High-res Grim Fandango Poster

So, I decided that instead of sleeping tonight, I’d just work on another high-res LucasArts poster. This time, I chose Grim Fandango.

It comes in two flavors:

: Without the Slogan

: With the slogan

You can download the one with the slogan here.

And the one without the slogan here.

February 15, 2009 Tags: Grim Fandango, high-res, poster Posted in: Projects 2 Comments

High-res Monkey Island 3 Poster

I’m sure everyone’s seen the high-res posters of a bunch of old LucasArts games that have been floating around the internet. Well, since the original author hasn’t done Monkey Island 3 yet (and I really wanted to complete my collection of the first 3 Monkey Islands in poster format) I decided to make my own.

Click for Higher-res preview

You can download the 300DPI version here. Suitable for making a poster at your local wherever-posters-are-made.

February 14, 2009 Tags: high-res, monkey island, poster Posted in: Projects One Comment

Napkin Duck

I recently aquired the ability to take photos in significantly higher resolution. So my first choice was, of course, the napkin duck

February 6, 2009 Tags: high def, napkin duck Posted in: Napkin Duck™ No Comments

La serviette de canard

(Since my French is poor, imagine this read outloud in an incredibly outrageous French accent)

Salut, my readers. Ah have once again been struck by ze muse of ze nepkeen duck. Please, do not be afraid to look at ‘im in all ‘is glory avec le petit chapeau.

Bon apetit!

Pierre LaFite Serviette de Canard

February 4, 2009 Tags: french, napkin duck Posted in: Napkin Duck™ One Comment

A Domesticated Peeve

I present to you, dear reader, a domesticated (or pet) peeve of mine: the proper way to address a question asked in the negative voice. When presented with a query asked in the negative (e.g. “You didn’t just drop that vial of Antrhax?”) the answers “Yes” or “No” are insufficient.

Allow me to elaborate.

Let us take that example question and use it in a faux conversation.

Bewildered Scientist: You didn’t just drop that vial of Anthrax?

Clumsy Scientist: Yes.

Bewildered Scientist: Do you mean “Yes, I did drop it” or “Yes, I didn’t drop it”?

Clumsy Scientist: What do you think I meant?

Bewildered Scientist: Dammit James, answer the question! We could have a biological pathogen on the loose!

Apparently James: I did answer you fool! You haven’t activated emergency protocol A11-CCX?

Bewildered Scientist: What? No!

Apparently James: Do you mean “No, I didn’t activate it” or “No, I did activate it”?

At this point both scientists suffer a massive brain embolism completely unrelated to the unbroken vial of anthrax.

I believe my point is well illustrated. Now, allow me to present you with the correct way of answering a question asked in the negative.

Bewildered Scientist: You didn’t just drop that vial of Anthrax?

Clumsy Scientist: Correct, I didn’t.

Bewildered Scientist: Oh, OK then. So how does Chili’s sound for lunch?

Clumsy Scientist: Oh, no can do. Margaret and I are going to the wedding planners to look at cake designs.

Bewildered Scientist: Oh, OK. Some other time then?

Apparently Margaret’s Betrothed: Sounds great.

Bewildered Scientist: Say, why are we handling potentially dangerous vials of Anthrax anyway?

Apparently Margaret’s Betrothed: We aren’t. We work at a book store.

At this point both scientists turn around and go back to restocking the shelves with pulp sci-fi novels, silently pondering how little use their PhDs in astrophysics and bio-engineering actually are.

Now you can clearly see exactly how to deal with a question asked in the negative. Either reply with “Correct” or “Incorrect” as the situation depends.

February 3, 2009 Tags: anthrax, asking a question negatively, correct, incorrect, no, pet peeve, yes Posted in: Musings One Comment

Faux Napkin Duck

In a radical departure from standard Napkin Duck

February 2, 2009 Posted in: Napkin Duck™ One Comment

Return of the Napkin Duck

It’s that time of the month again! A new Napkin Duck

January 31, 2009 Posted in: Napkin Duck™ One Comment

Camels and their bees

Everyone thinks they know what’s inside of a camel’s hump. Some people say it’s fat, other people say it’s water. They’re both wrong.

It’s bee hives.

Camel's milk (Not to Scale)

You see, camels do not lactate milk, like normal mammals. They lactate bees. Camels have formed a symbiotic relationship with bees. The bees live in the camel’s hump and provide the camels with honey and wax (because camels are also candle aficionados… camel candles

January 28, 2009 Tags: bees, camels Posted in: Musings One Comment