Category: Entertainment
April 1 Roundup
Collecting some good April Fools jokes:
- NPR: New England Suffers Maple Woes
- Water on Mars (via the Esoteric Science Research Center)
- Star Wars Holiday Special released on DVD (via Slashdot)
- My own Googolplex Theaters
- Other round-ups at CNET, at Slashdot, at Urgo, and at Wikipedia
Girl Genius moves to the web
Here’s some surprising news: Phil and Kaja Foglio’s excellent comic book Girl Genius is moving from print to the web: Girl Genius Online. They plan to have new pages up three times a week, and release graphic novels once a year.
I’m of mixed feelings here. On one hand, I like being able to hold the comics in my hand, and this was a series I’ve been collecting as individual issues. Hardcovers and TPBs are often harder to find. On the other hand, the series was only nominally quarterly, often managing only three issues a year (or fewer). If they actually manage 3 a week, that’s the equivalent of six 30-page issues over the course of the next year. And it will be easier to introduce new people to the series. I can just point them to the website instead of lending an issue or telling them to hunt through their local comic stores.
(via the Studio Foglio newsletter)
Unusual Flash Sighting
I noticed this SUV as I got on the freeway after work. We apparently kept pace with each other, because it was there on the off-ramp as well. It was then that I noticed something red on the back:
Yes, a plush Flash doll was jammed into the trailer hitch!
Hazard Construction?
Here’s a photoblog flashback. This picture was taken in 1999, so I assume the project has long since been completed:
Something about the combination of “Hazard” and “Cannon Road” seemed…apropos. And somewhat ironic when considered in light of construction.
(I did find one Hazard Construction Company on Google. I assume this is them, since they’re based in the right county.)
Farce Cape
A caption I always wanted to write. From “Crackers Don’t Matter,” one of Farscape’s more comedic episodes.
Senior Xing
I’ve only seen these signs in Irvine. I suspect that says something about them:
Perhaps an important warning to drivers, but it’s not a well-designed road sign. There’s too much detail, for starters—detail you’re not going to see clearly zooming by at 35 M.P.H. Compare to the stick figures of the standard school crossing sign, or even to the bunny crossing sign.
More importantly, the cues chosen to identify senior citizens are temporary, in the sense that they’ll look dated not too long from now. Why a hat, for instance? Continue reading