Right. Linkdump time.

Clearing out some tabs for the new year…

This is old and you’ve probably all seen it already, but these Star Wars Facebook updates are pretty funny.
The best comics and graphic novels of 2009.
My 15-minute “Future 15″ SXSW presentation is officially listed at sxsw.com. I’m right next to Amanda Congdon under “Video Blogging and Web Video.”
Teenagers become DNA detectives and reveal all sorts of false advertising scandals in food products!
The Atlantic: “you have a constitutional right to own a gun, and you may traffic in firearms with legal impunity; but you risk being imprisoned for buying and selling arguably obscene pornography. And don’t even think about child porn (I mean that literally): possessing obscene cartoon images of imaginary children is a federal offense; so is communicating your sexual fantasies about children to other adults.”
Speaking of child porn, it turns out the fancy new x-ray scanners the Brits are planning on mandating in airports violate the UK’s child protection laws because they create vaguely-sort-of-nude-looking-if-you-squint-just-right images of passengers who pass through them. Our culture is officially absurd.
This open letter to James Cameron from Papyrus (the font) is pretty hilarious.
ABC News promulgates nonsense about links between GI disorders, diets and autism. Fail.
Flameape is doing sketches of a public-domain-super-hero-a-day at his blog. He’s done two so far. I hope he can keep it up, because it’s a neat idea.
NPR discusses how removing the “male gaze” element from a sitcom I don’t watch improved it vastly — and not just for feminist/film school reasons, but because the show became funnier and more interesting generally as a result.

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On January 6, 2010, Gerry said:

I think you’d like The Big Bang Theory. Netflix it?
On January 7, 2010, billsimmon said:

Really? Because it looks like really dumb and hackneyed stereotypes of nerds. And the laugh track would probably kill me.
On January 8, 2010, Greg Giordano said:

Thanks for dumping me, Bill! today’s heroes: KID TYRANT and “?”!
On January 11, 2010, Therem said:

Big Bang Theory does have a lot of stereotypes of nerds, but strangely enough, I still find it funny. And there are a lot of amusing cameos by nerd faves like BSG actors and Wil Wheaton. If you do try it, go for one of the third season eps. It’s definitely improving as it goes along.