Coming to House Late

Ah, the wonders of TV on DVD. Lost, Prison Break, and now House. I missed the first four seasons before catching onto what most TV watchers have long since figured out: it's one of the best shows going. Mad Men just won an Emmy for best drama, but my vote goes to House.

Like West Wing before it, House is a drama full of laughs, mostly due to its hilarious lead character. Give Hugh Laurie an Emmy! He plays a Vicodin-addicted genius diagnostician who gets away with being a complete asshole because he saves so many lives. You (well, I) watch the show rooting for him to show hints of humanity, but also loving the fact that he mostly doesn't have any.

Gina and I are near the end of season three, and we already know a staff shake-up is coming, because we're simultaneously following the new episodes, which just started last week.

If you have Netflix, start collecting House DVDs. If you're anything like us, you'll churn through 'em.

Steve Loves Stanford

Before the season opener between OSU and Stanford, Steve and I made a bet on our respective alma maters. The loser had to wear a shirt of the winning school to class the following week. OSU was favored, which offset the glaring disparity in punishments. In case you don't know how the game turned out...



He's a big guy (even though Google thinks he's a girl), so he can take care of himself, but he did get some insults hurled at him, and he overheard a girl say matter of factly, "That's just not safe!"

Due to various circumstances, he was late in paying up, so now the picture above is featured on his Facebook profile for the next week. :)

The Many Faces Of...

Google's been busy with new releases. The most famous is Chrome, Google's new browser, but only slightly less well known is this! Picasa face recognition!

Like some of you, I've spent the time tagging photos on Facebook, but now Picasa does that sort of thing automatically! It scans your photos, groups similar faces together, and allows you to identify them in batches. Based on your past identifications, it starts making suggestions.

Some suggestions are like shooting fish in a barrel.



But others are more impressive. Underexposed, overexposed, super tan, wedding haircut, helmet head, I'm not ready to take a picture face, why the f*** are you taking my picture face, even four eyes, no problem.



It even gets Alan with goggle head, shaved head, and spiky head. Not sure I see the Ravi resemblance though.



I guess I looked pretty much the same from 1st to 7th grade, glasses or not. And now we know what Jack will look like, too, poor kid.



Okay, I guess he's more likely to turn out like this (or so Joanne would like Russell to believe). Look, even sunglasses are no problem.



It's pretty sure this is Gina, but it's absolutely positive she's Japanese.



This one pretty much speaks for itself.



Now when I say you look like a girl, Steve, I have Google backing me up. That's just short of Wikipedia saying it's so. To be fair, it thought that Brook and Robin Lopez were girls, too. And it doesn't even know their names.

And finally, validation of my Mii-making skills. Seriously, how awesome is this. Made me giddy as a schoolboy.

Who Watches the Watchmen?

Jon Stewart does.