Shiny. (via BeaucoupKevin)
Dinosaurs and Star Trek
Posted by Ben on March 3, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/dinosaurs-and-star-trek/
Escape!
This is probably what I hoped I’d see when I watched Tom O’Horgan’s Rhinoceros (with Gene Wilder.. but not as a rhinoceros): (via BoingBoing)
Posted by Ben on February 19, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/escape/
Useful information
Similar in usefulness to Professor James Duane’s talk on why you should never talk to the police, Max Brooks talks about how to survive a zombie uprising:
Posted by Ben on January 26, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/useful-information/
Safely Awesome
Anything made by Legos is, almost by definition, awesome. However, this safe pushes the envelope. (via Schneier)
Posted by Ben on January 15, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/safely-awesome/
Useful, in a fake 3-d sort of way
If you’re the sort to buy something online, and buy it before you’ve seen it in person. A useful tool for comparing relative sizes of objects. (via gHacks)
Posted by Ben on January 14, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/useful-in-a-fake-3-d-sort-of-way/
Capers in Review
Who doesn’t love a good, non-violent caper? Good fun for everyone. Except for the people losing millions of dollars. And innocent bystanders and what-have-you. But it really doesn’t get better than the Snohomish Smokescreen. (via Schneier)
Posted by Ben on January 7, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/capers-in-review/
Plus / Minus
+ Periodic table of awesoments, happy people read, 2008 movie recap preview (it’ll make sense, after you’ve seen it) – Psychopaths pick on underdogs, mad cow disease may come back in style (via io9), people kissing alligators.
Posted by Ben on January 4, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/plus-minus/
Robots of the future, break out of your cells
Say what you will of Lockheed-Martin’s take on Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles-as-documentary; this proof-of-concept (if that’s the right phrasing) test video is eerily captivating. (References: http://www.mda.mil/mdalink/html/mdalink.html, http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/12/killing_robot_b.html, http://www.thirdeyeconcept.com/news/index.php?page=336)
Posted by Ben on December 19, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/robots-of-the-future-break-out-of-your-cells/
Worth it for the clapping chicken alone
Is that even a chicken? The Deglingos.
Posted by Ben on December 6, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/worth-it-for-the-clapping-chicken-alone/
But where is he going?
A little feature called “Let’s fly commercial with the Batman”. There’s… really nothing more to say. (via BeaucoupKevin(dot)com)
Posted by Ben on November 25, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/but-where-is-he-going/