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The Meppers Navigate Down a Brook/Stream/Tributary of Troubles; Deeeeoooo; Greg, Neil Gaiman, and Bathtubs; Storey’s Great Society, or All Maim All the Time; Mep Mayhem; Analog Memorials in a Digital Age; and Shakespeare Pays a Visit.
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Terrific idea from Dan Meth to compile many of the most popular forward-looking movies and see what year they portray.
I think we should turn this map into a celebration schedule a la the Chinese Zodiac. According to which, this year would be the year of Freejack. Emilio Estevez would finally have his time to shine. And, as an added bonus, we could kick off another Rolling Stones worldwide tour to pay homage to Mick Jagger’s character.
To the chagrin of progressives everywhere, the Obama budget was released last month without any alteration to the 20-year old ban on funding needle-exchange programs.
According to White House Spin Meister Ben LaBolt:
“We have not removed the ban in our budget proposal because we want to work with Congress and the American public to build support for this change.”
I’m in a trailer-y mood, having spent the better part of the weekend on Smith & Zod. Here’s an amazing MacGuyver/Star Wars union that I missed the first time around…
Living Forever Really Wouldn’t Be That Bad (Except for the Seven Sets of Teeth), Fruit Fly Empathy Camp, Kidnapping Twins in the Name of Science, Greg Questions the Evolutionary Benefits of Feeling Like Crap, The U.S. Economy = Ponzi Scheme, Time to Reset the Economy (if Storey Gets Paid), Storey Wants neither Science nor Nature nor Anything Else, Humans Aren’t All That Evil (Except When They Are), and Everyone Loves Conspiracies.
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Great TED mini-lecture on a scientific study examining delayed gratification and its ability to allow people to more effectively live up to their potential.
As it turns out, designer Eduard McIntosh is the progenitor of Skynet, or the Oz Head, or whatever computer lineage eventually morphs into the overlord of the Matrix universe.
Called the Autonomous Living Unit, the theoretical one-man-band chair would provide all the needs of the user, and eventually make fully furnished living spaces obsolete. The project is pitched as a solution for homeless people or squatters living without amenities. As long as these people have a few hundred thousand bucks to spare on their pod, they’ll be living it up with the rest of us.
We’re on our way now…
Electric feature from Wired Magazine delving into the different types of lightning strikes. Particularly intriguing is the legendary ‘ball’ lightning, which sounds like something that Raiden would conjure up.
Unfortunately, there’s no mention of pine-cone lightning…
This narrator reminds me of Dennis Quaid’s computer in Innerspace.
