Logopolis

links for 2008-04-28

• "How 'Dallas' Won the Cold War" By Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch
  Let us now pause in somber tribute to the 30th anniversary of a momentous -- and shockingly unremembered -- turning point in the long twilight struggle between communism and capitalism.
  (tags: russia dallas tv)

Holy Shit

This is beyond awesome.

Found here...which was found here.

Which Fantasy/SciFi Character Are You?

Thanks, Stephen

links for 2008-04-17

• The most dramatic Sex And The City rumour so far…
  Don't read this if you don't want the movie possibly spoiled for you. I, for one, sorta hope that it's true. But that's because I'm a BIG asshole. (get it, get it...)
  (tags: SexAndTheCity movie spoiler)

Happy Tax Day from Charles Nelson Reilly

links for 2008-04-14

• Roger Ebert Leaves TV but Takes Up His Pen Again - New York Times
  A.O. Scott gives a history lesson and tribute to Chicago's beloved film critic.
  
  (tags: Ebert NYT)
  
• Sunday Forum: Nation of bridges
  
  "Author Michael Chabon sees Pittsburgh as a metaphor for racial reconciliation, a la Obama"
  (tags: Chabon Obama Pittsbugh toread)
  

A New Hope?

I've not allowed myself to get excited about the new Clone Wars coming out this summer because I don't want to be disappointed, but this leaked trailer* looks fantastic.

Clone Wars Trailer Shows All-Out Jedi Mayhem

* - The trailer comes from Poland so it's subtitled and keeps getting removed from youtube, so I can't embed it myself.

links for 2008-04-13

• HOWTO make a non-timekeeping wristwatch bauble - Boing Boing
  "Here's a great Naughty Secretary Club project for turning dead watches into weird-ass wrist-art with a little spray-paint and patience."
  
  (tags: BoingBoing art project! watches)
  
• Saturday Night Live Transcripts
  
  There was a line that one of the cougars said in the sketch with Ashton Kutcher that I couldn't understand, so I want to look it up here but it's not up yet. It's not up yet but this will remind me to check it later.
  (tags: SNL comedy archive)
  
• FontStruct | Build, Share, Download Fonts
  
  "quickly and easily create fonts constructed out of geometrical shapes, which are arranged in a grid pattern, like tiles or bricks. Once you're done building, FontStruct generates high-quality TrueType fonts, ready to use in any Mac or Windows application
  (tags: cool font typography software tool)

links for 2008-04-10

• Sausage Shepherds Pie
  We made this recipe but we used out own leftovers vegetables and homemade mashed potatoes. Mmmmm...
  
  (tags: sausage shepherdspie recipes FoodJournal)

links for 2008-04-08

• Trending Toward Inanity - In celebration of Mark Penn's demotion (maybe) within the Clinton campaign, here's a great book review of Penn's Microtrends
  "For a professional pollster to imply that correlation equals causation is like a firefighter trying to put out flames by tossing a toaster into the blaze—it bespeaks a complete unfamiliarity with the relevant techniques."
  
  (tags: EzraKlein MarkPenn microtrends)
  
• Talking Points Memo | Chief Goof
  "TPM Reader JM laments how Penn destroyed Hillary's campaign ..."
  
  (tags: Clinton MarkPenn politics)
  
• Professor Richard Dawkins in Doctor Who
  
  Celebrated biologist, atheist, and writer, is to appear as himself later in the current series of Doctor Who. Dawkins is also married to Lalla Ward who played Romana in the original series and was formerly married to most-famous Doctor Tom Baker
  (tags: doctorwho cool Dawkins)