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13 Mar 01:02

Just Say No – DORK TOWER 05.03.20

by John Kovalic

Dork Tower is 100% reader supported.  Join the Army of Dorkness today, and help bring more Dork Tower to the world! By becoming a Dork Tower Patreon backer, you get our everlasting gratitude (and also swag, commentary, bonus strips, and more swag), but, critically, you’ll help us reach our next goal – three comics a week! WE ARE SO CLOSE TO GETTING THREE STRIPS A WEEK!

12 Mar 01:33

Batman and The Vulture (The Movie!)

by Ross


It's fun to revisit the first two Batman movies from time to time.  The plots don't really hold together, especially in Batman Returns, which is all over the place.  Still, the performances, particularly by Michael Keaton, Michael Gough, Jack Nicholson and Michele Pfeiffer, are a treat to watch and the musical scores and artistic design elements of the films hold up very well even three decades later.

Thank you to Bob Greenwade, a Patron of this Blog, for suggesting this double dose of Keaton. 
10 Mar 23:22

Morrigan Aensland - Dark Stalkers - Take 3 by TarivanimaAs found...



Morrigan Aensland - Dark Stalkers - Take 3 by Tarivanima

As found at:

https://tarivanima.deviantart.com/art/Morrigan-Aensland-Dark-Stalkers-Take-3-741970893

Morrigan beckons you to come…. and come closer…

10 Mar 00:17

Scientific Briefing

"I actually came in in the middle so I don't know which topic we're briefing on; the same slides work for like half of them."
09 Mar 21:47

We’re all on this blue marble together.

by Jessica Hagy
08 Mar 16:01

Morrigan redo by MaikeruUrashimaAs found...



Morrigan redo by MaikeruUrashima

As found at:

https://maikeruurashima.deviantart.com/art/Morrigan-redo-740744672

Lovely Morrigan art…

08 Mar 16:00

Chindogu Chindogu are inventions that are not really useful but...



Chindogu

Chindogu are inventions that are not really useful but are at the same time, not completely without use. They make sense, but you’d never use them. They are also, as a result, often really funny.

This chindogu article gives some great examples while also sharing the 10 tenets of what makes chindogu, chindogu. Things like: there must be the spirit of anarchy —  they represent freedom of thought and action. And they must exist — just the idea isn’t enough, they must be made.

Apparently, the selfie-stick was invented as chindogu but failed as people evidently actually found it useful — though you can still see why it might have started as chindogu.

More genius from the Japanese: Tsundoku

04 Mar 14:23

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04 Mar 01:20

One of Samsung’s first product was dried fish

by Nicolas
28 Feb 02:09

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Milk

by tech@thehiveworks.com


Click here to go see the bonus panel!

Hovertext:
Ironically, I'm eating yogurt as I post this.


Today's News:

Tickets are selling out fast!

28 Feb 02:07

Morrigan Aensland by ルガぁ鬼准尉As found...



Morrigan Aensland by ルガぁ鬼准尉

As found at:

https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=68346084

A striking piece of Morrigan art…

26 Feb 22:52

Shattered Honor – Part Eighty

by Brian

Brett is every G.M. right now.
24 Feb 00:24

Types of phishing Tricking people into sharing personal details...



Types of phishing

Tricking people into sharing personal details and logins by pretending to be someone else — known as phishing — is surprisingly effective. Some of the smartest people I know have been taken in by it and it only takes a moment’s lapse in concentration or uncertainty to fall for it. The maths is simple: it barely costs anything to send an email to 100,000s of people and it only needs a few people to get caught in the net for it to pay off.

Also, look out for targeted spear-phishing attacks where scammers may seem to know specific details about yourself to make the attack more credible. Or what’s known as whaling — the targeting of high-profile figures such has heads of companies or celebrities with elaborately planned and sometimes very convincing schemes.

Stay vigilant people.

You can also check if you’ve been caught in a data breach at: Have I been Pwned.

Also see 2-factor authentication.

18 Feb 22:13

Succubus by BANE_As found...



Succubus by BANE_

As found at:

http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=62252570

Welcome to Succubi High… 

18 Feb 15:39

Minotaur Executif!

by JENKS

I saw this sad-looking Minotaur (under Theseus, by Canova) in the V&A the other week, and was struck by his mostly-human form. I thought he might, like Medusa, seek a better reputation: having been abandoned by his own beastly progenitor (the bull), imprisoned immediately by a cruel stepfather in a maze-like prison (Minos), and forced to kill his only playmates, Asterion (yes, he had a name, the same name as his stepfather’s own stepfather) is now seeking legal representation for paternal abandonment and defamation, and that’s just the start. Looking sharp, Mr Asterion sir!

18 Feb 15:30

Odyssey Book 1, part 18 (the end!)

by JENKS

The final part of the MASSIVE comic that Book 1 became, with all its exposition, theme and character introduction, is now live!

Odyssey Book 1, Part 18

You can now get the entirety of Book 1 as a download PDF to print yourself! Just For You for 99p and Teacher Print £3.99 (for unlimited printing for classes) editions. See below for a sample of this 10-page A4 comic!

You can view all the other parts of the Odyssey, Books 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, and 19, online on the Odyssey Comix page.

I’m so excited to have finally finished Book 1! I hope you’ll enjoy it too.

Jenks x

17 Feb 14:18

Phylogenetic Tree

And I was kicked out of my March Madness pool because I wouldn't shut up about the evidence for NBA/ABA endosymbiosis.
17 Feb 14:17

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14 Feb 16:21

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Bound

by tech@thehiveworks.com


Click here to go see the bonus panel!

Hovertext:
I'm pretty sure the venn diagram for this joke is two non-overlapping circles. But, enjoy!


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13 Feb 03:29

Blockchain

Blockchains are like grappling hooks, in that it's extremely cool when you encounter a problem for which they're the right solution, but it happens way too rarely in real life.
11 Feb 00:17

Succubus by ApocAs found...



Succubus by Apoc

As found at:

https://drawcrowd.com/projects/ndaxnzk1ltctmjetna

Love the outfit this Succubus is wearing…

07 Feb 15:25

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07 Feb 02:41

Thor and Harley Quinn

by Ross


It will be interesting to see how Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) fares at the box office this weekend.  I have to admit that for me, it looks like it will be a rental, unless they reviews manage to sway my opinion.  Harley Quinn looks great in it, but Huntress, Black Canary and Cassandra Cain do not seem like the characters I know from the comics. Hopefully once I see the whole movie, that will not remain the case.

OK, I want to give thanks for the idea of giving Thor HQ's mallet - but I seem to have misplaced my notes on that.  So, whoever it was, speak up, and thank you!
07 Feb 02:32

Roll for Seduction

by S Frisk
05 Feb 13:58

Health Check

03 Feb 21:42

Motivation is so much more than money.

by Jessica Hagy

The post Motivation is so much more than money. appeared first on Indexed.

03 Feb 21:41

Shattered Honor – Part Seventy-Four

by Brian

*hugs Brett*
03 Feb 16:09

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01 Feb 18:24

The Jonses

by Ross



I've featured the relationships between J'onn and Angelica as well as Jessica and Casey on the blog before, and I thought that it was time to put them together as a whole family.  OK, I am bracing myself for the comments - Where's Indiana?  Wheres Rick, Where's Osmosis? Where's Bridget? Where's Barnaby? Where's Fred?  Where's Cleopatra? Where's Jimbo?  Where's Samantha?  Where's Velvet? Well, there's no rule that says all Jonses are related, but maybe in a sequel one or two of them could show up.
01 Feb 18:15

Parker Solar Probe

It will get within 9 or 10 Sun-diameters of the "bottom" (the Sun's surface) which seems pretty far when you put it that way, but from up here on Earth it's practically all the way down.