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Hi, I’m Phil Nelson, a writer, developer, and audio-visual maker of stuff. I have been making stuff online for over 25 years. I run RetroStrange and Set Side B. Good to see you.

Blog Archives

Month: January 2010

  • “Wasp Knife” Freezes Victims’ Organs

    [This is a part of our Grim Meathook Future][link]. The knife’s handle houses a small cartridge of compressed gas which, when activated, exits from a small shaft in the blade.

    [link]: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1035729/Britain-alert-deadly-new-knife-exploding-tip-freezes-victims-organs.html “Britain on alert for deadly new knife with exploding tip that freezes victims’ organs | Mail Online”

  • Roger Ebert’s Worst films of 2009

    [If you need a quick shot of confidence in the whole cinematic endeavor][link], you will not get it here. What you will get is Ebert being his Ebert-y best.

    [link]: http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/your-movie-sucks.html “the Your Movie Sucks™ files – Roger Ebert’s Journal”

  • Rebuttal.

    Image

    (photo sources: [douglubey.com][doug], [chris.pirillo.com][ch], [deconcept.com][de], [adobe.com][ad], [cutesoft.net][cs], [adrianparr.com][adr])

    [doug]: http://douglubey.com/images/FlashPlayerPluginCrash.JPG “Doug Lubey”
    [de]: http://blog.deconcept.com/ “Deconcept”
    [ad]: http://adobe.com “Adobe”
    [cs]: http://cutesoft.com “Cutesoft”
    [adr]: http://adrianparr.com “Adrian Parr”
    [ch]: http://chris.pirillo.com “Chris Pirillo”

  • Australia Bans Female Ejaculation, Small Breasts

    Buried in [this release about the censorship of porn][link] films are nuggets like this:

    >The Board has also started to ban depictions of small-breasted women in adult publications and films.

    Waiting for there to be an A-cup political action committed formed with the slogan “from my cold dead hands.”

    [link]: http://www.sexparty.org.au/index.php/press-releases/619-depictions-of-female-orgasm-being-banned-by-classification-board “Depictions of Female Orgasm Being Banned by Classification Board”

  • Steven Frank on New World Computing, the iPad, and Generational Shift

    The [newly-Americanized][newly] Steve [knocks it out of the park][link]. There is a big shift happening under the layers we walk on, and most people won’t see it for a few years yet.

    [newly]: http://www.panic.com/blog/2010/01/steve-american/ “Steve American”
    [link]: http://stevenf.tumblr.com/post/359224392/i-need-to-talk-to-you-about-computers-ive-been “stevenf.com – I need to talk to you about computers. I’ve been…”

  • Cfxr, An OSX Port of sfxr

    [It’s an 8-bit-style sound effects generator][link], and it’s a heck of a lot of fun. Useful for game mock-ups, too. Maybe even production.

    [link]: http://thirdcog.eu/apps/cfxr “Third Cog Software – Cfxr”

  • David Simon: “Fuck The Average Viewer”

    [An interview with the creator of The Wire and Homicide: Life on the Streets, from March 2009.][link]

    [link]: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/28/david-simon-the-wire-interview “Oliver Burkeman meets David Simon, creator of The Wire | Television & radio | The Guardian”

  • Psychonauts is $2 on Steam Right Now

    [You are doing yourself a great disservice by not playing this game.][link]

    [link]: http://store.steampowered.com/app/3830/ “Psychonauts on Steam”

  • Lookwell

    [Conan O’Brien and Robert Smigel’s 1991 television pilot, starring Adam West.][link]

    [link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBQ3HbB0c8Y “YouTube – Lookwell!”

  • The Public Domain Manifesto

    [Seems sensible enough to me.][link]

    [link]: http://www.publicdomainmanifesto.org/ “Home | The Public Domain Manifesto”