Penny Arcade! - Perfectly Reasonable

Penny Arcade! - Perfectly Reasonable

Bookmarking for later: Penny Arcade's real estate strip.

Awesome

My brother-in-law referenced two great Motivational Poster parodies (in the vein of Despair) over the weekend that I remember to look for today. They’ve probably been floating around the web for years, but this is the first I’d seen them. Enjoy.

I love Chewie playing the drums. I picture that he plays a little like Animal, but classier.

That pictures is, I think, from the show Dino-Riders. We had a VHS tape of one of the episodes when I was little, and one or two of the figures. What could be cooler than a dinosaur you can ride that shoots lasers?

Note that Despair.com now has a “Parody Motivator Generator” site up. File next to the Lolcat builder.

Losing MacBook Air

Gone, without a Trace: There will be a lot of desperate searches for lost MacBook Airs. And can you really blame a guy for losing something called Air?

Futurama Timeline

A timeline of the universe of Futurama

Brick Arms

BrickArms makes tiny guns for Lego figures.

Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah

Long, splendid piece on Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah, Jeff Buckley’s cover of it, how it became the song to play over your sad montage in TV or movies, how The OC used it and became the reflection of the mid-00s, and how aesthetics won out over the 90s.

Buffy 12

This week’s Buffy had a pretty shocking reveal early on in the story. The New York Times has the spoilers and some words from Whedon.

Update: a longer interview with Whedon. One with editor Scott Allie.

The Earth and Moon as Seen From Mars

The Earth and Moon as seen from Mars. This makes is easy to see how far away the Moon is. Great shot.

Wonder Twins, Activate!

Wonder Twins, Activate! is a short comic by Brazilian twins Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba, who draw Casanova and Umbrella Academy, two of the best books on the shelves at the moment.

Wii Fit Sorta Works

Fairly long piece on Kotaku about Wii Fit, which the reviewer has been playing every day for a month. I like his point that you really could just go out and jog and lose more weight, but that the game gives you incentive by keeping track of your progress. Sure, you could do this with a pad and pencil, but most people aren’t and need the push.