Make a hollow penny. (Where does one get hydrochloric acid, anyhow?)

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…is the Blonde Phantom. For those not in the know, the Blonde Phantom is a Golden Age Marvel comics character from the Timely era. (Of course, comics being comics, she eventually showed up as a middle-aged version of herself in John Byrne’s She-Hulk run, and her daughter eventually became the Phantom Blonde, her successor. Of […]

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In email: In terms of internet business models, 2005-2015 will be to comics as 1995-2005 was to music. Discuss. It’s a cute truism, but not entirely accurate. Firstly, the key similarity: the market by and large considers the product to be poorly distributed and overpriced. People like comics, almost universally; the failure of the industry […]

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IkeaHacker. Like most “life hacking” sites, it occasionally goes overboard in trying to describe new uses for existing items as “hacks,” but this bike rack, this desktop decluttering solution, these laptop stands or this DVD wall unit are all good examples of what the site can do when it’s not trying too hard.

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Fifteen reasons why Brain Storm sucks. 1.) His helmet looks like an exotic dildo. 2.) He first attacked the League because he thought they had killed his brother, but in fact, he had accidentally teleported his brother himself, using his own powers – to France. 3.) Seriously, it says that right there. Teleported his brother […]

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Hippo sweat to be turned into sunscreen. Key part is this: After analyzing the hippo sweat under a microscope, the researcher found that there were two types of crystaline structures in it – banded and non-banded. He pinpointed that the banded ones were “characterized by concentric dark rings,” which seemed to be the key to […]

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This is mine: Let’s see what you got, people! In comments, or Photoshop them yourselves and post to your own blog, or whatever.

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(Via J-Mo.) Top comment: The logical conclusion is that the avian is in estrous, Captain. — wyrmsine

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ME: So get this – Steven Seagal is reading my blog. FLAPJACKS: Steven Seagal, or some comedy nerd pretending to be Steven Seagal? ME: I’m pretty sure it’s the real Steven Seagal. FLAPJACKS: And he’s reading your blog. ME: Yeah. FLAPJACKS: No, he’s just following you on Twitter. ME: Lots of people follow me on […]

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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Top comment: Now do Its vs It’s. Then Reduculous. ONLY YOU, MGK, CAN FIX ALL THE INTERNET — Ilan

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Hey, MGK’ers – very occasional guest-poster Dan Solomon here. I’ve spent the past few days busying myself with the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX, and I wanted to share with you the future of film as we know it. Or something like that – anyway, here is a report on the first five movies […]

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Toronto judge forces witness to disclose information from his Facebook page that the person marked as “private.” If the case turns on this evidence there is no way it doesn’t get appealed; the judge’s reasoning seems questionable at best. “Facebook profiles are not designed to function as diaries; they enable users to construct personal networks […]

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