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Tidbits: Nice Hair
Tonight's article will be on the short side, because I don't feel like getting too deep right now. The subject is a webcomic of comparatively low profile as far as I can tell. (It's hard to tell with webcomics sometimes.)
It's called Nice Hair because Nail Gaiman has nice hair. He -or a caricature of him- is the main character of the comic, along ( Read more... ) -
Math: Conway's Game of Life
Schools teach children to believe that mathematics are difficult and boring. Now I can imagine that certain types of maths can be either or both, and that every individual has their own strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes in these matters as in any other.
I hate number-crunching. I always have. I think that we should make the computers do ( Read more... ) -
As You Get Older, Shiny Stuff Becomes Classic
Here's something that is very interesting and well done. It is a photorealistic pencil drawing of the four protagonists of South Park. See Stan, Kyle, Eric and Kenny as they would look in reality. Freaking adorable! (Doesn't Cartman look a little like Alfred E. Neuman?)
This sketch was used in the episode Free Willzyx, which is pretty much the ( Read more... ) -
Ilyena - from The Mars Volta's new Bedlam in Goliath
In my experience, it takes a long time to form an opinion on The Mars Volta's music. I had to listen to Amputechture on and off for months before I suddenly loved it like no other album. No, love isn't the right word - I was hooked, addicted and enjoying every second. I listened to Tetragrammaton daily for weeks.
Now I've had about a month to digest ( Read more... )