Category Archives: Arts & Literature

NurtureShocked and Awed by a Great Book | GeekDad | Wired.com

I am actually just starting this book after buying it and leaving it on the stack for a few months. Yeah, basically I’m cleaning my desk and found all kinds of stuff I still need to get around to.

So far I am liking what I’m reading. Now that Gabriel is getting old enough to actually learn stuff so. damned. quickly. we are starting to wrap our heads around how to raise him in a way we approve of. This book may help us work on refining that some more. Check out this review and see what you think.

Aren’t We All Looking for Calvin and Hobbes? | GeekDad | Wired.com

Yet another book to read I guess.

This one is about Bill Watterson and how he came about creating Calvin and Hobbes. True to form, the author couldn’t actually speak to Watterson but that is more true to form than the alternative anyway.

I hope it is as good of a read as I am expecting.

Ode to Books, or Why E-Book Readers Will Never Replace Them | GeekDad | Wired.com

I love books. Most of you know that.

Yes, I work with technology and everyone who doesn’t really know me wonders why I don’t have a Kindle or something. Screw that. Give me a damn bound wad of paper to read any day of the week.

Apparently, I’m not the only one who thinks this way.

It’s all about the beard, baby

I have no idea why I like this or even why the artist did them, but there are a few of these characters with beards pics in this guy’s gallery. Enjoy.

Batman

Boba Fett

Black Mage

Robocop

Popeye

Gibbard And Farrar Set Kerouac’s ‘Big Sur’ To Music : NPR

There’s a lot of things I don’t like messed with and books are usually one of those things. Fortunately, the guys Kerouac’s Big Sur to music did a great job. Check it out.

What Is This Giant Chronometer Doing On This Pizza Hut Delivery Bike? – Pizza Hut Chronometer – Gizmodo

I am looooong since being willing to eat Pizza Hut, but I love this.

Granted, it’s not a Deliverator, but it’s a damn cool concept. If that last sentence confused you, you really, really need to read Snow Crash.

Oxford’s Atlas of the World: A Treasure Trove of Global Information | GeekDad | Wired.com

I love maps. Road maps, aerial photos, Google Earth overlays, I don’t care.

You can’t love travel without knowing how to consult a good map. So, I read this review and realized that I should probably set some cash aside and get the latest copy of this.

StarWars.com | Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion

I’ve been having a lot of fun skimming through the new Star Wars: The Essential Atlas. The link here takes you to some background info, author chats, and an online planetary directory that will be updated as new systems and such get written/created.

As a fan, it’s been more than a little discouraging to pour through dozens of fan-made maps, hoping for a system that works. A guy named Cartographer had taken the maps created for the New Jedi Order and had spent a lot of work organizing those into something usable. Up until this book’s release, the best current map was a mash-up of Cartographer’s and Modi’s map, found here.

State of Nevada: Great Outdoors and Zombies

I probably won’t get to listen to this until I get home later tonight, but today’s State of Nevada covers discussions on both things to do around Vegas in the fall and winter as well as an interview with Max Brooks, who is coming to my local library tonight for a lecture called “An Evening with Max Brooks: Surviving the Zombie Wars”.

Of course I’m going to this. Leslie is unfortunately on call but she’s letting me take the night off to go listen. Yeah, my wife is pretty cool.