That's Epic

Check it out:

http://geekleetist.tumblr.com/post/424281071/thunt27-via-juliasegal-follow-me-into

http://5sf.at/180

Unintentional Comedy off the Charts

I don't know how long this has been active, but apparently YouTube has a new closed captioning system that tries to use voice recognition software to add text to videos (I guess for the hard of hearing).  The results are hilarious.  An example:

I strongly urge you to start watching your favorite videos with this new CC option while it lasts.  I know I already am.  Oh, and as a side note, this is incredibly awesome.

To the best sport in the Winter Olympics...

Curling - even though the US sucks at it apparently.

Not to fear, my fellow Americans.  Wipe away those tears of suckitude to the musical stylings of "Curl" by Jonathan Coulton.  He makes everything better.

Interview with Kevin of KBAR Apps - Creator of DM's Tracker

Clan, here's an interview we did with the creator of DM's Tracker, which is a great little iPhone app that can help you run D&D games on the fly. If you haven't been to www.kbarapps.com, you might want to check them out.

But Can You Really Put a Price on History?

Yes.  Yes you can.  And apparently my limit is 130 British pounds sterling.

Yeah, I know there's no way I'm going to get it even at that price, but now I can at least say I was there.

It's Not 1982 Anymore, Fellas

Honest to God, I'm normally not one to cry about depriving prisoners of some of the creature comforts us law-abiding citizens get to enjoy, but this story about a judge that will not allow D&D to be played by inmates is a bit cruel and unusual.  I mean, the whole basis of the decision is that it might stimulate "gang activity" and that inmates could "act out" crimes in the game.

Really?  D&D is one of the biggest threats to our prison system, but letting prisoners lift weights and buff up before letting them out on parole is perfectly safe for society?  And just when I thought we had come a long way from the societal paranoria of RPGs epitomized in Mazes and Monsters.

Now if you'll excuse me, I gotta go pop a +2 Cap of Smiting in some Drow, yo.

Faster please Mr. Geohot

 
Alright so the big news coming out of the weekend for folks like me was this little posting by famous iPhone hacker George Hotz (known as Geohot). http://geohotps3.blogspot.com/
 
Folks, the Commodore is into system hacking. I’ve never done it myself mind you, as myself hacking a system like Xbox360 at my skill level would be akin to breaking into Fort Knox with a toothpick. But I enjoy the thought of making systems like these that are designed with specific feature sets in mind, do completely different and arguably more fun things like say homebrew software, APIs for web-facing applications like Pandora or Youtube, or even emulators that allow me to play games of old, reliving precious moments of my childhood. I’ve had an Xbox that’s been hacked for years and I use it for just about everything media center related. But for awhile now I’ve been looking for a replacement. And Mr. Hotz might have hit the target here.
 

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