Farsong Blog-o-Matic

Thought that it was somewhat existential.

beatonna gets the 4^th of July right.

THAT IS ALL

It's finally summer; time to put fans in windows. It's also time to venture into the basement room of boxes (of doom). Seriously, that room's probably a fire-hazard. Or an Indiana Jones trap or something. I shut the door as soon as I grabbed the fan, and booked it back up the stairs.

(Drawn in like 20 minutes ... blargb ... I need to get back into drawing things from life — I haven't been looking for that make me go "that would make a great comic," and I need to start doing that again).

To-day was super hot, though. Hoopfest (the world's largest 3-on-3 basketball tourney) was going on downtown this weekend, and it was packed. The festivities bring something in the neighbourhood of $25 million into the city. We also need to get the A/C recharged in the family car, as it provided no relief from the heat whatsoever.


Also, saw Wall•E today. It's a story told almost entirely without words, and so uses the inherently visual medium of film to tell a story almost perfectly. I need to watch it several more times (preferably on DVD so I can pause it) to catch all the nuances of the signs and graphic design — especially in the first few minutes. You are doing yourself a disservice if you don't see this wonderful masterpiece of a movie.

“There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order.”
— Ed Howdershelt

[via Daringfireball]

World's largest BSOD, in Toronto.


I lol'd.

But seriously, now--it isn't until something goes wrong with tech that we notice it. See that? A giant digital scrolling video board on the side of the building? That is the future. The future is now, and it's all around us and we don't even realise it.

Expect to see more of it.

[Blogtoronto via fsj]

SA: "Today We Learn English! Lesson 4:

What have you done? The verb tells you how. Whenever you commit an act, the verb is right there beside you: he is the descriptor of all we do. If you are scooting, spinning, threshing or basking, this is a verb! A verb is an action word, so be careful not to use verbs when not performing an action. Below, you will see which is a verb and what is not:

Dorroile is stealing.
He has committed a verb.

Dorroile is sleeping.
This is not a verb.

Dorroile has found a loophole.
He has found a verb.

Only humorous to people who "do that English thing" aka "English Majors."