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2/28/07
Bogged down by too much work? Don't have enough time to watch movies because of the family life? Well, watch a movie in 30 seconds. They are played by bunnies too. Watch the Texas Chainsaw Massacre or any of the other funny re-enactments.
2/27/07
If you want to see how much work a professional company does to make a photo look great, check this site out. You can navigate to the portfolio page, choose what you want to look at, and click and hold the Before and After button to see the changes.
2/26/07
I'm sure you have heard all of those funny facts about Chuck Norris like, Chuck Norris is the only person on the planet that can kick you in the back of the face and there is no chin under Chuck Norris' Beard. There is only another fist. If you want to read more of those you can check them out here. He is also now in a new Mountain Dew commercial. You better check it out before Chuck finds out and roundhouse kicks you in the head.
2/23/07
Guido Daniele was hired to create body paintings of animals by an advertising agency and he did an incredible job. He researched each animal that he painted in depth before transferring it to the body. He stated that the hardest part was watching his work being washed away after the photos have been taken. Check out some of his work below and on his website.
2/22/07
Do comic books even still exist? Just kidding. But they certainly aren't as mainstream as they were when I was young. MySpace is looking to change that....or at least give loyal comic book fans a place to gather. MySpace has launched a Comic Books profile which will be a community for Japanese based manga and classic comic book styles made popular in America. The profile is at myspace.com/comicbooks.
2/21/07
If you stay up to date with the going ons of the internet you should have heard about how Viacom alleged copyright infringement against YouTube and forced them to take down 100,000 clips of their content. Many people thought that this was a stupid decision on the part of Viacom, and it still may be, but their plans have been released. They have decided to partner with up and coming internet television service, Joost. Joost is currently in Beta and I have been trying to get into it for about 3 weeks now to no avail. Dammit. From what I understand, Joost brings full screen tv to the internet that uses peer to peer streaming. This technology is often used by sites like Kazaa, which the founders of Joost also founded. Joost just recently released info the other day that the beta supports not only the PC but Mac as well, so sign up for it and hope you have better luck than me.
2/20/07
Quentin Tarantino has written and/or produced several great movies such as From Dusk Til Dawn, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, and Kill Bill. Robert Rodriquez has written and/or produced movies such as El Mariachi, Desperado, and Sin City. They have worked together on many of these popular movies in the past and they have teamed up again to create a movie called Grindhouse. Check out the trailer below and judge for yourself on how well you think this movie will do. In my opinion, Grindhouse is going to be awesome.
2/19/07
There is a big story going around on the net right now about a guy who sent in his computer to CompUSA for repair and got someone else's hard drive. It looks like he wasn't getting any help at all from either CompUSA or Apple in the beginning, but the story has been posted on digg.com, made the first page, and it blew up from there. ZDnet, a popular informational website about technology, even picked up the story. After the digg effect, it looks like Apple has decided to rethink their earlier decisions and might try to help this guy out. You would think they would have tried harder in the first place, considering the security and privacy issues involved, not to mention the bad press that they have now incurred. Check out the story here.
2/16/07
I know it's a little late for this, but it's still funny. You can send a Black Snake Moan Valentines Day ecard with your face on it. You can also play a game sort of like those escape games I posted about earlier. Get Loose.
2/15/07
Wiijing is a pretty cool idea. These guys have created a wireless DJ rig using 1 or 2 Nintendo Wiimote's, a PC with Bluetooth capabilities, and Traktor 3.0 from Native Instruments. The buttons on the Wiimote are mapped to a function on the DJ program. Learn how to WiiJ at home.
2/14/07
Here is a fun game. Escape: The Car is a game designed in Flash where you are locked in a car and have to try to escape as fast as you can. You have to look for clues and pretty much click on everything until you find something. These games are pretty cool. Which just remimded me of one of my favorites. Check out Johnny Rocketfingers, which in my opinion is even better, but it has a lot of violence, so be warned.
2/13/07
These two videos are great. If you know the Flash program you will love this, but you will enjoy this even if you don't. Check out both of them.
Part One
The Sequel
2/12/07
We Are The Strange is very weird animated movie created by M dot Strange. He created each and every frame of the movie using a technique he dubs "Str8nime". This is a mixture of strangeness, 8-bit videogame culture, and Japanese Anime. These movie looks like it is going to be extremely different and awesome. I can't wait to see it. Check out the official website for We Are The Strange, where you can learn more and watch the trailer.
2/9/07
Do you remember the days when you were young and you and your friends had rock fights and shot each other with BB guns? You don't? Well I do. But now there is a safer way to have fun. Sort of. Airsoft guns shoot small plastic balls that aren't too powerful to cause major injury, although you should wear eye protection, and is accurate enough to be fun. There are some really cool guns out there and they can become a great, and safe, hobby. Here is a good site to check out for more information about Airsoft guns.
2/8/07
Whatever mood that may be, there is music to fit it. Check out Musicovery. Discover music that fits your mood. You click somewhere on the program to tell it what kind of mood of music you want to listen to and it will play a song. You can choose from all kinds of genres of music and if you want it to show hits or non hits and what year of music you want it to find for you. If you want to listen to something in an individual genre, just hover over the name of the genre and choose and click in an area of the box. Try it out.
2/7/07
Viacom forced YouTube to remove over 100,000 videos of their own content from the site. It looks a little scary for YouTube. This may have been the first move of many. If other companies follow suit, YouTube may become the next Napster, or in other words, a cool site turned crap. Then again, this may just be a small bump in the road for the video giant. Personally, its hard for me to agree with either side. I like YouTube and being able to watch what I want but I see Viacoms side as well. They aren't seeing a profit from having their videos on the site, and it is extremely hard for them to measure if having their content on YouTube brings in visitors to the actual tv show. If they don't see more viewers from having videos on YouTube, they will just put those video on their own website. I think Viacom has a right to do what they want with their content, but I just hope they, or any other company, don't go overboard. You can't prevent these videos from showing up on the internet. You can report your content to YouTube for them to take it down, but don't be a crybaby and sue, like Daniela Cicarelli.
2/6/07
It has just come to a close. This is a competition for people to submit experimental and independent games and for aspiring game developers the chance to show off their work. You can still visit the site and check out the Official Jury Selections. You may have also heard about the controversial game Super Columbine Massacre RPG being a part of this competition. It may sound horrible, but do some research on it before you judge. It is actually more of a biography about the two killers and what was going on in their minds. The creator of the game did a ton of research and kept it very closely related to the facts that were available. It was withdrawn from the competition though. Anyway check out all of the other games. There are some great game developers out there.
2/5/07
You know those cheesy, poor quality, local commercials that you see every day? Well, here is a small collection that some guy has put together. Check em out, and if you have any you want him to add, let him know. Here is one of my own from my local city, Denver. There are better ones, but this is the only one I could find on YouTube.
2/1/07
Doritos has asked regular people to submit a video that is smart, original and creative to represent the company. It was to be exactly 30 seconds in length. The videos were to be submitted by December 4, 2006, and visitors to the website have been voting on which videos they thought were the best since that time. Five finalists have been chosen and can be viewed on the Dorito website right now. The grand prize winner's video will air during Super Bowl XLI.