Roundup:
The EFF’s EFFector newsletter, especially “New FOIA Docs Reveal Shocking Facts From DHS” and “Google’s Good and Evil Divisions Reportedly in Talks Over Precious”. Also, drones.
I’m very fond of “The Incomparable”, and I appreciate the loving craftsmanship they put into episode 133. But it just didn’t click with me.
None of ThinkGeek’s fake products this year strike me as being that outrageous. Or funny. Or impractical (Okay, maybe the Play-Doh 3D Printer. Can I make standard capacity magazines for my modern sporting rifles with it?)
(Seriously, I’m sure there are people who would pay $300 for the Eye Of Sauron Desk Lamp. I’m also sure that should be more like $49, not $300, and anyone who does pay $300 for it if ThinkGeek ever produces one should be taxed at the same confiscatory tax rates I would apply to people who spend $5,000 on a turntable for their 78 RPM records.)
I did get a chuckle out of LA Police Gear’s “Drone Oriented Gear-Carrying System“, maybe because I’d like some tactical bullets.
Did Locus Online decide not to do anything for April Fool’s this year, or are they just slow in posting?
Updates to follow.
Edited to add 1: By way of Jimbo, “UFOs, Nessie seen near Shoals“. With photo.
Edited to add 2: Locus Online is just slow in posting.
Edited to add 3: I am removing the links to Locus Online for reasons that I will explain later. For the moment, I’m just going to say that I refuse to give them any more traffic.
Edited to add 4: Why I removed the Locus Online links.
Edited to add 5: 12 gauge 3″ anti-drone shells. 9 pellets of depleted uranium. I’d buy a box. (Hattip: Borepatch.)