We’ve seen a lot of cool versions of the periodic table of elements in the past. This one is right up there with ‘em. The artist is Anneka Tran, an excellent illustrator from Staffordshire, England. She’s used images to represent the elements as we encounter them in our everyday lives… pretty cool if you ask me.
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“It’s the second most stolen book in the United States right after the Bible” said Neil Strauss in reference to his book Rules of the Game on the popular radio show Toucher and Rich in Boston. This obviously piqued my interest. The book is billed as the be all, end all guide to picking up women and it’s written by Neil Strauss who wrote such kick ass biographies as “Dirt” about Motley Crue and “How To Make Love Like A Porn Star” about Jenna Jameson.
I’m a lonely, lonely man and my pick up technique of telling girls I’m “the bassist from the band Ace of Bass, and that’s right I am the ace,” wasn’t working (probably because Ace of Base didn’t actually have a bassist). Rules of the Game is designed like a textbook for picking up women with daily lessons and lasts 30 days so I decided to take the challenge and chronicle my experience. Here’s what happened:
We start our adventure by assessing ourselves with several questions.
Q: Describe how you think people see you?
A: Probably with their eyes, I believe it involves light refraction and such. Unless they’re blind then well… I guess they’d make easy victims. Actually, most people see me as a funny guy with no broads.
Q: Describe how you want people to see you?
A: Through telescopes looking up at me in my sky castle! Bwa ha ha ha! Okay how about as a funny guy with tons of broads.
Q: Identify 3 behaviors you want to change.
A: Not getting laid, not getting any vagina, and being without access to vagina.
Q: 3 Characteristics you’d like to adopt.
A: Kicking Bill Engvall in the nuts, having movie star good looks, and receiving more free tacos.
The next section is a list of “limiting beliefs” that hold you back. “People aren’t judging you, actually they desire your approval as much as you desire theirs.” I guess this means I should begin each conversation with women by yelling the reminder “You demand my approval!” Here’s another one, “Just ask women what they want.” I guess this implies that all women are inherently prostitutes who charge different rates and enjoy being propositioned with phrases like “How much?”
Alright let’s move on to the “Small Talk” section. The book gives several examples to use with fill in the blanks to customize them for every situation you’ll ever run into.
Current Events: Did you hear that —— ? What will they think of next!
Here’s what I used, think of your own, don’t steal mine.
Did you hear that ducks are rape proof? What will they think of next!
Entertainment: Did you see the new —— movie yet? I heard it was good.
Mine: Did you see the new rape fantasy porno yet? I heard it was good.
(more…)
Ok, so it doesn’t take much for a picnic table to be scientifically accurate (whatever that means), but if it were hard to do, this one would no doubt win the Nobel Prize in its category. So sit down, get out your lunch and start memorizing atomic masses people! Of course, for more geeky-ness… kabloooooom!
source: reddit.com
Considered to be the “longest-serving woman in computer games,” Brenda Brathwaite entered the video game industry in an unorthodox fashion at the early age of 15 – after offering a cigarette to the right person. 26 years later, she has been involved in the development of several award-winning series, including Wizardry, Jagged Alliance, and several others. In 2006, she was named one of the top 100 most influential women in the game design industry by “Next Generation” magazine. She is currently on the Board of Directors for International Game Developers Association (IGDA), and is also Chair of the Interactive Design and Game Development Department at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
As a woman in a predominately male industry, Brenda has an interesting and unique perspective on what it takes to make it as a game designer. Below is Brenda’s story, as well as her advice to aspiring game designers:
MacBooks are designed to be sexy on their own, but when everyone you know has one, you’ve gotta separate yourself from the pack. Here are 13 awesome ways to do that using vinyl decals. Oh, and here are some other awesome Apple mods.
1. Space Invaders Forever
Digg has a history of changes, some would call improvements (see Recommendation Engine, Related Submissions, Removing Hot in sub categories, etc.). Recently, there have been a lot of changes at Digg. Removing shouts, the diggbar wobble, Kevin Rose confirming a new digg iPhone app, a new structure for Digg ads, and most recently (as of somewhere around 1:20pm EST today) Digg removed user icons from submissions on the Front Page and upcoming pages, which seem contradictory to what Rose spoke about at the Future of Web Apps conference: the 10 ways to take your site from one to one million users… and what’s the #1 way was that he suggested… Exactly what Digg just removed.
“1. Ego. Ask does this feature increase the users self-worth or stroke the ego? What emotional and visible awards will a user receive for contributing to your site? Are they gaining reputation, badges, show case what they’ve done in the community?”
Here’s what the Digg FP looks like now… with no word yet from Digg as to whether or not this is a permanent change or simple a mistake. I would think its deliberate and permanent. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below.
We’ve talked about yummy mash-ups before… I believe the words were, “Take two things that are great and mash ‘em together and what do you get? Boob-cake.” Either way, I don’t think we’ve ever talked about a mash-up this yummy or fun. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Internet I give you… Waffle Tetris:
The coolest thing since The Simpsons has just invaded 7-Eleven stores. Yep, it’s Domo, the lovable-but strange Japanese character with an affinity for Japanese meats and a strong hatred for apples that has something to do with an unexplained mystery in his DNA (no lie). So, as you go for your Fuji-Frost slurpee (Domo’s custom flavor), lookout for Domo.
