angusm

8/2/18

SO MANY DEAD CATS Read more

12/6/17

“Judge me by my size, do you?” Read more

10/2/17

I’ll be that guy, but whatever. Read more

6/9/17

I had exactly two big problems with Chappie...

4/27/17

Where do you think I got my sweet sweet defibrillator? Read more

Where do you think I got my sweet sweet defibrillator?

4/6/17

The main battle rifle for British forces has never been the M-16. By the 1990s, most main army units would probably have been using the British-made SA-80, which was the official replacement for the earlier SLR (Self-Loading Rifle, a semi-automatic version of the Belgian FN). Territorial Army units and cadet forces… Read more

4/6/17

If he served while at the University of London, I would expect him to have joined the university’s Officer Training Corps (similar to ROTC in the US). It does look as if the cap badge he’s wearing could be that of the ULOTC. The attitudes and dress — and the smiling teenage faces — also have a strong ‘OTC’ vibe to me.… Read more

12/25/16

Don’t know if you are referring to the book or an actual purpose driven life, but pretty sure I don’t have either. Read more

Don’t know if you are referring to the book or an actual purpose driven life, but pretty sure I don’t have either.

8/18/16

Damn, if it weren’t for having to juggle brook trout or Atlantic salmon I’d be a shoe in for the Master Archivist role. I can juggle Pacific salmon, but those brook trout and Atlantic Salmon are temperamental fish. Read more

8/12/16

To be fair, there was no declaration one way or another as to whether or not Bothans joined the choir invisible at all. Absence of evidence isn’t evidence of absence, so it is technically possible even *more* Bothans died, but just never stated. Read more

8/12/16

Returning Mars Mission Discovers Stowaway Onboard
Read more

7/6/16

that’s why armillary spheres make sense and not gyroscopes which use is to maintain orientation or stability in a moving object
Read more

6/26/16

I’m giving it all she’s fucking got, Captain. Read more

5/23/16

These solar-atmospheric interactions produce nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas with 300 times the global warming potential of CO2. Airapetian’s models suggest that enough nitrous oxide could have been produced to dramatically warm the planet. Read more

4/23/16

Elysium may have been dumb, but it was still better than Chappie. Mostly because I didn't want every character in Elysium to die. Read more

4/13/16

It strikes at the core of what makes us human: nobody likes getting out of bed earlier than they expected to. Read more

1/24/16

Andrew, Clarion & Clarion West are tw0 completely different workshops, with different boards, teachers, application processes, etc. It’s a quirk of history that they have nearly the same name. Do you think you could edit your post to make that clear? Thanks!
Read more

1/20/16

I always preferred “Hot Hail” Ming style personally.. Read more

12/3/15

I really don’t feel like these true crime pieces fit on io9 at all. They’re just... unpleasant and jarring. *sad face* Read more

11/14/15

Bravo, my friend. You are the only person other than myself who I’ve seen put that much thought into products of so little cultural value. Read more

angusm's saved articles