New studies have shown that navigating the web can improve your ability to make complex decisions and are better decision makers (could it be all those banner ads asking us to choose Brittany Spears or Hillary Duff to win a free iPod?) It seems web browsing actually stimulates the mind more than just reading standard books.
Whatever it is, it’s changing our brains and it’s awesome. I feel smarter just reading this and this.
Our laptop has been in the shop, so we should start getting more Comic-Con updates in the next few days, but for the time being, perhaps you would like to see a round up of some of the other sites that covered the convention.
Wired has a great collection of tattoos at Comic-con.
The Official Star Wars blog owes it to its readers to have the best Star Wars costumes at the convention.
Joystiq has a variety of costumes, some of which I posted, others I didn’t even see.
CinemaBlend also has some I posted and some I didn’t notice. It’s insane to try to get every costume there -possibly impossible.
Yahoo has a very nice costume gallery. Be sure to see the whole thing.
And lastly, I Am Bored has 13 great pics.
Quote of the Day:
“He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.” -Douglas William Jerrold
Fact of the Day:
Antarctica gets very little snow, so why is there snow on the ground there? Because the snow that does fall on the continent never melts. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
National Tell A Joke Day, sounds like a plan to me.
Link of the Day:
I’m visiting Disneyland today, so in honor of my trip, here are some great images and facts about the secret club at Disneyland that happens to be the only place you can drink at the park.
We’ve come to an end of our lovely weird links contest and it’s now my responsibility to share the links, the winners and all that good stuff.
There were 5 total links submitted, ranging from seriously just bizzare to exceptionally disturbing. Personally, I liked them all. Since there can be only winner though, I have chosen the one that not only has some of the most pointless and strange, yet wannabe political, content I have ever seen, it also has the distinction of having one of the most stupid and just bizzare URLs ever. Honestly, it was a close call and having that domain address helped it pull into the lead. So without further ado, I give you the winner, “Arnold Sailormoongger” submitted by Naskar. You now are the proud owner of a copy of Choke.
Quote of the Day:
“Total abstinence is so excellent a thing that it cannot be carried to too great an extent. In my passion for it I even carry it so far as to totally abstain from total abstinence itself.†Mark Twain
Fact of the Day:
Walt Disney’s famous “logo†signature wasn’t really his; it was designed by a staff artist. – Source (BTW, I’m so gonna get sued for that image at right).
Today’s Holiday:
Play Day in Great Brittan –got out and have fun!
Link of the Day:
Hillary may not be a great option for VP, and Cheney’s no prize, but just look at these great scandalous Vice Presidents.
I’ve always promised myself that as soon as I got a 100% on a Mental Floss Quiz I would share it with all of you. I’m so glad then, that this is the quiz I happened to do so well on, because it is awesome.
I love the occasional seemingly racist or sexual things you find in Disney films. That being said, I highly recommend you all go take this quiz.
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Comic Con this year was awesome and it was a thrill to document all the cool junk going on. While there will be a few posts, including some awesome interviews, this post will be all about the costumes of Comic Con. Keep reading in the future so you can see the coolest Comic Con merch, the hottest comic con girls, interviews with writer of the upcoming animated movie Igor, Emily the Strange’s creator, The Fairly Odd Parent’s creator and more!
The costumes vary from dorky to awesome to lazy to sexy and everywhere in between. Just take a look for yourself. Be sure to click on any you like to see the full image.
If you have any questions or comments, please leave them, I’d love to hear your thoughts.
If you like this post, feel free to check out my 25 hotties at Comic Con post, which has more hot costumes and just some hot nerds.
Perhaps a daily dose of music you’ve probably never heard before will do the trick. 365 is a really cool music project logging and tracking the weirdest and most obscure music in the universe -one song a day for 365 days a year. 2007 and 2003 are already completed. I hope there’s some great stuff in line for 2008.
Here’s some tunes du jour if you’re interested in hearing something new.
I’m kinda digging my b-Day songs as well.
Quote of the Day:
“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government e
xcept all the others that have been tried.” -Sir Winston Churchill
Fact of the Day:
7-11 was named for the hours it was originally was open, 7 A.M. to 11 P.M. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
7-11 Day: Free Slurpees for all!
Link of the Day:
Hot dogs around the world!
Mmmm…hot dogs. Seriously, I love 7-11. It made me feel comforted when I saw them in Sweden and other places in Europe. Today is one of my favorite days of the year.
P.S. Viva la pizza dog.
