Hot Damn!!

If this wasn't in Dallas, I'd definitely want to live here. via Treehugger:

Ultra-Green Block Coming to Central Dallas

by Jesse Fox, Tel Aviv, Israel on 06. 7.09

Design & Architecture

Buzz up!

"Forwarding Dallas" - one of the winning designs.

The folks at San Francisco-based Urban Re:Vision weren't kidding when they announced their intention to build America's "first fully sustainable block" in Dallas, Texas. After receiving entries from designers in 14 countries, three winning designs have been chosen. Featuring affordable housing, on-site food production, renewable energy generation and a host of other green features, the project will be built in place of a parking lot across from City Hall. Here are the winning proposals...

Forwarding Dallas

Submitted by Lisbon, Portugal-based Atelier Data & MOOV, "Forwarding Dallas" is modeled on a landscape of hilltops and valleys. On the hills (the roofs of buildings): solar thermal, photovoltaic and wind power generation, providing for 100% of the energy needs of the 850 or so residents. In the valleys: trees and vegetation. Cascading down the sides of buildings: public greenhouses.

Entangled Bank

Conjured up by Charlotte, NC firm LITTLE, this mixed-use vision includes a vertical farm, glass ponds and a field for grazing livestock. In addition to its 500 apartments, the site would house educational institutions, a slow food restaurant and an organic farming institute.

Xero Place

By preserving an existing building alongside new construction, this proposal would place more emphasis on retail and and Dallas' history and heritage.

One of these designs will be selected for implementation by the Central Dallas Community Development Corporation (CDCDC), the non-profit developer who is building the project. Additional funding will come from the city, federal tax credits, foundations and perhaps the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The Central Dallas CDC hopes that the project will change the way people look at Dallas, and are already looking ahead to revitalizing a broader section of the city. Said CDCDC's John Greenan:

There are probably an additional half dozen underutilized blocks in the area of the project, and once we prove up the viability of rebuilding the south central part of Downtown Dallas, I think all those blocks will also be revitalized. What I would love to see is an entire section of downtown notable for innovative, sustainable design.

I'm pretty sure none of this is legal

Hunting plentiful animals for food/sport = ok
Hunting endangered animals because you're a rich fuck = not ok

I'd like to say a big, roaring "FUCK YOU" to the people shown in these images

These are all promotional shots from this website. Those bastards with the elephant paid $80,000 to kill that guy; but hey, it's only $30k to kill a baby elephant, so that's like a steal, eh?

Pwnage Tattoos

Q: What could be better than a cute girl?
A: A cute girl that likes video games so much she gets a tattoo.

If only....

Here's a collection of such images via @Agent_M













LoL at that last girl for keeping the oreos in the shot.


And.....

The decidedly Un-sexy:
(yes, the Zelda hearts are cute, but the flippers?
Due to placement, I wonder if she gets a new link for each dude? That could fill up her leg, QUICK)

Don't be a sucka

New comics out today. Yeah, I know it's easy to get jealous of awesome dudes like Wolverine or Batman or Magneto, and I'm sure there's some really emo kid out there who thinks Aquaman would be an upgrade over the seeping, limey darkness that is his self-dilutted emo-life. But hey, just be glad you're not stuck with one of these:

Somedays I need this for the office

especially if it's a day that I'm mad at my documents.

LOL @ 3D Street Art

From ABOVE, new in Copenhagen:
(sweet jazzy track in the video, too)

THE NAKED TRUTH from ABOVE on Vimeo.

Everyone fears becoming obsolete

yes, even him...



Get some new skills today.
Embrace the random and you never know what you'll find.

This is entirely NSFW!!

but it's so awkwardly hilarious, I can't stop watching it.

Seriously, do NOT click play while at work, unless you're the boss.

Fun with Graphs

Who doesn't love graphs, especially when they apply to real-world circumstances.

I think I need to send a copy of this one to my friend Swabby via urgent e-mail:

Poignant Street Art

damn.

(from Wooster Collective)

Random Twitter Quote

I could totally go for this tonight. Tell me you couldn't?

@andydiggle "Glenlivet and THE GODFATHER. That'll work."

More E3 Awesomeness

I know this all happened early last week, but I figured we could still drool over some of the highlights from E3. Below is further proof Project Natal exists and will rock, and a phenomenal trailer for The Old Republic.

I loved Knights of the Old Republic 1 more than an any other Star Wars IP, so I can't wait for the MMO version. Plus, tell me the Sith-Jumpkick in that trailer was not one of the best CGI moments ever.

Random Quote from a Blog I Like

"Here's a little equation for you: donkey presents + dirt + rain water = a poo cocktail you want no part of. "

From "ALL CAPS!", followed shortly by:

"Donkeys. Everywhere. It was a clusterfuck of donkeys."

Seriously, Folks

I do appreciate the compliments, but I'm really just trying to enjoy my drink and have a conversation. Please oogle quickly and get on with it.

Funny Perrier Ads

when did hoity-toity water brand Perrier get ad-savvy? When did they really even need to? Well, hot on the heels of Saturday's Dali-esque ad, here's a new campaign: t-shirts

The Greatest Argument Against Legalizing

Then she'd be just another pharmacist

Be Honest

Where do you fall on this diagram?

Holy Moly

One of the Trending Topics over the weekend was about one of the gals in my Nerd-Five (my "Five" a la Ross Gelher, et al, but nerd-based only); Felicia Day, done very much in the flavor of "facts about Chuck Norris". Below is a random collection of such hilarity, as stolen from her blog.

#feliciadayrumors

Something weird happened on Friday afternoon, around 1:30pm. I started noticing a hashtag in my@replies tab:
#feliciadayrumors

I then Tweeted:
Someone is pranking me. I am seeing the craziest things flying by on Twitter with hashtag #feliciadayrumors. I created DECAF?! SLANDER!

Who knew that three hours later, it would spawn a BLOG POST, get on Trending Topics on Twitter:
@maxsummers You gotta love Twitter when something like #feliciadayrumors is on the Trending Topics!

AND make someone CREATE A WEBSITE!

Really?!? How could this happen?!

Here’s the origins of the hashtag. @zombiejoe, a big Guild fan, Tweeted this to@deliciafay, a strange alter-ego I have on Twitter who is passive aggressive but mostly harmless:
@deliciafay I hear@feliciaday took a class in Native American Raindancing so that she could rain on your parade.

To which@deliciafay responded:
Felicia secretly started@twitter because its her gateway to over half a million souls. Its what she eats. #feliciadayrumors

And thus it was born. For some reason.

The entries vary WIDELY and there are more than I could EVER type/compile but I will try to classify some of my favorites by category to give you a flavor.

EVIL:
@dannycantspell@feliciaday is solely responsible for global warming, spoiled milk and armpit sweat.
@Neorift Felicia Day is the reason children are afraid of the dark.
@BelRand@FeliciaDay makes fridays end
@jasonnellis@feliciaday likes to eat apples. And by eat, I mean kick. And by apples, I mean babies.
@JThrust@feliciaday is watching all of you, and making notes for the Day of Reckoning, over which she will preside.
@Nebachanezar She eats puppies to stay pretty
@crazygolfa Felicia Day is the reason why the Cubs haven’t won the World Series because a Cub killed her cat. She curse the Cubs.
@thisisbree@FeliciaDay dyes her hair red with the blood of kittens.
@KobraKae Felicia Day is responsible for hot dogs coming in packages of 12 and hot dog buns coming in packages of 8.
@bradleescott felicia day is the real reason why doves cry.
@tictac4u@feliciaday made kids allergic to peanuts

INVENTED THINGS
@missfuneralsong@FeliciaDay invented decaf. (THIS ONE GOT MY ATTENTION!!)
@evilray Felicia Day invented infomercials.
@Schlotto@feliciaday invented bacon
@drchuck68@feliciaday invented Tetris.
@mariancall@feliciaday invented Post-Its
@katekintail@feliciaday wrote the book of love
@drchuck68@feliciaday invented lolspeak for teh kittehs
@jose_jose Person who invented the little plastic bit at end of shoelaces? Felicia Day
@BrettJohnson81 Felicia Day is the best thing since sliced bread… Because she invented it.

GAMING:
@DangerShoes Creating an exact look-a-like of Felicia Day sim on Sims 3 unlocks the Guild Towne scenario
@kennokishi I heard@feliciaday plays an Oregon Trail MMORPG. She’s a level 80 Assassin named Dysentery.
@ds2600 Felicia Day is responsible for the delay of Duke Nukem Forever
@stepheneyre not sure who Felicia Day actually is! However! I do know she is an unlockable character on Mortal Kombat
@slugboi@feliciaday always rolls 20’s
@swinky Just leaked from Blizzard! The big raid boss in the next WoW dungeon is going to be Felicia Day! (YES!)
@Louie_E #Feliciadayrumors@Feliciaday can actually throw a Hadoken in real life. It’s how Donald Trump’s hair got that way.
@AnubisibunA@feliciaday got lost in Natal at E3 and is now totally virtual… Microsoft developing game for her to live in…
@ZachsMind When@feliciaday plays Left4Dead, the Tank ambles over & begs her to pet him. She does. Then she shotguns his head!
@Jamie1km Coming soon to D&D Insider:@feliciaday busts the level 30 barrier and called the Tomb of Horrors a “cakewalk.”
@nomadnp@FeliciaDay plays D&D with Elvis, Amelia Earhart, and Bigfoot every Friday in Area 51
@dintalion@feliciaday taught Arthas how to be the lich king. We call her The Lich Mom.
@parafox@feliciaday came up with a solution to the energy crisis but then said “eh, screw it” & played Plants v Zombies instead.

DISGUISED:
@thereverendpuck@feliciaday is the smoke monster.
@AudiblySilenced@feliciaday is Spartacus!
@TheWSFC Felicia Day is made entirely out of scotch tape.
@shiftworldwide@feliciaday was the actual singing voice of Milli Vanilli
@stanchfi Ashley Simpson sang all songs for@drhorrible,@feliciaday lip sinked - though she did do all the vocals for Milli Vanilli (there were a LOT OF THESE for some reason?!)
@rocketmunkey@feliciaday is Wolfram Alpha
@chrishokeblog Felicia Day is really a 62-yr-old Portugese fisherman who found an iPod in his net one day and decided to rebrand himself.
@jeremydizonFact: Jean Claude Van Damme didn’t star in movie Bloodsport. It was just@FeliciaDay when she’s HULK angry!
@ReginaMedinaWhen@feliciaday puts on a yellow polo shirt and sits behind a microphone, her name becomes Rush Limbaugh. (EW!)
@twiggot@feliciaday is really David Spade in Drag!!!
@PLDM Felicia Day is Keyser Söze (Props for getting an umlaut on Twitter)

STEALING/CRIME:
@Avi_Cado i heard she breaks into people’s houses and brushes their hair while they’re sleeping!
@not_a_hero@feliciaday broke all the clocks at our school.
@perelandraa My second cousins’ boyfriends sister told me that@feliciaday stole her baby
@thisisbree:@FeliciaDay shot the sheriff AND the deputy.
@ecstaticlysm@Deliciafay felicia day steals craft services and pastries from conventions and sets she visits. (kinda true)
@KDBryan I heard Felicia Day killed at least 3 men in knife fights in back alley bars in Tulsa, Oklahoma - for money /and/ sport.
@kiala: Felicia Day killed the dingos that ate your baby.

CHUCK NORRIS:
@firedancergirl@feliciaday Chuck Norris Is Felicia’s half brother.
@tcabeen Chuck Norris fears only one thing: Felicia Day.
@awrittenfad The Boogieman checks under his bed for Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris checks under the bed for Felicia Day
@elvenkayt@feliciaday is the cybergenetic love child of Chuck Norris and Jackie Chan. Only she could house such awesomeness.
@ttrygveRO Felicia Day is everything Internet memes claim Chuck Norris is.
@pontusolin If Chuck Norris and@feliciaday ever met, it would mean the end of life, the universe and everything. For a little while.
@adamskt@feliciaday knocked out Chuck Norris during looping for his upcoming guest appearance on The Guild.

SUPERNATURAL/HEROIC:
@ProvokedCashew@feliciaday makes keyboard cat tired.
@B_K_M@feliciaday once swam the english Chanel and did her taxes at the same time.
@dougluberts@feliciaday is 7′ tall, kills men by the hundreds, and can consume you with fireballs from her eyes…
@Callyhan@FeliciaDay ’s power level is over 9000
@FishXXIII@feliciaday Can kill two stones with one bird (so long as that bird is not a baby duck)
@sfsmaus If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find her, maybe you can hire Felicia Day. Today, still wanted by the government, she survives as a soldier of fortune.
@KatoKatonian :@feliciaday is part of a secret crime-fighting team with@veronica and@caseymckinnon known only as “The Three”
@alexiswi #feliciadayrumors@feliciaday was the first woman to orbit the earth. That cosmonaut stuff? Soviet propaganda.

METAPHYSICAL/SCIENTIFIC:
@kielstewart Felicia Day is infact created by our imagination and so if everyone passed out she would disappear
@_faith@FeliciaDay killed Schrodinger’s Cat.
@pfennig Schrodinger’s cat became@feliciaday when put in the box.
@drchuck68 Felicia Day is the only one who can stop the Large Hadron Collider
@Laz75 The answer’s not 42, it’s Felicia Day (Lots of these too)
@chaletfan@feliciaday knows it’s not 42 it’s really 43.
@idwth Felicia Day actually IS the 5th element.
@punslingerr@feliciaDay is the only person on Earth who can divide by zero without anything going wrong afterwards.

ADORABLE:
@mattzog Felicia Day is so cute people describe buttons as resembling HER.
@TheBroox #RickAstley will give you up for Felicia Day.
@dougadams Day dreams are named that because they all involve@FeliciaDay.
@COMEDIANISDEAD@feliciaday dreams in pixels
@Captain_Jester Sunflowers always face@feliciaday

TECH:
@darthzippy@feliciaday can bee seen somewhere in the background of EVERY Google Street View shot. She’s that fast.
@netheadww@feliciaday authored the IWUBYOU virus: cleans your registry, fixes your firewall and sets a baby duck desktop background
@netheadww@feliciaday will be unveiled as the next gen iPhone at #WWDC

OBAMA/POLITICAL:
@alex252@feliciaday was born in Kenya but tells people she was born in Hawaii.
@Evlsushi@feliciaday is actually Barack Obama with a great makeup artist

SLANDEROUS!
@korkster@feliciaday has never actually read a book.
@14aviran@feliciaday pays a Gold Farmer to play her toon in WoW
@maxsummers That Season 1 scene with Clara’s kids in a cage? Based in real life.@FeliciaDay really likes to lock children in cages.
@WonderPenguin@feliciaday runs an animal sanctuary for clubbed seals. Fridays are bingo.
@boehmography@feliciaday is the reason unicorns are extinct. (NOOO!)
@chadness7@feliciaday played the part of Jar Jar Binks - the CGI was a lie!
@ KatoKatonian :@feliciaday creates real-life lolcats by taping signs to kittens.

ACTING/HOLLYWOOD:
@nantel Guess who’s Lindsay Lohan’s new girlfriend?
@BrieBecket Felicia Day is reputedly in talks to appear in Peter Jackson’s upcoming adaptation of “The Hobbit.”
@JeffshouldBhere@feliciaday and@Nathanfillon are remaking The X-Files.
@deliciafay Heidi and Spencer Pratt are best friends with@FeliciaDay (who?)
@melleBrad Pitt and Angelina Jolie tried to adopt@feliciaday, but she adopted them instead.
@airlockalpha@feliciaday says Spider-Man 3 is not her fault and will prove it by directing Spider-Man 4
@twiggot E! news just reported that@feliciaday just go married to Vince from the Sham-WOW commercials in a private ceremony!

EVEN MY FRIENDS EVEN JOINED IN!
@MoTancharoen You got it folks.@feliciaday kicked the shit outta me
@sandeepparikh this is not a rumor:@feliciaday is 64 and sucks the souls from babies and kittens to stay young.

FINALLY, MY FAVORITES:
@sarahlucielle It’s rumored Felicia Day does not have blood. Instead her heart pumps silky, fresh milk.
@JamesGrimlee When she gets mad, the mayan calendar resets itself.
@KevinCarey@devjones “Felicia Day hates the British, which is why #feliciadayrumors is not #feliciadayrumours” maybe she just hates Fleetwood mac
@VanessaL3000@feliciaday Felicia does the wierd stuff…http://twitpic.com/6oy8s
@gatsby11rel@FeliciaDay was the result of a gentlemen’s wager between Joss Whedon & Wil Wheaton to make her a geek icon. We all lost.
@ChaseClark Felicia Day rushed to hospital after suffering screen burn-in on her face from sleeping with her Kindle.
@thisisbree@FeliciaDay CAN touch MC Hammer. And does. Frequently.
@swinky Crayola once named a crayon after Felicia Day, but had to recall it after it started setting kids on fire.
@gavinhowells Felicia Day is only able to speak Japanese & is dubbed over during interviews, public events, film & TV appearances
@steverose@deliciafay Wonder Woman wears Felicia Day PJs
@davidnett@feliciaday ’s coverage is always shot from the front right to hide the hideous baby arm growing from behind her left ear.
@eliafierce@feliciaday tripped heather mills in the grocery store when her fake leg fell off.
@shadowmaat Unwilling to sell her own soul@feliciaday sold the souls of her castmates to fund S2 of@theguild. Oddly, no one noticed.
@AudiblySilenced@feliciaday can microwave a burrito so hot that even she cannot eat it.
@donabogart@feliciaday Lol I heard you married a colombian, Juan Valdez, and converted his coffee company to tea!

I guess that was a fun few days, but ZachsMind was right:
@FeliciaDay would be done writing season 3 of The Guild by now, but we keep distracting her with all these rumors.

True Dat. Thanks@egspoony for helping me compile! You can find more, MANY MANY if you search on the Twitter sidebar: #feliciadayrumors

Reminds me of Dali

also reminds me of tacos.

Blog of a Blog strikes again

from Agent M Loves Tacos I was linked to Geeky Stuff, and compiled the following list of must-owns.

Shuriken USB Drive:
















MP3 Alarm Clock ( I love this style of alarm clock)




















Lego Frank Lloyd Wright (no fucking way, right? I knew it was meant to be).

Warning...

nice picture of a the super-hot chick from LOST as a robot-assassin who just spotted me.

Gotta go, sorry...