The Internet at 40

The internet turned 40 on October 29th. It evolved from the ARPANET, which probably resembled todays internet about as much as an old 78 record resembles a Blu-ray DVD. Still Happy Birthday Internet!

this dude makes $20k from something that doesn't cost him a dime

Sometimes I read something that just amazes me. For 80+ years this family has been hauling mud for Major League Baseball teams to "rough up" their glossy balls.

Talk about cockblocking

What a tease. She lures them in from miles away and then runs. BITCH!

Live Action Video Games Off Broadway

Considering how popular geek culture, and recreating video games in real life is; I'm not surprised to see something like this on Broadway. All you have to do is a quick search on you tube and you can find hundreds of videos of people recreating Super Mario Bros. Not to mention all of the Left 4 Dead stuff.
I don't really think it's going to take off until it's presented in a way that it's accessible to people outside of the video game sub culture. For instance, there is no way I would be able to drag my wife to this. I might get away with "Spamalot" but not this.

The windmills of my mind

Today is one of those days that can best be summed up with this video from the Muppet Show.