Popular Mechanics has published a really cool step by step guide on how to build your own speakers.

Via: Popular Mechanics

It’s truly pathetic.

Now this one is a little more out there then the guide for building your own speakers, but it is also very very cool. Geiger counters are expensive to build, even if you order just the specific parts but it is pretty damn cool.

Thats right. Someone’s written a script that filters out stupid people on the internet. I can’t believe it took this long for someone to make something like this. It’s like spam filter 2.0. You can try a demo on their website.

A series of Mock-umentaries done by BBC in the 90’s. These will all, each and everyone of them, make your day. I’ve posted the first four but there are more here.

Look around you - Maths

Look around you - Water

Look around you - Germs

Look around you - Ghosts

I have no idea why I’m writing this post… our posting has slowed down a bit unfortunately but it has been replaced with some more original work as opposed to just news all the time and I hope to continue that trend with this completely random post.

Ok yeah… I’ve had this window open for a while and I have completely forgotten what the point of this post was and I’ve forgotten everything I was going to say. Basically, the : P smiley face is fucking awesome. And I made this in photoshop.

Music video and the lyric of Rasputin by Boney M

There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear
He could preach the bible like a preacher
Full of ecstacy and fire
But he also was the kind of teacher
Women would desire

RA RA RASPUTIN
Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
RA RA RASPUTIN
Russia’s greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on

He ruled the Russian land and never mind the czar
But the kasachok he danced really wunderbar
In all affairs of state he was the man to please
But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze
For the queen he was no wheeler dealer
Though she’d heard the things he’d done
She believed he was a holy healer
Who would heal her son

(Spoken:)
But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger
for power became known to more and more people,
the demands to do something about this outrageous
man became louder and louder.

“This man’s just got to go!” declared his enemies
But the ladies begged “Don’t you try to do it, please”
No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms
Though he was a brute they just fell into his arms
Then one night some men of higher standing
Set a trap, they’re not to blame
“Come to visit us” they kept demanding
And he really came

RA RA RASPUTIN
Lover of the Russian queen
They put some poison into his wine
RA RA RASPUTIN
Russia’s greatest love machine
He drank it all and he said “I feel fine”

RA RA RASPUTIN
Lover of the Russian queen
They didn’t quit, they wanted his head
RA RA RASPUTIN
Russia’s greatest love machine
And so they shot him till he was dead

(Spoken:) Oh, those Russians…

lyric via : http://www.lyricsdepot.com/boney-m/rasputin.html

So this is for anyone who has ever had problems with their computer, which by today’s standards would be anyone operating windows 2000 or better, but windows 95 and windows 98 are actually amazing beyond all belief. Any who, this is for you …. I am pretty sure I did this when I lost all 30 gigs of music when my hard drive got an i/o error. Hopefully you can relate to the rage.

… And next time a telemarketer calls you say this ” Fuck no, thank you kindly. ”

So, long story short: Nowned submits my comic to a place called Alltop.com, a website that categorizes the best of everything in a multitude of categories. Exploding Wumpus comic was obviously submitted to the “comics” section of Alltop and a week later we were accepted!! Woo, now you can find Exploding Wumpus comic on Alltop.com’s list of the internet’s best webcomics! Providing a bunch of viewers I couldn’t reach before a handy little RSS feed and a chance of referral. I’m honoured, seriously honoured. Now once they accepted us it took another week to get posted but now we’re up there. Actually I was up there like a week and a half ago… so this news is pretty late, but i felt I would have to tell someone eventually!

I’m trying not to sound too proud of myself… but for Christ’s sake I’m on a list that also has gods such as Penny Arcade, Xkcd, VG cats etc. etc. Sure the list has no ranking order, and sure the list has like 30 odd comics, and sure I’m at nearly the bottom because of chronology… but who the fuck cares.

Im sure this has a been a question all too prevalent in the minds of our fans since their first visit. We often get the question “what the fuck is a Wumpus?” or “what the hell is that goat thing?”. Well I have decided to clear up the issue and have written a very long in depth analysis of the Wumpus and it’s various forms.

(also, I am aware the a Wumpus is a creature from a very old command line game called “hunt the wumpus“) But as that is a VERY old creation that since has never been cared for like this, we decided it was entirely fair to completely re-imagine the creature and use it as our mascot. The Wumpus has no real solid appearance and has no lore behind it; so when we first became interested in it as a creature, I went at creating it some backstory and some function for it’s existence. It was once a magic card but that was just an easter egg. So here at Exploding Wumpus, I, Mr. Wumpus have decided to write down all the information I have made up about Wumpi and collect into a wikipedia-style article for all to enjoy and learn.

For those of you who don’t look very hard (and i don’t blame you, nobody reads the sidebar). Here is the exact location of this new, informative little article.