Via Smart Mobs: Celebrities Looking Bad in HDTV: Silly Talk or Serious Issue? “With high-definition television facial imperfections and ageing signs are dramatically visible.” [Philip Swann of TVPredictions.com] said many celebrities were “scared to death” by the technology. Poetically judicial, perhaps? Almost makes you wonder if HD is the death knell of “the Media made […]
Via RunningWheel: Yoda gets down… currently playing: Underworld “Cups”
No, really. They do. Even the best artist under 10 is a source of infinite comedic value. Via Boing^2: children suck at drawing (warning: it’s a Flash piece) – – amusing and vaguely reminiscent of that Maddox Mission Crappy Artwork stuff from a while back. See also: Children’s artwork as Lush Paintings (also via Boing^2).
Fun follow up to this earlier post: HowStuffWorks.com on how the Death Star works…
An intriguing chart of suicides of the Golden Gate Bridge. Seems pole #69 is really leading the pack there… currently playing: Spylab “Music Box”
Autoblog presents: Looking Back – Dodge Neon. Farewell, faithful chum…
kuro5hin.org points out that a story from The Onion actually became a reality. re: “Fuck everything, we’re going to five blades” – – at the time I thought it was the funniest article ever to appear on The Onion. I hope they’re not this prophetic all the time.
WoW Helping or Hurting the Industry? – – simple answer: let it run its course. The difference between WoW and (their example) Need for Speed is partially immersion and partially replayability. Make a MMORPG Need for Speed and capture the motorhead speedfreaks. The time-investment/subscription model may be a real revolution for the game industry. May […]
Even more proof that the truth is stranger than ficton: Dog Condoms – Product Recall: Use of these recalled condoms may result in unwanted canine pregnancies. Additionally, meat-scented Dog Condoms® may present a choking hazard, especially for smaller dogs. … Another 15 consumers reported choking incidents resulting from animals attempting to ingest Dog Condoms® meat-scented […]
via BoingBoing: Mark Chorvinsky, founder of Strange magazine dies of cancer at age 51. While I didn’t read Strange regularly (and am not terribly familiar with it, to be honest) I did shop at his bookstore “Dream Wizards” in Rockville quite regularly between ’92-’97 – – during the height of my RPG geekery…