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Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s new nerdbait movie Paul

•July 12, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost give us a more detailed look at the cast and crew of ‘Paul‘:

PAUL is a comedy about two sci-fi geeks who embark upon a pilgrimage in a RV to the center of America’s UFO heartland: Nevada’s infamous Area 51. While in the middle of that desert, the two friends encounter a fugitive alien by the name of Paul. Somewhat reluctantly, they embark upon an adventure that will change not just their lives forever, but also the lives of the friends and enemies they encounter along the way.

What is Paul?

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Tags: behind the scenes, Bill Hader, Film, Greg Mottola, Paul, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, Vlog

Pornography: Big business, Big consequences by Steve Cornell [motivation for purity]

•July 12, 2009 • Leave a Comment

This is a comment response to my ‘Ukraine banned porn’ post, and I really liked it. Steve gives some interesting facts and divulges into some biblical morals that really made me think about some of my own indulgent actions.

Porn revenue in the US is larger than all combined revenues of all professional football, baseball and basketball franchises. US porn revenue exceeds the combined revenues of ABC, CBS, and NBC. There are 4.2 million pornographic web sites and 68 million daily search requests for pornography. 116 thousand of these are requests for child pornography.

Read his post here: ThinkPoint

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Tags: “thrown into hell” God’s judgment, cyber-porn, Internet Porn, Millersville - Pennsylvania, motivation for purity, Porn is now illegal in the Ukraine, Porn revenue in the US, Pornography: Big business Big consequences by Steve Cornell, Thanks Steve

Dave Dobbyn & Herbs “Slice of Heaven” [music video]

•July 11, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Just heard this song coming from the living room and it made me sing. It’s a great classic Kiwi anthem from the 80’s:

Cool huh; if you liked that
I recommend you find and watch the animated NZ film ‘Footrot Flats’.

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Tags: 80's Music, Also checkout - Dave Dobbyn: You Oughta Be In Love!, Dave Dobbyn & Herbs "Slice of Heaven", Footrot Flats, Kiwi Music, Music Video, New Zealand Artists

The Cyborg Robot Name Decoder

•July 11, 2009 • Leave a Comment

I found this over on Geekologie, gave it a crack and was pleasantly surprised by its super-sophisticated decoding. I am a Neohuman and yes I do yell before an assassination, logically of course. I do suggest you try it: Comply

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Tags: Binary, Comply, Findlay Donnan, Name Change, Robots, Robots With Stuff!, The Cyborg Name Decoder, The Cyborg Robot Name Decoder

Asians do good Christopher Walken Impressions

•July 11, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Hiii-larious!

Comedy Central’s new show Tosh.0 put together this compilation of Asian people doing impressions of Christopher Walken. Some are good but, overall, it’s just an amusing juxtaposition.

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Tags: amusing juxtaposition, Asian people doing good Christopher Walken Impressions, Comedy Central, Comedy Central's Tosh.0, Compilation, funny expression, Sung Hero, Tosh.O

Website: Eternal Moonwalk

•July 11, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Eternal Moonwalk is quiet possibly the best tribute to the late King of Pop to date – it’s a never-ending, sideway-scrolling montage of moonwalks from fans; submit your own here!

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Tags: Michael Jackson tribute, Sideway Scolling Montage of Moonwalks, Website: Eternal Moonwalk

Superbot: The Real Transformer

•July 9, 2009 • Leave a Comment

NASA’s ambitious plan to create transforming self-configuring robots is very sci-fi, but judging by these pictures they seem to be well on there way:

Superbot’s modular design shows the ability to create a two-legged robot.

Cool huh, but I’m pretty sure this is just NASA’s entry for RobotWars. They just haven’t attached the flamethrower yet.

NASA wanted a robot that could start as 100 blocky modules dropped from an airplane to a desert, reconfigure into a rover that could drive to a sand dune, and then change again to “grow” legs and climb up it. Once the blocky robot reached the top, it would transform into a greenhouse that could protect a group of seeds for two weeks.

Superbot’s modular design allows it to reconfigure and have any number of legs.

Superbot’s flexible design allows it to travel using a variety of sizes and shapes.

Read Full Article: LIVEScience

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Tags: artificial intelligence (AI), Credit: Shen/USC, morphing, NASA, robotics, self-configuring robot, shape-shift, Superbot: The Real Transformer, Transformer Robot Really Tranforms

Stop Motion Donkey Kong [post-its]

•July 9, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Take a whole stack of Post-It notes, add a warehouse type building with blue Donkey Kong-like railings and you’ve got a quick internet classic. Is it just me, or are Post-Its quickly becoming the media of choice for the 21st century?

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Tags: 8 foot tall Donkey Kong, by Gamil Design, Even Raleigh - NC, internet classic, Kirby Derby parade, Pixel & Bricks, Post-It notes, Stop Motion Donkey Kong, stop-motion animation

Brazil Remembers MJ With Moonwalker Pixel Art

•July 8, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Given Brazil’s infatuation with the Mega Drive (a love that’s still strong today thanks to licensed system clones from Tectoy), it’s no surprise that the country is remembering recently departed Michael Jackson with Moonwalker pixel art like this piece, spotted in São Paulo.

Local artists Bruno Pugens, Rafael Aguiar, and Jeng also printed out and put up a few Moonwalker posters of their own, which you can see below. They’ve also posted photos of the posters being put together. [via gamesetwatch.com]

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Tags: artists Bruno Pugens - Rafael Aguiar and Jeng, Game Over - Moonwalker, Michael Jackson tribute, Moonwalker - game, Pixel Art, RIP MJ, São Paulo - Brazil, Sega Mega Drive

‘THIRST’ [movie trailer]

•July 8, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Korean Vampire Love Story flick, Thirst won the Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes Festival recently, and I got me a ticket!

My 'THIRST' Ticket

If you like Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy/Lady Vengeance style and cinematography then you’re gonna love this:

Beloved and devoted priest from a small town volunteers for a medical experiment which fails and turns him into a vampire. Physical and psychological changes lead to his affair with a wife of his childhood friend who is repressed and tired of her mundane life. The one-time priest falls deeper in despair and depravity. As things turns for worse, he struggles to maintain whats left of his humanity.

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Tags: Bakjwi / Thirst / Evil Live (2009), Directed by Park Chan-wook, 박쥐 영화 예고편 디자인, Kang-ho Song - Priest Sang-hyeon, Korean Vampire Love Story flick "Thirst" won the Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes Festival, Movie Trailer, Oldboy/Lady Vengeance style

SOUR “Hibi no Neiro” [webcam-based music video]

•July 5, 2009 • Leave a Comment

This music video was shot for Sour’s ‘Hibi no Neiro’ (Tone of everyday) from their first mini album ‘Water Flavor EP’. The cast were selected from the actual Sour fan base, from many countries around the world. Each person and scene was filmed purely via webcam: