Don't be Izzy

The new mascots for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver have been announced.

Miga is a young sea bear who lives in the ocean with her family pod, out past Vancouver Island near Tofino. Quatchi is a young sasquatch who comes from the mysterious forests of Canada. Sumi is an animal spirit who lives in the mountains of British Columbia.

Wow, we think they look awesome times 2. They're cute, well designed, and actually represent aspects of Vancouver. While our personal favorite is currently Quatchi, we've found a reason to like all of them.

You can take a quiz to see which mascot you are most like. The mascots were designed by a couple of artists who call themselves Meomi. We live in Atlanta. That means we had to put up with this as our mascot for the 96 Summer Olympics:

Izzy. There are so many things wrong with this mascot, it's hard to know where to begin. So we'll start with the most obvious: His total lack of quality on any level, including but not limited to: Design, Intent, or Philosophy. It also looks like he was the very first idea the design committee had. Although, you can be sure this is not true. Originally named Whatizit, Izzy went through many changes after he was announced and before the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics. They took a marginal design and watered it down even more. The result was spectacularly unpopular.

Which is what makes the Vancouver mascots so great. They seem to be everything that Izzy wasn't. That's not a bad rule of thumb for all character and logo design:

Don't be Izzy.

The Cake is a Lie.

A couple of weeks ago we got to see our beloved Jonathan Coulton in concert here in Atlanta.

photo by Dale May

Jonathan Coulton used to be a programmer. Now he writes and sings songs that he sells on the internet for dirt cheap, and often free as in air. He's actually making a living with this scheme, and has recently been touring the country based entirely on demand from the people. As far as I can tell without any promoting, or posters or advertising.

Jonathan has seen a pretty big explosion in his popularity lately. He was commissioned to write a song for the awesome new game called Portal. The game is brain-hurting puzzler in which you use a portal opening gun to bend space and time to your own will while trying to defeat an evil artificial intelligence. Everybody who has played the game has loved it, and it's theme song.

The show was great, and we even worked up the nerve to meet him after the show. Something we rarely do, especially if we are big fans of something or somebody. It's weird. But not this time, I actually spoke to him, and found out he was a big fan of Sealab 2021, and also Frisky Dingo. Excellent.

Here's one of our favorite Jonathan Coulton songs:

Here's his smash hit video game song from Portal:

Here's the same song live:

Buy Jonathan Coulton songs!

Out of the Woodwork.

They come a crawlin' out like bugs. If I were Bear Grylls I'd eat them alive, then I would go "catch" a "wild" horse.

Fans of the Discovery Channel show Man VS. Wild have taken exception with our assessment of their beloved program. We think the show cheats... We think this because they've been discovered cheating... simple yes?

Well no.

About once a week we get a new comment on either of our two posts concerning the controversy telling us to "Shut up," or "Go to hell" because we don't realize how awesome Bear Grylls is. Here are a few choice comments:

TJ says:
"Blah, blah, blah, in case none of you have noticed, this show, Man vs. Wild, is about teaching people how to survive in the wild, not about who's wearing a life vest or who knows how to drink pee properly. Jeeze, get over it already."

If you try to read this comment too closely it's 4th dimensional logic will begin to fold in on itself creating a soul sucking vortex of stupidity. Keep your distance. Then there's this one:

Some Anonymous Guy says:
"I think that all you haters of bear grylls should shut up, because he as more Balls than any of you could even imagine!

I'm curious as to how many balls this guy can truthfully imagine on Bear. 20? A Million?

I've tried to say it before, but it's worth repeating. We think Bear Grylls is a total bad-ass, which is what makes the cheating so disappointing. Now it looks like there is a new season of Man VS. Wild with new adventures for everybody to go ga-ga over. And actually this time around it sounds like they've heard our complaints. The show is being more truthful about Grylls adventures. They seem to be stressing the educational over the entertainment value.

Alright Still

We have a soft spot for Lilly Allen, and I'm not exactly sure I can tell you why...
But I'll try.

It might be the result of her being a perfect swirling mixture of very specific things that we find awesome. It might be her dance-hall, feel good music combined with her feel not-so-good lyrics. It could even be her voice, which we find soothing and brithishly enraging all at once. Although, in all likelihood it's because we think she's hot, especially when she's trash talking fashion models or pining for spaghetti bolognese.

Well now there's an even better reason to think she's super. She just might be hitching a ride in the TARDIS. Yes, she is being considered for Doctor Who's new companion. Doctor Who is famous throughout the world for being a show about a time and space traveling immortal who is always accompanied by an attractive female companion. That's just how things like that work ok?

We've been watching The New Doctor Who and totally enjoying it. We're even fans of Torchwood, the series most recent spin-off. The Doctor's first companion in the new series, Rose, was played by Billie Piper, who herself was a British Pop Star prior to being on the series. And while it's sometimes and unpopular opinion around here, we liked The Doctor's newest companion Martha Jones played by Freema Agyeman even more than Rose.

Save us from your own show already!

What happened to our beloved Heroes?

While the last two episodes have been the best this season... Still, this season has consistently stunk. This is a show that we said was better than Lost! And it took that crown only half way into it's first season.

You can't even blame this on the writer's strike. They started down this road well before the threat of strike. Why has the second season of Heroes fallen so far? The second season of Lost was BETTER than the first. It took that show until season 3 to get even a little boring. And here is Heroes, pulling a season 3 Lost already!

Entertainment Weekly interviewed Heroes creator Tim Kring, while he was picketing his own show! He addresses almost every complaint we have about the show right now... I couldn't believe it.

''We assumed the audience wanted season 1 -- a buildup of intrigue about these characters and the discovery of their powers. We taught [them] to expect a certain kind of storytelling. They wanted adrenaline. We made a mistake.''

Yeah, we wanted that in SEASON 1. Seeing all these new character "come to terms" with their powers has already been covered. We've seen that, and a few of our favorites from last season must now "re-come to terms" with the powers they already have!

He comments on Hiro being out of commission for too long:
''...should have [lasted] three episodes. We didn't give the audience enough story to justify the time we allotted it.''

And how about the forced 90210: With Powers angle:
"'I've seen more convincing romances on TV,'' he admits. ''In retrospect, I don't think romance is a natural fit for us.''

Wow, when have you ever heard a Television Person admit that they were wrong. Jeez, usually they stick with a bad choice until all the life has been sucked from their audience.

''The message is that we've heard the complaints -- and we're doing something about it.''

He's already won us back.

Totally unnecessary iPhone application

Do you have a jailbroken iphone?
Do you want to open this webpage from the comfort of your iPhone's springboard?

Simply install this clunkyrobot application (control-click to download) on your jailbroken iPhone. Tapping the icon on your homescreen will automatically open this weblog in MobileSafari. Sweet.

This simple application was written in part by using this awesome web based app writer called iPhone Apper. If you need more detailed instructions for getting this app onto your jailbroken iphone please don't hesitate to ask for help in the comments.

Earth Angel

One of our internet friends (and fellow Jonathan Coulton fan) Freecone has posed an interesting question over at Ask.Metafilter.

He asks:
"How would a metal rod with a slightly larger diameter built around the earth react to gravity? Say it's built as to avoid extremes in altitude, mountains and the sort. Would it hover in place, spin at a set point, spin randomly, or buckle? Is there anyway to know the answer other than building one?"

He's even gone so far as to create a sweet infographic to supplement the question.

Check out the ongoing discussion here.

Don't be Izzy

The new mascots for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver have been announced.

Miga is a young sea bear who lives in the ocean with her family pod, out past Vancouver Island near Tofino. Quatchi is a young sasquatch who comes from the mysterious forests of Canada. Sumi is an animal spirit who lives in the mountains of British Columbia.

Wow, we think they look awesome times 2. They're cute, well designed, and actually represent aspects of Vancouver. While our personal favorite is currently Quatchi, we've found a reason to like all of them.

You can take a quiz to see which mascot you are most like. The mascots were designed by a couple of artists who call themselves Meomi. We live in Atlanta. That means we had to put up with this as our mascot for the 96 Summer Olympics:

Izzy. There are so many things wrong with this mascot, it's hard to know where to begin. So we'll start with the most obvious: His total lack of quality on any level, including but not limited to: Design, Intent, or Philosophy. It also looks like he was the very first idea the design committee had. Although, you can be sure this is not true. Originally named Whatizit, Izzy went through many changes after he was announced and before the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics. They took a marginal design and watered it down even more. The result was spectacularly unpopular.

Which is what makes the Vancouver mascots so great. They seem to be everything that Izzy wasn't. That's not a bad rule of thumb for all character and logo design:

Don't be Izzy.

The Cake is a Lie.

A couple of weeks ago we got to see our beloved Jonathan Coulton in concert here in Atlanta.

photo by Dale May

Jonathan Coulton used to be a programmer. Now he writes and sings songs that he sells on the internet for dirt cheap, and often free as in air. He's actually making a living with this scheme, and has recently been touring the country based entirely on demand from the people. As far as I can tell without any promoting, or posters or advertising.

Jonathan has seen a pretty big explosion in his popularity lately. He was commissioned to write a song for the awesome new game called Portal. The game is brain-hurting puzzler in which you use a portal opening gun to bend space and time to your own will while trying to defeat an evil artificial intelligence. Everybody who has played the game has loved it, and it's theme song.

The show was great, and we even worked up the nerve to meet him after the show. Something we rarely do, especially if we are big fans of something or somebody. It's weird. But not this time, I actually spoke to him, and found out he was a big fan of Sealab 2021, and also Frisky Dingo. Excellent.

Here's one of our favorite Jonathan Coulton songs:

Here's his smash hit video game song from Portal:

Here's the same song live:

Buy Jonathan Coulton songs!

Out of the Woodwork.

They come a crawlin' out like bugs. If I were Bear Grylls I'd eat them alive, then I would go "catch" a "wild" horse.

Fans of the Discovery Channel show Man VS. Wild have taken exception with our assessment of their beloved program. We think the show cheats... We think this because they've been discovered cheating... simple yes?

Well no.

About once a week we get a new comment on either of our two posts concerning the controversy telling us to "Shut up," or "Go to hell" because we don't realize how awesome Bear Grylls is. Here are a few choice comments:

TJ says:
"Blah, blah, blah, in case none of you have noticed, this show, Man vs. Wild, is about teaching people how to survive in the wild, not about who's wearing a life vest or who knows how to drink pee properly. Jeeze, get over it already."

If you try to read this comment too closely it's 4th dimensional logic will begin to fold in on itself creating a soul sucking vortex of stupidity. Keep your distance. Then there's this one:

Some Anonymous Guy says:
"I think that all you haters of bear grylls should shut up, because he as more Balls than any of you could even imagine!

I'm curious as to how many balls this guy can truthfully imagine on Bear. 20? A Million?

I've tried to say it before, but it's worth repeating. We think Bear Grylls is a total bad-ass, which is what makes the cheating so disappointing. Now it looks like there is a new season of Man VS. Wild with new adventures for everybody to go ga-ga over. And actually this time around it sounds like they've heard our complaints. The show is being more truthful about Grylls adventures. They seem to be stressing the educational over the entertainment value.

Alright Still

We have a soft spot for Lilly Allen, and I'm not exactly sure I can tell you why...
But I'll try.

It might be the result of her being a perfect swirling mixture of very specific things that we find awesome. It might be her dance-hall, feel good music combined with her feel not-so-good lyrics. It could even be her voice, which we find soothing and brithishly enraging all at once. Although, in all likelihood it's because we think she's hot, especially when she's trash talking fashion models or pining for spaghetti bolognese.

Well now there's an even better reason to think she's super. She just might be hitching a ride in the TARDIS. Yes, she is being considered for Doctor Who's new companion. Doctor Who is famous throughout the world for being a show about a time and space traveling immortal who is always accompanied by an attractive female companion. That's just how things like that work ok?

We've been watching The New Doctor Who and totally enjoying it. We're even fans of Torchwood, the series most recent spin-off. The Doctor's first companion in the new series, Rose, was played by Billie Piper, who herself was a British Pop Star prior to being on the series. And while it's sometimes and unpopular opinion around here, we liked The Doctor's newest companion Martha Jones played by Freema Agyeman even more than Rose.

Save us from your own show already!

What happened to our beloved Heroes?

While the last two episodes have been the best this season... Still, this season has consistently stunk. This is a show that we said was better than Lost! And it took that crown only half way into it's first season.

You can't even blame this on the writer's strike. They started down this road well before the threat of strike. Why has the second season of Heroes fallen so far? The second season of Lost was BETTER than the first. It took that show until season 3 to get even a little boring. And here is Heroes, pulling a season 3 Lost already!

Entertainment Weekly interviewed Heroes creator Tim Kring, while he was picketing his own show! He addresses almost every complaint we have about the show right now... I couldn't believe it.

''We assumed the audience wanted season 1 -- a buildup of intrigue about these characters and the discovery of their powers. We taught [them] to expect a certain kind of storytelling. They wanted adrenaline. We made a mistake.''

Yeah, we wanted that in SEASON 1. Seeing all these new character "come to terms" with their powers has already been covered. We've seen that, and a few of our favorites from last season must now "re-come to terms" with the powers they already have!

He comments on Hiro being out of commission for too long:
''...should have [lasted] three episodes. We didn't give the audience enough story to justify the time we allotted it.''

And how about the forced 90210: With Powers angle:
"'I've seen more convincing romances on TV,'' he admits. ''In retrospect, I don't think romance is a natural fit for us.''

Wow, when have you ever heard a Television Person admit that they were wrong. Jeez, usually they stick with a bad choice until all the life has been sucked from their audience.

''The message is that we've heard the complaints -- and we're doing something about it.''

He's already won us back.

Totally unnecessary iPhone application

Do you have a jailbroken iphone?
Do you want to open this webpage from the comfort of your iPhone's springboard?

Simply install this clunkyrobot application (control-click to download) on your jailbroken iPhone. Tapping the icon on your homescreen will automatically open this weblog in MobileSafari. Sweet.

This simple application was written in part by using this awesome web based app writer called iPhone Apper. If you need more detailed instructions for getting this app onto your jailbroken iphone please don't hesitate to ask for help in the comments.

Earth Angel

One of our internet friends (and fellow Jonathan Coulton fan) Freecone has posed an interesting question over at Ask.Metafilter.

He asks:
"How would a metal rod with a slightly larger diameter built around the earth react to gravity? Say it's built as to avoid extremes in altitude, mountains and the sort. Would it hover in place, spin at a set point, spin randomly, or buckle? Is there anyway to know the answer other than building one?"

He's even gone so far as to create a sweet infographic to supplement the question.

Check out the ongoing discussion here.

Don't be Izzy

The new mascots for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver have been announced.

Miga is a young sea bear who lives in the ocean with her family pod, out past Vancouver Island near Tofino. Quatchi is a young sasquatch who comes from the mysterious forests of Canada. Sumi is an animal spirit who lives in the mountains of British Columbia.

Wow, we think they look awesome times 2. They're cute, well designed, and actually represent aspects of Vancouver. While our personal favorite is currently Quatchi, we've found a reason to like all of them.

You can take a quiz to see which mascot you are most like. The mascots were designed by a couple of artists who call themselves Meomi. We live in Atlanta. That means we had to put up with this as our mascot for the 96 Summer Olympics:

Izzy. There are so many things wrong with this mascot, it's hard to know where to begin. So we'll start with the most obvious: His total lack of quality on any level, including but not limited to: Design, Intent, or Philosophy. It also looks like he was the very first idea the design committee had. Although, you can be sure this is not true. Originally named Whatizit, Izzy went through many changes after he was announced and before the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics. They took a marginal design and watered it down even more. The result was spectacularly unpopular.

Which is what makes the Vancouver mascots so great. They seem to be everything that Izzy wasn't. That's not a bad rule of thumb for all character and logo design:

Don't be Izzy.

The Cake is a Lie.

A couple of weeks ago we got to see our beloved Jonathan Coulton in concert here in Atlanta.

photo by Dale May

Jonathan Coulton used to be a programmer. Now he writes and sings songs that he sells on the internet for dirt cheap, and often free as in air. He's actually making a living with this scheme, and has recently been touring the country based entirely on demand from the people. As far as I can tell without any promoting, or posters or advertising.

Jonathan has seen a pretty big explosion in his popularity lately. He was commissioned to write a song for the awesome new game called Portal. The game is brain-hurting puzzler in which you use a portal opening gun to bend space and time to your own will while trying to defeat an evil artificial intelligence. Everybody who has played the game has loved it, and it's theme song.

The show was great, and we even worked up the nerve to meet him after the show. Something we rarely do, especially if we are big fans of something or somebody. It's weird. But not this time, I actually spoke to him, and found out he was a big fan of Sealab 2021, and also Frisky Dingo. Excellent.

Here's one of our favorite Jonathan Coulton songs:

Here's his smash hit video game song from Portal:

Here's the same song live:

Buy Jonathan Coulton songs!

Out of the Woodwork.

They come a crawlin' out like bugs. If I were Bear Grylls I'd eat them alive, then I would go "catch" a "wild" horse.

Fans of the Discovery Channel show Man VS. Wild have taken exception with our assessment of their beloved program. We think the show cheats... We think this because they've been discovered cheating... simple yes?

Well no.

About once a week we get a new comment on either of our two posts concerning the controversy telling us to "Shut up," or "Go to hell" because we don't realize how awesome Bear Grylls is. Here are a few choice comments:

TJ says:
"Blah, blah, blah, in case none of you have noticed, this show, Man vs. Wild, is about teaching people how to survive in the wild, not about who's wearing a life vest or who knows how to drink pee properly. Jeeze, get over it already."

If you try to read this comment too closely it's 4th dimensional logic will begin to fold in on itself creating a soul sucking vortex of stupidity. Keep your distance. Then there's this one:

Some Anonymous Guy says:
"I think that all you haters of bear grylls should shut up, because he as more Balls than any of you could even imagine!

I'm curious as to how many balls this guy can truthfully imagine on Bear. 20? A Million?

I've tried to say it before, but it's worth repeating. We think Bear Grylls is a total bad-ass, which is what makes the cheating so disappointing. Now it looks like there is a new season of Man VS. Wild with new adventures for everybody to go ga-ga over. And actually this time around it sounds like they've heard our complaints. The show is being more truthful about Grylls adventures. They seem to be stressing the educational over the entertainment value.

Alright Still

We have a soft spot for Lilly Allen, and I'm not exactly sure I can tell you why...
But I'll try.

It might be the result of her being a perfect swirling mixture of very specific things that we find awesome. It might be her dance-hall, feel good music combined with her feel not-so-good lyrics. It could even be her voice, which we find soothing and brithishly enraging all at once. Although, in all likelihood it's because we think she's hot, especially when she's trash talking fashion models or pining for spaghetti bolognese.

Well now there's an even better reason to think she's super. She just might be hitching a ride in the TARDIS. Yes, she is being considered for Doctor Who's new companion. Doctor Who is famous throughout the world for being a show about a time and space traveling immortal who is always accompanied by an attractive female companion. That's just how things like that work ok?

We've been watching The New Doctor Who and totally enjoying it. We're even fans of Torchwood, the series most recent spin-off. The Doctor's first companion in the new series, Rose, was played by Billie Piper, who herself was a British Pop Star prior to being on the series. And while it's sometimes and unpopular opinion around here, we liked The Doctor's newest companion Martha Jones played by Freema Agyeman even more than Rose.

Save us from your own show already!

What happened to our beloved Heroes?

While the last two episodes have been the best this season... Still, this season has consistently stunk. This is a show that we said was better than Lost! And it took that crown only half way into it's first season.

You can't even blame this on the writer's strike. They started down this road well before the threat of strike. Why has the second season of Heroes fallen so far? The second season of Lost was BETTER than the first. It took that show until season 3 to get even a little boring. And here is Heroes, pulling a season 3 Lost already!

Entertainment Weekly interviewed Heroes creator Tim Kring, while he was picketing his own show! He addresses almost every complaint we have about the show right now... I couldn't believe it.

''We assumed the audience wanted season 1 -- a buildup of intrigue about these characters and the discovery of their powers. We taught [them] to expect a certain kind of storytelling. They wanted adrenaline. We made a mistake.''

Yeah, we wanted that in SEASON 1. Seeing all these new character "come to terms" with their powers has already been covered. We've seen that, and a few of our favorites from last season must now "re-come to terms" with the powers they already have!

He comments on Hiro being out of commission for too long:
''...should have [lasted] three episodes. We didn't give the audience enough story to justify the time we allotted it.''

And how about the forced 90210: With Powers angle:
"'I've seen more convincing romances on TV,'' he admits. ''In retrospect, I don't think romance is a natural fit for us.''

Wow, when have you ever heard a Television Person admit that they were wrong. Jeez, usually they stick with a bad choice until all the life has been sucked from their audience.

''The message is that we've heard the complaints -- and we're doing something about it.''

He's already won us back.

Totally unnecessary iPhone application

Do you have a jailbroken iphone?
Do you want to open this webpage from the comfort of your iPhone's springboard?

Simply install this clunkyrobot application (control-click to download) on your jailbroken iPhone. Tapping the icon on your homescreen will automatically open this weblog in MobileSafari. Sweet.

This simple application was written in part by using this awesome web based app writer called iPhone Apper. If you need more detailed instructions for getting this app onto your jailbroken iphone please don't hesitate to ask for help in the comments.

Earth Angel

One of our internet friends (and fellow Jonathan Coulton fan) Freecone has posed an interesting question over at Ask.Metafilter.

He asks:
"How would a metal rod with a slightly larger diameter built around the earth react to gravity? Say it's built as to avoid extremes in altitude, mountains and the sort. Would it hover in place, spin at a set point, spin randomly, or buckle? Is there anyway to know the answer other than building one?"

He's even gone so far as to create a sweet infographic to supplement the question.

Check out the ongoing discussion here.

Don't be Izzy

The new mascots for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver have been announced.

Miga is a young sea bear who lives in the ocean with her family pod, out past Vancouver Island near Tofino. Quatchi is a young sasquatch who comes from the mysterious forests of Canada. Sumi is an animal spirit who lives in the mountains of British Columbia.

Wow, we think they look awesome times 2. They're cute, well designed, and actually represent aspects of Vancouver. While our personal favorite is currently Quatchi, we've found a reason to like all of them.

You can take a quiz to see which mascot you are most like. The mascots were designed by a couple of artists who call themselves Meomi. We live in Atlanta. That means we had to put up with this as our mascot for the 96 Summer Olympics:

Izzy. There are so many things wrong with this mascot, it's hard to know where to begin. So we'll start with the most obvious: His total lack of quality on any level, including but not limited to: Design, Intent, or Philosophy. It also looks like he was the very first idea the design committee had. Although, you can be sure this is not true. Originally named Whatizit, Izzy went through many changes after he was announced and before the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics. They took a marginal design and watered it down even more. The result was spectacularly unpopular.

Which is what makes the Vancouver mascots so great. They seem to be everything that Izzy wasn't. That's not a bad rule of thumb for all character and logo design:

Don't be Izzy.

The Cake is a Lie.

A couple of weeks ago we got to see our beloved Jonathan Coulton in concert here in Atlanta.

photo by Dale May

Jonathan Coulton used to be a programmer. Now he writes and sings songs that he sells on the internet for dirt cheap, and often free as in air. He's actually making a living with this scheme, and has recently been touring the country based entirely on demand from the people. As far as I can tell without any promoting, or posters or advertising.

Jonathan has seen a pretty big explosion in his popularity lately. He was commissioned to write a song for the awesome new game called Portal. The game is brain-hurting puzzler in which you use a portal opening gun to bend space and time to your own will while trying to defeat an evil artificial intelligence. Everybody who has played the game has loved it, and it's theme song.

The show was great, and we even worked up the nerve to meet him after the show. Something we rarely do, especially if we are big fans of something or somebody. It's weird. But not this time, I actually spoke to him, and found out he was a big fan of Sealab 2021, and also Frisky Dingo. Excellent.

Here's one of our favorite Jonathan Coulton songs:

Here's his smash hit video game song from Portal:

Here's the same song live:

Buy Jonathan Coulton songs!

Out of the Woodwork.

They come a crawlin' out like bugs. If I were Bear Grylls I'd eat them alive, then I would go "catch" a "wild" horse.

Fans of the Discovery Channel show Man VS. Wild have taken exception with our assessment of their beloved program. We think the show cheats... We think this because they've been discovered cheating... simple yes?

Well no.

About once a week we get a new comment on either of our two posts concerning the controversy telling us to "Shut up," or "Go to hell" because we don't realize how awesome Bear Grylls is. Here are a few choice comments:

TJ says:
"Blah, blah, blah, in case none of you have noticed, this show, Man vs. Wild, is about teaching people how to survive in the wild, not about who's wearing a life vest or who knows how to drink pee properly. Jeeze, get over it already."

If you try to read this comment too closely it's 4th dimensional logic will begin to fold in on itself creating a soul sucking vortex of stupidity. Keep your distance. Then there's this one:

Some Anonymous Guy says:
"I think that all you haters of bear grylls should shut up, because he as more Balls than any of you could even imagine!

I'm curious as to how many balls this guy can truthfully imagine on Bear. 20? A Million?

I've tried to say it before, but it's worth repeating. We think Bear Grylls is a total bad-ass, which is what makes the cheating so disappointing. Now it looks like there is a new season of Man VS. Wild with new adventures for everybody to go ga-ga over. And actually this time around it sounds like they've heard our complaints. The show is being more truthful about Grylls adventures. They seem to be stressing the educational over the entertainment value.

Alright Still

We have a soft spot for Lilly Allen, and I'm not exactly sure I can tell you why...
But I'll try.

It might be the result of her being a perfect swirling mixture of very specific things that we find awesome. It might be her dance-hall, feel good music combined with her feel not-so-good lyrics. It could even be her voice, which we find soothing and brithishly enraging all at once. Although, in all likelihood it's because we think she's hot, especially when she's trash talking fashion models or pining for spaghetti bolognese.

Well now there's an even better reason to think she's super. She just might be hitching a ride in the TARDIS. Yes, she is being considered for Doctor Who's new companion. Doctor Who is famous throughout the world for being a show about a time and space traveling immortal who is always accompanied by an attractive female companion. That's just how things like that work ok?

We've been watching The New Doctor Who and totally enjoying it. We're even fans of Torchwood, the series most recent spin-off. The Doctor's first companion in the new series, Rose, was played by Billie Piper, who herself was a British Pop Star prior to being on the series. And while it's sometimes and unpopular opinion around here, we liked The Doctor's newest companion Martha Jones played by Freema Agyeman even more than Rose.

Save us from your own show already!

What happened to our beloved Heroes?

While the last two episodes have been the best this season... Still, this season has consistently stunk. This is a show that we said was better than Lost! And it took that crown only half way into it's first season.

You can't even blame this on the writer's strike. They started down this road well before the threat of strike. Why has the second season of Heroes fallen so far? The second season of Lost was BETTER than the first. It took that show until season 3 to get even a little boring. And here is Heroes, pulling a season 3 Lost already!

Entertainment Weekly interviewed Heroes creator Tim Kring, while he was picketing his own show! He addresses almost every complaint we have about the show right now... I couldn't believe it.

''We assumed the audience wanted season 1 -- a buildup of intrigue about these characters and the discovery of their powers. We taught [them] to expect a certain kind of storytelling. They wanted adrenaline. We made a mistake.''

Yeah, we wanted that in SEASON 1. Seeing all these new character "come to terms" with their powers has already been covered. We've seen that, and a few of our favorites from last season must now "re-come to terms" with the powers they already have!

He comments on Hiro being out of commission for too long:
''...should have [lasted] three episodes. We didn't give the audience enough story to justify the time we allotted it.''

And how about the forced 90210: With Powers angle:
"'I've seen more convincing romances on TV,'' he admits. ''In retrospect, I don't think romance is a natural fit for us.''

Wow, when have you ever heard a Television Person admit that they were wrong. Jeez, usually they stick with a bad choice until all the life has been sucked from their audience.

''The message is that we've heard the complaints -- and we're doing something about it.''

He's already won us back.

Totally unnecessary iPhone application

Do you have a jailbroken iphone?
Do you want to open this webpage from the comfort of your iPhone's springboard?

Simply install this clunkyrobot application (control-click to download) on your jailbroken iPhone. Tapping the icon on your homescreen will automatically open this weblog in MobileSafari. Sweet.

This simple application was written in part by using this awesome web based app writer called iPhone Apper. If you need more detailed instructions for getting this app onto your jailbroken iphone please don't hesitate to ask for help in the comments.

Earth Angel

One of our internet friends (and fellow Jonathan Coulton fan) Freecone has posed an interesting question over at Ask.Metafilter.

He asks:
"How would a metal rod with a slightly larger diameter built around the earth react to gravity? Say it's built as to avoid extremes in altitude, mountains and the sort. Would it hover in place, spin at a set point, spin randomly, or buckle? Is there anyway to know the answer other than building one?"

He's even gone so far as to create a sweet infographic to supplement the question.

Check out the ongoing discussion here.

Don't be Izzy

The new mascots for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver have been announced.

Miga is a young sea bear who lives in the ocean with her family pod, out past Vancouver Island near Tofino. Quatchi is a young sasquatch who comes from the mysterious forests of Canada. Sumi is an animal spirit who lives in the mountains of British Columbia.

Wow, we think they look awesome times 2. They're cute, well designed, and actually represent aspects of Vancouver. While our personal favorite is currently Quatchi, we've found a reason to like all of them.

You can take a quiz to see which mascot you are most like. The mascots were designed by a couple of artists who call themselves Meomi. We live in Atlanta. That means we had to put up with this as our mascot for the 96 Summer Olympics:

Izzy. There are so many things wrong with this mascot, it's hard to know where to begin. So we'll start with the most obvious: His total lack of quality on any level, including but not limited to: Design, Intent, or Philosophy. It also looks like he was the very first idea the design committee had. Although, you can be sure this is not true. Originally named Whatizit, Izzy went through many changes after he was announced and before the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics. They took a marginal design and watered it down even more. The result was spectacularly unpopular.

Which is what makes the Vancouver mascots so great. They seem to be everything that Izzy wasn't. That's not a bad rule of thumb for all character and logo design:

Don't be Izzy.

The Cake is a Lie.

A couple of weeks ago we got to see our beloved Jonathan Coulton in concert here in Atlanta.

photo by Dale May

Jonathan Coulton used to be a programmer. Now he writes and sings songs that he sells on the internet for dirt cheap, and often free as in air. He's actually making a living with this scheme, and has recently been touring the country based entirely on demand from the people. As far as I can tell without any promoting, or posters or advertising.

Jonathan has seen a pretty big explosion in his popularity lately. He was commissioned to write a song for the awesome new game called Portal. The game is brain-hurting puzzler in which you use a portal opening gun to bend space and time to your own will while trying to defeat an evil artificial intelligence. Everybody who has played the game has loved it, and it's theme song.

The show was great, and we even worked up the nerve to meet him after the show. Something we rarely do, especially if we are big fans of something or somebody. It's weird. But not this time, I actually spoke to him, and found out he was a big fan of Sealab 2021, and also Frisky Dingo. Excellent.

Here's one of our favorite Jonathan Coulton songs:

Here's his smash hit video game song from Portal:

Here's the same song live:

Buy Jonathan Coulton songs!

Out of the Woodwork.

They come a crawlin' out like bugs. If I were Bear Grylls I'd eat them alive, then I would go "catch" a "wild" horse.

Fans of the Discovery Channel show Man VS. Wild have taken exception with our assessment of their beloved program. We think the show cheats... We think this because they've been discovered cheating... simple yes?

Well no.

About once a week we get a new comment on either of our two posts concerning the controversy telling us to "Shut up," or "Go to hell" because we don't realize how awesome Bear Grylls is. Here are a few choice comments:

TJ says:
"Blah, blah, blah, in case none of you have noticed, this show, Man vs. Wild, is about teaching people how to survive in the wild, not about who's wearing a life vest or who knows how to drink pee properly. Jeeze, get over it already."

If you try to read this comment too closely it's 4th dimensional logic will begin to fold in on itself creating a soul sucking vortex of stupidity. Keep your distance. Then there's this one:

Some Anonymous Guy says:
"I think that all you haters of bear grylls should shut up, because he as more Balls than any of you could even imagine!

I'm curious as to how many balls this guy can truthfully imagine on Bear. 20? A Million?

I've tried to say it before, but it's worth repeating. We think Bear Grylls is a total bad-ass, which is what makes the cheating so disappointing. Now it looks like there is a new season of Man VS. Wild with new adventures for everybody to go ga-ga over. And actually this time around it sounds like they've heard our complaints. The show is being more truthful about Grylls adventures. They seem to be stressing the educational over the entertainment value.

Alright Still

We have a soft spot for Lilly Allen, and I'm not exactly sure I can tell you why...
But I'll try.

It might be the result of her being a perfect swirling mixture of very specific things that we find awesome. It might be her dance-hall, feel good music combined with her feel not-so-good lyrics. It could even be her voice, which we find soothing and brithishly enraging all at once. Although, in all likelihood it's because we think she's hot, especially when she's trash talking fashion models or pining for spaghetti bolognese.

Well now there's an even better reason to think she's super. She just might be hitching a ride in the TARDIS. Yes, she is being considered for Doctor Who's new companion. Doctor Who is famous throughout the world for being a show about a time and space traveling immortal who is always accompanied by an attractive female companion. That's just how things like that work ok?

We've been watching The New Doctor Who and totally enjoying it. We're even fans of Torchwood, the series most recent spin-off. The Doctor's first companion in the new series, Rose, was played by Billie Piper, who herself was a British Pop Star prior to being on the series. And while it's sometimes and unpopular opinion around here, we liked The Doctor's newest companion Martha Jones played by Freema Agyeman even more than Rose.

Save us from your own show already!

What happened to our beloved Heroes?

While the last two episodes have been the best this season... Still, this season has consistently stunk. This is a show that we said was better than Lost! And it took that crown only half way into it's first season.

You can't even blame this on the writer's strike. They started down this road well before the threat of strike. Why has the second season of Heroes fallen so far? The second season of Lost was BETTER than the first. It took that show until season 3 to get even a little boring. And here is Heroes, pulling a season 3 Lost already!

Entertainment Weekly interviewed Heroes creator Tim Kring, while he was picketing his own show! He addresses almost every complaint we have about the show right now... I couldn't believe it.

''We assumed the audience wanted season 1 -- a buildup of intrigue about these characters and the discovery of their powers. We taught [them] to expect a certain kind of storytelling. They wanted adrenaline. We made a mistake.''

Yeah, we wanted that in SEASON 1. Seeing all these new character "come to terms" with their powers has already been covered. We've seen that, and a few of our favorites from last season must now "re-come to terms" with the powers they already have!

He comments on Hiro being out of commission for too long:
''...should have [lasted] three episodes. We didn't give the audience enough story to justify the time we allotted it.''

And how about the forced 90210: With Powers angle:
"'I've seen more convincing romances on TV,'' he admits. ''In retrospect, I don't think romance is a natural fit for us.''

Wow, when have you ever heard a Television Person admit that they were wrong. Jeez, usually they stick with a bad choice until all the life has been sucked from their audience.

''The message is that we've heard the complaints -- and we're doing something about it.''

He's already won us back.

Totally unnecessary iPhone application

Do you have a jailbroken iphone?
Do you want to open this webpage from the comfort of your iPhone's springboard?

Simply install this clunkyrobot application (control-click to download) on your jailbroken iPhone. Tapping the icon on your homescreen will automatically open this weblog in MobileSafari. Sweet.

This simple application was written in part by using this awesome web based app writer called iPhone Apper. If you need more detailed instructions for getting this app onto your jailbroken iphone please don't hesitate to ask for help in the comments.

Earth Angel

One of our internet friends (and fellow Jonathan Coulton fan) Freecone has posed an interesting question over at Ask.Metafilter.

He asks:
"How would a metal rod with a slightly larger diameter built around the earth react to gravity? Say it's built as to avoid extremes in altitude, mountains and the sort. Would it hover in place, spin at a set point, spin randomly, or buckle? Is there anyway to know the answer other than building one?"

He's even gone so far as to create a sweet infographic to supplement the question.

Check out the ongoing discussion here.

Don't be Izzy

The new mascots for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver have been announced.

Miga is a young sea bear who lives in the ocean with her family pod, out past Vancouver Island near Tofino. Quatchi is a young sasquatch who comes from the mysterious forests of Canada. Sumi is an animal spirit who lives in the mountains of British Columbia.

Wow, we think they look awesome times 2. They're cute, well designed, and actually represent aspects of Vancouver. While our personal favorite is currently Quatchi, we've found a reason to like all of them.

You can take a quiz to see which mascot you are most like. The mascots were designed by a couple of artists who call themselves Meomi. We live in Atlanta. That means we had to put up with this as our mascot for the 96 Summer Olympics:

Izzy. There are so many things wrong with this mascot, it's hard to know where to begin. So we'll start with the most obvious: His total lack of quality on any level, including but not limited to: Design, Intent, or Philosophy. It also looks like he was the very first idea the design committee had. Although, you can be sure this is not true. Originally named Whatizit, Izzy went through many changes after he was announced and before the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics. They took a marginal design and watered it down even more. The result was spectacularly unpopular.

Which is what makes the Vancouver mascots so great. They seem to be everything that Izzy wasn't. That's not a bad rule of thumb for all character and logo design:

Don't be Izzy.

The Cake is a Lie.

A couple of weeks ago we got to see our beloved Jonathan Coulton in concert here in Atlanta.

photo by Dale May

Jonathan Coulton used to be a programmer. Now he writes and sings songs that he sells on the internet for dirt cheap, and often free as in air. He's actually making a living with this scheme, and has recently been touring the country based entirely on demand from the people. As far as I can tell without any promoting, or posters or advertising.

Jonathan has seen a pretty big explosion in his popularity lately. He was commissioned to write a song for the awesome new game called Portal. The game is brain-hurting puzzler in which you use a portal opening gun to bend space and time to your own will while trying to defeat an evil artificial intelligence. Everybody who has played the game has loved it, and it's theme song.

The show was great, and we even worked up the nerve to meet him after the show. Something we rarely do, especially if we are big fans of something or somebody. It's weird. But not this time, I actually spoke to him, and found out he was a big fan of Sealab 2021, and also Frisky Dingo. Excellent.

Here's one of our favorite Jonathan Coulton songs:

Here's his smash hit video game song from Portal:

Here's the same song live:

Buy Jonathan Coulton songs!

Out of the Woodwork.

They come a crawlin' out like bugs. If I were Bear Grylls I'd eat them alive, then I would go "catch" a "wild" horse.

Fans of the Discovery Channel show Man VS. Wild have taken exception with our assessment of their beloved program. We think the show cheats... We think this because they've been discovered cheating... simple yes?

Well no.

About once a week we get a new comment on either of our two posts concerning the controversy telling us to "Shut up," or "Go to hell" because we don't realize how awesome Bear Grylls is. Here are a few choice comments:

TJ says:
"Blah, blah, blah, in case none of you have noticed, this show, Man vs. Wild, is about teaching people how to survive in the wild, not about who's wearing a life vest or who knows how to drink pee properly. Jeeze, get over it already."

If you try to read this comment too closely it's 4th dimensional logic will begin to fold in on itself creating a soul sucking vortex of stupidity. Keep your distance. Then there's this one:

Some Anonymous Guy says:
"I think that all you haters of bear grylls should shut up, because he as more Balls than any of you could even imagine!

I'm curious as to how many balls this guy can truthfully imagine on Bear. 20? A Million?

I've tried to say it before, but it's worth repeating. We think Bear Grylls is a total bad-ass, which is what makes the cheating so disappointing. Now it looks like there is a new season of Man VS. Wild with new adventures for everybody to go ga-ga over. And actually this time around it sounds like they've heard our complaints. The show is being more truthful about Grylls adventures. They seem to be stressing the educational over the entertainment value.

Alright Still

We have a soft spot for Lilly Allen, and I'm not exactly sure I can tell you why...
But I'll try.

It might be the result of her being a perfect swirling mixture of very specific things that we find awesome. It might be her dance-hall, feel good music combined with her feel not-so-good lyrics. It could even be her voice, which we find soothing and brithishly enraging all at once. Although, in all likelihood it's because we think she's hot, especially when she's trash talking fashion models or pining for spaghetti bolognese.

Well now there's an even better reason to think she's super. She just might be hitching a ride in the TARDIS. Yes, she is being considered for Doctor Who's new companion. Doctor Who is famous throughout the world for being a show about a time and space traveling immortal who is always accompanied by an attractive female companion. That's just how things like that work ok?

We've been watching The New Doctor Who and totally enjoying it. We're even fans of Torchwood, the series most recent spin-off. The Doctor's first companion in the new series, Rose, was played by Billie Piper, who herself was a British Pop Star prior to being on the series. And while it's sometimes and unpopular opinion around here, we liked The Doctor's newest companion Martha Jones played by Freema Agyeman even more than Rose.

Save us from your own show already!

What happened to our beloved Heroes?

While the last two episodes have been the best this season... Still, this season has consistently stunk. This is a show that we said was better than Lost! And it took that crown only half way into it's first season.

You can't even blame this on the writer's strike. They started down this road well before the threat of strike. Why has the second season of Heroes fallen so far? The second season of Lost was BETTER than the first. It took that show until season 3 to get even a little boring. And here is Heroes, pulling a season 3 Lost already!

Entertainment Weekly interviewed Heroes creator Tim Kring, while he was picketing his own show! He addresses almost every complaint we have about the show right now... I couldn't believe it.

''We assumed the audience wanted season 1 -- a buildup of intrigue about these characters and the discovery of their powers. We taught [them] to expect a certain kind of storytelling. They wanted adrenaline. We made a mistake.''

Yeah, we wanted that in SEASON 1. Seeing all these new character "come to terms" with their powers has already been covered. We've seen that, and a few of our favorites from last season must now "re-come to terms" with the powers they already have!

He comments on Hiro being out of commission for too long:
''...should have [lasted] three episodes. We didn't give the audience enough story to justify the time we allotted it.''

And how about the forced 90210: With Powers angle:
"'I've seen more convincing romances on TV,'' he admits. ''In retrospect, I don't think romance is a natural fit for us.''

Wow, when have you ever heard a Television Person admit that they were wrong. Jeez, usually they stick with a bad choice until all the life has been sucked from their audience.

''The message is that we've heard the complaints -- and we're doing something about it.''

He's already won us back.

Totally unnecessary iPhone application

Do you have a jailbroken iphone?
Do you want to open this webpage from the comfort of your iPhone's springboard?

Simply install this clunkyrobot application (control-click to download) on your jailbroken iPhone. Tapping the icon on your homescreen will automatically open this weblog in MobileSafari. Sweet.

This simple application was written in part by using this awesome web based app writer called iPhone Apper. If you need more detailed instructions for getting this app onto your jailbroken iphone please don't hesitate to ask for help in the comments.

Earth Angel

One of our internet friends (and fellow Jonathan Coulton fan) Freecone has posed an interesting question over at Ask.Metafilter.

He asks:
"How would a metal rod with a slightly larger diameter built around the earth react to gravity? Say it's built as to avoid extremes in altitude, mountains and the sort. Would it hover in place, spin at a set point, spin randomly, or buckle? Is there anyway to know the answer other than building one?"

He's even gone so far as to create a sweet infographic to supplement the question.

Check out the ongoing discussion here.

Don't be Izzy

The new mascots for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver have been announced.

Miga is a young sea bear who lives in the ocean with her family pod, out past Vancouver Island near Tofino. Quatchi is a young sasquatch who comes from the mysterious forests of Canada. Sumi is an animal spirit who lives in the mountains of British Columbia.

Wow, we think they look awesome times 2. They're cute, well designed, and actually represent aspects of Vancouver. While our personal favorite is currently Quatchi, we've found a reason to like all of them.

You can take a quiz to see which mascot you are most like. The mascots were designed by a couple of artists who call themselves Meomi. We live in Atlanta. That means we had to put up with this as our mascot for the 96 Summer Olympics:

Izzy. There are so many things wrong with this mascot, it's hard to know where to begin. So we'll start with the most obvious: His total lack of quality on any level, including but not limited to: Design, Intent, or Philosophy. It also looks like he was the very first idea the design committee had. Although, you can be sure this is not true. Originally named Whatizit, Izzy went through many changes after he was announced and before the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics. They took a marginal design and watered it down even more. The result was spectacularly unpopular.

Which is what makes the Vancouver mascots so great. They seem to be everything that Izzy wasn't. That's not a bad rule of thumb for all character and logo design:

Don't be Izzy.

The Cake is a Lie.

A couple of weeks ago we got to see our beloved Jonathan Coulton in concert here in Atlanta.

photo by Dale May

Jonathan Coulton used to be a programmer. Now he writes and sings songs that he sells on the internet for dirt cheap, and often free as in air. He's actually making a living with this scheme, and has recently been touring the country based entirely on demand from the people. As far as I can tell without any promoting, or posters or advertising.

Jonathan has seen a pretty big explosion in his popularity lately. He was commissioned to write a song for the awesome new game called Portal. The game is brain-hurting puzzler in which you use a portal opening gun to bend space and time to your own will while trying to defeat an evil artificial intelligence. Everybody who has played the game has loved it, and it's theme song.

The show was great, and we even worked up the nerve to meet him after the show. Something we rarely do, especially if we are big fans of something or somebody. It's weird. But not this time, I actually spoke to him, and found out he was a big fan of Sealab 2021, and also Frisky Dingo. Excellent.

Here's one of our favorite Jonathan Coulton songs:

Here's his smash hit video game song from Portal:

Here's the same song live:

Buy Jonathan Coulton songs!

Out of the Woodwork.

They come a crawlin' out like bugs. If I were Bear Grylls I'd eat them alive, then I would go "catch" a "wild" horse.

Fans of the Discovery Channel show Man VS. Wild have taken exception with our assessment of their beloved program. We think the show cheats... We think this because they've been discovered cheating... simple yes?

Well no.

About once a week we get a new comment on either of our two posts concerning the controversy telling us to "Shut up," or "Go to hell" because we don't realize how awesome Bear Grylls is. Here are a few choice comments:

TJ says:
"Blah, blah, blah, in case none of you have noticed, this show, Man vs. Wild, is about teaching people how to survive in the wild, not about who's wearing a life vest or who knows how to drink pee properly. Jeeze, get over it already."

If you try to read this comment too closely it's 4th dimensional logic will begin to fold in on itself creating a soul sucking vortex of stupidity. Keep your distance. Then there's this one:

Some Anonymous Guy says:
"I think that all you haters of bear grylls should shut up, because he as more Balls than any of you could even imagine!

I'm curious as to how many balls this guy can truthfully imagine on Bear. 20? A Million?

I've tried to say it before, but it's worth repeating. We think Bear Grylls is a total bad-ass, which is what makes the cheating so disappointing. Now it looks like there is a new season of Man VS. Wild with new adventures for everybody to go ga-ga over. And actually this time around it sounds like they've heard our complaints. The show is being more truthful about Grylls adventures. They seem to be stressing the educational over the entertainment value.

Alright Still

We have a soft spot for Lilly Allen, and I'm not exactly sure I can tell you why...
But I'll try.

It might be the result of her being a perfect swirling mixture of very specific things that we find awesome. It might be her dance-hall, feel good music combined with her feel not-so-good lyrics. It could even be her voice, which we find soothing and brithishly enraging all at once. Although, in all likelihood it's because we think she's hot, especially when she's trash talking fashion models or pining for spaghetti bolognese.

Well now there's an even better reason to think she's super. She just might be hitching a ride in the TARDIS. Yes, she is being considered for Doctor Who's new companion. Doctor Who is famous throughout the world for being a show about a time and space traveling immortal who is always accompanied by an attractive female companion. That's just how things like that work ok?

We've been watching The New Doctor Who and totally enjoying it. We're even fans of Torchwood, the series most recent spin-off. The Doctor's first companion in the new series, Rose, was played by Billie Piper, who herself was a British Pop Star prior to being on the series. And while it's sometimes and unpopular opinion around here, we liked The Doctor's newest companion Martha Jones played by Freema Agyeman even more than Rose.

Save us from your own show already!

What happened to our beloved Heroes?

While the last two episodes have been the best this season... Still, this season has consistently stunk. This is a show that we said was better than Lost! And it took that crown only half way into it's first season.

You can't even blame this on the writer's strike. They started down this road well before the threat of strike. Why has the second season of Heroes fallen so far? The second season of Lost was BETTER than the first. It took that show until season 3 to get even a little boring. And here is Heroes, pulling a season 3 Lost already!

Entertainment Weekly interviewed Heroes creator Tim Kring, while he was picketing his own show! He addresses almost every complaint we have about the show right now... I couldn't believe it.

''We assumed the audience wanted season 1 -- a buildup of intrigue about these characters and the discovery of their powers. We taught [them] to expect a certain kind of storytelling. They wanted adrenaline. We made a mistake.''

Yeah, we wanted that in SEASON 1. Seeing all these new character "come to terms" with their powers has already been covered. We've seen that, and a few of our favorites from last season must now "re-come to terms" with the powers they already have!

He comments on Hiro being out of commission for too long:
''...should have [lasted] three episodes. We didn't give the audience enough story to justify the time we allotted it.''

And how about the forced 90210: With Powers angle:
"'I've seen more convincing romances on TV,'' he admits. ''In retrospect, I don't think romance is a natural fit for us.''

Wow, when have you ever heard a Television Person admit that they were wrong. Jeez, usually they stick with a bad choice until all the life has been sucked from their audience.

''The message is that we've heard the complaints -- and we're doing something about it.''

He's already won us back.

Totally unnecessary iPhone application

Do you have a jailbroken iphone?
Do you want to open this webpage from the comfort of your iPhone's springboard?

Simply install this clunkyrobot application (control-click to download) on your jailbroken iPhone. Tapping the icon on your homescreen will automatically open this weblog in MobileSafari. Sweet.

This simple application was written in part by using this awesome web based app writer called iPhone Apper. If you need more detailed instructions for getting this app onto your jailbroken iphone please don't hesitate to ask for help in the comments.

Earth Angel

One of our internet friends (and fellow Jonathan Coulton fan) Freecone has posed an interesting question over at Ask.Metafilter.

He asks:
"How would a metal rod with a slightly larger diameter built around the earth react to gravity? Say it's built as to avoid extremes in altitude, mountains and the sort. Would it hover in place, spin at a set point, spin randomly, or buckle? Is there anyway to know the answer other than building one?"

He's even gone so far as to create a sweet infographic to supplement the question.

Check out the ongoing discussion here.