Archive for August, 2007

Pythagoras Switch

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Absolutely amazing interstitials from a Japanese children’s program. I had a hard enough time with Lemmings or The Incredible Machine; I can’t imagine designing one of those babies from scratch.

My Earl Muir Owl

Monday, August 27th, 2007

You don’t do something like this unless you’re pretty damned sure the answer will be “Yes!”.
That was pretty neat. Yes, I did tear up at the end.
Via.

TDIR

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

We’re back from Disney World, btw. It was exhausting, but fun. 11 nights on the road and in Orlando. I heart my Camelbak. Perhaps I’ll do a more detailed write-up; perhaps not. Won’t be today, anyway.
So, remember when I went all SQUEE about the movie adaptation of The Dark is [...]

Paint-a-comic

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

When I was a kid there used to be these comic books impregnated with ink that you could brush with a damp paintbrush and the page would magically spring into color. Do they still make those?
3 more sleeps until we leave for Disney World. The girls are struggling to clean up their acts [...]

Quickie reviews

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

Restaurants we’ve been to lately:
Dirty Martin’s Kum-Bak Place. Still excellent after all these years. The back room now has three, count ‘em, three window air conditioners, so it’s frigid in there, yet still smells funky. Their sirloin sandwich is to die for. Cheese tots are a must. The kids (after [...]