The Somewhat Ambitious

One of the things I love about World of Warcraft is the inability to cheat. Sure, people find tiny pointless exploits, but all in all, it’s all about earning the good stuff. Which I’m aware makes me sound like gaming dad, but… shut up.
Anyway, someone has apparently gotten into deep shit for cheating in World [...]

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Ever wondered what Swine Flu would sound like if it were transcribed into music?
Yeah, I know. Me neither. But Stephan Zielinski has done so, seemingly unwilling to respect my unwillingness to be not oblivious about this thing and also the stuff*. Basically, Zielinski wrote code to translate the gene for swine flu into a piece [...]

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Now, I must admit I haven’t really gotten into this whole ‘let’s Auto-Tune every piece of TV audio we can find just to see what regular television would sound like if it was Kanye West’ mini-meme (yes, Kanye, I blame you squarely for all this) but I have recently had drawn to my attention quite [...]

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I have a part-time day job, which I fucking despise. And if Luke were to have an action figure released of himself, complete with kung-fu grip and a button which emitted his three most uttered phrases, those top three phrases would be:
3: Hi! I’m Luke! (Luke, you say this with alarming frequency)
2: (Something really, really [...]

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Hi everyone,
Many apologies for the eerie silence that has settled upon The Somewhat Ambitious over the past five or so days! If you’re wondering why things were quiet, Luke had just finished a month of doing his comedy festival show, Luke’s Got Cancer, and partying his everloving tits off. I’ve been sick recently with what [...]

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Yes, the new Star Trek film has premiered, and there have also been various press screenings. So in spite of the fact that it doesn’t come out until May 7th (I believe), there are individuals who have seen it. Myself and Luke are two of those individuals.
Now I’m not going to give anything away, because [...]

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Darth Vader. Apart from bellowing “NOOOOOOOOOOO!” in Revenge of the Sith, Vader hasn’t really had a down moment. Ever. Culturally, he’s unflappably badass, frequently making first place in greatest villain lists. And apparently when he threw Palpatine into the Death Star reactor, he lifted the Emperor up by the balls.
HIS BALLS.
Balls balls balls.
So how [...]

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Battlestar Galactica is finished! For nerds, there are few things as satisfying as ranting and arguing online about finales. Just as a warning, this blog will be SPOILER-HEAVY, so if you’re planning on watching the show but haven’t, please don’t read it. I’m stressing this point because sooner or later, you will want to watch [...]

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Welcome to Tuesday! If you didn’t catch Nerds of a Feather this morning, fear not, the podcast link shall be here later in the day. In the meantime, though, here’s more info on what you missed:
- I gushed about Star Trek XI! Yes, there have been ten other films. If you want to geek out [...]

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For some reason or another the things that have attracted my attention over the past few days have all been zoological in nature. So I thought I’d compile them for you briefly into a sort of ‘What Nature’s Up To’ newsletter. The answer, in short, is ‘being fucking terrifying’.
1. Snakes. Everyone loves snakes. Except, that [...]

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