Shouting At Each Other
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Monday, January 29, 2007
Super Quiz Good Times
Apparently I am Stanislaw Lem and Igor Stravinsky. Mighty fine diagnoses.
Via BoingBoing (Cory Doctorow is Robert Heinlein)
Saturday, January 27, 2007
New Brazil Documentary: Manda Bala
Manda Bala (Send A Bullet) is a new documentary causing a bit of a stir at Sundance. It's about the connection between political corruption and street crime in Brazil told through the story of, amongst other things, an organic frog farm that acts as a money laundering operation for a corrupt official. The director, Jason Kohn, is a disciple of Errol Morris (who was a producer on the film). For more info:
A Treehugger interview with Kohn
And this youTube video of a Zoom-In Online interview with him:
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Nerdtacular
Maybe I'm a little late to the game, but webcomic xkcd is funny stuff, in an incredibly nerdy way. Exactly what I like, e.g. Some particularly good ones:
That's what she said
Nash
Hamster Ball Heist
Search History
I Have Owned Two Electric Skateboards
(Via Ezra Klein)
Friday, January 19, 2007
Clash of the Titans
Colbert is in tip-top form in this clip. O'Reilly's tone, by contrast, is totally impossible to gauge. Although it's a rip to hear the titters escaping from his camera crew throughout the segment; I'm sure they were all summarily fired after the show ended.
Monday, January 08, 2007
Danger: Pants Pee
In the eternal search for YouTube's funniest video, I think we have a winner. Unless I'm wrong and only musicians can enjoy this. But I think there's at least one thing going on here that everyone can appreciate.
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Dark Restaurants
Apparently, the hip international cuisine trend is restaurants with no lights. They have them in Paris, Zurich, and a new one in Beijing (above) where the waiters where night vision goggles and cell phones are not allowed (because they generate light).
Did I miss the announcement of William Gibson's election to World Culture Czar?
(via Eyebeam reBlog)
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
L.O.V.E.
For you Angelinos out there: the Los Angeles Organic Vegetable Express is a produce delivery service that, unlike many of its kind, allows you to completely customize the frequency and (importantly) selection.
(via Treehugger)