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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Just like that one time

Remember that one time where we pissed off Evan by editing this one comment to have bad grammar like one of the posts earlier that day? And he took away our editing rights? Something about more better or something. Whatever. In any case, this commercial that I just saw reminds me of that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6WX7XGcRhk

Good times... Good times. If we had the power to edit each other's posts again I'd say edit the hell out of this one. Whaddya say Evan? (Maybe my feeble attempt to restore editing powers will work).


P.S. EVAN IS A GOD AND I TOTALLY RESPECT HIS DECISION TO REVOKE ADMIN RIGHTS AND I KNOW THAT MOSTFUNNEREST ISN'T A WORD. NOTHING GOOD CAN COME FROM PEOPLE EDITING EACH OTHERS POSTS.

(12/22/09 edit)P.P.S. YO EVAN I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU, I'MMA LET YOU FINISH BUT THAT ONE POST HAD THE BEST EDITS OF ALL TIME.

Fantasy Football

Recently multiple webcomics have expounded upon the topic of fantasy football, namely that it's really freaking nerdy.

First, two offerrings from Dave Kellett at Sheldon:


And also one from Penny Arcade:



These produced an interesting conversation wherein my dad suggested a combination of the two: a fantasy game with fighters and magic and dragons and adventure, but run off stats generated from the real world (ex, football stats).

My thought is that football stats themselves are too sport-ish to be the backend for this real world RPG, but i think the concept is sound: take the RPG into the real world of stats where any number of variables could affect the outcome, instead of just dice rolls. It could be a great way to get nerds to care about... something.

I just haven't figured out what. Any thoughts?

Friday, September 18, 2009

I'm making fun of something someone said and it isn't Tom for once.

This follows a conversation about how nerdy Umi is.

Umi: I had to take my phone off my belt clip. It kept hitting stuff.
Evan: Just put it in your pocket protector, you nerd.
Umi: I WISH I had a pocket protector.

...he wasn't joking.

Fun with Maps Part 2

Two posts in one day? Not so lame any more!

This map plots out the most frequently used name for generic soft drinks, be it "pop", "soda", or "coke". I find this map hilarious because of its dead on accuracy.

http://popvssoda.com/countystats/total-county.html

Fun with Maps Part 1

I've got a few things I've been meaning to post, but haven't because I am busy and also kind of lame.

For your pleasure today, someone has broken down the 7 deadly sins and mapped the frequency of them per-capita. Check it out. Interesting stuff.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/united-states-of-sin