Watchmen Movie Merchandise – Fail
Well, it seems that even if they’ve got the movie right, those corporate whores at the film company have still managed to miss the point entirely with the awful Watchmen Movie Merchandise – a blue glowing Dr Manhattan condom? At least I haven’t seen spy cams with the ‘Who Watches the Watchmen’ logo on them yet – perfect for Japanese up-skirt fanatics!
You Have a Dirty Mind
This should be NSFW but that depends on how dirty you are.
Flisghtsim Flight 1549
Fascinating re-enactment of the Hudson River aircrash of Flight 1549 with the flight recorder audio done on a flight simulator. you can see how amazing the pilot’s responses were in the timeframe he had and how utterly calm he was.
Faith No More to Reunite for European Tour
I might actually be very tempted to see a reformed Faith No More but I hope Jim Martin does return too.
The Neo Cube
I shall be placing my order for a NeoCube tomorrow – see how cool it is here. There do seem to be a few places to buy them so I’ll check out where I can get the best deal. I wonder what size rail gun you could make with these?
FYI: Please don’t submit anything on this page
Greg Rutter’s Definitive List of The 99 ThingsYou Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet Unless You’re a Loser or Old or Something. Don’t even think of clicking the bottom four links but do check the source code for some bonus links.
Music That Makes You Dumb
Interesting graph showing US SAT scores against types of music favoured by people. Musicthatmakesyoudumb reckons thickos listen to jazz and brainboxes listen to Beethoven (and Ben Folds?!).
Anti-Theft Lunch Bags
Very cunning – the anti-theft lunch bag.
Self-Darwinian
Sometimes Darwin award nominees do all the hard work for you.
Hidden Cameras in Digiboxes – Hoax
Please don’t send me any more links to the video showing someone opening a digital set-top tv box and finding a camera and microphone inside – it’s clearly a hoax and even the guy who made the video has confirmed he faked it (unless he was ‘made’ to say that!).
Fishmen the musical
Courtesy of Mr Warren Ellis, I present the musical version of ‘The Shadow Over Innsmouth’ by H.P Lovecraft.
Half Map Half Biscuit
Some rather insane soul with too much time on their hands has created a Google map of all (?) the locations mentioned in Half Man Half Biscuit songs. Possibly a good resource of places not to visit (although who can resist Lord Hereford’s Knob? I know I can’t!). There’s even an RSS feed.
Spoiler Alert: WATCHMEN is fcuking awesome
Well, if ”’Wil Wheaton”’ says that Watchmen is fcuking awesome then that’s good enough for me.
Social Engineering Hacking
Ask anyone involved in computer security what the weakest point is and you should always get the same answer – ‘people’. Systems are only ever as strong as the weakest point and every system needs human intervention which is where Social Engineering comes in. It’s amazing what you can do with a box of cookies and a Cisco t-shirt.
Space Invaders Pixel Cookies
These Space Invaders Pixel Cookies are full of win. If I can mod it to make a ”’battenberg cake”’ then I’m there!
Bar Fight Rehearsal
Here’s a rehearsal from a scene of a bar fight in the movie Serenity. I think it’s more interesting than the finished product.
My Data Weighs a Ton
I call shenanigans on this thread but then again I’ve met too many people who would believe it!
P-what?
To say it wrong once is forgiveable but twice? This CNN reporter clearly has something on her mind.
Emiliana Torrini – Jungle Drum
Coming on like Bjork singing a rockabilly track, Emiliana Torrini‘s Jungle Drum is a track that I guess you won’t think much of on first listen – give it 2 or 3 listens and it won’t leave your head for a long time – a stealth earworm.
(It’s also been pointed out by two people so far that this sounds like the kind of track Tarantino would put on a soundtrack)
Scientific Attempt To Create Most Annoying Song Ever
Not sure if this is a repost, but it’s new to me… Some fellas back in the 90s set upon the task of researching what would make the most unwanted music, in terms of both instrumental arrangement and lyrical content. After much research they composed this epic piece of music. Everything is in here – bagpipes, oompah, tuneless kids, Christmas novelty, Walmart references, rapping opera singers… is it wrong that I actually quite like it?
And for the juxtaposition, here is the most wanted music created after a similar research process. Is it wrong that this type of music makes me want to leap into a grave purely so I can turn in it?
Flashing Blade/On The Waterfornt
Youth muddles the brain – I just went looking for The Flashing Blade thinking the English dubbed version had always been a spoof but it turns out that it was first shown on BBC as a straight serious dub of the original French series in the 60′s and 70′s but was later re-re-dubbed for the Saturday morning show On The Waterfront as the spoof version I so fondly remember.
Side note number one – apparently it was scripted by Russell T Davies.
Side note number two – why oh why aren’t there any good saturday morning children’s shows any more? The old mix of cartoons, music and silliness just doesn’t seem to exist any more, wither Banana Splits et al? I suspect that the sheer amount of channels available made them redundant.
Dinosaurs Fcuking Robots.com
We love urls that do what they say and Dinosaurs Fcuking Robots.com does just that – reader submitted drawings of, well, just have a look combined with ‘inspriational phrases’. (Not sure whether to give this a NSFW or not?!).
Malaysia Landslide Footage
This is quite amazing footage of a Malaysian tin mine collapsing. It’s not great quality but you don’t get to see something like this happen often (hopefully never since it was caused by over-mining). I just wish the footage carried on for a few more seconds so you could see the sea creating a new lake.
The Original Star Wars Trilogy as Animated GIFs
The Original Star Wars Trilogy in Animated GIF Format.
The Power of Three
The Power of Three (I disagree about Alien 3 though – I loved it and hated Aliens).
Excellent Formula One New Rules Video
Even if you only have a passing interest in F1, you’ll like this video from Red Bull Racing explaining the car changes and the efforts to increase excitement and overtaking for the upcoming new season.
Escape From City 17
I’m astounded by the quality of Escape From City 17. This is part one of a series of ‘fan movies’ (you’ll laugh at the use of the word ‘fan’ when you see the movie!) by the Purchase Brothers, an independent film-making duo. Based of ”’Half Life 2”’ and using a budget of only $500 (surely the bullets cost more than that?), it mixes in-game sound with cgi and real life action and looks astounding. I’d watch this in the cinema and buy the dvd if they make a full length movie of even half this quality!
Slavery & disco; why did no-one think of it before?
Visitors will be able to see the route their ancestors walked, shackled together as they were whipped toward the “point of no-return”. They can then retire to their five-star hotel to drink cocktails by the pool.
Visitors will be able to pay their respects at the site of a mass grave for those who died before boarding ships across the Atlantic Ocean. And then travel a few yards in a buggy to play a round of golf.
They can visit a replica slave ship to see the conditions Africans suffered, before visiting the world’s only museum dedicated to the memory of the Jackson Five.
