where have you been all my life?

There's nothing better than fresh pancakes for breakfast, but they are a little labor intensive for some to manage in their groggy morning stupor. And while a frozen waffle may cut it for some, no frozen confection can compare with a fresh short stack of pancakes. The notion of canned flapjacks is so brilliant that I'm kind of amazed it took this long. The future is now!

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happy birthday Stan Lee

Stan Lee is 85 years old. 'Nuff said.

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screenbound virtual reality

Johnny Chung Lee has developed some pretty impressive demos based on the Nintendo Wii's amazing hardware. This one shows how to use head tracking to create single person VR effects on a regular screen. This guy is an inspiration to nerds everywhere!

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The real Space Ghost theme

Just watching this brings me back to my youth. Space Ghost was cool and mysterious, but always fought the good fight. The show featured design work by the late, great Alex Toth that made it one of the classiest TV superheroes ever. Add the voice of the great Gary Owens and you've got a great show!

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IM IN UR MANGER KILLING UR SAVIOR

Check out this hilarious cartoon about a clash of LARPers (Live Action Role Players) at a nativity scene. Then check out this response movie they animated to diss their own video. Pure nerdly comic gold!

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Hijinx top 100 graphic novels 2007

1. CIVIL WAR TP $24.99
2. Clone Wars Adventures, Vol. 3 (Star Wars) $6.95
3. BOOKHUNTER $15.00
4. Clone Wars Adventures, Vol. 1 (Star Wars) $6.95
5. Watchmen $19.99
6. SERENITY TP $9.95
7. STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVENTURES VOL 7 TP $6.95
8. Clone Wars Adventures, Vol. 4 (Star Wars) $6.95
9. STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVENTURES VOL 6 TP $6.95
10. SPIDER-MAN BIRTH OF VENOM TP $29.99
11. Clone Wars Adventures, Vol. 2 (Star Wars) $6.95
12. 300 HC $30.00
13. Y The Last Man Vol. 2: Cycles $12.99
14. LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN BLACK DOSSIER VAR COVER $29.99
15. Y THE LAST MAN VOL 9 MOTHERLAND TP $14.99
16. ASTONISHING X-MEN VOL 3 TORN TP $14.99
17. IRON MAN EXTREMIS TP $14.99
18. Y The Last Man Vol. 1: Unmanned $12.99
19. V for Vendetta $19.99
20. ULTIMATES 2 VOL 2 TP $19.99
21. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns $14.99
22. STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVENTURES VOL 5 TP $6.95
23. STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVENTURES VOL 8 TP $6.95
24. Y The Last Man Vol. 3: One Small Step $12.99
25. Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Gra $22.95
26. WALKING DEAD VOL 1 DAY GONE BYE TP $9.99
27. MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN VOL 6 BLACK COSTUME DIGEST TP $6.99
28. WALKING DEAD SORROWFUL LIFE VOL 6 $12.99
29. All Star Superman: Volume 1 HC $19.99
30. FABLES VOL 9 SONS OF EMPIRE TP (MR) $17.99
31. CIVIL WAR ROAD TO CIVIL WAR TP $14.99
32. JUSTICE VOL 2 HC $19.99
33. MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN VOL 5 DIGEST TP $6.99
34. POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON GINJIS RESCUE TEAM GN $7.99
35. THE COURAGEOUS PRINCESS $14.95
36. Cinderella $7.99
37. DMZ VOL 1 ON THE GROUND TP (MR) $9.99
38. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art $22.95
39. JUSTICE VOL 1 HC $19.99
40. CIVIL WAR CAPTAIN AMERICA TP $11.99
41. CIVIL WAR AMAZING SPIDER-MAN TP $17.99
42. Fables Vol. 2: Animal Farm $12.99
43. RONIN TP $19.99
44. Y The Last Man Vol. 4: Safeword $12.99
45. W.I.T.C.H. Graphic Novel: The Power of Friendship - Book
46. 1 $4.99
47. CRIMINAL VOL 1 COWARD TP (MR) $14.99
48. LITTLE LULU COLOR SPECIAL TP $13.95
49. Tales Of The Vampires $15.95
50. FABLES VOL 8 WOLVES TP (MR) $17.99
51. JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED VOL 2 WORLDS GREATEST HEROES TP $6.99
52. Batman: Year One (Batman (Graphic Novels)) $14.99
53. HELLBOY VOL 7 THE TROLL WITCH & OTHERS TP $17.95
54. Fables Vol. 3: Storybook Love $14.99
55. SPIDER-MAN AND POWER PACK BIG CITY SUPER HEROES DIGEST TP $6.99
56. New Avengers, Vol. 4: The Collective $14.99
57. Ex Machina: Smoke, Smoke - Volume 5 $12.99
58. WALKING DEAD VOL 7 THE CALM BEFORE TP $12.99
59. Fables Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers $17.99
60. Death Note, Vol. 1 $7.99
61. 30 Days of Night $17.99
62. 100 BULLETS VOL 11 ONCE UPON A CRIME TP (MR) $12.99
63. CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE BOOK 1 TP $14.99
64. Jack of Fables: The (Nearly) Great Escape - Volume 1 (Fables $14.99
65. HULK PLANET HULK HC $39.99
66. The Walking Dead Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars $12.99
67. X-23 TARGET X $15.99
68. Mega Morphs Digest $1.60
69. Bone vol 1 Out From Boneville $9.99
70. MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER MAN VOL 1 SINISTER SIX DIGEST $6.99
71. Death Note, Volume 8 (Death Note) $7.99
72. PRIDE OF BAGHDAD HC $19.99
73. ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL 18 ULTIMATE KNIGHTS TP $15.99
74. DMZ VOL 2 BODY OF A JOURNALIST TP (MR) $12.99
75. INCREDIBLE HULK PLANET HULK PRELUDE TP $13.99
76. HOUSE OF M TP $24.99
77. ULTIMATE X-MEN VOL 15 MAGICAL TP $11.99
78. Astonishing X-Men Vol. 1: Gifted $14.99
79. DAREDEVIL DEVIL INSIDE & OUT VOL 2 TP $14.99
80. ANNIHILATION BOOK 1 HC $29.99
81. DR THIRTEEN ARCHITECTURE AND MORALITY TP $14.99
82. Fray $19.95
83. NEIL GAIMAN & CHARLES VESS STARDUST TP NEW PTG $19.99
84. NEW AVENGERS VOL 2 SENTRY TP $14.99
85. BUMPERBOY & LOUD LOUD MOUNTAIN GN $8.95
86. The Ultimates 2 Vol. 1: Gods And Monsters $15.99
87. Spongebob Squarepants: Tales From Bikini Bottom, Book 3 $7.99
88. X-MEN DEADLY GENESIS TP $19.99
89. Batman: Hush, Vol. 1 $12.99
90. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 $14.99
91. Batman: The Long Halloween $19.99
92. NEW AVENGERS VOL 3 SECRETS AND LIES TP $14.99
93. CAPTAIN AMERICA WINTER SOLDIER VOL 2 TP $14.99
94. Dark Days $19.99
95. AVENGERS AND POWER PACK ASSEMBLE DIGEST TP $6.99
96. 52 VOL 1 TP $19.99
97. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier $29.99
98. The Zombie Survival Guide $13.95
99. MOUSE GUARD VOL 1 FALL 1152 HC $24.95
100. CIVIL WAR WOLVERINE TP $17.99

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Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas

This holiday carol from my favorite show is destined to become a classic some day!

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Iron Man rendered in Lego

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I'm made of comics!

This is just one little piece of a giant photomosaic of myself I made out of nothing but graphic novel covers. It was super-easy to do with an open source project called metapixel. I've always wanted to make one of these, but lacked the gumption to write it myself because I knew sooner or later someone would do the hard work for me! I took all 8800+ graphic novel covers in my database and ran it through metapixel. It didn't take as long as I thought to generate some pretty impressive images, but they're all too humongous to link to here!

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thanks for the picks

I found out that it's pretty simple to generate fairly good suggestions once you've sold enough, but it didn't take as long as I thought to generate pretty good suggestions. I've had a lot of fun exploring the connections between books, and you might enjoy it too.

There's a lot of talk about online comics and downloading books floating around out there. Call me old school if you want, but I don't see these things ever replacing books 100%. Newspapers and Magazines I can see, but there will always be enough book junkies out there to keep me in business. After I'm dead and gone I give permission to phase out books, but by then it won't matter!

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what I want for x-mas this year

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graphic images

Yes, I'm ripping off a joke I saw on the internet a while back, but I'm doing it dynamically thanks to the newly released Google chart API. If you know how to use HTML and link to an image, you can use this, so check it out!

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kitty confinement game

Please, don't click on this link unless you want to lose a lot of time playing an addictively simple flash game. Anyone who can tell me why this game is a metaphor for my life wins an extra 10 bonus points!

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