Jun. 29th, 2008

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8 and a Half Webcomics!!!
   Anyway, today, after extensive research, I bring you the definitive top 10 8 webcomics

N. Questionable Content - I actually kind of hate this webcomic, but after I read all the other ones I'm often bored and wander over to it. It makes me cringe though. I hate the way the author writes about his characters as if he doesn't know what they're thinking or going to do and is suprised himself. I hate the way the characters' eyes (particularly the main character) are vaguely reminiscent of anime. I hate the way daily installments often just culminate in a really lame one liner. I hate the pretentious indie rock pretentiousness that prevades the whole thing. Yet, when I've read all the other webcomics, I still read it out of morbid curiousity as to how much its going to fill me with loathing. d=

8. Diesel Sweeties - Robots, romance, robot-romance, and pixelation! Dependably never a groaner and amazing the expressiveness that can be made just by changing a few pixels around.

7. Ask Dr Eldritch - I still don't know how the author makes this thing but its excellent. Its about.. a girl moves into a mansion that has random portals to other dimensions through which all sorts of (silly) supernatural things from other dimensions routinely come. Also living there is a troll, a robot and a supernatural advice columnist. Hilarity ensues.

6. Scary Go Round - Silliness and sass from the fictional town of Tackleford, England!

5. Dr McNinja - He's a doctor, and he's a ninja, and apparently he's Irish, and he has the most off-the-wall adventures you can imagine. I just wish the navigation on his website was better.

4. Wigu - A young boy named Wigu, his gothic sister, his kind-of-redneckish dad, and his alcoholic mom. Plus Topato the potatoe made from poison from Butter Dimension Cubed and his partner Sheriff Pony. Site navigation is also a bit off but its quite hilarious!

3. Dresden Codak - Beautifully drawn and intellectual, just wish it updated more frequently.

2. Gunnerkrigg Court - Also beautifully drawn, and with neat storyline. About a girl who goes to a boarding school full of robots and supernatural beings and such.

1. Sluggy Freelance - How the author thinks up the brilliant story arcs is beyond me. They're all brilliant and they all link together seamlessly and incorporate developments from earlier developments such that you wonder if he plans it all out a full year ahead of time or something.


Picture of the Day / Year Ago Today Yesterday


Epic Roadtrip 2007 - Day 12: Yellowstone Day 2
(Actually the above picture is from Grand Teton National Park, which adjoins Yellowstone to the south)

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   Former 30 in 30 heavyweight [livejournal.com profile] apoplecticfittz pioneered the use of crazy real-world stunts for 30 in 30, such as the time he spent 24 Hours in a Greenhouse, "No Shave April," or the time he grew a Hitler Stache "Aviator Mustache." In the spirit of such shenanigans I bring you...



MENNONITE BEARD!!!
(note the lack of a mustache)



At least the cat still loves me.




Three more if for some reason you want to see them.

   But yeah. I think I've been growing that out for two weeks now. Since Flagstaff anyway. I'll probably only keep it until the novelty wears off. Also, fact of the day, apparently this kind of beard is technically called a "Donegal."


And of course...
Picture of the Day / Year Ago Today

Epic Roadtrip 2007: Day 13 -
From Yellowstone, Wyoming, through Idaho and Nevada to Davis, California.

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Three Exciting Games
   You may recall earlier I made a post about a strategy game that should exist. Well now I bring you three game ideas -- two computer games and one fun and exciting game YOU can play TODAY in REAL LIFE! =D

3. Sim Cave-man - I think a game that simulated the trials and tribulations of a caveman would actually be quite interesting. And by caveman I mean the very earliest homo sapiens who were hunter gatherers and (I imagine) wandered about in small family groups having adventures (and yes, sometimes living in caves). Hunt for food! Defend your family against wild animals and unfriendly other cavemen! Attack innocent other cavemen and steal their women! Make cave paintings! I think it could be fun both on a timescale of a single caveman's life, or perhaps if you follow one group of people from a travelling family unit to a band and a tribe, watch them discover the wheel, pottery, bow and arrow, compete with rival groups for food and form the nucleus of a nation. Perhaps a sequel could be in the works to continue your fledgling nation into the iron age...

2. Wildfire! - So while I was working on bees up in Riverside county the other day a brushfire began a few miles away across the valley. Within five minutes aircraft were bombing it with water and they had it out in about 20 minutes. But it got me thinking. It requires a lot of logistics and planning to effectively fight these wildfires that occasionally ravage California. It could be a benevolent alternative to wargames for the more pacifist minded -- coordinate firefighting assets to fight brushfire scenarios with a minimum loss of life and property!

...and now, what you've been waiting for, the fun and exciting game you can play yourself, asap, for free, in the real world! It involved danger, adrenaline, exercise, and communing with nature! It is...
1. Avoid Getting Stung By Bees!! - I thought of this genius game the other day at work while I was ... trying to avoid getting stung by bees. You see, Dave and I found we only had one working veil, and I decided I'd rather brave the bees than the 100+ degree heat in a beesuit, so I was dodging bees in just long pants and a t-shirt. There's two forms of the game really:
   A. Matador Mode - Less effective but more fun (if you accept the fact you are likely to be stung). Face off against the bee mano-e-mano (sp?!). Just you, the bee, and something to swipe at it with. In my case it was the long-sleeved shirt I wasn't wearing. As it swoops at you, you swing at it. You miss of course and try to wind up and get a bead on the bee again before it has a chance to nail you between the eyes.
Yes I did this for a short time for my own amusement. And let the record state that I wasn't tormenting an innocent bee - it was already trying to sting me, it was me or her.
   B. Strictly Business Mode - Okay, so you have decided you don't really want to get stung. You can bat wildly at your head, but you'll like like a total fool. Normally I just walk at a normal pace into the wind if a bee takes a particular interest to me and it shortly gives up. However, today they were too plentiful, pervasive and persistent for me to use that technique. So instead I would simply stand facing upwind (they'll usually try to attack you from downwind for whatever reason) until the bee(s) in question had landed in my hair. Then, with one firm wack, I would slap my (gloved) hand upon my head and the buzzing would abruptly stop, followed by a faint plop of the dead bee(s) falling onto the ground. I recommend wearing gloves or using a shirt or towel or something so as to avoid getting stung on the hand. They are unlikely to sting your head through your hair unless you're like, bald or something.
   C. Really Don't Want To Get Stung Mode - Run. In a straight line. Upwind. Do not bother to bat at the bees wildly, you will not kill them and will possibly make them more certain you are some kind of wild animal that must be driven away. Do not jump in a pool they will simply wait for you to come up for air, like ninjas. But I mean, this is like playing Avoid Getting Stung By Bees (TM) on the easiest setting, its no fun at all (though maybe good exercise?).

Next Time: A (well researched) report on where beestings hurt the most?


Picture of the Day / Year Ago Today


Epic Roadtrip 2007: Day 13
- From Yellowstone Wyoming through Idaho and Nevada to Davis, California

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