johnke.meWorld of the Living Dead »
Browser-based zombie strategy game using Google Maps as a back-end. Gorgeous. Like a HD Urban Dead, which sucked away months of my life.
Why Finish Books? - The New York Review of Books »
This really hits home for me. I’ve been slogging my way through books I haven’t been enjoying and I’ve had enough. As the article points out: “The more bad books you finish, the fewer good ones you’ll have time to start.”
LA Times: "All red meat is bad for you" »
I’ve been seeing a lot of links to news articles about this study saying that red meat is linked to a whole range of health-related risks. The part every news article leaves out, and which the original study takes into considerations, is that people who eat a lot of red meat probably have other lifestyle factors that would contribute to their general health level. From the study: “Men and women with higher intake of red meat were less likely to be physically active and were more likely to be current smokers, to drink alcohol, and to have a higher body mass index.”
Shamrocking
Americans are trying to make #Shamrocking a “thing”.
Hey America? Fuck you.
Also, while we’re on the subject, the first one of you sons of bitches to call it “St. Patty’s Day” is getting punched in the dick.
Wat »
Gary Bernhardt’s nerd-heavy talk on the various WAT-inducing cases in Ruby and Javascript.
3 shell scripts to improve your writing, or "My Ph.D. advisor rewrote himself in bash." »
I think a large part of my secret desire to become a writer is just so I can rock a load of LaTeX and use a Makefile – a fucking Makefile – on my writing.
Inside Chris Ware's House
Chris Ware’s house looks almost exactly like I imagined it would.
(via Trip City)
DELETE MORE CARE LESS
Banksy on Advertising
You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.
Confrontation Mashup
48 films’ worth of ownage in two minutes.
Or, FUCK YEAH BLOOD, GUTS & CGI.
(via The AV Club)