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We Should Meet Up. LOL! ;-P [PIC]
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They are savage, bestial and barbaric. They are mythical, medieval, and warmongering. They are monstrous, sadistic creatures devoid of human emotion…They are ORCS! Hordes of rampaging orcs! And they’re here to kill us all! The fate of the world is left up to two park rangers. Can they defend us?
Ohhhhhhh, so that’s where all those unemployed orcs went after Peter Jackson was done with the LOTR movies…
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Edit: Just got an email from someone saying it was irresponsible of us to post this here, so for all you people with no brains: DON’T DO THIS AT HOME. Mercury is highly poisonous!
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Last year I wrote a celebratory article to mark the 30th anniversary of the first Sony Walkman going on sale. Today I write with a heavier heart as I bring you the sad news that the last cassette Walkman has left Sony’s Japanese factories.
The company has now revealed that it has not made any new units since April and will not be doing so in the future. In other words, once retailers’ current stock goes, that’s it for the Walkman cassette player in Japan. Conflicting reports suggest the company may license the brand to Chinese manufacturers for sales to customers in developing markets.
The final sales count for the cassette Walkman is around the 220 million mark. The entire range, which included digital music players, has sold 385 million units so far. As a comparison, the iPod range is believed to have hit 260 million in April this year, the point at which the last cassette Walkman was made.
The Walkman range did manage to outsell the iPod range in Japan this August, though that’s partly because of potential iPod buyers waiting for new models.
For memories of the Walkman in more happier times, check out our 30th anniversary piece from last year. And for a complete history of the models, check out Walkman Central, which includes some Sony portable cassette players from before the Walkman brand launched.
All that remains is to compile a 90 minute mixtape to honor the fallen technology. I’ll kick it off with Cliff Richard’s Wired For Sound. What’s your suggestion?
Bossk Loves Gorn: From [GaS] friend and professional cartoonist Mark Anderson.
They met at Best Buy, both reaching for the same copy of Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla II. Claws touched, eyes met, and they knew that even though they were from separate universes, their love would not be denied.
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Birthday time is serious business around these parts. Part of it probably has to do with my love of hobbits, and their rather extravagant interpretation of birthdays. You know, the sort where the guests get the presents, and entire trilogies are begun.
At any rate, my husband turned 29 this weekend, and I wanted to make a cake that would reflect his most beloved geeky obsession: tabletop roleplaying, and more specifically D&D! I had lots of ideas: from a Gamma World inspired cake, to a cake bedecked in dragons. But ultimately I wanted something that was more personal and flexible. I wanted something to represent the way he rolls, if you know what I mean.
The end result? A dungeon-inspired, dice bedecked 9″ chocolate layer cake. And while I certainly haven’t achieved Duff Goldman status, I thought I would share the geeky lengths I went to in order to get some of the details on this cake done. In some cases, it’s a lot easier than it looks!
Sure, you can buy a cake from your local grocery store. But where’s the fun in that? Once you learn your way around cake baking, it’s endless fun.
Do you have any favorite geeky cakes? I’ve seen some amazing professional ones out there, but I’m fond of the amateurs, like myself!
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