Ctrl+Alt+Del

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Ctrl+Alt+Del is a gaming webcomic by professional web-cartoonist Tim Buckley. Wikipedia points out that since inception, "The comic's focus has gradually shifted away from single strip gags towards longer story arcs and greater continuity." Also, Tim has been able to stay financially afloat by adding a fee-based members-only features and publishing a book. Ctrl+Alt+Del is currently updated on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday schedule.

The comics focus on Ethan and Lucas:

"Ethan currently works in a video game store called Game Haven. Lucas works tech support at a local computer shop. Scott is a freelance web designer. The other characters have jobs as well."

(FAQ)

It's super game-nerd-core, which means to understand the comics, you have to either be (physically or spiritually) a 15 year old adolescent or have lived in close proximity to one. Enjoy.

(From Wikipedia, Guy)

100 Skills Every Man Should Know

This is currently at the top of most favorited article on Metafilter.

100 Skills Every Man Should Know is a list of skills that Popular Mechanics deemed every man should know. Every person should probably know these. From handling a blowout and driving in the snow to treating snake bites and using a sewing machine. What I like about this list is it tells you how to do the skills, rather than just making you feel bad about how inept you are.

I think I would bomb the quiz in every category except emergencies. Oh well, I guess that means if things get really bad I'll be okay.

(From Metafilter)

Break

Break is a site devoted to videos, games, and other time wasters.

They advertise to a "distinctly young, male online audience." So you know it´s quality, mature content.

Woot

Woot is an online retailer of hardware, electronics, and geek gadgetry, whose slogan is "One Day, One Deal."  Each day, a different discount product is posted at midnight Central time.  Whether or not the previous day's product is sold out.

The main page formula is simple: a product picture, a product name, a price, and a witty description.  If the product is crappy, the description will likely tell you so.  Today's description personifies a Lexmark printer as a job applicant. 

Occasionally, Woot.com will host a Woot-off, where a new product is posted immediately after the prior product sells out.  Woot-offs last anywhere from 24-72 hours, during which the page is decorated with rotating orange lights and an orange progress bar at the bottom that lets you know how much product stock remains. 

Woot sometimes sells a Bag of Crap.  For a whole dollar, you get a surprise.  Contents in the past have included things like Samsonite camera bags, USB thumb drive locks, Kodak EasyShare all-in-one refurbished printer, cyborg joysticks, arbor lights, welding gloves, mini optical mouses (mice?), Kensington PC Key LE encryption tools, light-up dinosaurs, etc.  So far, there have been no reports of actual crap in the bag of crap. 

Woot has since inception branched out into wine and shirt peddling territory, as well as a bevvy of marketing shenanigans such as special product launches and two-packs of products every Tuesday.  

Woot: it's daily, and it's Interwebby, so it wins. 


(From my friend Guy a long time ago, and Wikipedia.)

BMW GINA Light Visionary

The BMW GINA Light Visionary is a concept car that eschews a hard metal body. Instead of a metal, the GINA uses a seamless fabric stretched over a movable metal frame. Basically, they tore off the skin of a BMW and dressed it up like batman for Halloween 4 months early.

According to BMW, the car is built on a,

"Z8 chassis and has a 4.4-liter V8 and six-speed automatic transmission... the fabric skin — polyurethane-coated Lycra — is resilient, durable and water resistant. It's stretched over an aluminum frame controlled by electric and hydraulic actuators that allow the owner to change the body shape."

Right here is where I would put my own spin on the quote, but I'm not sure what they just said because I fell asleep three words into it. Honestly, I can't tell the difference between a horse-drawn cart and a Maserati, so .... who cares. It does look cool though.

Plus, if you got into a car crash, you could take it in to a tailor instead of a body shop. Bling bling! Now that's a money-saver. And, it's one step closer to an awesome sailboat-car. For all those James Bond moments in your life.


(From my friend Ben, and Wired)