tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117848102009-06-25T18:16:52.387-04:00A blog about comic books, environmental issues, Schuylkill County, PA, cool stuff found on the web, and more.A stream of cosmicness...Darylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890145829605881174noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11784810.post-10769087992283893692009-06-24T22:02:00.002-04:002009-06-24T22:06:52.035-04:00

Here's a great article by Cory Doctorow on monopolies and copyright, DRM, and the like. Basically, a few "gatekeepers" make the rules, even on the Internet, and once again, the creatives get screwed.

Darylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890145829605881174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11784810.post-5746859939253291382009-06-20T19:21:00.003-04:002009-06-20T19:46:37.017-04:00

Does anyone else get the feeling when reading of a deal like this -- where the drug companies are only going to make ten trillion dollars instead of eleven trillion dollars (by overcharging poor people) -- that the drug companies are laughing at us as they get richer and richer while pretending to be good guys? Is everything spin anymore?

Darylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890145829605881174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11784810.post-87130110030905199602009-06-18T21:29:00.002-04:002009-06-18T21:38:35.941-04:00

Bluewater Productions is making a new Logan's Run comic starting this fall. Logan's Run was a novel (first of a trilogy that included Logan's World and Logan's Search, plus a later short story) about a dystopian future where the law proscribed death at 21 (a 70's movie adaption changed that age to 30; a remake has been talked about for years, but doesn't seem to be able to get off the ground).

Darylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890145829605881174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11784810.post-58696529071410901012009-06-17T18:48:00.001-04:002009-06-17T18:50:21.423-04:00

Here's a neat article featuring old-time ads that used word balloons to get their message across.

Darylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890145829605881174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11784810.post-41640147068912309132009-06-15T19:54:00.002-04:002009-06-15T20:01:29.156-04:00

DailyINK is a website that offers access to daily comics, among other things such as interactive puzzles, from King Features Syndicate. The annual access cost of $15.00 includes a $3.00 handling charge. Does that strike anyone else as strange -- a handling charge for a website?

Darylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890145829605881174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11784810.post-27325644129225502012009-06-15T17:58:00.002-04:002009-06-15T18:02:59.864-04:00

Thanks to boingboing, who reprint a neat Joe Simon and Jack Kirby interpretation of a woman's dream, from the 1950's series Strange World of your Dreams.

Darylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890145829605881174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11784810.post-20543387655935444832009-06-03T21:36:00.000-04:002009-06-03T21:37:47.528-04:00

Today's topic isapophenia. Discuss.I'll be here, waiting.

Darylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890145829605881174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11784810.post-75358620115722949122009-06-01T22:27:00.002-04:002009-06-01T22:30:30.564-04:00

Came across this listof many translations offrog haiku. Enjoy!

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Via Mr. Lessig. When public figures, like Senator Nelson from Nebraska, receive a ton of money from special interests, you gotta question their motives, hold them accountable for their actions, and put the pressure on. Remember, government exists to serve the people, not corporations.

Darylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890145829605881174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11784810.post-44091076437596278462009-05-20T22:04:00.004-04:002009-05-20T22:10:42.214-04:00

This is a classic XKCD, which despite it's stick figure drawings is one of the funniest web comics out there (but only if you're a computer geek).

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This is verrrry scary. The Federal Reserve has been looted, and the level of incompetence displayed by the Federal Reserve Inspector General is shocking. Spread this far and wide. Every person in this country who isn't distracted by Britney, Paris, and whatever other diversions are being thrown your way: someone is stealing from you. Our government is evidently colluding with thieves; I'm not

Darylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890145829605881174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11784810.post-15748278447329574242009-04-04T05:12:00.002-04:002009-04-04T05:20:45.550-04:00

This Rolling Stone article has already made the rounds of the blogosphere but is definitely worth a read for those of you who want to understand how we got into this bailout mess. Warning: you will be outraged after reading this.Another great explanation of the scenarios that caused the crisis can be found in a PBS This American Life show from May 2008 called The Giant Pool of Money.

Darylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890145829605881174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11784810.post-61262040438880121062009-04-03T20:32:00.000-04:002009-04-03T20:33:30.086-04:00

Key quote: "As we bail out the rest of our nation, it is also time to come to their aid." Link.

Darylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890145829605881174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11784810.post-76318022391833653742009-03-29T21:43:00.003-04:002009-03-29T21:46:08.007-04:00

The usual overpriced drinks and some annoying drunks, but overall a good show. Setlist follows:House of Blue LightsWho Do You Love?The FixerNight TimeI Drink AloneOne Bourbon, One Scotch, One BeerBorn LoverBad to the BoneGear JammerMove It On OverEncore I:What a PriceYou Talk Too MuchEncore II:Treat Her RightMadison Blues

Darylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890145829605881174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11784810.post-61001834377882300292009-03-16T19:39:00.001-04:002009-03-16T19:42:05.931-04:00

The Sci-Fi channel is renaming itself Syfy.Morons.

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Watch. Listen.

Darylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890145829605881174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11784810.post-21934212908689433792009-02-18T18:25:00.003-05:002009-02-18T18:36:13.243-05:00

There's an interesting post over at boingboing entitled "How are you coping with collapse-anxiety?" We live in interesting times (like the old Chinese curse says) and it is an anxiety-ridden moment in history. How did we get here? Did the military-industrial complex spiral out of control, much too large for any one person, group, or country to manage? Or was it simply the bad policies of George

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If you're not a programmer, stop reading now.Everyone who's still with me, this article, while a little dated, is a fascinating read. The premise is how some tools dictate how you approach a problem (like the old adage "When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail"). Taken a step further, if you learn to think a certain way because you've been using a certain tool for a long time,

Darylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890145829605881174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11784810.post-4446151068411422522009-02-10T18:20:00.001-05:002009-02-10T18:36:52.205-05:00

"The New Hampshire state legislature took an unbelievably bold step Monday by introducing a resolution to declare certain actions by the federal government ... totally void and warning that certain future acts will be viewed as a 'breach of peace' with the states themselves that risks 'nullifying the Constitution.'" link (via digg).As for the latest bailout: Let the Wall St. "Talent" Walk.

Darylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890145829605881174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11784810.post-10787098038309333052009-01-28T15:03:00.002-05:002009-01-28T15:07:27.303-05:00

Evidently the universe may be a hologram. Huh. And I thought we were living in the Matrix (or is it the same thing)?

Darylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890145829605881174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11784810.post-30369788334630036502009-01-28T14:44:00.003-05:002009-01-28T14:51:54.746-05:00

The disingenuously-named American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity spent $45 million last year touting "clean coal," while in just nine months, coal and energy companies spent $125 million lobbying against federal regulations promoting clean energy. Something doesn't pass the smell test. More....

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A scientist believed he'd found a possible cure for Diabetes and asked pharmaceutical companies to sponsor clinical trials. From the article:One example is Weissman’s mid-’90s research on type I diabetes, in which he demonstrated the ability to fully cure type I diabetes in mice using stem cells ... Weissman implied that the pharmaceutical companies had put profit over principle, preferring to

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Via boingboing.

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Reading Bono's guest column for the New York times entitled Notes from the Chairman. Am struck by Bono's observation on listening to two versions of My Way: one, recorded when Sinatra was a younger man, full of bravado, the spit and vinegar of youth, "embodying all the machismo a man can muster about the mistakes he’s made on the way from here to everywhere." And then the version recorded when

Darylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890145829605881174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11784810.post-49358800863316070312009-01-15T22:31:00.002-05:002009-01-24T14:26:18.141-05:00

This may prove that I'm a geek, but I found this hilarious.

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