By now, you’ve heard that Netflix is splitting their business in two: one for streaming movies over the internet, which will keep the name, and one for renting DVDs by mail, which will be called Qwikster. Here are links to several funny (and a couple of serious) takes on the situation.

Some sites I’ve linked to on Twitter, Facebook & Google+ over the past few weeks.

Comic strip with two stick figures talking.

1: You should join Google+!
2: What is it?
1: Not Facebook!
2: What's it like?
1: Facebook!

Pause

Second figure clicks on a computer.
2: Oh, what the hell. I guess that's all I really wanted.

Today, I watched Green Lantern at the same theater where we’ve been watching a series of special screenings of the extended-edition Lord of the Rings movies. Afterward, thinking about the two ring-focused stories and the in-progress event comic book Flashpoint, I found myself imagining: What would The Lord of the Rings have been like as a modern “event” comic book like Final Crisis or Blackest Night?

No doubt it would have tie-ins, side stories, spinoffs, and a bunch of extra tie-ins added to plug the inevitable gaps in the schedule. Check out my full list at Speed Force!

  • Familiar yet alien ancient views of Earth – photorealistic simulations of the world as seen from space, millions of years ago.
  • Back in 2006, Qualcomm effectively discontinued Eudora, though they sponsored a project to extend Mozilla Thunderbird with the look, feel, and some features of Eudora. I lost track of it over the years, but it turns out they finally released Eudora OSE last September…four years later.
  • Revealed: How Area 51 Hid Secret Craft. Advanced designs by humans, of course, not alien ships.