Archive for October 13th, 2007

Claymation was better when I was a kid…

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

Forget Wallace & Gromit — when I was a kid, we had claymation that had you questioning your place in the universe:



Adventure of Mark Twain Claymation


I’m glad I checked out the last few postings of Simulated Comic Product and found this video… There is no way anyone could produce claymation with the same edgy content and get it aired today. Then again, they also couldn’t get this Ren & Stimpy episode aired nowadays… for obvious reasons. :-)

Good thing I flew United to Hawaii…

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

Apparently, if I’d chosen ATA Airlines, I may have been beaten down for using my iPhone while flying to the islands…

From news.com:


ATA Airlines Detains Passenger For Using iPhone

Never mind that cell phones have never been proven to affect the airplane avionics — heck, that’s even become one of the top myths on PCWorld.com even though some Brits claimed a cell phone could make a compass freeze. Color me skeptical on that one…

Doomed to failure

Saturday, October 13th, 2007


SMBC 2007-10-12