The Noob is a great web comic about playing online role playing games. Very funny if you play online games, probably not even comprehensible. I am not a huge fan of the art style, but it does get better as it goes along. Well worth reading from the start so you can see how the [...]

June 19th: Today in 1536 Anne Boleyn was beheaded for treason and adultery on the orders of her husband, Henry VIII of England. Before her death she wrote unsuccessfully to try to save her life, you can read the letter she wrote here.

Fun article from the USAToday about what the lost and found is like at Disneyland. I can imagine that it is a pretty busy place.
Via Boing Boing

Everyone thinks their childhood was the cultural sweetspot of history, here is a nice collection of 80s cartoon opening bits. Some fun shows, but some mindnumbing dreck too. MC Hammer had a cartoon???

Five Footsteps is a web comic about a Dungeons and Dragons group in a high schoool somewhere in generic America. Sad to say, nearly 30 years after I started with Dungeons and Dragons the strip hits home almost instantly. Good stuff, no idea how often it is updates but worth watching.

June 18th: Today in 1815 the Emperor Napoleon had his final downfall at the Battle of Waterloo. A closely fought battle filled with what ifs but in the end it destroyed the empire that Napoleon had built over the previous years.
A side note, this won’t turn into the Battle of the Day, but sometimes of [...]

Brutal heatwave expected in the UK this weekend. Temperatures as high as 86F! Deaths can result from this lasting long. I know you all in many parts of the US know how terrible 86 farenheit can be.

June 17th: Today in 1775 the British army won what is now called the Battle of Bunker Hill. The fight was hard and the British losses were huge especially when the opposition was considered. The American Army at Bunker Hill was a loose collection of militia units stiched together behind loose defensive works. Although a [...]

June 16th: Today in 1487 the Battle of Stoke Field ended the Wars of the Roses when Henry VII destroyed the army of John de la Pole, the Earl of Lincoln who was leading for the imposter, Lambert Simnel. This battle took place not far from where I live, but you really have to look [...]

Yet another one. Which Fantasy/SciFi Character Are You? Showing how incredibly accurate these sorts of tests are I am Yoda. Short, green and grumpy, thats me to a tee.