http://thisisnotapalindrome.com What is this? It's certainly not a palindrome. Oh... indeed.™ Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:51:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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: [gallery link="file" order="DESC" columns="2" orderby="ID"] You can download the one with the slogan here. And the one without the slogan here. http://thisisnotapalindrome.com/2009/02/15/high-res-grim-fandango-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 ... http://thisisnotapalindrome.com/2009/02/14/high-res-monkey-island-poster/ I recently aquired the ability to take photos in significantly higher resolution. So my first choice was, of course, the napkin duck http://thisisnotapalindrome.com/2009/02/06/napkin-duck%e2%84%a2-hd/ (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! [caption id="attachment_380" align="aligncenter" ... http://thisisnotapalindrome.com/2009/02/04/la-serviette-de-canard%e2%84%a2/ 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 ... http://thisisnotapalindrome.com/2009/02/03/a-domesticated-peeve/ In a radical departure from standard Napkin Duck http://thisisnotapalindrome.com/2009/02/02/faux-napkin-duck%e2%84%a2/ It's that time of the month again! A new Napkin Duck http://thisisnotapalindrome.com/2009/01/31/return-of-the-napkin-duck%e2%84%a2/ 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. [caption id="attachment_352" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Camel's milk (Not to Scale)"][/caption] You see, camels do not lactate milk, like normal mammals. They lactate bees. Camels have formed a symbiotic ... http://thisisnotapalindrome.com/2009/01/28/camels-and-their-bees/ So, I've been playing the F.E.A.R 2 demo recently. It is stelllar, I must say. I submit a single screenshot as evidence: [caption id="attachment_339" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="FTW now stands for F.E.A.R Totally Wins"][/caption] Ok, one more: [caption id="attachment_341" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="We're going to need a lot more bleach..."][/caption] Ok... I lied. One more! [caption id="attachment_344" ... http://thisisnotapalindrome.com/2009/01/25/fear-2/ This is Philipe. He's one of our team's mascots at work. His brother is not shown here (but the resemblance is uncanny). http://thisisnotapalindrome.com/2009/01/24/philipe-the-bat/