Archive for June, 2008
READ MY FAX
Back to the Future II is best remembered as a well-researched, highly accurate depiction of the future (which is just 7 years away at this point). Truth is, in 7 years, some of that stuff will probably have come to fruition to a degree. Digital newspapers, video arcade games that do not require the use [...]
School locked down after ‘ninja’ sighted in woods
June 25, 2008
BARNEGAT, N.J. –It’s the case of the nonexistent ninja. Public schools in Barnegat were locked down briefly after someone reported seeing a ninja running through the woods behind an elementary school.
Turns out the ninja was actually a camp counselor dressed in black karate garb and carrying a plastic sword.
Police tell the Asbury [...]
Johnny 5 arrested at Wall-E Premiere
Los Angeles, CA – It’s been almost twenty years since robot Johnny 5 was seen in a movie theater, but last night at the red carpet premiere of Disney/Pixar’s new animated feature Wall-E , he was seen outside of the El Capitan, drinking heavily, spewing racial epithets, and eventually being dragged away [...]
You kids don’t know how easy you have it
I just got an email from my mother. It’s supposed to be a funny, technology-based update to the “I used to have to walk to school uphill in the snow both ways” speech that our grandparents gave our parents. Unfortunately, the email is already dated, with references to Napster and the original Sony PlayStation.
So, I [...]
Weezer knows how to stay current
Embedding for the video is disabled, but here is the link to the new “Pork and Beans” video from Weezer. I fucking love this video.
Count the internet sensations!
Things you’re least likely to hear on the set of a movie
“Keanu, maybe scale it back a bit. A little less energy.”
“Strong enunciation on that last take, Sly.”
“Anyone have Kevin Bacon’s cell number?”
“Someone call Michael Bay. See how he would direct this love scene.”
“I think Gheorge Muresan will make a great hobbit.”
“Someone get Mel another copy of Schindler’s List for his trailer.”
“Jake, could you [...]
One for every fridge in America
Racist MacBooks
At today’s WWDC, rumours are abound that Apple is set to release their newest line of MacBooks. While there has been considerable debate over certain issues…the product line will potentially be as follows:
The Black MacBook
Benefits:
- Bigger processor
- Will run faster
- Costs approximately 3/5 the price of an equivalent white MacBook
Issues:
- Trouble “getting into” certain [...]
Ah, shit
If someone were to take a powerful laxative in conjunction with a powerful constipatory agent¹, would the two cancel each other out, or would said experimenter feel the overwhelming (and insatiable) urge to shit bricks?
So many movies (Dumb & Dumber and Van Wilder come to mind) have played the “look what happens when you overdose [...]