newsflash! local editor chris klimas caught in gay orgy!

that's right, loyal readers, you read it here first: publishing magnate chris klimas was sighted by yours truly at the trendy, upscale 'ambassador restaurant' with a contingent of foppish dandies! the 'boys,' as the waiter told me they had taken to calling themselves, ordered several bottles of champagne and (gasp!) made not-to-subtle sexual gestures sous-la-table! humble readers, i realize it is a new century, and that a boy can act as he sees fit with another boy, but with four to six other boys!? at the same time!? a spicy tale indeed; i dare say my vindaloo couldn't compete!

gnn

oy: no swrpg this evening. we'll resume on tuesday. haddock and i (and eeen and fishel, if he's available) are shooting said fish's movie, and i need to budget enough time to digitize and rough cut so we can submit it tomorrow or saturday. weep softly, my children.

Today's kids just can't appreciate the old school...

Precocious punks (read: asshole kids) of the playstation 2 generation review classic video games.

Color photos of Russia in the early 1900s

Czar Nicholas II commissioned Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii to take a photographic survey of Russia. The catch: he took three black-and-white photos at a time, each with a red, blue, or green filter. So now we have the technology to put 'em together... I've never seen anything like this before. The full exhibit is here. Recommended: Harvesting Tea, The Emir of Bukhara, and Sergei himself.

The Price of Rampant Nerdery....

It's official, my eyes are proper fucked.

Dear Christopher Walken

As Artist-in-Residence at Cornell's arts dorm, I am expected to come up with stimulating art-related programs for the students here to participate in. "Letters to Walken" allowed them the chance to write their yearly Christmas letter to Christopher Walken.

nerd-lit?

Curtained Room
The walls of this small room are entirely swathed in heavy brocade curtains. The only openings are to the west and northwest, and a closed lead-slab door to the south.

In the center of the room is a massive, high-backed chair of some pale wood. Directly before it is a tall mirror in a standing frame.

>sit in chair
You sit down in the chair, facing the mirror.

>look in mirror
You blink and stare into the mirror. How odd.

The mirror reflects your chair, and the curtains behind you, perfectly. But your own form is unclear -- as if the mirror were touched with some distorting oil. The blurring is strongest around your upper body; your head appears to be a faceless blank.

Nervously, you raise your hand to your own face. Everything feels in its place. But your reflection has raised a blurred hand to a featureless void.

Play online.

nerd-chno? nerd-mo?

you decide. note: regardless of what your browser says, this song is not in fact 'a hazy shade of winter.'

or paste www.redstarkgb.com/temp/track2.mp3 in-a your browser.

Today's reading assignment

The history of safecracking:

Adam Worth, a celebrated Victorian criminal, made his initial fortune tunnelling into a bank in Boston. He then moved to England with his accomplice Piano Charlie where they both fell for an irish barmaid prostitute called Kitty Flynn. She eventually married Piano Charlie, but continued to sleep with both. Worth masterminded a huge variety of crimes in Britain, including stealing an entire diamond shipment from the Kimberley mines, and was not caught until 40 years later. He then, with his exploits publicised, became the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes' adversary Moriarty. Both Worth and Piano Charlie died in poverty, but Kitty became a rich and litigious widow in New York.

Full text.

Whoops

1. Go to Google.
2. Type in "I love Jews".
3. Note what it suggests below your query.
   

a slightly longer time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

so, character creation obviously took up a chunk of game-play time last night. in the future, the adventures should run no more than 3 hours (4, if there is a complicated battle). i feel like we have a handle on the basics of gameplay. at the beginning of the next adventure, they'll be an opportunity to learn the combat system in detail (anyone with any relevant miniatures/action figures, bring 'em along), and after that, it's all gravy. space gravy.

Well shit

She immediately stated, "You don't understand, in order to get the contract we have to hide the manipulation in the source code. This program is needed to control the vote in South Florida."

Full affadavit. Not a smoking gun, but something funny is definitely going on.

Red dwarf for charity...

Get out there and buy a picture of Rimmer on the toilet to help fight cancer.

He's a good man

Does this guy look familiar to you?

No?

Think about it for a minute.

Then click here for the answer.

Bonus: nerding it up, LOTR style.

To all you XBoxers out there...

KoTOR 2 is out. Go get it.

It's On The Table

And I am not refering to Klimas' wang.

It was discussed last night that perhaps we need to take a break from Poker Night, and replace it with some sort of other Tuesday night activity, at least for a few weeks anyway. Fishel had suggested some roleplaying, which fits perfectly with CH's suggestion of a Star Wars campaign (Hint: look directly below this post).

Since the odds of us finding fresh blood for poker seem rather slim, I think this is a good plan. Either that, or play CrashSmash until our fingers bleed.

Discuss.

spaceships and sabers

if anyone wants to take part in a 5-installment star wars rpg, gm'ed by me, lemme know. all y'all be 5th level jedis. setting: 100 bby (before battle of yavin).

EA releases "conceptual screenshots of next-generation console games"

On a related note, fuck you, EA.

The totally exciting adventures of Lois Lane

More here.

dedication + nerd = wtf?

once again, we lamesters have been put to shame by some nerds who know how to do it right.