Angry Birds In Space!

I may have never been more proud of an OSU alumnus than I am of astronaut Don Pettit:

I mean Linus Pauling never played Angry Birds In Spaaaaaace. Wotta loser.

Not Creepy At All

This is not a post about the ultra-creepy misogynistic crap the "right" in this country is currently spewing at alarming rates. No, this post is about something nearly as creepy, a new DARPA running robot:

Yeah, not creepy at all.

I'll be so excited to see it after it's completed with a nice armored skin and a bunch of weapons bristling all over. It'll be super great if DARPA can manage to combine it with some of their other research into autonomous vehicles.

I hope there will be a non-lethal version available for your average campus police department and well-to-do homeowner. I envision a small market opportunity for some decorative "Beware Attack Robot" yard signs. Since I won't be able to afford the robot, I may have to get in on the sign making, maybe I can make a few bucks before one of our 1% overlords outsources that to China too.

Sexy Soup Nazi

Another incredible masterpiece (hah!) inspired by Thread Bear over at Sadly, No:

Oregon Hops

There's a good article in Willamette Week about the future of Oregon's hop industry and how it relates to craft brewing. It's nice to see people working toward getting the local industry going again, especially now that the "big boys" that usually dictate what varieties will be grown all being big foreign megacorps now. I hope the new hop efforts are successful and that we will end up with a thriving local industry and lots of great new varieties of hops available for home brewers too.

Album Cover

I should really stop reading Sadly, No...

Friday Funnies

There were a few good webcomics in my feed today:

• Cyanide & Happiness today is relevant to the new "Neckbeards 'n Blazers" trend that vs identified in her recent post.
• Wondermark has a good comic that certain cat people might enjoy.
• And Gunshow comes up with a voting system that Santorum would really get behind.

Disclaimer: Friday Funnies will most definitely not be a recurring feature. Offer not valid in Rhode Island. We have always been at war with Eurasia.

Death Squard

I was inspired by this comment over at Sadly, No!