Before the Simpsons, before RedMeat, there was Jack Handey: When I found the skull in the woods, the first thing I did was call the police. But then I got curious about it. I picked it up, and started wondering who this person was, and why he had deer horns.
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Akiyoshi Kitaoka’s collection of graphic illusions are a sure way to induce a migraine or epileptic fit, but they’re also a pretty amazing demonstration of the way the human sensory processor works. Yes, the “anomalous motion illusion” could “make sensitive observers dizzy or sick”, but damn it, don’t be such a wimp.
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I’m not much of a gamer—online, PC or console—but Dave “Fargo” Kosak’s has inspired me to give Online RPGs a serious look. Plus, it’s an informative and highly entertaining article.
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Expatica reports that Transport Minister Bert Anciaux’s crackpot scheme for reducing traffic limits in Belgium (down to 30 km/h in residential areas) has met with widespread protest. Add to that my very own indignation, and you have general dissent on this lunatic plan for reducing the death toll on Belgian roads. It appears that the government plan for addressing the appalling Belgian driving conditions consists of (a) getting the majority of cars off the road, and (b) stopping the remaining vehicles from moving. And yes, that might work. So might teaching people how to drive. Belgian drivers are bad. Really bad. Yes, in some areas of Italy and France the drivers are worse. But in those parts of Italy and France the drivers are either drunk or hopped up on too much caffeine. Those are good excuses, which Belgian drivers can’t resort to. My 1991 copy of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to Europe warns travellers passing through Belgium to preferably only accept lifts from non-Belgian drivers, and to hitch well clear of the roads. Speeding drivers? I’ll take them any day when the alternative is drivers with not an ounce of sense or courtesy.
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SatireWire Editor Treat Warland interviews the AskJeeves.com search engine, leading to such insights as “the Internet is a bee without arthritis, listening to bluegrass and living in New Zealand”. As we all probably suspected.
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Buck’s design portfolio, pretty impressive stuff.
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As people run out of ideas for toying with scamming Nigerians, this fellah turned to Lovecraft.
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