Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Those Wacky Brits

A (now-Baroness) doctor in the UK created a hoax condition "cello scrotum" back in the 1970s, and had to come clean when people started actually citing it.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Can I Go Back to Being Apathetic Now?

Obama's going to fix everything, right? I can stop paying attention, right?

Monday, January 19, 2009

To Mark The Occasion

Teresa Nielsen Hayden has compiled a list of 8 years worth of Bush-related Onion articles.

It's a stunning feat, superseded only by the actual writing of all those articles. (And, perhaps, by the supreme clusterfuck that is the Bush Administration itself.)

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Speaking of Timewasters

(Other than being annoyed at the Senate and/or Rod Blagojevich, that is.)

Physics-based online games!

First up: Orbit.

Next: Assembler.

Last: Assembler 2 (much harder than original Assembler).

WARNING: these are serious timesinks!