Link of the Day [11.24.08]

broderic on November 24, 2008

Vampires are big. You can’t throw a stone and not hit them because they are everywhere. Everyone loves them. We just can’t get enough of vampires.

Pirates are making a strong play at becoming the next vampire. Ever since bony Johnny Depp became a pirate, it’s been cool to be a pirate. Yaarrgh!

Here’s a book series that tops either one of these, because it combines them both. Vamp-pirates! “I vant to suck your blood, yearrgh!

Now, it would be even cooler if the vampirates’ enemies were ninjas.

http://www.vampirateship.com

Link of the Day [11.23.08]

broderic on November 23, 2008

This should also be quote of the day, but since I’ve already got a quote of the in the queue, I’ll just let it introduce the link of the day as it does in the link of the day.

In the narrative that has governed American commercial life for the last quarter-century, saving companies from their own mistakes was not supposed to be part of the government’s job description. Economic policymakers in the United States took swaggering pride in the cutthroat but lucrative form of capitalism that was supposedly indigenous to their frontier nation.

Through this uniquely American lens, saving businesses from collapse was the sort of thing that happened on other shores, where sentimental commitments to social welfare trumped sharp-edged competition.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/20/business/20fail.php

Link of the Day [11.22.08]

broderic on November 22, 2008

I’m in the middle of crafting my model of the IJN Yamato. I’m hitting a decent stride spending about an hour a night pulling the pieces off of the sprues, hitting them with some primer, and then painting them. I’m learning the ins and outs of this fine scale modeling thing and have found out some things.

First, put the pieces as you get them off the sprue in a easy to find place. I would usually put them on a sliver of masking tape. The small ones are easy to lose. I’ve already lost some. The small ones are also very fragile. I’ve broken a few pieces already.

Next, you don’t have to follow the directions exactly. I really want to get the big parts connected, but unfortunately, there are too many small parts to do before I get to the big pieces. I just jump to their usage.

Anyway, I’m further along in this endeavor, but not enough to see some well done progress. Here’s an awesome site about the Imperial Japanese Navy. I’m using this post as another of my infamous bookmarking sites.

http://www.combinedfleet.com/

Link of the Day [11.21.08]

broderic on November 21, 2008

This’s what’s great about those crazy libertarians. It almost looks like real, legal tender, but the government shouldn’t be controlling the minting of currency. It’s bad enough that the do it on paper, but their money doesn’t have sound backing in gold reserves! What we need is to allow anyone to strike some coins as long as they’re backed by some kind of precious metal.

And I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

http://www.libertydollar.org/

Link of the Day [11.20.08]

broderic on November 20, 2008

Today’s Thursday and I want to make you cry. Not some sad song of lost love or lost youth. Not some lamentation for a forgotten friend or for the young man cut down in the prime of his life.

No, I got some sadness that’ll grow hair on your head. Make you crawl back to bed. Look to upping your Xanax dosage.

The US auto companies are asking us for their help.

A couple of years back, I was at Barnes and Nobles on a Friday night. There was a lady wandering the parking lot with a sad story to tell. She was crying, blubbering about her daughter. She asked me for some money for the bus to get to her. “Sure,” I replied and gave her a five to help her on her way. The next week I run into her again. She’s crying again giving the same spiel. “I heard this one last week, lady,” I say angry that I was suckered the week before.

That’s just sad. Like the woes of GM.

http://gmfactsandfiction.com/

Link of the Day [11.15.08]

broderic on November 15, 2008

I like art. Last year on the España tour, we stopped at the Prado and the Reina Sofia in the same day. I remember visiting the Louvre and Musée d’Orsay. On the infamous cruise of the Baltic, CapitolSwell and I each bought a small painting of Talin, Estonia. Supposedly, they were done by student painters carving a living selling these 3×5 paintings to tourists like us. While CapitolSwell left his to me, I proudly and prominently display them in my home. Of course, my anime figures dominate them, but they are still to be seen.

I also have two Shag prints. I think they’re authentic silkscreens. I’ve gotten one framed and when the crafts store finally has another of their custom framing sale, I will finally get the second one framed too. I’ll also hang this one my wall, too.

http://www.20×200.com/