Wired Magazine explains the economics of Somali piracy with a video game. Learn about African geography, small-business management and, um, sailing. They also include a more conventional “explainer” article discussing some of the incentives that drive piracy in the region along with maps and videos.
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The Weekly Writing Assignment
There is a new Baltimore-based blog afoot in the intertubes known as Weekly Writing Assignment – an interesting site which issues a weekly writing challenge and solicits entries from readers. The first challenge, issued yesterday, involves writing a 300 word MAXIMUM story which must use the following 15 words: esophagus California propaganda imbue chortle bravado […]
Otakon Revisited – The Otakon Dance Experience
I’m not entirely sure what it is about Otakon and it attendees, but they sure likes them some dancin’ – especially break dancing. At times it’s impressive, more often than not it’s bewilderingly hilarious and awkward. I feel as though this video encompasses those aspects pretty adequately. BONUS VIDEOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This kid just couldn’t wait to […]
The Southern Cassowary is AWESOME.
Some people I know and I and no one else (except 10 million babies in strollers and their parents) took a trip to the National Zoo in DC this past weekend, a rather exhausting 5 hour walking-around-without-sitting-and-dealing-with-throngs-of-adolescents excursion, but hey I hadn’t been there since I was an intern at the Baltimore Zoo – oops […]
Top Ten Funniest Onion News Videos (#5-1)
Continuing the list… #5 A very possible future for American fast food. New Wearable Feedbags Let Americans Eat More, Move Less #4 I would totally buy this game – and the sequel. Hot New Video Game Consists Solely Of Shooting People Point-Blank In The Face #3 Crazy college kids with their Mespace and Facesbook… Police […]
Top Ten Funniest Onion News Videos (#10-6)
I absolutely adore The Onion. It is a great dream that floats around in my atrophy-riddled brain that The City That Breeds could ever craft such constant wit with regard to Baltimore, but alas Baltimore is small and I am very lazy, so I rely often times on The Onion for direct comedic inspiration. One […]