because it reminds me of the Jesus Bread-Golem Project, or maybe just for the suggested headline “If Jesus Wanted Us to Eat Him with Salsa, He’d Be Appearing on Tortillas…. Oh… Wait.” I’m a Bad Person. Also, I miss Fafblog. Update: See also… Continue reading Mmmmmm…. Sacrilicious!