The Somewhat Ambitious

Having trouble waking up? Maybe you need more incentive. Normally, I can’t wake up quickly unless a burglar is dry-humping my macbook, or my underpant drawer has spontaneously combusted, or a bomb is about to go off. And by a happy coincidence, the Danger Bomb Alarm Clock fulfills the required air of urgency required to [...]

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Afternoon, all! This morning marked the return of Nerds of a Feather to Triple J, and went down pretty well, considering I’d just finished the mid-dawn show. The podcast can be heard here, so have a listen if you haven’t already!
/Paul

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There ain’t nothing more depressing than a portly, middle-aged man bounding around stage as if he’s just taken his first pill. See, this is why I buy Mac.

/Luke
P.S. The Israeli-Palestine situation may actually be more depressing, but it’s really probably not as funny.

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In the interest of self promotion, and helping you readers get to know us, here’s a morsel of sorts: Luke and myself Twitter way too much. If you feel inclined, you can visit my Twitter and Luke’s Twitter, and follow us. Odds are, we shall follow you in return. But not in a creepy way [...]

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Samuel Arbesman, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard studying computational sociology (amongst other things), has unveiled a hilarious and terrifyingly beauracratic map of the milky way – he has mapped it out as a railway line. Using the medium of an urban transit map (which I believe gets the ladies all kinds of damp), he has [...]

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As of last night, Chiasmus, our guilds first feral druid and all ’round catty mo’fo, is missing, presumed dead. Witnesses report he was putting out a fire at the Howling Fjord orhpanage, when he accidentally aggroed a proto-drake and was hauled off into the night. We wish his family all the best, and will keep [...]

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Check out these sweet oil paintings by Amy Bennett! They look totally real! Also, I can’t be arsed with witticisms and quippery this morning! Hast thou noticed? Forsooth! A peach, I say! Pip pip!
Oh dear. I appear to have turned all English.
/Paul
(Link via The Design Llama, courtesy of Tj)

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Don’t you hate it when you’re watching the latest blockbuster film and you realise that you just can’t work out what’s going on? That despite the simple racial and sexual stereotypes, bland dialogue and minimal characters you just can’t make head nor tail of this disarmingly linear story? Why is the father trying to save [...]

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Wheeeee! Ever wanted to grapple your way across an abyss, pursued by bad guys, with a woman you later find out is your sister? Me neither. However, if you are so inclined, Notcot have flagged a POCKET GRAPPLING HOOK. And apparently, it isn’t technically classifiable as a gadget, because it’s intended for military use:
This Is [...]

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What better way to kick off Monday morning than…
Wait, apparently it’s Wednesday. My bad. Perhaps sleep IS an important thing. Anyway, what better way to kick off Wednesday than with a liberal splashing of public atheism! London busses are now proudly bearing bold trappings of the Atheist Campaign, an initiative designed to get a global [...]

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