Jonathan Coulton:

Really? This is a good use of your time, to make someone you’ve never
met feel bad just because they made an amateur fan video about
something they really like? Where’s your thing that you made and put
online for everyone to see, you chicken-shit cockhole?

He writes this in response to the idiots who have left hurtful, cruel, hateful comments on a fan-made cover of Still Alive that’s on YouTube.

Not that my opinion matters at all, speaking as someone who’s endured something similar for two decades, I deeply respect the courage this girl has to create something like this, and put it out on the Internets where chicken-shit cockholes can take cheap shots at her from the safe anonymity of their own miserable little lives.

I would also be remiss if I didn’t point to xkcd and Penny Arcade, which are both relevant to this post.

UPDATE: Yes, I am wilwheaton on YouTube, and I’m touched in the bad place that anyone thinks I’m worth impersonating.

I’m working like crazy to get this Angel One review finished today so I can get started on some other (awesome) stuff that’s been bouncing around in my brains.

Until I have something new and interesting of my own to talk about, I’d like to share some really cool links I’ve found while Propelling in the last 24 hours:

Gordon Freeman crank calls Coast to Coast AM

Video Games – A theoretical physicist named "Gordon" called up the conspiracy wonks at Coast to Coast AM to tell ’em all about a mysterious government agent — a "G-Man" if you will — that he keeps seeing around. Lots of fantastic Half Life and Portal jokes for those who can read between the lines, here.

Marching band’s classic video game themed halftime show

Popular Videos – In this video, the UC Berkeley marching band performs a video-game-themed halftime show, playing the beloved themes from such old friends as Tetris, Zelda, Mario Brothers and others, all the while marching in animated formation and reenacting scenes from the
game. Bravo! [via boingboing]

The History of ‘It’ Girls (And Their Predictable Downfalls)

Celebrities – History has no dearth of young women who, once thrust into the limelight, manage to screw things up in astounding, stupefying ways. From extremely public and scandalous affairs to drug addiction to homelessness, It girls through the ages have been there, done that, and few have lived to tell the tale.

Now, it’s back to Angel One, where — contrary to what you’ve read in travel guides — they’re not as into the snu-snu as they once were.