The Somewhat Ambitious

Back in August Paul wrote a piece on Colony Collapse Disorder in Britain, a mysterious plague that is decimating bee populations across the globe and throwing into chaos our long term honey stocks. He later revealed to me in private that in truth he cared not a whit for the bees and was doing [...]

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Tomorrow’s theme for Nerds of a Feather is WAR! Every story will touch upon (mostly idiotic and frivolous) aspects of our favourite/least favourite global pasttime, and as such, is essential listening. Remember to check the site after the broadcast, as I’ll be blogging links to the stories, as well as expanding on several of the [...]

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Almost as exciting as 300! What happened in 301 you say? Boy, what didn’t happen?
Well, for starters, Roman Emperor Diocletian issued an Edict on Maximum Prices, which, rather than halting rampant inflation and stabilizing the economy, added to inflationary pressures by flooding the economy with new coinage and by setting price limits too low. Holy [...]

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Normally, when Luke and myself reach a milestone, we celebrate by making violent love to each other, or flying a kite. But this milstone demands something different. This, the nonsense you’re reading now, is our 300th post. And to celebrate this, I would like to throw open my floodgates (so to speak), and declare my [...]

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Quite a few listeners wanted to know about the vampire brick story from this weeks Nerds of a Feather, so here’s a more detailed rundown of the actual story.
Basically, a skeleton exhumed from a grave in Venice is being claimed as the first known example of the “vampires” widely referred to in contemporary documents. This [...]

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Yes, there’s a World of Warcraft Visa, and it isn’t just cosmetic. According to the official site, you can “Accrue World of Warcraft game time at the rate of 1% of every dollar in qualifying purchases”. Now, let’s be perfectly clear. I play World of Warcraft. I write about World of Warcraft. I was once [...]

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Nick Hammond, a photographer with an inspiring sense of the abstract, has published a photo of his pet AT-AT walker on his flickr page. This is profoundly cool. Cooler thatn anything Shakespeare ever did. Far be it from me to impune the bard, but fuck the bard. Did the bard ever have a house-trained Ewok-killing [...]

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Whilst Kanye West is obviously a total asshat, he posted an interesting item over at his blog. A 60 year old in Brazil’s Federal District has held a woman hostage for ten hours… with a Sega Light Phaser. Remember using the same or similar plastic guns to shoot pixelated ducks, or trying to blow badly [...]

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For those of you not obsessed with Bill Shatner (I call him Bill, in the hopes that he’ll mistake me for an old friend and invite me skiing sometime, followed by a vigorous and confusing bout of lovemaking), you may have heard about his new talk show, ‘Shatner’s Raw Nerve’. I’ve not had the time [...]

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Anthony Lane of The New Yorker has recently reviewed The Watchmen. Given his signature tact and finesse, I thought it only fair that I review his review in the manner he so reveres.
Not only does Lane blow every major plot point (including the ending), he displays a total lack of literary prowess, and proves once [...]

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