15Feb/109

Snow Tracking

by Jeff

Image text: I suppose that's more accurately a hare dryer.

Moose and Squirrel is a reference to the Rocky and Bullwinkle series of cartoons.

Longcat is a internet meme from pictures of cats all stretched out that make them look very tall (or long).

Mouse riding Bicycle is a reference to Ralph S. Mouse, a series of novels by Beverly Cleary.

The image text is a pun on the Rabbit with a hair dryer frame.

Legolas is a reference to the character by the same name in the Lord of the Rings trilogy of books and movies.

Knight is a chess reference as the tracks move just like the knight piece in chess.

The two "Kid with" frames are a reference to Calvin and Hobbes.

Prius is a reference to current events in which the car Toyota Prius's pedals have malfunctioned causing accidents.

The final frame is the Higgs Boson which is an elementary particle they are attempting to find evidence of in the Large Hadron Collider.

Anyone know what the Bobcat on a Pogo Stick is a reference to?  That's the only one I can't get.

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27Jan/101

Retro Virus

by Jeff

Image text:  He says this is the year of Linux on the desktop! The world of Windows will fade any moment now!

The image text is a continuation of the comic and an excerpt from Howard Dean's Friendster from 2003.

In the comic, when he says that he is cleaning viruses, the other characters in the comic list off other things from 2003, including Kazaa a P2P filesharing app that was the number 1 source of viruses because of the questionable sources of all of the files on Kazaa.  Additionally, Howard Dean, was popular in 2003 when he was running for president in the Democratic primary before his unfortunate screaming speech which drove him down in the poles and out of the race.  Lastly, there is Friendster, which was extremely popular in 2003 and is still around today, but I'm not sure anyone uses it.

If viruses are so 2003, spyware is so 2010.

7Dec/092

Suggestions

by Jeff

Image text: An hour later: SUGGESTION: LICK HER NIPPLE MORE.

This is a comic in reference to Facebook adding a feature that puts a picture of someone in the top right hand corner of the screen asking you to "Reconnect" with them.  This comic takes that feature and extends it to a weirder and creepier level, as if Facebook is spying on you.  Which I wouldn't put it past Facebook to do.

Filed under: Color, internet, sex 2 Comments
27Nov/095

Pandora

by Jeff

Image text: What?  Oh, no, the 'Enchanted' soundtrack was just playing because Pandora's algorithms are terrible.  [silence] ... (quietly) That's how you knooooooow ...

Pandora is a online software program for listening to music.  It uses an algorithm to classify music.  You put in an artist you like and it creates a whole station of similar music.  Pandora has an application for iPhones and other wireless devices.

Enchanted is a Disney musical set it modern day New York City in which a cartoon princess is banished to New York by an evil witch.  Typical Disney fare.

UPDATE: And also the lyrics sung in the image text are from the song "That's How You Know" from the Enchanted Sountrack.

Filed under: Movies, iPhone, internet 5 Comments
11Sep/091

Locke and Demosthenes

by Mike

Image Text: Dear Peter Wiggin: This letter is to inform you that you have received enough upvotes on your reddit comments to become president of the world.  Please be at the UN tomorrow at 8:00 sharp.

This comic references the Orson Scott Card novel Ender's Game.  [SPOILER] In it, Ender's higher-than-average intelligence siblings, Valentine Wiggin and Peter Wiggin decide to make a move for power on earth by posting contrasting opinions of the Formic War on their version of the internet.  They used the pseudonyms Locke and Demosthenes respectively and eventually coerced the trust of the entire planet by playing their posts against each other.  This lead to Peter gaining control of the free world.

[EXTRA SPOILER] Peter is a borderline sociopath and kills that squirrel.

Filed under: Space, books, internet, sci-fi 1 Comment

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