“Sounds of Cylons”
"Battlestar Gallactica" (2004), Amusement, Nerd News, Pastiche, Simon and Garfunkel

Hat tip to VA Viper via Debbie Witt.
Category Archive 'Nerd News'
19 Oct 2012
“Sounds of Cylons”"Battlestar Gallactica" (2004), Amusement, Nerd News, Pastiche, Simon and Garfunkel![]() Hat tip to VA Viper via Debbie Witt. 19 Oct 2012
Geek ZodiacAmusement, Nerd News, Superstition, Zodiac![]() I get for a sign: The Robot — Law Abiding, Dedicated, Logical, Stubborn, Intractable, Cold I’m not especially law abiding, but it’s otherwise not a bad description. Any real Geek, of course, would be intelligent and analytical enough to dismiss at once the notion that every human being born in the same year could possibly have the same personality traits. 16 Jul 2012
“Call Me Maybe” — Star Wars VersionCall Me Maybe, Music, Nerd News, Star Wars![]() Hat tip to Walter Olson. 23 May 2012
Objectivist CAyn Rand, Humor, Nerd News, Programming Languages, Satire![]() FDIV has the scoop on a programming language that is bound to be a hit with libertarian nerds.
Hat tip to Tim of Angle. 30 Apr 2012
The Ultimate Nerd ServiceFake Internet Girlfriend, Modern Romance, Nerd News, The Internet![]() The latest and greatest Internet service: your own Fake Internet Girlfriend. The company explains that renting an imaginary Internet Girlfriend has multiple uses and is much less complicated than the real thing.
It isn’t cheap, however. A Fake Internet Girlfriend costs $250 a month, with a minimum three month commitment. Her utility is seriously limited as well since she will never meet you in real life, and will not do sexting. Hat tip to Victoria Ordin. 11 Jan 2012
You, Too, Can Throw Around Lines in Mandarin Like Jon Huntsman (or Jayne)Chinese, Firefly, Firefly Chinese, Jon Huntsman, Language, Mandarin, Nerd News![]() Jon Huntsman baffled Mitt Romney (and the viewing audience) by offering a rejoinder in Mandarin last Saturday, which provoked Topless Robot to improve all our conversational skills by teaching us the 15 best Chinese phrases from Joss Wheedon’s 14-episode TV series Firefly. 09 Jan 2012
New Nevada Brothel to Offer Opportunity to Go Where No Man Has Gone BeforeBizarre, Nerd News, Nevada, Sci Fi Brothel, Science Fiction![]() Is Jabba the Hutt a role-model to you? Do your personal fantasies run to inter-species sexual exploitation? A Nevada entrepreneur named Dennis Hof (best known for publicizing a brothel he owns via a reality tv program on HBO) plans to open the “Area 51 Alien Travel Center,” a Sci Fi-themed bordello 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas on Highway 95. Hof has announced that he is hiring Hollywood madame Heidi Fleiss to dream up female alien costumes, make up, and decor. Las Vegas Review story Hat tip to Emmy Chang. 20 Dec 2011
Next Summer, the Dark Knight Takes on Occupy Wall Street (Led By Catwoman)"The Dark Knight Rises" (2012), Film, Hollywood, Nerd News, Occupy Wall Street![]() “The Dark Knight” (2008) was widely taken as heavily freighted with political metaphors sympathetic to the perspective of the political right. Andrew Bolt was one of several commentators explaining that Batman was really a metaphor for George W. Bush.
And the next year, an anonymous segment of the public signaled its agreement as Photoshopped posters depicting Barack Obama as the film’s villain The Joker, bearing the motto “Socialism” began appearing first in Los Angeles and Atlanta and later across the country. —————————- Ace has seen the preview for “The Dark Knight Rises” (2012), the sequel opening next Summer, and takes the High Church of Nerdiness position that director Nolan appears to be sinning by meddling with the comic book’s canon.
———————————— Allahpundit, on the other hand, evidently does not frequent the comics stores. He simply shrugs off the purist’s objections and relishes the real world metaphors (along with the explosions and fight scenes).
———————————— Jim Geraughty, in his emailed Morning Jolt,
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