Tweetage Wasteland on social media & revolution:

As our minds evolve along with these new technologies, the key connection between social media and revolutions will likely be a matter of focus. You will know about a lot more causes in the world. And you’ll have a more efficient medium through which to share information about those causes. But it will become increasingly difficult to focus intensely on one or two issues while blocking out the rest of the noise.

Google does Latin.

Great Chrome extension to dim the non-video elements of the page when watching a YouTube/Vimeo/etc video.

*The New Yorker* on Dungeons and Dragons:

“Guys,” I say. “Stop it. Come on. Let’s decide about the dragon. You really want to bail?”

“Better safe than sorry,” Marco says.

“Is that an old paladin saying?”

“You’re outvoted,” Cherninsky says to me. “Fine.” “O.K.,” Cherninsky says to the Dungeon Master. “We’ll just scoop up what’s near our feet and not rile the dragon. Can you roll for not riling the dragon?”

“Sure you want to do this?” the Dungeon Master asks. “This moment might never come again.”

“We’re sure.”

“Listen,” the Dungeon Master says. “I know I’ve been hard on all of you. I want to be more easygoing from now on. I want you to have fun.”

“This is fun,” Brendan says. “Really. Thank you. This is so exciting. But I think right now we should just grab a little gold and leave the cave.”

“This is pathetic,” I say. “It’s weenis.”

“You don’t know anything about real violence,” Brendan says.

“What?”

“You heard.”

“It’s a dragon, man!”

I remember having this exact experience. Instead of taking the GM’s lead and ATTACKING THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF BAD GUYS we picked flowers and ate virtual corn.

10 amazing Javascript demos in under 1k of code, including a platformer, chess, and Tetris.

Looks like the BDO are on the Mathcore bandwagon too - Tool, Rammstein, Iggy, Grinderman. Bad luck if you’re not a young angry man I guess.

I obviously need to get more Mathcore & Anti-folk into my rotation.

The Idler nominates the five best villains of the noughties. Pleased to see one of the scariest characters on film made it:

The 2001 british gangster film Sexy Beast is certainly well-written and well directed, but its real claim to fame is Ben Kingsley’s performance as DON LOGAN. His introduction is pitch-perfect. He marches through an airport like a scud missile aimed squarely at former ganster Gary “Gal” Dove’s new found happiness.

Unsheets - nice term for fan crafted movie posters.

For when you need to differentiate between more than East Coast v West Coast.

Best Category: Audacious Misspelling.