Comments on: Agog in a sea of usefulness.

Agog in a sea of usefulness.

If I Had An Anus — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 06:39:57 -0800

until you realize it's an early design for a self-righting ship by a man somewhat obsessed. Similarly, this cap pattern is pretty simple, but it represents some deep geek knowledge. In other words, digital artisans can seem pretentiously empty under the physical weight of a carefully considered compulsion.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 06:47:58 -0800

From the "Five boats ready to sail" section: My goal is to design a sailing system that would give the Viking sailors the most protection from the sea while sailing. As long as you're planning to go back in time, be sure to bring along some lead-lined suits to counterract the atomic bazookas.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:06:41 -0800

Great use of the monkeys smoking tags! Excellent post.

By: jrb223

jrb223 — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:22:48 -0800

Smoking Monkeys, and Maritime Naive Art? Very nice post indeed.

By: b1tr0t

b1tr0t — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:37:00 -0800

I was going to try to make a serious comment, then I read a few more paragraphs of the second link. GREAT use of the donkeys and monkeys tag.

By: humboldt32

humboldt32 — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:42:23 -0800

Buliwyf: 'Lo, there do I see my father. 'Lo, there do I see... Herger the Joyous: My mother, and my sisters, and my brothers. Buliwyf: 'Lo, there do I see... Herger the Joyous: The line of my people... Edgtho the Silent: Back to the beginning. Weath the Musician: 'Lo, they do call to me. Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: They bid me take my place among them. Buliwyf: Iin the halls of Valhalla... Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: Where the brave... Herger the Joyous: May live... Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: ...forever. -13th Warrior (Eaters of the Dead)

By: Jofus

Jofus — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:19:42 -0800

"Make up of Oseberg size ship crew:... ...Five people with Viking Navy watch usage skills. (Young strong girls are fine.) "

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:21:25 -0800

seems like that would cause a lot of problems in crosswindws.

By: Kid Charlemagne

Kid Charlemagne — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:21:47 -0800

Since I probably can't type 4 words without the NSA's computer system tagging me as a geek, I'll reveal that Þóra (4th link) and I run in similar circles (both SCA Laurels). From my own experiences, you start out playing dress-up and beating people with sticks. Then you decide you need a better belt or something and since you're fairly handy, you decide to make something really cool. So you do some research, get your materials together and set out to make a cool medieval belt with custom mounts and everything. And fail miserably. It's a humbling moment when you catch on to the fact that an illiterate guy from 600 years ago, who lived in a house made, mostly, out of mud and horse shit, and whose entire tool set would fit in a milk crate could do things that you, with the aid of a library, the internet, and a basement full of tools can not. At this point you can decide you don't care about it that much, you can assume that anything they could do that you can't must have been achieved with the intervention of alien astronauts, or you can screw around with it for a while and try to figure out how they managed to do jobs that we would use a CNC lathe for.

By: Kid Charlemagne

Kid Charlemagne — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:26:46 -0800

Ayie! I lost my beating people with sticks and fit in a milk crate links. Revel in the geekery!

By: benATthelocust

benATthelocust — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:07:45 -0800

Very nice post. Well written, interesting and slightly cryptic. Thank you, IF I HAD AN ANUS.

By: stenseng

stenseng — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:57:34 -0800

"In other words, digital artisans can seem pretentiously empty under the physical weight of a carefully considered compulsion." Actually, I rather think digital artisans can often seem pretentiously empty entirely on their own merits, thanks. Also.... the SCA is full of nerdlingers wasting precious time, energy, and meagre talents to supplant reality with a ridiculously and unrealistically mythologized and romanticized notion of Medieval culture that I frankly find laughable, yet sickening. Also.... AN-TIR!!!

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 10:02:57 -0800

Am I being thick or does the shift from Viking hats to digital wank make sense in a way that the subsequent shift to fag-shitting donkeys does not? Hey ho, I am enjoying this confusion.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:37:53 -0800

This painting will not set you agog until... Yeah? Yeah? Until what? I'm dying to be set agog! I can't wait! This is so exciting! ...until you realize it's an early design for a self-righting ship by a man somewhat obsessed. Oh. Bloody Vikings.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:45:48 -0800

Looked up the 9622 tag, thinking it would hold a clue to this cryptic post. There's a 9622.net site with a monkey logo and a monkey dressed up in a Satan outfit in honor of today being 666. Am more baffled than ever. Can somebody explain? Pleez.

By: If I Had An Anus

If I Had An Anus — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:32:38 -0800

psst, nicky

By: sluglicker

sluglicker — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:37:23 -0800

If I had an anus I'd anus in the morning I'd anus in the evening All over this land I'd anus out danger I'd anus out a warning I'd anus out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land .

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:57:57 -0800

The dude with the self-righting Viking ship? He also has it hydroplaning. Check out the area just above the self-righting diagrams...

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:35:25 -0800

If I Had An Anus, Ah ha. You're the best. Thank you for explaining!

By: If I Had An Anus

If I Had An Anus — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 04:26:07 -0800

*blushes*