"Australian actresses are plagiarizing my quantum mechanics lecture to sell printers"
"I tried to think of a witty, ironic title for this post, but in the end, I simply couldn’t. The above title is a literal statement of fact."
Click the above for more on this humorous story. Here are the models in question:
If anyone is lucky enough to be in Boston reading this with no plans for tonight- for the love of all that's holy go see Shanghai Express tonight. If just to see one of the greatest stunts in Hong Kong cinema history, Yuen Biao's flip off of a three story burning building.
I'm going tomorrow night to see Duel to the Death. A brilliantly over-the-top wire fu classic from the 80s. The final battle, which takes place entirely in the sky, is one of the true classic Wuxia scenes.
For five nights this September, a vacant lot near Boston’s Chinatown Gate will become a free, outdoor theater, showing Kung-Fu and classic Chinese-language films under the stars. Films at the Gate returns with a focus on Hong Kong comedians and some of their early influences. Join us for an event that brings back a tradition of watching movies together in Chinatown
drunkenfist.com ranks 105,631 with Quantcast
Interestingly, they also provide demographic information:
"This site reaches approximately 14,368 U.S. monthly uniques. The site attracts a more African American, more affluent, slightly more male than female, teen and young adult audience."
Compete ranks me 92,116 with 15,802 US visitors.
Those numbers, at least in terms of visitors, are reasonably close to my actual numbers (according to Google Analytics.)
So why does Alexa rank me 525,696 (290,588 latest. But the above numbers are for May anyway and my traffic has increased since)? What are the other two sites doing that Alexa isn't? Is it something to do with the demographics of the Alexa user?
Please Stop Delivering The Phone Book To My House. | The Good Human
If I never see another phone book on my door step it will be too soon. I put them right in the recycling bin.
I got the heads up from one of my comic book people about this. I figured I'd post it here because, well, why not?
It's a regular quarter with an image of the Surfer affixed to the back. I'm not sure how they did it or what the exact dispersal mechanism was, but there were 40,000 produced by the Franklin Mint. Super cool.
Here's his auction:
Here's the coin itself:
Edited to add: $191.50 was the winning bid. Not a bad return on investment.
Also, it appears the promotion has annoyed the US Mint.
