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Thundercats (Two of Nine lives)

vinny9 — 2010-06-02T18:35:49-04:00

Warner Bros. Animation announced today that it has teamed up with Cartoon Newtork for a revival of the much-loved 1980s animated series ThunderCats. The updated cartoon �will sport a heavy anime look, thanks to Warner Bros. Animation�s collaboration with Japan�s Studio4�C� (see promo pic above).

No word on an official premiere date, but the show is expected to begin airing sometime in 2011.

(via)

Seems Inevitable, In Retrospect

goodladd — 2010-03-22T11:37:28-04:00

Programming in lolspeak.

http://lolcode.com/examples/count-1

Go F*ck Yourself

registeredname — 2009-07-20T08:57:58-04:00

For those of you involved in the improv scene who are unaware of what happened this weekend and want a good way to catch up:
http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/07/18/go-fuck-yourself-eric-amber/

Who is that at 4 minutes and 30 seconds?!!!

Maryam — 2009-07-14T21:22:09-04:00

I'll give you a hint: Rhymes with Bustin' Racks.

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-297853

Montreal Improv Gives It All Away

vinny9 — 2009-07-11T01:03:37-04:00

We're having a little ticket giveaway over on our blog. If you're in town, feel free to participate.

Montreal Improv ticket contest

Sometimes the Simplest Things Are the Best

goodladd — 2009-05-08T15:07:03-04:00

Play him off, Keyboard Cat.

Ice Dancing Needs More Of This (NSFW?)

vinny9 — 2009-03-11T16:41:27-04:00

Faith is Bliss

vinny9 — 2008-07-10T10:29:58-04:00

Louisiana is legislating that other theories of life can be debated/taught in schools in the name of "academic freedom".

Now I'm all open to debating the flaws of evolutionary theory and where it breaks down. And I am pro challenging it with strong and convincing evidence/arguments/experiments. However, I am against the monumental intellectual dishonesty that will surely follow in this case.

At the same time, do a people have a right to miseducate themselves? If a corner of society wants to teach that 2+2=5, I'm tempted to say, "let them". I'd get the fuck out of there myself because I'm not interested in participating in it nor do I care to associate myself with people who get behind this kind of thinking.

Here's my question: if I was a Federal educator, would I try to prevent that or let it be fought locally? Do I have a duty to stop it?

Don't tase me-tro

chrisdye — 2008-04-16T11:50:25-04:00

Vancouver transit cops tasering people who don't pay their fare.

Cat-ch Me If You Can

Gbrowdy — 2007-12-01T23:20:59-05:00

Chat Noir

This game is simple: you block a spot, the cat jumps a spot. Try to catch that cat!

It took me many many tries until I got the hang of it. Eerily entertaining.

Like, Whatever

vinny9 — 2007-06-14T11:51:02-04:00

Which American accent are you?

I'm a midlander...

LOL, Cat.

Gbrowdy — 2007-06-12T16:04:32-04:00

Cat with Bow Golf

Here are some things to know, since there seems to be woefully little information on the page:

Spoiler Warning - Some of the fun is in trying to figure out what the hell is going on

1) You hold the mouse button and drag to determine angle and power

2) You can re-aim and re-shoot mid-air if you need to

3) DO NOT HIT THE BOTTOM. It's an automatic +16

Best Fad Joke Ever

vinny9 — 2007-06-09T13:02:01-04:00

lolcats programming

Edited to fix link. [Oct 5, 2007]

The Cat's Out of the Bag

goodladd — 2007-03-15T16:45:08-04:00

UPDATE: More crazy cats (the animal kind, not the Sixties hipster kind) attack!

"When he ran back, he saw a young male with blood over his face," Gutschenritter said.

The cats had attacked a boy who had opened the bedroom door.

"He was bitten on his forehead, nose, left ear and right cheek," the chief said.

Artist's impression of the incident.

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...And into a world of hurt.

"Bleeding from three bites and wearing only the housecoat she had on to retrieve her newspaper, an elderly woman upended an attacking, rabies-crazed cat in the street in front of her home and, with her hand tight around its tail, beat the feline into submission against a nearby utility pole."

Missing Class

goodladd — 2007-03-14T19:28:36-04:00

This is neither silly nor technical, but it's a neat article about everything that's wrong with American universities, and I felt like sharing.

Adrienne, I expect you to explain its conclusions with great exasperation to your mother at some point in the next week.

This Made Me VERY Happy

Chronomorph — 2007-02-05T12:52:47-05:00

I found this article about Sunday Night Improv on the TSC website. So awesome!

Vancouver continuing education

dustin — 2007-01-05T07:30:24-05:00

Of all the fliers that piled up in my apartment over the holidays, the only interesting one was the Continuing Education Program of the Vancouver School Board. They offer some normal academic classes, but what interested me was the huge variety of general interest seminars they offer. Cooking, dancing, computers, languages, art, business, personal development, and more.

I registered for a pair of 1 day courses about investing and memory boosting, as well as a longer swing dance course (bring it on Nikki).

Wheat production vs. climate change

dustin — 2006-12-05T06:46:35-05:00

Check out this map showing the regions in North America that are viable for wheat production, now and in 2050:

Via Scientific American, and the map is originally from this BBC Science/Nature article.

We don't need no thought control

dustin — 2006-11-13T20:52:20-05:00

Here's an interesting interview about radical education reform:

"We need to kill the poison plant we created," Gatto has written. "School reform is not enough. The notion of schooling itself must be challenged." His alternative: to get rid of institutional mass-production schools, allow every imaginable experiment to blossom, make free public libraries universal, and expand hands-on apprenticeships.

I don't agree with everything the guy says, but I do agree that the public school system needs a serious shake-up.

Cinema du Parc has closed =(

dustin — 2006-09-09T17:36:54-04:00

I just read in Adrienne's blog that Cinema du Parc has closed. Even though I don't live in Montreal anymore, this makes me sad. I always had a membership there, and saw a ton of cool movies as a result. The Hour has a write-up about it, which basically blames the AMC Forum Theatre for the Parc's demise. I'm sure that was a big factor, but I think the Parc could have survived if they handled themselves better. They were located right beside a giant group of rich McGill kids. That should have been one of their core markets, but I rarely saw much Parc advertising at McGill or around the ghetto (except for their schedules, which does count somewhat I guess).

Anyway, this post is just me shedding an online tear for the good ole Cinema du Parc. :'-(

Musical Dichotomy (through animated cats)

dustin — 2006-08-28T19:09:30-04:00

The Official Record Store Cats

The Rise of Slime

dustin — 2006-08-18T03:50:52-04:00

Altered Oceans is a five-part series by the LA Times investigating the changing conditions in the world's oceans. It goes in depth in some different areas, and the overall picture is not good. The oceans are moving towards their conditions 650,000 years ago: full of toxic bacteria, algae, and simple organisms, while lacking higher order creatures such as mammals, coral and fish.

Sillysoft Education Plan

dustin — 2006-07-29T04:53:44-04:00

I'm starting a special education deal, with 2 main programs:

1. Schools can get American History Lux for free.

2. CS, math, and engineering students and departments can get free Lux Delux registrations.

Full details on the program are here: http://sillysoft.net/schools/

The rational behind this is described (and commented on) in this IndieGamer thread that I started.

Educate Your Creativity

dustin — 2006-07-27T04:39:52-04:00

I just watched a video of Sir Ken Robinson talk about creativity as part of TED Talks.

One of his main points in that our current education system is designed to drive out creativity and variety from students. That it doesn't properly recognize the value that each person has. I agree with this.

His second main point was that some people are just meant to be dancers. Somewhat odd, but he is British after all.

- via Guy Kawasaki. More discussion about which talks are good is here and here.

The right solution

vinny9 — 2006-05-19T13:38:23-04:00

The downside to food aid

Top Universities in the World

dustin — 2004-09-26T19:25:13-04:00

Here's a nice list of the top world universities based on academic and research performance. It's pretty remarkable how well the US does. They have a clear lock on the top. Canada does decently, with 4 of the top 100. It was compiled by a chinese university.

Via the Edinburgher (xoxo).

MIT Open Course Ware saves Nigeria!

dustin — 2004-04-03T01:09:20-05:00

Today Mariana told me about some guy from Nigeria who emailed the Concordia Linguistics Student Association saying that they wanted to start a linguistics program but they didn't have any books or anything.

I mentioned to her that MIT had an Open Course Ware project going on, where they are putting all the materials for all of their classes online. MIT has a strong linguistics program, so I'm sure it's a valuable resource for the Nigerian dude. But MIT is strong in other things as well (computer science, engineering, AI, robotics, etc). So maybe there's something in this Open Course Ware program that's valuable for you?

kitten skeet

dustin — 2003-06-13T15:20:57-04:00

I went skeet-shooting for real once (i.e. not Duck Hunt) at a friends farm. It's the only time that I've fired an actual gun. It was fun, even though I was no good. Anyway, this was supposed to be a segway to this clay kitten shooting game. After a few rounds I found out the trick is to aim for the body. Meow...