Cybernetic Change We Can Believe In
We've already noted the overt visual similarities between John McCain and Saul Tigh, but this weekend's All-Sarah-Palin-All-The-Time Media Circus caused several observant bloggers (whose names/URLs I've unfortunately Cmd+W'd and thus are lost to the ether) to note a not dissimilar look between Laura Roslin and Sarah Palin. This, of course, forced me to roll [...]
CPU Vs. GPU, Mythbusters-Style
By way of Extra Life, we have this awesome (albeit scientifically suspect) demonstration of traditional in-order execution on CPUs vs. the multi-core/GPU massively-parallel execution that is the New Hotness:
Awesome, just awesome.
Pffrrrrrrrt!
I have been necessarily lax in my posting here these last few weeks, so please excuse me. In the place of real, honest-to-goodness content, I present this ne'er-aired Bud Light commercial:
Heh.
Thanks, Children's Television Workshop
There's a very good reason for the sheer face of fear my subconscious encounters each time I'm somehow caught alone in a dark area, and it is this Bert & Ernie segment.
Thanks for 25 years of terror induced by a simple, stupid 5 minute clip.
Mandatory Viewing
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog: An episodic web "TV" show, created by Joss Whedon, starring Neil Patrick Harris as an aspiring supervillain (Dr. Horrible) whose plans are consistently thwarted by Captain Hammer (played by Nathan Fillion). Free, online, at the link above. Oh, and did I mention that it's a musical?
Go. Now. You [...]
Notice!
Remember, folks: Burn Notice's new season starts tonight at 10pm. Tonight. Burn Notice.
Oh, and Bourne Identity is on in the meantime.
UPDATE: It's entirely obvious to me that the Bourne movies wouldn't be half as good were it not for their soundtracks. The amount of tension they manage to build in is striking.
Video Mashups Of The Geeky Kind
Three quick hits for you here. First, Battlestar LOSTica:
Next, Gradius as an Infocom-style text adventure game:
Last, the very Internet meme-y "Pork & Beans" video from Weezer:
Told you they were geeky.
