There’s so much one can learn about cameras, from ISO to white balance to aperture settings. And there is, for some reason, an irresistible urge to share that knowledge once you’ve learned it, even if no one’s asking, and even if it’s totally irrelevant to the conversation at hand. More »
Losing your password isn’t funny. Well, it’s not funny to you. To the rest of us, it can be hilarious. The sort of point-and-laugh hilarity that comes from losing access to a dating site right when you find the perfect girl. Comic artists have taken the pain, monotony and humiliation of dealing with passwords and created something we can all agree on. Your passwords suck. More »
Nice password you got there! Super complicated, I love it. You know who else loves it? Computers! Because by carefully crafted a string of alphanumerical gibberish that you need tattooed on your palm to remember, you’ve made a password much easier to crack than, say, four simple unrelated words. But hey, at least it feels safer, right? [xkcd]
This Fredo & Pid’jin comic strip is so absurd that it made me laugh. Seriously. Come on, people. SOOOPAMAAAAN! No? OK, screw you guys. I’m just trying to light up the mood here as the Goebbelsian politicians take our freedom away. [Fredo&Pid'Jin]
Do you think saving the world is all about explosions and fight scenes? Not at all. There’s a lot of paperwork to keep S.H.I.E.L.D. running, and I’m sure this one-of-a-kind desk is where The Avengers stay on top of it. More »
The world of Android is complicated. One company hates another, some are secretly sharing beds… my God, it’s just like high school! Well, a Manga arteeest took that concept and ran with it: welcome to Sweet Android High School. More »
For many of us, the Calvin and Hobbes newspaper strip was a gateway drug to comics and fantasy pop culture in general. And there was nothing greater than all of Calvin’s twisted snowman torture scenes. This video Christmas card plays homage to each of Calvin’s snowpocalypses. Do you remember them all? More »
Comics are cool now. Well, kind of cool. Acceptable. But it’s not all pasty nerds reading comics in the dark in their parents’ basements anymore — lots of us have moved on to reading in the dark in our own homes and apartments. Here’s how to buy for the comic fanboy in your life. More »
The first issue of Action Comics sold for 10 US cents in 1938 and featured a brand new hero: Superman. Fast forward 73 years and that same comic leaps to over $US2 million dollars in a single bound. More »
What your porn folder is filled with is your own business. No, seriously, I don’t want to know. Unless it’s filled with another porn folder, and there’s another porn folder in that one, and so on. Because that’s pretty great. More »
