My Fellow Children Of The '80s Probably Ought To Look Away
…The childhood good memories contact high that you get off this Sesame Street video may well render you inoperable for the rest of the day:
You have been warned.
Sweet Merciful Crap!
Ne'er has that particular Homerism been more appropriate than at this moment.
Roman Cortes constructed the above artwork, a feat which is unremarkable until you realize that he created the entire thing using HTML and CSS. Ned Batchelder has the (appropriately) jQuery-animated version of the construction to demonstrate just how flippin' sweet the whole thing [...]
Mitchell And Webb FTW
Merlin Mann has been on a bit of a That Mitchell And Webb Look-posting tear recently and, as such, he brought up two of my favorites, well worth posting (or re-posting, even).
First, "Bronze Age Training Day":
Then "SS Officers/'Are We The Baddies?'":
Cracking.
Fun With Analogies: LOST And Computer Role-Playing Games
defective yeti penned an amusing post in which he first lays out the central problem of LOST's continuing (over)use of a certain plot development ploy, namely: an unending stream of mysteries designed to confound the viewers beyond measure. (Mild profanities redacted in this quote; note that they remain in-place at the actual article.)
Here's a [...]
Tivo Alert: You're On "Notice"
Have you watched Burn Notice on USA yet? No? Then you're missing out on some of the most entertaining television on basic cable today. And, what's more, USA is running a complete recap of the show in preparation for season 2. The recap starts April 17th, so if you're looking to get [...]
Those Cheeky Brits
Have you seen the BBC's Top Gear[*]? No? Then you're missing one of the best gearhead shows on the air currently, and there's no better example of the awesomeness of TG than their decision to match up a Range Rover Discovery "sport" ute against a British Challenger 2 MBT:
Now that's some good television.
Whoa. Holy Game-Changer, Batman!
Wowsers. Netflix and LG are apparently set to release a set-top box for direct downloads of movies in the very near future:
Netflix enters internet TV race
US DVD rental firm Netflix is to release a set-top box which will let subscribers download movies and other programmes over the net.
The box will be built by LG [...]
