Archive for June, 2008

want to understand what is going on in Lost

Posted by Joe on June 30th, 2008

without watching an episode?
allow Kurt Fitzpatrick to help you out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dmPMwkQf4w

You’ll capture just about all of the major-ish events that happened over that last few seasons of Lost.
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A reason to dig out that old disk drive

Posted by Joe on June 24th, 2008

So, you’ve got a floppy disk drive lying around.
 Here is a use for it!
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Receipt Generator

Posted by Gary on June 17th, 2008

Dunno why, but this was kind of intriguing.  You can generate your own custom receipt with the Custom Receipt Maker.
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Contact Juggling - pretty amazing

Posted by Gary on June 15th, 2008

It’s neat.  It’s mesmerizing.  It’s hard to explain.  It’s called Contact Juggling.
Wikipedia defines it as “a form of object manipulation that focuses on the movement of objects such as balls in permanent contact with the body. Having little in common with “toss” juggling, it most typically involves the rolling of one or more completely transparent [...]

Hulk-out list

Posted by Gary on June 13th, 2008

Our friend Ken hit us up with this awesome list of all the things that caused Bill Bixby to become a giant green Lou Ferrigno in the original The Incredible Hulk tv series.
A couple faves from the Hulk-out list:
17. Receiving a lethal injection, and then having the person say, “Oh. I just [...]

Smurfs Movie Being Developed

Posted by Gary on June 12th, 2008

Ok, you’re gonna want to sit down for this one.
Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation are bringing a live-action/animated “Smurfs” project to the bigscreen.
I’ll give you a moment to let that sink in.
My favorite quote from the Variety article: “We’re very excited to introduce a new generation to Papa Smurf, Smurfette and the other smurftastic [...]

A Really Short Video

Posted by Gary on June 11th, 2008

This is a little something I captured on my blackberry whilst leaving dinner with my wife.  It’s hard to see, but there’s a nice Master Lock on the gate as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU2lLz9SMMM

Fraggle Rock Movie

Posted by Gary on June 10th, 2008

Apparently this is old news, but it’s new to me. The Weinstein Company has announced the creative team behind a musical movie version of the Fraggle Rock tv series. I’m cautiously optimistic.
Gobo, Wembley, Boober (my fave), Red and Mokey head out into the world of the aliens (humans) and hilarity may or may [...]