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hisiheyah:

I see all your majestic gryphons on sketch_dailes and raise you a potoophon.

When Frozen topped the billion-dollar mark at the global box office last weekend, the significance wasn't just that Disney execs are going to be snapping up the world's stock of private islands when Christmas bonus time rolls around this year. Nope. Frozen is now the first film to make a billion dollars... that was also directed by a woman.

If you've been watching True Detective, you know that in this past Sunday's episode, ex-detective Marty Hart (played by Woody Harrelson) saw a video so upsetting that he completely freaked out. Thanks to Rifftrax's Conor Lastowka, we can now reveal the horrible truth of what Hart saw.

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nprmusic:

Can we all agree that Carl Kasell’s grumpy face is the best part of OK Go’s Tiny Desk Concert?

Broadcasting legend Carl Kasell just announced that he’s retiring from Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me this spring and we’re still sure this GIF set is one for the books. We’re all gonna miss you, Carl! 

Rob Ryan and an army of impostor Rob Ryans were in full display at Mardi Gras.

Tuesday was Mardi Gras, the No. 1 day for drinking in New Orleans. In Rob Ryan's first year as the Saints' defensive coordinator, we found out that he quite enjoys drinking in New Orleans. Therefore, this was the Mardi Gras of Rob Ryan.

The results were terrifying.

For starters, one Krewe -- a group charged with putting together a parade -- the Krewe of Argus, decided to have Ryan as their grand marshal.

Rob Ryan, Saints' defense coordinator, stars in Krewe of Argus parade http://t.co/mTJE1A2Lrp @beardedstoner pic.twitter.com/QXclalg1DE

— Jordan + Bunny (@jordanbks) March 4, 2014

OMG! Rob Ryan ate Drew @drewbrees pic.twitter.com/TsGS8PalGq

— Well duh... (@HardieEric) March 4, 2014

It was rainy, and Ryan's majestic hair became wet:

Even on this wet Mardi Gras, Rob Ryan's hair still looks fabulous. pic.twitter.com/fTAGnGXSWm

— Shelby Field (@ShelbyField) March 4, 2014

Another, the Krewe D'Etat, whose parade was on Friday night, decided to have a cavalcade of Rob Ryans descend on the streets:

Rob Ryan Krewe, or the "Sampsons" #nola #carnival pic.twitter.com/pF1KhBiZLN

— Andrew Tuozzolo (@ATuozzolo) March 1, 2014

Rob Ryan marching club in #krewedetat pic.twitter.com/gYWQciXcNB

— Carolyn Scofield (@NewsCarolyn) March 1, 2014

Chaos.

I can think of few things scarier than an army of Rob Ryans, pillaging and consuming all the beer in the land.

Ryan was also on things thrown into the crowd, like coins:

Rob Ryan 😈 Hope everybody had a good Mardi Gras 2K14 🎭 pic.twitter.com/Yt4NWP7ACk

— Johnathan Bulot (@KxngBulot) March 5, 2014

And this thing:

@SaintsForecast Does Rob Ryan know he was a Mardi Gras throw (In Rob We Trust tshirt from Thoth)? pic.twitter.com/9V0xXW8LPC

— carrie williamson (@cawilliamson) March 5, 2014

itwbennett writes "Oregon is holding back $25.6 million in payments from Oracle (out of some $69.5 million Oracle claims it is owed) over work the vendor did on the state's troubled health care exchange website. The site was supposed to go live on Oct. 1 but its launch has been marred by a slew of bugs and it is not yet fully functional. This week, Cover Oregon said it had reached an agreement with Oracle laying out 'an orderly transition of technology development services, and protects current and future Cover Oregon enrollees,' according to a statement. Oregon officials reached the deal with Oracle after the company reportedly threatened to pull all of its workers off the project and essentially walk away."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Charles Soule and Javier Pulido's "She-Hulk," due out April 2 from Marvel, finds Jen Walters' legal pursuits landing her in Dr. Doom's crosshairs.

“Avoid clicking on ads on your mobile device.” That’s the ”best practice” suggested by Blue Coat, an online security company, in its latest report on mobile malware (registration required), or malicious software. The report found that thing most often leading mobile users down the path to malware has ceased to be pornography and is now advertising.

Here’s how it works: Attackers use legitimate ad networks to place ads telling a mobile user he has a virus on his phone. Clicking on the “OK” on the ad pops up a fake system warning prompting the user to remove the virus. He is then directed to download an “anti-virus app“—in the process getting him to change his settings to allow third-party downloads along the way—which is actually designed to steal personal information or install dodgy software. Blue Coat found that malicious ads accounted for one-fifth of all attacks on smartphones in Feb. 2014, up 400% since Nov. 2012. Porn, by contrast, fell to 16% of all attacks. 

Still, mobile remains a far safer environment than Windows PCs. Attacks from mobile ads rely on a user’s gullibility and willingness to go along with the prompts. Part of the reason smartphones haven’t been subject to the kind of passive infections common on PCs—where just visiting the wrong website can give hackers an entry point, even if the user doesn’t download anything—is because the tools to do so aren’t easily or widely available. Criminals trying to infect smartphones must put some effort into it.

In comparative terms, therefore, attacks through ads on mobile are fairly infrequent. They are a fifth of all attacks, where ads take up a tenth of all mobile traffic. By contrast, porn accounts for just 1% of mobile traffic but is the source of about 16% of all attacks, because people can more easily be fooled into clicking malicious links. (An example of the sort of tricks employed by peddlers of porn can be found here.) Smartphone users would do well to pay more attention to Blue Coat’s other recommendation: “Avoid pornography on your mobile devices.” 

More Chris Samnee designs for the Checkmate arc, “La Vie en Sang,” written by myself and @erictrautmann.

fyeahbatgirl:

Batgirl and Supergirl by Phil Noto

Damn. Phil Noto, you guys.

If you're talking tech with Americans, you may want to avoid using any jargon.

One of the risks in following a new webcomic is that the story might never end. You might end up with a comic that goes on for years only to have the creator abandon it. But there are some great webcomics out there that have wrapped up their storylines instead of fading into oblivion, leaving hundreds—and sometimes thousands—of pages for us to enjoy.

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The style of basketball played in native communities across North America is physical, fast, and inventive. Follow us courtside to the All Native Basketball Tournament.

Respect and love for the NFL draft continues with the saddest of comparisons.

What happens when a stoppable force meets a moveable object? That's the question Ron Jaworski had to answer in 2002 when David Carr and Joey Harrington were selected in the top five picks.

Poor Jaws needed to fill some dead air, prompting an in depth discussion of that these two eventually horrible quarterbacks would be at the next level.

JOEY HARRINGTON (ALMOST) HAS IT ALL

This is like being alive in the 1800's and deciding what's better, the Spanish flu or Scarlet fever.

BOTH GOT CHECK MARKS FOR POCKET PRESENCE

Insert the frowniest of faces here.

Hey Jaws, we fixed your chart for you.

Uncharted writer and creative director Amy Hennig parted ways with Naughty Dog this week, and the circumstances surrounding her departure aren't clear. Following an IGN report claiming Hennig left her post on March 3, Sony confirmed with the site...

Riverdale's population decreases by one in a shocking turn for Aguirre-Sacasa and Francavilla's "Afterlife With Archie" #4.

angryampersand:

there are literally so many badass things about this panel that if i tried to type them all out i’d probably hit the post character limit

One of the very few female asskickers from early Marvel. I want to write her so bad.

Artist Stephen Bissette's open letter to DC doesn't express anger that NBC's Constantine exists, or anger about a specific way they're interpreting the character that he, as one of the character's original creators, might be privy to when we plebes are not. Rather, DC hasn't seen fit to communicate with Bissette about the show at all. And he's pissed.

Hollywood gives the son of god chiseled cheekbones and buns of steel. But what if—based on anthropological study of first-century Galilean males — Jesus had the build of a teenage girl?

horseback - Hana no Keiji (TOSE - Super Famicom - 1994)

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