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Free zombie transformation t-shirt!

2009-07-15T09:42:23-07:00

A giveaway for Resident Evil, next week at San Diego Comic-Con (thanks, Tyler!):

Finally, someone has found a way to combine the terror of zombies with the horror of bulging, stark-white nerd bellies. (Yeah, that model is not representative of the average Comic-Con-goer.)

Start planning for Seattle Link Light Rail's inaugural day

2009-07-13T21:13:59-07:00

It's this Saturday, July 18. Everyone rides for free, and there are a bunch of musical notes along the way:

The Rainier Valley Post is promising an event round-up later this week....

Oh, teenagers

2009-07-13T11:44:35-07:00

Love them youths:

From the Flickr page of this fine photographer:

So......
They're putting in a Petco where the old Seaman's Furniture used to be. Yesterday, they took all the lettering down from the old Seaman's Furniture Sign and piled them up in the parking lot. By last night when I was coming home, some of Eatontown's finest youth had renamed the store and set the lettering up under the lights in the dark parking lot.
Welcome to "I Nut Semen". What I really couldn't believe is that they left an F and a U sitting in the pile!

Put a baby picture in your wallet

2009-07-12T17:26:04-07:00

... if you want to get it back.

The baby photograph wallets had the highest return rate, with 88 per cent of the 40 being sent back. Next came the puppy, the family and the elderly couple, with 53 per cent, 48 and 28 respectively.

Frank Rich on Sarah Palin: "She Broke the G.O.P. and Now She Owns It"

2009-07-12T10:14:14-07:00

Love this image:

And kind of astounding:

In the aftermath of her decision to drop out and cash in, Palin’s standing in the G.O.P. actually rose in the USA Today/Gallup poll. No less than 71 percent of Republicans said they would vote for her for president. That overwhelming majority isn’t just the “base” of the Republican Party that liberals and conservatives alike tend to ghettoize as a rump backwater minority. It is the party, or pretty much what remains of it in the Barack Obama era.
That’s why Palin won’t go gently into the good night, much as some Republicans in Washington might wish. She is not just the party’s biggest star and most charismatic television performer; she is its only star and charismatic performer. Most important, she stands for a genuine movement: a dwindling white nonurban America that is aflame with grievances and awash in self-pity as the country hurtles into the 21st century and leaves it behind.

Peggy Noonan on Sarah Palin

2009-07-10T19:42:45-07:00

In a harsh piece in the WSJ titled "A Farewell to Harms." She calls Palin—among other things—a "ponder-free zone." I knew Noonan had a brain in her head, ever since she got caught on that hot mike back in the campaign.

In other GOP news, now only 6% of scientists call themselves Republican.

Seattle still sixth-best city for walking

2009-07-08T17:29:10-07:00

So says WalkScore.com, according to the PSBJ today. And Pioneer Square ranks as the top neighborhood, at 99 out of 100. (Coincidentally, that is also the number of hobos passed per minute, according to HoboScore.com.)

Seattle’s best neighborhood for walking is Pioneer Square, which scored 99 out of 100. The city’s next best areas include downtown (97), First Hill (96) and Belltown and Roosevelt (both 95). Seattle’s out-of-the-way Blue Ridge neighborhood, north of Ballard and Crown Hill, scored the worst with 32 points.
Nationally, San Francisco was followed by New York, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. Jacksonville, Fla. was the nation’s worst city for walking, with a score of 36.

Hitler finds out Palin is resigning

2009-07-06T21:40:53-07:00

I was just describing this phenomenon to Rob--and now, ah, a beautiful current example:

Happy Birthday, America!

2009-07-04T14:56:46-07:00

Hope everyone is enjoying their post-parade, pre-BBQ nap....

Robo-Geisha!

2009-07-03T22:02:09-07:00

And to think I was excited about Bruno. Now *this* goes to the top of my must-see list (NSFW-ish, just so you know):

Bollywood He-Man dinner theater

2009-07-02T10:34:20-07:00

Yep, that's right:

Secret Seattle parks

2009-07-01T16:47:12-07:00

Where the hell is this place?

It's a semi-public park on the seventh-story terrace at the IDX Tower, on Madison between Third and Fourth, apparently. I'm going to start ticking off this list of secret downtown parks, courtesy of Publicola.

Sandwich zeitgeist

2009-06-30T16:16:30-07:00

Paul

Diff for photos!

2009-06-30T10:53:24-07:00

Technology is awesome. If you take multiple photos of something, this free web app will scrub out anything that changes between the photos—so, say, you're trying to get a shot of cool landmark, the app will effectively delete any tourists who walk in front of you while you're shooting, to give you a single, clean shot. E.g.:

(via BB)

How do you know your local Shell station is ghetto?

2009-06-29T18:01:42-07:00

In my case (for the one on Dearborn, by the 'Waj), when:

you're spare-changed twice, once being asked for "80 cents" and then again for "30 cents"
the sign on the front door says that individual liquor sales are now prohibited until after 1 p.m.
the person at the pump next to you is washing her entire car with the windshield squeegee

"Do you like to read about black people?"

2009-06-27T14:32:52-07:00

Part of a DC Comics survey from 1970, via Super Punch:

Ha, Barack Obama would have been 9. But then again, he collected Spider-Man and Conan, both from Marvel.

Healthy Americans Against Reforming Medicine

2009-06-26T08:29:04-07:00

A parody site from the SEIU, linked from this text ad:

Nice Michael Jackson tribute

2009-06-26T08:21:26-07:00

Well, actually an old Jackson 5 tribute—but it'll do:

The new MacBooks are really nice

2009-06-25T15:33:11-07:00

Paul

Republican sex scandal flowchart

2009-06-25T15:26:05-07:00

Via TPM:

And yes, of course Sanford was one of the many self-righteous and hypocritical Republicans who went on CNN during the impeachment hearings to complain about Clinton's infidelity. (I'm sure the Daily Show has the video....)

Them dam immigrunts need to lurn englush!

2009-06-24T10:42:02-07:00

Oh, the poor GOP, they can't get anything right these days. They remind me of the old Democrats.

"Under Misspelled Banner, Buchanan And White Nationalist Brimelow Argue For English-Only Initiatives"

"Yes, we can... with giant robots!"

2009-06-22T12:05:04-07:00

Paul

BEASTS! turns Chinese!

2009-06-22T12:00:35-07:00

Wow, random and cool. Our beloved book, published in China:

(I'm dying to know how good the translation is! Now that I can say "my work has been translated into multiple languages," ha.)

If you thought Waffles Caffe was still just all about waffles

2009-06-21T11:34:47-07:00

... then you'd be wrong. Mmmm, trout waffle.

The vendor-client relationship

2009-06-17T15:40:39-07:00

Sadly, even more true in the recession:

Just go home + go back to bed

2009-06-16T08:30:30-07:00

I hope they're installing these near my building soon:

Funnily, this is the same awesome meter stand.

132 ways to bring a bomb to America

2009-06-15T08:11:12-07:00

Good morning!

This is really what keeps me up at night—not just the idea of being in the blast, but thinking about what America would be like after it.

Sweet little robot Flash game

2009-06-13T12:17:20-07:00

You've got to check out this very cute and stylishly designed Czech Flash game, about a robot named Little Wheel. It takes about 5 or 10 minutes to play through, but even just a minute or two will give you a feel for the jazzy, noir ambience.

From the opening cinematic:

The discovery of dirt

2009-06-12T08:48:35-07:00

It is, apparently, a wonderful thing. (And yes, that's dirt in his hair.)

China to build S.H.I.E.L.D.-style helicarrier?

2009-06-11T09:28:42-07:00

We can hope.

(If you are not already a nerd, this is a helicarrier.)