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Toronto Coffee and Code: Friday March 20th at Linuxcaffe

This article originally appeared in the Coffee and Code blog.

Tigh and Adam from "Battlestar Galactica" drinking a toast: "Here's to Another Frakkin' Coffee and Code!"

I hereby declare a Toronto Coffee and Code for this Friday, March 20th from 11:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. at LinuxCaffe (326 Harbord Street, at the corner of Harbord and Grace, near Bickford Park; nearest subway station is Christie).

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For those of you not familiar with LinuxCaffe, it’s an independently-owned cafe that also acts as a gathering place for Toronto’s Free Software/Open Source Software communities. It might not be a place you’d expect for an event hosted by a Microsoft Evangelist, which is one of the reasons I picked it. Another reason is that it’s a great cafe with good coffee and food, and I’m more than happy to support a local cafe with techie appeal.

LinuxCaffe deserves a longer post, which I’ll write later – I just want to get the word out about this week’s Coffee and Code. Hope to see you there!

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“Where the Wild Things Are” Poster [Update]

I grew up and loved Maurice Sendak’s classic book Where the Wild Things Are. I have no idea how it will fare as a movie or how well it’ll carry the spirit of the book, but I like the poster:

Poster for "Where the Wild Things Are" movie

Update: I like this remix of the poster, starring the Bear Whom I Shall Not Name:

"Where the Wild Things Are" poster, featuring "Pedobear"

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Why He Became Darth Vader

This article originally appeared in Global Nerdy.

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Photo courtesy of Matt Gunn.

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Dogs of a Different Religion

I don’t know if these bumper stickers actually exist, but if they don’t, someone should make them!

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You’re a Bad Man, Chris Brown

Jeremy Barker (whose blog is Popped Culture) pointed me to Mad’s comic starring Charlie Brown as Chris Brown. It’s a fitting follow-up to my earlier posting featuring Peanuts done in the style of Sin City…

chrisbrown_comicsClick the comic to see it at full size.

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Jon Stewart is One of the Watchmen!

I love this doctored Watchmen movie poster featuring The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart as “The Comedian”:

"Watchmen" movie poster with Jon Stewart's head on The Comedian's body

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“Hark! A Vagrant!”: Kate Beaton’s New Comics Site

Funny comic artist Kate Beaton (whose comic, The Origin of Man, was featured recently here) has a new historical comic on her new site, Hark, A Vagrant!, featuring Admiral Lord Nelson:

Kate Beaton comic on Lord Nelson's death