The People's Republic of Fub
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| Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 03:28 pm H&M pakketjes | |||
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| Als ik een pakket van de H&M retour wil zenden, moet ik deze dan gewoon (kosteloos) afleveren bij het postkantoor? |
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| Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 09:27 am The Weird Part: Simpsons Reflecting Life | |||
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| In the beginning, The Simpsons had two store owners: Apu and Comic Book Guy. Apu would sell anything at the Kwik-E-Mart to make a buck, and Comic Book Guy was an overblown tyrant who'd sell any collectible to make a buck. Thing was, as time went by, people started to feel guilty about Apu. As an immigrant from India, you could tell that they were a little uncomfortable mocking the American dream so much - here was the guy who came from another land to open up his own shop! Isn't that worthy of being more than just a bit gag? So they started asking a vital question: "Is there anything else about this guy we should know?" And as it turned out, yes. They started writing episodes that opened up his character - he wasn't just a ripoff artist, but a psychotically hard worker! And a devout Hindu! And proud of America! And a vegan! And a Ph.D. in Computer Science! And now Apu has a wife and too many children, and his relationship has been the focus of more than a few episodes. They kept deepening who Apu was until he had depth. He's always got his roots in that stereotype of the Indian store-owner, but they've kept adding to him until he's a character in his own right. Because, I suspect, it felt unfair just to leave him stranded as nothing but a stereotype. Comic Book Guy got no such save. Comic Book Guy's been the focus of a handful of episodes, but the same could be said of almost any Simpsons character - after 400+ episodes, they're desperate for new plots. But his central character hasn't changed: desperate for women, a blowhard, lives in a basement, has no social life. And, I'd argue, it's because the Simpsons writers (and people in general) feel that the guy at the heart of the Comic Book Guy stereotype largely deserves his fate. And I can't deny that. I've known too many Comic Book Guys, with their shops and lousy business practices and their focus on making themselves the king of their local nerd cabals rather than running a good business, and I'm pretty much in agreement that they're all just worthy of being mocked relentlessly. Apu got a bad break, and should have been fleshed out. Comic Book Guy? Well, he chose that path. He deserves nothing but mockery. I just find it interesting that one stereotype got explored until he was a fully-realized character on his own, and the other remains a walk-on gag to say, "Worst. X. Ever." (Full disclosure: my daughters say that I sound like Comic Book Guy, so feel free to read this entire rant in Comic Book Guy's voice. It's funnier that way.) |
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| Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 02:13 pm vixens | |||
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| Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 02:13 pm Cyber-Security Czar To Be Named | |||
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| Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 02:24 pm Nice :D | |||
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| THe cards I ordered arrived today. They're of a nice-glossy quality, and I'm pretty damn pelased with them tbh XD Quicky brunch and then to write them and send them out Real Fast |
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| Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 04:30 am Solar powered punk console | |||
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Properboy of goes green with this build of everyone's favorite stepped tone generator circuit - Here is yet another properboy a.p.c. build, although I have done many with light controlled resistors, this is a first attempt at a solar powered synth.The plan was to create a small drone-unit that I could leave in my window. I wanted this little box to power up every morning and going to sleep at night.More details over at GetLoFi Read more | Permalink | Comments | Digg this! |
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| Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 01:52 pm (no subject) | |||
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Even naar piercingverhaaltjes vissen... Heb/had jij een piercing? (wel zo handig voor deze vraag) Woon(de) je (destijds) bij je ouders? Hoe heb je je ouders op de hoogte gesteld van jouw piercing? Wat vonden zij ervan? Ik moet en zal een septum nemen (en binnenkort!), eerst had ik zoiets van: ik klap 'm gewoon elke keer in als ik naar mijn ouders ga, maar dat vind ik toch niet eerlijk tegenover mijn oudertjes. Dus ik wil gewoon vertellen dat ik een piercing ga nemen en waarom ik dat van te voren vertel - en dan, met of zonder hun goedkeuring, laat ik hem zetten. (ps. ik hoef geen horror stories of afradingen over septums te horen! Ik wil 'm al heel lang en 't gaat toch wel gebeuren ;)) |
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| Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 04:00 am Multitouch display support in Linux | |||
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Adding a capacitive touchscreen to your Linux netbook just took a huge leap forward. Developers at ENAC Interactive Computing Lab in France recently published a video showing multitouch support on a standard PC running Fedora. [via liliputing] Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Mods | Digg this! |
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| Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 12:48 pm (no subject) | |||
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| Post van Yolanda, Nathalee, Esmée en Nienke! ( 4 x post! ) |
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| Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 12:42 pm >:| | |||
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So, I send out the ICT assignment through my own email since the studenmail asploded somewhere around saturday. I get the following auto-reply; "I'm out of office untill January 5th." Then why the fuck do we even have to turn this in today?! |
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| Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 10:58 am The 87 Lamest Moments In Tech, 2000-2009 | |||
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| Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 10:53 am Dag 2009, hallo 2010! | |||
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| Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 09:37 am Durftevragen en de kracht van twitter | |||
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In juni 2009 bedachten Martijn Aslander en ik dat het leuk zou zijn de Durftevragen workshops te versterken door de vragen die er gesteld worden ook op twitter te plaatsen. Gekoppeld met de hashtag #durftevragen werden op die dag vragen ook op twitter gesteld en beantwoord. We staan al weken in de twirus top 5 van meest gebruikte hashtags op twitter. Met 50 tweets bereiken we ongeveer 6379 followers. Dagelijks wordt de #durftevragen ongeveer 100 keer gebruikt dat betekent dat we een dagelijks bereik hebben van 12758 gelezen tweets. Ik realiseer me dat daar ongetwijfeld wat vervuiling tussen zit maar laten het er 10000 per dag zijn. Dat is toch een behoorlijke groep mensen die mee wil denken met anderen, graag even helpt met iets waar ze verstand van hebben of goed in zijn.
Waarom is dit dan zo handig? Wil je ook gebruik maken van Durftevragen op twitter. Een Durftevragen in het echt meemaken. |
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| Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 12:22 am Bad Garfield | |||
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For ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ryanestrada's Bad Garfield Party It's like, say "cat" and "meme" in the same sentence and I have to draw. I have to. |
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| Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 10:18 am Irregular Webcomic! #2522 | |||
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| Today's theme: Space |
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| Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 05:06 am Unko-san Scatological Comedy's New TV Anime in January | |||
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| 2nd season of Flash anime to premiere on Kansai TV |
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| Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 04:21 am Comic Gear Mag Stops Publication in January | |||
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| Doujin Work's Hiroyuki created mag in which all creators work in same studio |
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| Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 11:13 am Villa Konellibont - Phase 3: The Christmas Edition | |||
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Current Mood:
 accomplishedCurrent Music: Pink FLoyd - Breathe Run konelli! Run! Snow is coming! Cold is coming!  But run where? To Villa Konellibont of course! ---- Here are the happy konelli's in their new home... Snow came before a much needed paintjob, but hey, they seem happy with their new shelter.  Side and front panels can be removed, so can the roof!  Actually, they went crazy in the snow during the day, and loved it! (Hyves / Facebook users click "bekijk de originele post" or something like it for better display of pics / videolinks / etc.) Run, rabbit run Dig that hole, forget the sun And when at last the work is done Don't sit down It's time to dig another one |
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| Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 01:00 am New in the Maker Shed: Solar Grasshopper Kit | |||
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| Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 12:00 am Comic for December 22, 2009 | |||
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