Wednesday Knights Blog

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. — Dennis the Peasant, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
This is the first entry in Wired’s Geek Dad’s list of 100 Quotes Every Geek [...]

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Check out this video to see what happens when Hitler’s Battletech campaign hits a snag.

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An inventor who claims he has never had time to find a human girlfriend has created his own perfect woman — a robot.
Le Trung, 33, from Toronto in Canada, says Aiko can do the cleaning, mix his favorite drink and read him newspaper headlines.
“Like a real female she will react to being touched in certain [...]

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Now that the political season is over, you have to check this out. I can’t decide whose lines I like the best, Hillary or Kucinich.

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Your age on other worlds

dCol=’lime’;//date colour.
fCol=’lime’;//face colour.
sCol=’#FFFF00′;//seconds colour.
mCol=’violet’;//minutes colour.
hCol=’red’;//hours colour.
ClockHeight=50;
ClockWidth=50;
ClockFromMouseY=0;
ClockFromMouseX=100;
//Alter nothing below! Alignments will be lost(-Krunal Ved)!
d=new Array(“SUNDAY”,”MONDAY”,”TUESDAY”,”WEDNESDAY”,”THURSDAY”,”FRIDAY”,”SATURDAY”);
m=new Array(“JANUARY”,”FEBRUARY”,”MARCH”,”APRIL”,”MAY”,”JUNE”,”JULY”,”AUGUST”,”SEPTEMBER”,”OCTOBER”,”NOVEMBER”,”DECEMBER”);
date=new Date();
day=date.getDate();
year=date.getYear();
if (year < 2000) year=year+1900;
TodaysDate=” “+d[date.getDay()]+” “+day+” “+m[date.getMonth()]+” “+year;
D=TodaysDate.split(”);
clockH=’…’;
clockH=clockH.split(”);
M=’….’;
M=M.split(”);
S=’…..’;
S=S.split(”);
Face=’1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12′;
font=’Arial’;
size=1;
speed=0.6;
ns=(document.layers);
ie=!ns;
Face=Face.split(‘ ‘);
n=Face.length;
a=size*10;
ymouse=0;
xmouse=0;
scrll=0;
props=”";
props2=”";
Split=360/n;
Dsplit=360/D.length;
HandHeight=ClockHeight/4.5
HandWidth=ClockWidth/4.5
HandY=-7;
HandX=-2.5;
scrll=0;
if (ie && !(document.all)){
step=0.09;
} else {
step=0.06;
}
currStep=0;
clocky=new Array();clockx=new Array();clockY=new Array();clockX=new Array();
for (i=0; i [...]

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I found this quite impressive. It’s one guy performing John Williams themes a capella. Not only are the performances impressive, but he also has a Star Wars theme throughout.

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I presume that Chuck is already planning his trip here.

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OK, this is too funny not to post.

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This is another link courtesy of Wil Wheaton. The comic from xkcd about the practical effects of DRM. This is funny because it is just a little too true.

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