“Fascinating” said Spock, expectedly [montage]

•January 17, 2011 • Leave a Comment

This is a supercut of Spock saying “fascinating.” Excellent catchphrase, but someone please slap me if I begin to repeat it:

‘Han Solo’ is in Firefly?! [cameos & easter eggs]

•January 16, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Who knew Serenity was in possession of Han Solo’s carbonated body? Fellow geekdom blogger Amy Ratcliffe did! She discovered this gem and shared her finding on her blog Geek With Curves, but I suspect she may have been tipped off by Boba Fett himself:

Heart of Gold – Han Solo in Firefly

Objects in Space – look to the left of Book on the counter

The Message – look above Kaylee’s hammock on the top right

HanPopcicle

Apparently, the props department jokingly added the statue on set, as the show’s star Nathan Fillion is a big Star Wars fan, and in a bunch of cases, the statue was never caught or removed before filming began. [more]

“There’s a rumor that there’s one hidden in every episode, but these are the only ones I could dig up. It makes me extraordinarily happy to know about this hidden gem in the Firefly ‘verse.” – Amy

Björk covers Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart”

•January 15, 2011 • Leave a Comment

The sound and video quality is low-fi, but I think this level of distortion adds something to videos and makes them more homely. Or maybe that’s just me; I can stand the aesthetic, especially when it’s Björk covering Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart”

Björk sang last week at the three-day Karaoke Marathon For Icelandic Nature (aka “The Voice Of The People”), an event raising awareness about a petition to block Magma Energy’s takeover of Iceland’s geothermal and thermal energy. [read more]

It was held at the Nordic House in Reykjavik and has so far resulted in 46,000 signatures!

Future News!

•January 15, 2011 • 2 Comments

Either this is what’s in at the moment, or the geeks of the 80’s are now running the studios!

Scrat’s Continental Crackup [animation]

•January 14, 2011 • Leave a Comment

I love Ice Age; good characters, good dialogue, great voice talent and well written structure. ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT, the fourth film in the franchise, set for release in 3D on July 13th, 2012. I watched the last one in 3D and it was AWESOME! So I’m not gonna miss this.

Fans of the Ice Age movies should be entertained by this short film, starring everyone’s favorite saber-toothed squirrel as he manages to mess with the Earth’s geology in search of his elusive acorn.

ABSOLUT Vodka presents “Lemon Drop” [trailer spoof]

•January 14, 2011 • Leave a Comment

This advert for Absolute’s Lemon Drop Vodka is full of WIN and it stars the striking Ali Larter, so you can’t really go wrong:

Want more? Why not watch this short spoof in all it’s entirety:

ABSOLUT Vodka presents “Lemon Drop”

When her beloved kittens are mysteriously taken from her, this sweet girl next door will turn sour doing whatever it takes to track them down. With Lemon Drop on the case, sweet never hurt so good.

Starring Ali Larter and Martin Kove with music by M Craft, Holly Golightly, and Powersolo. Directed by Traktor.

Google Earth Skydiving from Japan

•January 13, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Haha so cool, well done!

This is a demo of Google Earth used as simulated skydiving – Along side the Google Fashion show campaign – Trendsetting Japanese girls try clothes using nothing but a projector:

Cat Style

•January 13, 2011 • Leave a Comment

The LED Cube [DIY]

•January 11, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Move over Lava-Lamp. Insrtuctables is a terrific site! I’ve dabbled in a few diy projects myself, but nothing as comprehensive as this. Teach yourself everything from theory of operation, how to build the cube, to the inner workings of the software:

About halfway through the Instructable, you will actually have a fully functional LED cube. The remaining steps will show you how to create the software. (create what now?)

Cool. Make the next one in RGB please!

Blonde Redhead “Not Getting There” [music video]

•January 9, 2011 • 1 Comment

Short and sweet; I’m really loving the ambiance in their new performance video:

Directed by Timothy Saccenti / From Blonde Redhead’s new album, Penny Sparkle: http://bit.ly/d9GCvG

Cool song. The way Kazu moves makes me want to get up and sway with the dust. The Blonde Redhead trio comprises of Kazu Makino and twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace. If you liked that then you’ll probably love their new album, released late last year.