Nerdity

From "Art for nerds and nurseries" by Tiffany Ard, via BoingBoing.

Go see Wall-E

Saw Pixar's new movie Wall-E over the weekend. No kidding, it's the best movie I've seen on the big screen since "Life is Beautiful" and "American Beauty". The first hour is a Chaplin-style silent movie.

Go see it this week, while it's on the biggest screen at your local multiplex.

Science Tattoo

Check out
Carl Zimmer's Science Tattoo Emporium. Pretty damned cool.

Each comes with a short explanation of what the body art means to the body owner.

More elegant than the Schroedinger's Eqn I passed in the Denver airport security line.

Can Has Quik Reference?

The LOL-speak craze has gotten a bit out of hand, but this parody is still BRILLIANT.

Invaders from SPAAACE!

"Is that a leafblower, or our desktop?" Ears ringing, the wif and I travelled to Fry's Electronics to buy a new CPU fan and power supply. We also picked up a $80 printer/ scanner/ copier/ latte-maker -- who could resist?

The Fry's is themed "Space Invaders!" You enter beneath a crashed UFO, then walk past the laser-beam-shattered remains of a Jeep. You peruse printers under the gaze and tentacles of the Martian octopus. And of course, you comparison-shop for washer/dryers, or maybe just nap in a massage-chair, under the thorax of a giant space-ant.

Good prices, actual components (resistors! CPU fans in odd sizes! power supplies from 0.2 --1 kWatt!), and an evening's entertainment. Sure beats the pants off Best Buy.