Ninjas usually like to blow up candles with their swords, but this guy isn’t there yet, so he does it with gallons of milk and 2-liter soda bottles instead. Embarrassment much?
[Via Geekologie]
Star Trek/Doctor Who Crossover
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Hey! You got your Star Trek in my Doctor Who!
Hey! You got your Doctor Who in my Star Trek!
Imagine this crossover if you will. How annoyed would the crew of the Enterprise be if they had to hang out with the Doctor and his willy-nilly, timey-wimey ways, even for an afternoon? I think they’d set their phasers to more than stun by the time they were through.
But that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy this excellent piece of fan art from Ranier Beredo.
And the new member of the “FF” is…
WUT?
So, for those that don’t know: The world recently lost Johnny Storm, aka the Human Torch.
Reed, Sue and the ever-loving blue-eyed Thing have decided to re-brand themselves in their mourning. No longer calling themselves the Fantastic Four, FF now stands for “Future Foundation” whose mission is to “Save the Marvel Universe from its greatest threats and prevent future dangers from arising”. Isn’t that what they, and all superheros, did previously?
In a (brief) Q&A, Tom Brevoort, Senior Vice President of Publishing for Marvel, says “FF will alter the very fabric of the Marvel Universe. Jonathan and Steve have crafted a unique, powerful new series that’s going to surprise a lot of fans with its combination of mind-blowing ideas and visuals.”
Well, Spider-Man joining the team certainly is a mind-blowing idea, and I actually kind of like the iTron costumes.
On the flip-side, Spider-Man must go to the Wolverine school of Time Management because in addition to his full-time job, he patrols New York solo in his various books WHILE juggling membership in the Avengers and now this.
I just imagine poor Peter’s wallet exploding with various membership cards for all the teams he’s been on over the years.
[Source: Marvel.com]
Tags: comics, fantastic four, future foundation
Can’t Touch This [Pic]
Yes, I totally posted this only because I thought the shirt looked clever and cool. That girl had absolutely nothing to do with it. ;)
Oh, and for all our readers belonging to the fairer sex, I’ve commissioned Adrienne, one of our newest contributors, to write something exclusively for you gals, so wait for it in the next few days!
Star Wars: Episode IV “Iconscope”
There you are on a lush, forest planet on a commando mission to blow up your enemy’s hidden base. Thanks to your big buddy’s weakness for carrion, you get captured by little teddy bear-looking guys wearing hoods, jabbering on in a language you can’t understand. You try to talk some sense into them, but instead they tie you to a log and prepare to set you over the fire. You start to get worried when they break out the A1 Sauce.
If only there was a way you could tell them who you are, what you’re doing on their homeworld, and that you’re fighting for their freedom.
You could tell them about your own humble beginnings on a desert planet far away from the bright center of the universe…
How you and a friend rescued an imprisoned princess…
And then destroyed a massive battle station that had the capability to blow up entire planets…
If only you had, say, a handy infographic that told your story; something that can be universally understood across any communication boundary. If only your protocol droid was here to wow them with some cool sound effects from the ILM archives.
Sadly, you don’t have a copy of Wayne Dorrington’s Star Wars: Episode IV “iconscope” with you. If you did, maybe that smell of slowly cooked meat wouldn’t be your own backside. Oh, well. I’m sure someone else will save the galaxy this time.
Tags: art, infographic, star wars
Employee sacked for Facebook comment claims victory
An employee sacked for making critical comments about a supervisor on Facebook has reached a settlement over the dismissal. But the deal means the case stopped short of a legal ruling on the subject.
The case involved Dawnmarie Souza who worked for the ambulance organization American Medial Response of Connecticut. She was suspended and then fired over comments made on her Facebook account in which she twice posted what the National Labor Relations Board called a “negative remark”; PC World reports the post contained “dick” and “scumbag.”
The board agreed to file a complaint against the employer. However, the two sides have reached an agreement under which the company will:
revise its overly-broad rules to ensure that they do not improperly restrict employees from discussing their wages, hours and working conditions with co-workers and others while not at work, and that [in future] they would not discipline or discharge employees for engaging in such discussions.
The key there is that existing labor laws only protect discussions about work conditions while employees are in the workplace.
While the settlement appears to be a blow for the position of the employers, there are several factors that mean this isn’t necessarily — as some have implied — a green light to let rip on your boss when you get online.
For example, one of the key points of this complaint was that Souza was refused permission to have union representation when brought in to explain her comments. While that was settled in a separate agreement, the company may well have considered it was on to a sure loser over that issue and decided to cut its losses on the entire case.
It’s also significant that the issue never got as far as a court ruling. While the outcome will mean employers can be more confident in expecting complaints for similar activity in the future, were a case to make it as far as a judge, this wouldn’t be classed as a formal legal precedent.
The case also leaves a gray area about what is and isn’t acceptable in public comments by employees. While this particular employer has accepted that discussing work conditions in an online forum is acceptable, there’s no guarantee that a worker crossing the line into derogatory or even defamatory comments would escape disciplinary action.
(Image credit: CNN)
