Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Apple Claims New iPhone Only Visible To Most Loyal Of Customers

From the Onion, Apple Claims New iPhone Only Visible To Most Loyal Of Customers.

Man, I really want ditch my cumbersome physical phone for this metaphysical one!

Friday, July 24, 2009

Flynn Lives! 'Nuff Said!

Oh man, TRON Legacy!!!



Hope the final movie is worthy!

Downloads here.

via Justin Chin

Thursday, July 23, 2009

'Toy Story 3' teaser trailer makes you smile

Yes this is old news... going through some of my old draft posts.



Pixar hasn't failed me yet. (I loved "Up")

New Ultraman movie in 2009

New Ultraman (大怪獣バトル ウルトラ銀河伝説) movie coming in 12/12/2009



Looks cool. Definitely keeping the original Ultramen and Mebius in the story!

The hypnotic mantra-like word of power: KHAAN!!

Do yourself a favor and marvel at this 2 min snippet of the 15 minute movie which perfectly loops William Shatner before his famous cry!



Via Boing Boing

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

A trickster's theory of everything

An interesting talk about how the "trickster" in story and sometimes in life, drive the change and innovation. Emily Levine talks about her theories and screws with the status quo.



Another link!
Additional reading here...

Via TED Blog

For those who understand the "secret history of the world", the end is near

The last issue of Planetary #27 is coming...



...been waiting for a long time.

Friday, July 17, 2009

Neil Gaiman, Taking A Look Back At Batman : NPR

From NPR, Neil Gaiman, Taking A Look Back At Batman is an interview about his "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?" books which ended the runs of "Batman" and "Detective Comics".

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Carousel: A crime story with no words or movement - only camera movement

Carousel: A Cinema 21:9 Production is a very cool video. Hard to describe in words.

Go ahead and just watch it. It is short!

I'll wait here.

Monday, July 06, 2009

What Good Are Economists Anyway? - BusinessWeek

An old article from BusinessWeek (4/16/2009) What Good Are Economists Anyway?

They never seem to get it right. Always "...economists were surprised by...." or "...economists (over/under)estimated..."

So it just makes you wonder...