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Category: Linklog

Interesting articles, links, sites, whatever. And my commentary on them.

  • “Dark Horse to Adapt The Star Wars”

  • “Giant goldfish are breeding in Lake Tahoe”

    “Giant goldfish are breeding in Lake Tahoe”

    Seriously, if the pet you released into the wild isn’t going to be dinner for the local wildlife, it will upset the ecosystem (and by that, I mean eat the prey that was meant for other predators, slowly wiping them out, etc).

    (Heck, there’s a lot of controversy over letting domestic cats run free range outside.)

    (In somewhat related news, I was reading a message board thread on betta euthanasia techniques, and flushing a live fish down the toilet is considered an unacceptable method of euthanasia, since the fish doesn’t actually die right away, and is laying in human waste, waiting for death. And heck, there’s plenty of water down there to keep them alive, despite the human waste part.)

  • “Here’s What It Looks Like To Use Google Glass, And Here’s How To Get One”

    “Here’s What It Looks Like To Use Google Glass, And Here’s How To Get One”

    But in Accel World, they used electronic collarish-looking things that were wired into the user’s brain, so everything they saw through their neurodevices was only visible to them. Whenever they wanted to take a picture of something, they would just think it (instead of telling the device to take a photo).

    Also I am wondering…

    • The scene where the lady was recording a rollarcoaster ride…my own prescription glasses wouldn’t stay on my head until I had someone in the glasses department at Costco custom fitted to my head. I wasn’t even on a rollarcoaster when this happened. Would the users need to have their Google Glass…things be custom fitted?
    • How would this work for glasses wearers? Could we just wear them over our regular glasses? (Which I do with regular sunglasses from Target and have no shame about it. :D)
    • And the most obvious question of all: would we be able to focus on the HUD without giving ourselves headaches?

    It looks cool, but I think I want something a bit closer to Accel World. >_<

    Featured image by Dan Leveille

  • “Would You Kindly Be My Valentine?”

    “Would You Kindly Be My Valentine?”

    Coming to you LIVE from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, it’s time to celebrate Valentine’s Day with Rapture’s number one radio dating programme: Would You Kindly! Free from the tyrannical oppression of government broadcasting standards and hosted by the founder of Rapture, Andrew Ryan, Would You Kindly challenges one contestant to choose from three viable paramours (sitting unseen behind a screen) by asking them a series of romance-based questions. So, inject your plasmid of choice, spider-walk to your favorite spot on the ceiling, telekenetically turn up the volume on your radio, and enjoy the show!

    Also.

    Happy Valentine’s Day. :O