The Somewhat Ambitious

The latest patch of WOW, patch 2.4.3, has added two notable changes to the game. The first is the addition of Haris Pilton in the World’s End Tavern (the former being a reference to the pigeon of the heiress world, the latter being a Tavern in Shattrath referencing a similar establishment in Gaiman’s Sandman). Haris [...]

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Performance art is a… cryptic field. The man in the picture above is none other than Stelarc, Australia’s finest performance art export. In case you can’t work out exactly what’s happening, each of those rocks is attached to a wire, which is attached to a hook, which is attached to Stelarc. Yes, that’s right, the [...]

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Several of my friends have literature inspired tattoos (from song lyrics to T.S. Eliot quotes), so I was delighted when I came across this online project which charts the tattoos of like-minded people. Some are questionable (I wouldn’t have a page from Fight Club covering my back, partly because nihilism and my spine wouldn’t get [...]

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Tomorrow on Nerds of a Feather, I’ll be covering the San Francisco Regional 2008 Air Guitar Championships, A UFO sighting in Wales, The launch of the Iphone in Australia, Back to the Future and several other pieces which I have totally written.* I’ll also be squealing about the approaching press screening of The Dark Knight. [...]

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Blizzard have released tentative talent calculators for Wrath of the Lich King, and as usual it’s a mixed bag (if we were talking candy, some would be delicious, and some would be punching you in the face).
On the plus side, balance druids look to become raid staples, and on the downside my main Surely [...]

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The humble Etch-A-Sketch seems to be experiencing somewhat of a Renaissance in this kitsch obsessed digital age. Possibly not a renaissance of European proportions, but the Internet has certainly given new voice to the surely tens of semi-professional Etch-A-Sketch artists scattered throughout their parent’s basements. A sampling:
The Etch-A-Sketchist: Does topical and pop culture derived Etch-A-Sketch [...]

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Apologies for the title, I think my brain has been infected by bad puns.
Emily Jocureton, over at her website, does fantastic semi-surreal works of art based on the New York Times crossword. She takes submissions from people (funnily enough, mostly New Yorkers) and has come up with some terrific stuff. It is also strangely addictive, [...]

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Ever since Dr. Emmett Brown slipped in his bathtub and concieved probably the most bitching time machine since the Tardis, people have longed for the day they could have their car doors hiss and open UPWARDS. I’m not exagerrating when I say that my number one piece of childhood wish fulfillment was having a flying [...]

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For the first time in… well, ages really, the BBC have reported openly on the mixed reaction to the season 4 finale. The BBC news website has stated the following:
One fan wrote on Digital Spy that the episode was “a total let down for me”.
“It felt rushed, [...]

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This caught my attention recently, though it’s a few weeks old now. The magnificent bastards over at Yonko have pitched a new gadget: weightless weights. The idea is that the weights, which are effectively bits of tubing, contain a couple of tiny balls in the handles. Evidently the actual “weight” is generated by the balls [...]

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