The Smug Baldy Speaks

Nobody should be required to take a neutral stance on stupidity. Indeed – here at SmugBaldy, we’re vehemently anti-stupid, so this is the sort of thing that really irks me. I had previously written a short piece about how creationists were trying to worm their way into the hall of power in Texas, and expand [...]

Experimenting is cool, and when we’re talking about experiments in social media, the results can sometimes be extremely cool as well as pleasantly surprising. Take for instance Mark Laymon’s recent experiment on the Collective Thoughts blog. In a fairly short post about how dandelions evoke fond memories of his childhood, Mark also does his bit [...]

This digital short is an instant classic. Last week’s SNL host, Jonah Hill of Superbad and Knocked Up fame, has something to tell Andy Samberg. Is it me, or is Saturday Night Live on a comedy upswing? HT to Matt for this one.

In this video, Pablos Holman, a futurist and hacker shows how simple it is to steal RFID-enabled credit card information using an RFID reader he bought for about $8. RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags are very hot right now as they allow companies to streamline their inventory systems. They’re also showing up in smart card [...]

Just when you thought that the battle for America’s soul was won, and the forces of lunacy and idiocy had retreated to the fetid holes from which they sprang, we find that Texas will be the new battleground for creationists bent on the destruction of rational thought in science education. In an editorial today on [...]

There are comics I like, and comics I tolerate, and comics I skip past. I like Get Fuzzy and Dilbert, and I tolerate a whole lot (including Beatle Bailey, Blondie, and friggin Snuffy Smith! Now that’s damn tolerant, indeed.) But one of the comics I regularly avoid is Garfield. There’s something about his character – [...]

According to Diane Francis of the Canadian National Post, there are good reasons for the Barak Obama phenomenon:

From Satire and Comment we have the miraculous story of an atheist that found an image of Big Bang in piece of toast: “I was just about to spread the butter when I noticed a fairly typical small hole in the bread surrounded by a burnt black ring. However, the direction and splatter patterns of [...]

I was sent a link to this on the Escapist Magazine today. This is where Zero Punctuation peels back the cover on Sim City Societies, and finds an existential vacuum. HT to Angry Alex

Not long ago I was chatting with my brother, and we started reminiscing about some of the TV series that we used to watch after school as kids. Now, many of these have regained a second life on YouTube. Spectrum Is Green! The Space Giants: