These are some pretty creative ideas. Check them out.
You don’t have to wait for these creative designs. Check out these actual origami tea bags…
10 Modern Packaging Concepts That are Clever and Cool – My Modern Metropolis
Author Archives: John Wallenfeldt
Jon Stewart Takes On 30 Republicans Who Voted Against Franken Rape Amendment (VIDEO)
“I guess it’s an efficiency thing. You don’t want to waste tax-payer money giving it to someone who advises fake prostitutes how to commit imaginary crimes, you want to give it to Halliburton because they’re committing real gang rape.”
– John Stewart on the difference between ACORN and Halliburton
Comedy Central video link
American troops in Afghanistan losing heart, say army chaplains – Times Online
Not the best news to come out of that campaign, but unfortunately probably really close to home.
From those servicemen I know who have served in Afghanistan a similar tale rings true. Face it, the locals have been wrapped up in war for 30 years now. They probably don’t even give a damn who is occupying them anymore, much less want to lend a hand.
It is bound to affect those serving in the campaigns there. And to think there would be a plus side to serving in Iraq.
StarWars.com | Book Update: Deathtroopers
I burned through this book pretty quickly and enjoyed the hell out of it. It’s a horror flick set in a Star Wars environment. Not a bad read.
Here is some more info on the book, an excerpt, plus some notes from the passengers and crew of the damned ship.
Also big version of the cover plus the main site hosts a Zombie Week.
Sites I Like
I have no idea why I don’t try to create a blogroll kind of thing, but I’ll just use this list for now as a reference and add to it as necessary. I may even double post it on Wave or something since I now have an account.
I’ll linkify the list as I get around to it, just brainstorming right now.
News/Opinion
BBC
LV Sun
Politics
Bob Cesca
Huffington Post
Daily Kos
ThinkProgress
Technology
Lifehacker
Smarterware
Wired
Daily Checklist
GeekDad
SportsbyBrooks
Google Wave
Pictures
Big Picture
Arts/Culture
MetModern
Hobbies
GoodReads
Make Your Webmail More Secure – Wired How-To Wiki
News you can use right away. Here are some tips on securing your webmail with tips for GMail, Yahoo! and HotMail accounts.
I found a couple things I could be doing and plan on setting up.
Happy browsing folks!
Republican Site Crashes | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
This about covers the failed revamp of GOP.com.
The Best Local TV Ads (VIDEO, POLL)
Some of these are scary hilarious. I miss really good local ads. For some reason Vegas doesn’t do them that well.
This brings to mind the Vern Fonk ads that Ray turned me on to. Here’s a taste:
You Let Our Child Watch What!? Army of Darkness | GeekDad | Wired.com
We haven’t discussed it much, but I’m pretty sure it’s a parental (ir)responsibility to corrupt their children with the stuff they grew up on. This article discusses the merits and issues of showing Army of Darkness to young kids.
Groovy.
Reverse-Engineering the Steampunk Novel with Style: Cherie Priest and Boneshaker | GeekDad | Wired.com
I’ve been pretty sedentary in my fiction reading, I’ll admit. But I really need some new writers. Turtledove’s latest series haven’t quite grabbed me. Ferrigno ended his Assassin series more than a bit predictably. King finished the Dark Tower books and nothing since has satisfies. Clancy wrote himself into a corner with the Jack Ryan books years ago.
Gibson is into modern mysteries and hasn’t found his old touch. Stephenson is getting more and more involved with his created worlds that he’s frankly getting hard to follow. Stirling’s Emberverse is about all I can follow, though I still have my Star Wars books and the latest is – literally – a scream.
So, along with my GeekDad recommendations and Stacy’s work (hi!) I picked up Boneshaker and boy am I glad I did. Here’s the review from GeekDad.
A fun take on alternate history and a well written book to boot. Hell, the ivory pages and brown text just screams “Read me! I’m different!”. Pick it up and thank me later.
For a free sneak peek into the steampunk world by the same author, check out Tanglefoot.