wallpapers, etc.

Q: What do you get when you combine a snow day with internet access? A: Me wasting time on the computer. Through snow days off of school, rainy days stuck inside, and afternoons with nothing to do, I eventually discovered that I could create image files using Microsoft PowerPoint slides (yeah, I know, mild to moderate computer-nerdism), which led to the fruit of my trivial labors, these wallpapers. I hate to let them collect e-dust, so maybe someone will use them. Enjoy!

The Batmobile Wallpapers

Over the course of digging myself into a wiki-hole one day, I stumbled upon the article on that legendary pimp mobile, the Batmobile. The article included a link to this fan site which included a history of the car in its many incarnations. Upon going through the main chronology, the idea to compile the many Batmobiles into a black wallpaper struck me, leading to these three.

Batmobiles 1
Batmobiles 2
Batmobiles 3

The Sports Wallpapers

Sadly, the only pro sports I watch on a regular basis are football and hockey, but putting logos together into a league wallpaper seemed like an amusing idea, so I took it and ran with it. Rather than leave you wondering "Why is there no NFL wallpaper", I'll explain. I did in fact create a wallpaper of NFL helmets, but I'm saving this for a football season mega-post.

NHL hockey
NBA basketball
MLB baseball

Don't drink the water!

I know they say don't drink the water when you go to Mexico, but apparently we're not much better.

Got pharm?

Cheers!

The beginning of a blog and the end of the world

This is the end... my old friend, the end......

Actually, this is more like the beginning, but people who listen to the Doors will get the reference. Anyway, I know that it's doubtful anyone will read this blog, but I don't really care as long as it gives me a new hobby and a new creative outlet. What was the point of that little virtual singsong above, you ask? The point was to foreshadow the main point of this post, which is to share a cool website. Exit Mundi is the first (and so far only) site I've come across which catalogs almost every possible apocalyptic scenario you could imagine, as well as some that are too bizarre to make up. Sure, we've all heard about meteors, little green men, and tidal waves, but have you ever wondered if female DNA, the seed of life, will kill us all? If you watch the news, you'll see that humanity seems to get dumber every day: what if we all went nuts one day and wiped ourselves out? The site covers all of this and more, explaining even the most complex physical theories in terms which the average person can understand and topping it all with a dark, Vonnegut-reminiscent sense of humor. (Don't worry, religious people, there's even an entire category for the perspectives of different faiths on the apocalypse.) While this site is probably not for the faint of heart, it's definitely a worthwhile read for those who are into this kind of thing. Don't get too crazed over what you find, though, because I'd hate to leave a reader awake all night trembling in their pajamas with a shotgun in hand, waiting for the end of days to come!

P.S. I haven't yet delved too deeply into the Exit Mundi creator's other site, "The Other Bible", yet, but perhaps I'll make it the subject of a future post.