April 03, 2010
August 28, 2009
Chimps falling down and eating boogers! If you like to watch those things then you may enjoy this video of chimpanzee outtakes I made at my company. This is what I call "work"
August 04, 2009
July 08, 2009
I don't even remember liking GI Joe that much as a kid (I was way more into Masters of the Universe and Transformers for sure) but the cartoon probably does rank as the most influential kids animation of the age. They certainly set the standard for improbably convoluted ways to prevent anyone from coming away with a single scratch as this video slideshow points out (via habcous). It's weird, though: despite not being that into the GI Joe TV cartoon, I did always love Buzz Lightyear's movies.
July 06, 2009
Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club - Peter Hook's Book About the Hacienda Club: Too Hot for the Presses?
March 23, 2009
A clever subversion of Chinese internet censorship rules is taking China by storm. It's a benign kid's song and yet the double meaning of the words makes it gleefully profane (song in Chinese but some dirty dirty youtube text annotations).
March 05, 2009
One of those things I'm so happy the internet was invented for: a gallery of birds mugging people for ice cream.
March 02, 2009
Creedocide - from "Important Things" with Demetri Martin
February 05, 2009
February 04, 2009
I saw this come through the reader some time ago and now that I have watched it I can't believe I'm not hearing more about it: The Remnants is a 12 minute web pilot about people living in a post-apocalyptic world. It stars tons of cool people (Ze Frank, Ernie Hudson, Justine Bateman, Enrico Colantoni). And it is REALLY funny. Because the single episode is so short, it can't really get into the mythos of this universe and there is a lot of setup that doesn't yet pay off. I would LOVE to see this get turned into something more down the road.
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February 02, 2009
Super Bowl Ad Ratings - damn you Clydesdales. What were your favorites?
January 20, 2009
I remember how I declared the Macarena dead when I saw Al Gore performing it.
Well, RIP, rickroll.
December 23, 2008
If you have 20 mins to spare, check out Aimee Mann's video Christmas Carol, starring Michael Cera, John C. Reilly, and others. Directed by Tim (of Tim & Eric).
December 15, 2008
December 03, 2008
Prop. 8: The Musical - play spot the celebrity in this 3 minute song from the Sacramento Community Players.
November 27, 2008
All season a TAMU blog has been making humorous videos mocking the Aggies' upcoming opponent. I wonder who they are serving vlog-style this week. Oh yeah, that's right. Pretty funny even if they are gonna lose by 30.
November 12, 2008
Fake NYTimes Prank - In a move that writes its own snarky conservative blog posts, situationalist prankster group The Yes Men printed and distributed thousands of fake issues of the New York Times across NYC today. I'm sure copies must be even harder to find than the real 11/5 issue (compare), so check out their pixel-perfect spoof website for the full text. (Or try to, as it's currently slashdotted from here to 404.) And don't gloss past the sidebar: the fake ads are the best part, natch. [more inside]
October 21, 2008
Is the performance of the Digital TV Transition Ford a bad omen for the upcoming cutover?
October 19, 2008
Watch Barney Frank on the O'Reilly Factor. Now watch Barney Frank on the Lil' O'Reilly Factor. See here for more 'Lil O'Reilly.
October 16, 2008
FAIL + today's economy = LOLCats + "a global outbreak of some feline adorability virus" It made sense when I read it. More FAIL (NSFW here and there)
October 14, 2008
This is a man who is soon going to be in trouble with his wife. Big, big trouble.
October 08, 2008
When Audiobooks Jar the Ear - NPR has a story about the differences between good and bad audiobooks. Some of the examples had me rolling on the floor such as Brad Pitt speaking Spanish and the Whitest Guy Ever doing all the voices of the gangsters in Venkatesh's Gang Leader For a Day. Anyone had any particularly egregious examples recently?