Virtual vehicles for the metaverse
Topics concerning that thing known as ‘real life’ and not virtual worlds.
While browsing Craigslist.org, I found this ad for a silent computer. It’s unremarkable except for the oddly poetic title “Powerful Computer working in silence”, which evokes images of Deep Thought ruminating on the meaning of life, the universe, and everything.
Also curious is the line that says, “This system is completly silent, i sleep next to it with my girlfriend, we cant hear it, trust me.”
Link: Craigslist.org: “Powerful Computer working in silence”
I was almost literally rolling on the floor laughing my ass off when I watched this: Titanic in 30 seconds, re-enacted by bunnies. I think I like it better than the original.
Thanks, River Selkie for the fine link.
Over at sci-fi novelist Adrian Bedford’s blog, he’s taking great pains to not announce something really cool and amazing that he has in the works. I think he should follow Dean Kamen’s example (he invented the Segway scooter), and give the secret news a codename. Kamen already used “Ginger”, so Adrian could call it “Nutmeg”, for example. That’ll create a huge buzz while people speculate and make crazy predictions.
“The ‘Nutmeg’ project? It’s a penguin farm! What else could it be?”
“Are you nuts? Nutmeg is obviously a secret project to adapt Orbital Burn into a remarkable TV documentary about sharks that attack!”
It also helps if well-known individuals drop vague hints about its nature. For example, someone might overhear Steve Jobs saying, “I can’t say exactly what Adrian’s ‘Nutmeg’ project is, but what I will say is that it will revolutionize the way we make coffee and/or brush our teeth.”
How long will Adrian keep us in suspense??
If you feel that your life is sadly lacking in the karaoke department, you should visit River Selkie’s pet project, the Sing-a-Long Karaoke blog. That’s right! At last, you can sing and blog at the very same time!
Although I’m allergic to karaoke myself and break out in itchy spots when I get near a microphone, I’d encourage anyone with a microphone and vocal cords to join the fun. Best of all… it’s anonymous!
Read the karaoke FAQ to find out how to post your vocal stylings.
It’s hip, it’s modern, it has kick-ass coffee, and it has a view of the mountains. Well, it has a view of the mountains when it’s not raining. I’m talking about Vancouver’s Eight East Coffee House on Broadway.
This place will BLOW YOUR MIND. The music, the decor, the dancers, the juggling troupe, and — not least by far — an olympic-size ice rink. Come for the coffee, but you can also watch the out-of-work NHL players vie for coffee and biscotti in a series of no-holds-barred blood matches. Sundays and holidays are family days, when they replace the players with clowns. Instead of sticks, they go at each other with balloon animals. Yesterday a clown had to be rushed to the hospital after being garotted with a giraffe.
Well, to be honest the ice rink isn’t yet past the planning stages, and may have been just my own caffeine-induced hallucination. And the dancers, clowns, and juggling troupe never really existed. If you’re lucky, though, you can catch sight of a cyclist or two from the bike shop next door.
In the meantime, Dan, Pam, and their staff have themselves a nice little coffee house. I think I’ll definitely come back, even if it’s a while until I see the rink.