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Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 19:59 by Registered CommenterRedbeard | CommentsPost a Comment

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News from the Past

Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 10:00 by Registered CommenterZoy Clem in | CommentsPost a Comment

On this date in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying a number of towns including Pompeii and Heculaneum:


Here are a couple of videos showing the ruins from those two sites, the first depicting Pompeii...


...followed by a clip of Herculaneum...


The volcano is till active, its last eruption in 1944:


Saturday Cartoons

Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 08:08 by Registered CommenterZoy Clem | CommentsPost a Comment

Krazy Kat and Ignatz the Mouse go to the circus, and Ignatz shows Krazy how brave he is. She looks a bit like a monkey, but Krazy is a cat (or kat). This is from 1916 and is titled At the Circus:


Build Your Own Super Mario Brothers Level

Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 22:08 by Registered Commenterskinnydipinacid | CommentsPost a Comment

One can never go wrong with Super Mario Brothers when looking for something to waste a day. However, this widget created by arpecop for Widgetbox one-ups (no pun intended) the original by offering an 'Editor' feature, allowing fans to create their own Super Mario level... very cool:


Going Nuclear

Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 17:59 by Registered CommenterZoy Clem in | Comments2 Comments

So what happens when you use 'Nuclear Music' as search criteria while visiting the youtube site?  You find yourself  tossed into the middle of a firestorm in Call of Duty 4. Here's clip from the game...


Note: It is a war game, so obviously there will be some violence in this clip.


For more information on the game, see this site.

Darwin Award Candidate

Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 10:30 by Registered CommenterRedbeard | Comments1 Comment

Apparently this guy will recover. 

But he's still a dumbass.  Can I say that? 



More History

Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 08:50 by Registered CommenterZoy Clem | Comments1 Comment

The book, Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is published on this date...

Sunday History Lesson

Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 08:26 by Registered CommenterZoy Clem in | CommentsPost a Comment

ON this date in 1908, the very first cartoon is projected in Paris. The film was made by Emile Cohn, and is titled Fantasmagorie:

Yeah..there isn't much to it, but hey! it was 100 years ago.

Saturday Cartoons

Posted on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 08:50 by Registered CommenterZoy Clem | Comments3 Comments

In light of yesterday's topic, this week's cartoon will feature none other than Tinkerbell herself. And for a change, we'll provide a double feature:

It's easy to get yourself into a jam when you're a tiny pixie...

Tinkerbell and Snow White Arrested

Posted on Friday, August 15, 2008 at 11:13 by Registered CommenterZoy Clem in | CommentsPost a Comment

...at Disneyland, no less:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,404192,00.html

 

I was quite relieved to find out that it wasn't the real Tinkerbell behind bars.

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