Thursday, November 18, 2004

Dept. of Funny Pages

YO KEVIN! Wassup with this?

Bizarre black Lois Lane comic from the 70s. Mark Frauenfelder: boogah sez: "Millionaire Playboy has unearthed a wonderfully absurd bit of comic book history: A comic book where [Superman's girlfriend] Lois Lane goes undercover as a black woman to get information for a story she's trying to do."

Images Blacklois1 The story begins with Lois assigned to do a story on Metropolis's urban area that Lois refers to Little Africa. It seems that all black people refuse to submit to an interview done by Miss Whitey. Young children, old blind ladies, and even people on the street hate white people. With Superman's help Lois is placed inside the Plastimold and the Transformoflux Pack invented by Dahr-Nel, Kryptonian Surgeon. Apparently this machine is meant to change white people to black people. You have to wonder if Superman uses this machine often?

LinkBoing Boing]


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Dept. of Tips and Tricks

A picture named evnovabattle.jpgHey, these sound like....uh, crap... .how do you say it....... ummmm..... like....... errr...... ummm........ good...... no, wait.... excellent.... too pretentious...

::Fires up EV Nova::

Here, read this instead. DAMN!!! BLOWN UP AGAIN!

Hack your way out of writer’s block. Mark Frauenfelder: Merlin Mann of 43 Folders has a great list of ways to break through writer's block.

Write crap - Accept that your first draft will suck, and just go with it. Finish something.

Unplug the router - Metafilter and Boing Boing aren’t helping you right now. Turn off the Interweb and close every application you don’t need. Consider creating a new user account on your computer with none of your familiar apps or configurations.

Write the middle - Stop whining over a perfect lead, and write the next part or the part after that. Write your favorite part. Write the cover letter or email you’ll send when it’s done.

Link [Boing Boing]


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Dept. of Rhetorical Questions

A picture named guinness.jpgGee, I wonder why??????

Who's happiest?. Ireland wins the world contest for best quality of life, while the U.S. slips to 13th place. [Salon.com]

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Dept. of Bad Omens

When the giant cockroach-controlled battle-bots take over we shall rue this day!!!!

Cockroach-controlled mobile robot system in LA on Friday. Mark Frauenfelder: RoachbotOn November 19th, 2004 8-10pm at Machine Project in Los Angeles, "Garnet Hertz will be showing his most recent prototype: a cockroach-controlled mobile robot system. The system uses a living Madagascan hissing cockroach atop a modified trackball to control a three-wheeled robot. Infrared sensors also provide navigation feedback to create a semi-intelligent system, with the cockroach as the CPU. This work will be framed within the contexts of intelligence, embodiment, artificial life, the history robotics, and Michael Jackson." Link (Thanks, Dan!) [Boing Boing]

Jacko? Wha' happen?

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A picture named no_powell.jpgOY!!!!!

Maybe it should be the "FBB" for Federal Busy Bodies.

FCC Crackdown Could Spread. With more conservatives in power, the Federal Communications Commission may become more forceful about indecency fines. The agency may even try to expand its jurisdiction into cable TV, satellite radio and the internet. By Randy Dotinga. [Wired News]

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