Rocket Man
The only thing better than one William Shatner? Four William Shatners, one of whom is a giant head, singingperforming Elton John’s “Rocket Man”. Groovy. (See also Spoken Word Slim Shady, a Futurama classic.)
Category Videos
Patriotism, Muppet Style
The Importance Of Being Earnest
Sometimes pursuing something earnestly is so earnest that it wraps the whole way around through self-parody and back into earnestness. For instance, Sonseed’s “Jesus Is My Friend”: I first saw this video when it was passed along by my pastors,…
Wheeeee!
Regular awesome: diving boards. Extremely awesome: people-flingin’ catapults:
This Browser Is… So HEAVY!
…Heavy with links! It’s time, folks, for another massive download of Links Of Interest that I’ve managed to pack-ratsave for your enjoyment, so here goes. Near-zero-G Mentos & Diet Coke! Yay, science! I’ve run into some funny automated censorship software…
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.
Just Covering The Bases
Bloomberg runs the obit for the still-alive Steve Jobs. And no, he wasn’t eaten by wolves, nor has Zimbabwe invaded. Heh.
Imperial Fleet Week San Francisco
Nerd-tastic:
Oh, Bravo, EA, Bra-vo!
When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade, right? So if life hands you glitches, you make… glitchade? Sacriliciousness aside, that there’s some good humor. Well-played, EA Sports, well-played.
A Musical Interlude
The 6 string banjo: a weird hybrid of a guitar and a banjo. It sounds great, though, as the Page/Krauss album attests to. Give a listen:
