I am frankly in awe of this guy. This is Part 1 (click the image or read past the jump); read it and Part 2 for the whole awesome story.
Tag: other people’s words
Screw You, And Screw Your Man Card
via deadspin.com
Drew Magary is now one of my heroes. Fuck Miller Lite. Fuck “manliness.”
I’m being pissed off about other things at the moment, so this hit the sweet spot. But go Drew Magary.
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Why This Was the Worst True Blood Season Ever — and How the Show Can Be Saved
Build Droids Instead Of Death Stars
“Don’t Come To The Dark Side: Acquisition Lessons From A Galaxy, Far, Far Away” (.pdf) is a brilliant commentary on military acquisitions, through a Star Wars filter. Written by an Air Force acquisitions specialist for a defense acquisitions periodical.
Sample: More than one writer inexplicably complimented Vader’s leadership style, conveniently overlooking his use of telekinetic strangulation as a primary motivational approach.
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Default password on hotel safe – Boing Boing
via boingboing.net
This is annoying as hell. There is no reason a “default password” should persist once a guest has entered a locking password. If the guest forgets, the hotel should have a physical key (in a secured place) that can be used if necessary; but a default password that any chimp can guess is ridiculous.
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“If We’re Not Back By Dawn, Call The President”: A Look Back At Big Trouble In Little China
via tor.com
First, they looked at Buckaroo Banzai. Now this. One of my all-time favorites as well, and this look back hits on all the reasons Big Trouble In Little China is such a jewel of a film.
Now I have to watch it again, very soon.
Click on Lo Pan’s gigantic head-needle for the full scoop.
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Feminist Media Criticism, George R.R. Martin’s A Song Of Ice And Fire, And That Sady Doyle Piece | ThinkProgress
I’ve written a great deal lately about the way that nerds can be less than progressive, whether by failing to establish anti-harassment policies and ethos at conventions or by relying on continuity and fidelity to text as a way to disguise an antipathy to diversity. But if we want the nerdosphere to be a more progressive place, I think it’s important to mount critiques that will actually be effective, rather than ones that can make the critics feel self-righteous, which is why I’m so dismayed by Sady Doyle’s condescending and willfully misleading critique of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series and the people who read it.
This is a fascinating piece. Click the pic for the column, and be sure to click the link in it to see the “Sady Doyle piece” it refers to.
NOTE: I originaly and unintentionally posted the entire column. I have shortened it and made the picture actually link to the whole thing.
Someone's Got To Say It 