Hmmm, I wonder what their favorite book is?
Sick burn, NimbleBit.
(via NimbleBit calls out Zynga over Tiny Tower clone Dream Heights)
![thedailywhat:
Office Spinoff of the Day: Dwight Schrute may be getting his own show.
NBC is reportedly developing a spinoff series for the popular Office character. The project is in its infancy, but the network is setting its sights on a midseason 2013 launch date.
The show will be a family sitcom, based on a premise proposed by Schrute actor Rainn Wilson and Office showrunner Paul Lieberstein (who plays Toby). According to an early synopsis, the spinoff will be set at Dwight’s beet farm and B&B.
“Paul and Rainn have been joking for years about Dwight’s life on the farm, his family and how ill-suited he is to run a B&B,” a source told Deadline. “A while ago, it started to feel like a show to them. NBC agreed, it’s been further developed to include multiple generations, many cousins and neighbors. At its base it will be about a family farm struggling to survive and a family trying to stay together.”
Office executive producers Ben Silverman and Howard Klein are also attached. Greg Daniels will reportedly sit this one out.
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Well, this is interesting. I might watch this show, because it’d be different enough from The Office to be enjoyable without having to think, “Oh…this is just another The Office.”](http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/pom5/16502727210/1/tumblr_lydvqquQOy1qzpwi0)
Office Spinoff of the Day: Dwight Schrute may be getting his own show.
NBC is reportedly developing a spinoff series for the popular Office character. The project is in its infancy, but the network is setting its sights on a midseason 2013 launch date.
The show will be a family sitcom, based on a premise proposed by Schrute actor Rainn Wilson and Office showrunner Paul Lieberstein (who plays Toby). According to an early synopsis, the spinoff will be set at Dwight’s beet farm and B&B.
“Paul and Rainn have been joking for years about Dwight’s life on the farm, his family and how ill-suited he is to run a B&B,” a source told Deadline. “A while ago, it started to feel like a show to them. NBC agreed, it’s been further developed to include multiple generations, many cousins and neighbors. At its base it will be about a family farm struggling to survive and a family trying to stay together.”
Office executive producers Ben Silverman and Howard Klein are also attached. Greg Daniels will reportedly sit this one out.
[deadline.]
Well, this is interesting. I might watch this show, because it’d be different enough from The Office to be enjoyable without having to think, “Oh…this is just another The Office.”
Source: thedailywhat
Introducing, a tropical cyclone for kids! It’s Tropical Cyclone Funso™!
The pedals go round and round: Winter afternoons
I can hear the kettle boiling over from my office, so I rise eagerly from my chair and follow a familiar path to the kitchen. Open cabinet, grab honey, pick up a mug from the drying rack by the sink. A dollop of honey goes into the bottom of the mug and begins to spread out, stopping only at the…
My old roommate has been waxing poetic in his past few Tumblr posts. If you find yourself enjoying this piece, give Douglas a follow.
Source: dansel
No editor ever questioned what I wrote [about virtual reality for the World Book encyclopedia], but I assume that’s the World Book way. They pick an expert and trust that the expert won’t abuse the privilege. I have not bought the latest set of World Books. In fact, having been selected to be an author in the World Book, I now believe that Wikipedia is a perfectly fine source for your information, because I know what the quality control is for real encyclopedias. But sometimes when I’m in the library with the kids, I still can’t resist looking under “V” (“Virtual Reality” by yours truly) and letting them have a look. Their dad made it.
Randy Pausch – The Last Lecture
Many know Randy Pausch, the famous professor from Carnegie Mellon who died of pancreatic cancer. I read his book, The Last Lecture, a few years ago, and this paragraph always stuck with me (and seems appropriate on a day where Wikipedia is in the headlines).
Randy was asked to write a segment in the World Book encyclopedia on virtual reality. Apparently, they accepted his segment without incident. They blindingly trusted one man (though a very smart man) with their entire section on virtual reality. Wikipedia gets a lot of guff for allowing anyone to make edits, but the site has very strict, rigid fact-checkers and enforcers. It is tough to get wrong information onto Wikipedia because they watch any edit like hawks. It may be something a 20-year-old wrote in his college dorm room, but if it’s right, it’s right.
This is hilarious, and I can only post it because SOPA hasn’t stabbed me with a broken beer bottle yet.
(via kickstarter project)
Source: toothpastefordinner.com
SOPA will stab your mom with a knife.
Source: warehousecomic.com
I sure will, without fail.
(via dont tailgate)
Source: toothpastefordinner.com
I know! Can you believe it?
