Peace, Goodwill
Hipster, Please! on some good nerdy christmas tracks
Ninja Christmas
I still think this Snake Eyes christmas mashup from 2 years ago is really good:
But then again, I’m biased.
Best TV of 2011 – The A.V. Club
great list – lots of shows I haven’t seen, lots I have that are indeed great. Louie gets #1.
2010 Holiday Survival Guide for Slackers – The Morning News
I missed this last year but I’m guessing it’s still just as funny. “This year, give him the gift of sputtering rage with the Star Wars toaster. “You know, because you love Space Trek so much,” you will say as his neckbeard quivers with apoplexy.”
The Mysterious Yes
new blog by a couple friends, Beau and Julia
The Fall of the “Liberal Elite”
through the concept of the 99%
Fantasy Armor and Lady Bits
(via)
Patton Oswalt gets kicked out of the Alamo Drafthouse
(via)
Film Studies Ryan Gosling
(via)
The Done Manifesto
according to this manifesto, man am I in trouble.
Give Me Something To Read Highlights of 2011
long plane ride helper
Steven Frank: UNITINU
The Year In Film 2011
it’s that time of year… Listmas!
Flood Maps
dial in a sea level rise height and see the result. 1 degree of global warming = as much as 20m rise. (via)
Family Guy writer's first-person account of his Occupy LA arrest
Android: A Visual History
Screenplay Markdown Lives!
Marked, an app for creating screenplays in markdown-style syntax
Atlas Shrugged Part 1 (My World Of Flops)
“handcuffs amateurish, borderline-incoherent pulp to juvenile, unfeasible ideology”
Don't Be A Free User
actually, one thing I really liked about Pinboard was that it cost a one-time fee, not a recurring charge. But I especially like that paying for stuff on the web makes it less likely to have ads.
Tom Bissell on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
“A massive interactive system, thoughtfully designed, that allowed for player experiences of nearly infinite variety: Here, finally, was a clear argument for what video games might actually be for.” I felt the same way about oblivion. I see the point about Skyrim’s dialogue, but I don’t see as that big a deal (it’s really not a huge amount of play time). We won’t get compelling video game conversations until we’re actually talking to the game. (via)