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Saturday, February 23, 2008

Grab Bag

Neat Stuff

Warren Ellis, Free of Charge
Warren Ellis, the author behind Planetary, Black Summer, Transmetropolitan, The Authority and many others, has launched a new webcomic effort called FreakAngels.

It looks promising.

Source: FreakAngels

20 Bizarre Science Experiments
Bizarre and more than a little gruesome.

You may have heard of the famous Milgram Obedience Experiment, which showed that Americans are just as likely as Germans to commit atrocities based on dubious authority figures telling them to.

Did you know a followup was done with cute, fluffy puppies and live voltage?

How about the experiments involving grafting one dog's head to another dog, that helped lead to the successful development of the life support machines used during heart/lung transplants?

Fascinating stuff.

You might not want to read it before a meal though.

Or immediately afterward.

Source: Museum of Hoaxes (No, these weren't hoaxes, it's just the site)

Kirby + Snoop Dogg == K-Dogg?
Youtube mashup of Snoop Dogg and Kirby.

It works eerily well.

Source: Youtube

Bad Language
Warren Ellis was right, the English troops did curse a lot.

Also, you too kids can earn lasting fame by swearing!

Source: Wikipedia

Devil Feet
One of those great oddball historical moments, this time where a mysteeeeeeerious set of foot prints was blamed on Satan. Or a kangaroo. Or a weather balloon.

Source: Wikipedia

Guitar Heroes
So it seems that Aerosmith is making a band-specific Guitar Hero game.

I'm not sure what this means exactly, though it's good for Aerosmith fans, I suppose. Guitar Hero is the series that tends to use cover bands whereas Rock Band uses the original artists, so it's a switch. Of course, Aerosmith tried to make a videogame before... and the world still suffers.

Source: Reuters

Behold the Glory of Colbert
Witness it.

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