I guess most of my friends already know how much I love Syd Barrett (born Roger Keith Barrett – 6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006). He would have been 64 today, so I thought I’d write a little about him, and why I like him so much. It’s not just his music, which is … Some thoughts about Syd Barrett

First of all, do I think Gary McKinnon was wrong for doing what he did? Yes. But extradition is wrong for these reasons: At the time of his offense, the maximum penalty he could have received in the UK was 6 months jail time, a far cry from the life term sought by U.S. prosecutors. … My thoughts on the Gary McKinnon issue

Jan 3 is an important day. John Paul Jones was born 1-3-1946, and besides being bassist el supremo for the mighty Led Zeppelin, his new band with Dave Grohl (Foos) and Josh Homme is indescribably good. They’re called Them Crooked Vultures, go check ’em out, all I can say is WOW. Here’s a pic of … Them Crooked Vultures, Tolkien, Perihelion

HE’S JUST A POOR BOY, FROM A POOR FAMILY Spare him his life from this monstrosity….

On Nov. 4 Google celebrated Wallace and Gromit’s 20 year anniversary with this custom google image: Didn’t see it? Neither did anybody else in the states, Google decided to only put it up on it’s UK site (I think we got Big Bird or Cookie Monster – some kind of sesame street shit anyway) Apparently … Wallace and Gromit – Great Googley Moogley

Some things are too cool for words See more funny videos and TBT Videos at Today’s Big Thing.

My friend Paul took this pic, it’s awesome and I love it.

The XKCD genius again: Alt text for our RSS hipsters: “Wow, that’s less than $200 per … uh … that’s a good deal!”

*photo by Tom Rydquist

Reddit: Do you ever sit in a conversation at a party and realize how much of human interaction is just cock-swinging? Its very depressing…