Archive for June, 2008
It’s amazing what you find when you’re cleaning out your inbox, Part Duex
Thus spake Evil OverloadJune 27, 2008 at 5:47 am
(Shoutout to J. Stone for this one)
It’s amazing what you find when you’re cleaning out your inbox
Thus spake Evil Overloadat 5:45 am
(Blame Manous for this sage advice)
Xi Shi
Thus spake Evil OverloadJune 24, 2008 at 6:34 am
From the pages of Wikipedia:
“King Goujian of Yue, king of Yue, was once imprisoned after a defeat in a war by King Fuchai of Wu, king of the State of Wu. The state of Yue later became a tribulatory to Wu. Secretly planning his revenge, Goujian’s minister Wen Zhong suggested training beautiful women and offering them to Fuchai as a tribute. His other minister, Fan Li, found Xi Shi and Zheng Dan, and gifted them to Fuchai in 490 BC.
Bewitched by the beauty of Xi Shi and Zheng Dan, Fuchai forgot all about his state affairs and on their instigation, killed his best advisor, the great general Wu Zixu. Fuchai even built Guanwa Palace (Palace of Beautiful Women) in an imperial park on the slope of Lingyan Hill, about 15 kilometers west of Suzhou. The strength of Wu dwindled, and in 473 BC Goujian launched his strike and put the Wu army to full rout. King Fuchai lamented that he should have listened to Wu Zixu, and then committed suicide.
In one disputed account of her fate, it was written that Goujian ordered Xi Shi to be drowned by being thrown into a lake, to avoid being tempted by her as Fuchai was.”
This tale of a kingdom laid low by beauty has become the historical illustration for Stratagem #31, the “Beauty Trap”, from the Thirty-Six Stratagems.
f’ing OUCH!
Thus spake Evil Overloadat 5:19 am
This knife, in addition to putting holes in things, injects them with what, at standard temperature and pressure, would be a basketball-sized volume of gas, but has been compressed for the occasion. The gas, once injected, simultaneously expands rapidly and freezes everything around it. Perfect for shark attacks and other tense social situations.
(via William Gibson’s blog)
“9 Things I learned from Anonymous Stock Photo Models”
Thus spake Evil OverloadJune 23, 2008 at 6:27 am
3. People who sit in cramped cubicles answering customer service calls in drab corporate callcenters are overjoyed to help fix your DSL modem.
I don’t know Ron, but I guarantee you that Ron has never said “allow us to provide you with excellent customer service.” In fact, I’d be willing to bet that Ron provides satisfactory, but not excellent customer service, jerks it to manga, gets in heated arguments over Battlestar Galactica, and hates his job because his boss doesn’t appreciate him enough. But some day Ron will get his degree in computer science, quit his job, and then his boss will be sorry for not paying Ron more! Until then, he’s an undersexed shill. Unless the beefy, goateed computer programmer look is making a comeback, and based on personal experience, it hasn’t.
(via Monochrom)
The FAIL Blog again fails to fail to amuse.
Firefox 3!
Thus spake Evil OverloadJune 17, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Economic Woes Are Killing Drugs
Thus spake Evil OverloadJune 13, 2008 at 6:57 am
Advice to Photographers
Thus spake Evil Overloadat 6:23 am
Venus!
Thus spake Evil OverloadJune 12, 2008 at 6:58 am
(Click for larger images. Originals from here)
Venus: Slightly smaller than Earth, mostly flat (due to frequent volcanic activity and killer winds), and a 3% axial tilt, meaning minimal seasonal variation. Apparently, if we could just terraform it, it would be a damn paradise, and would have surface temperatures close to those of Earth. Anybody got a mass driver I can borrow?
Seven Deadly Glasses
Thus spake Evil Overloadat 5:59 am
Deadly Sins-themed wine glasses! Brilliant! Compelling! Capacious! In some cases, downright impractical! Pictured: Lust. Link
via boingboing
This image made my day
Thus spake Evil OverloadJune 10, 2008 at 11:45 am
