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July 6, 2010

Thank Galt I've Stockpiled

Let's Laugh at Libertarians

After a few days talking about Marxism here and elsewhere, I figured it would be good to spread my wings and pick on libertarians. Here are two specimens. First, from cartoonist Barry Deutsch comes the 24 Types of Libertarians (or click on the cartoon for a legible version at Deutsch's ...

May 26, 2010

TNT Airlines Safety Video Parody

For medium light, pull the shade to its middle section

Check out this funny send-up of an airline safety video: I particularly love the unreasonably extended instruction for using the window shade, but the entire thing is choice satire. ...

May 10, 2010

Duchamp's Grandchildren

Videogames as Art

From Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. Nothing is new under the sun. (thanks to Aaron Lanterman) ...

February 26, 2010

A scientist, a philosopher, and an engineer walk into a conference...

Courtesy of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, I bring you a cartoon comparing scientists, philosophers, and engineers. It speaks for itself, of course, but I'll make two observations about it nevertheless. First, the cartoon thinks it's mocking scientists and philosophers, but when I read it, it's the engineer who looks like ...

December 25, 2009

Christmas Cracker

A tiny dollop of yuletide greetings

As we do most years, we opened Christmas crackers—those little cardboard tubes that pop when pulled, revealing small toys, paper crowns, and jokes. I thought I'd share a particularly brilliant joke from one cracker, one that made me think of object-oriented philosophy as much as it did Christmas (even if ...