December 2009
going to see dashboard confessional and new found glory tonight at the troubadour!
Jeff & Jordan will be on The Amazing Race 16 →
Thanks to a fan of the blog, I was given an insider tip & picture of BB11’s Jeff & Jordan at an airport filming Amazing Race Season 16!! :D Cropped & enhanced photo: Original Photo:
RADIOHEAD + ‘LOST’ = ¡ME GUSTA! →
Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, the executive producers of “Lost,” have announced that they will release no new footage of the show’s sixth and final season before the episodes actually…
Let This Flowchart Tell You Which Chain Restaurant... →
Sometimes it’s hard to decide on a chain restaurant when you’re going out to eat. Luckily, the blog Eating The Road has produced a handy flowchart. What I like best about it is it asks the…
November 2009
Back in LA but my body doesn’t know it. I’m awake on a Sunday morning at 8:30. Why can’t I sleep in???
Hey everyone. I’m on the plane on my way back to LA and I’ve got free wifi!
Well, Orange, it was… a season.
Creepiest college mascots! →
Movie Marathon Night with mom - Precious (again), An Education, and Pirate Radio - gotta love the holidays!
set your TiVos and DVRs - i will be visible in the audience - directly behind the bidders on Price is Right tomorrow (wednesday)
Kids Not Fooled by Visual Illusion →
A team led by psychologist Martin Doherty of the University of Stirling in Scotland found that visual illusions that befuddle adults don’t effect children as easily. The pair of orange circles…
Let’s go orange!
Matt Logue's "Empty Los Angeles"... →
Matt Logue says: I just completed a self-published book depicting an uninhabited Los Angeles, and it got an honorable mention in the photography.book.now competition at blurb.com! The…
Matt Logue's "Empty Los Angeles" photography book →
Matt Logue says: I just completed a self-published book depicting an uninhabited Los Angeles, and it got an honorable mention in the photography.book.now competition at blurb.com! The…
Breaking: Awesome Kid Is Awesome →
Fuck Smallville right in its ear. I want to watch a show about the kid who got this detention report: If anyone has any right to sing Five for Fighting’s ridiculous “Superman” song…
LED Tattoos →
Charlie Sorrel has an article at Wired exploring the potential development of LED-lit tattoos. New chips are small enough to be placed under the skin, mounted on a sheet of silk that dissolves…
MUJI & LEGO →
The Japanese retail brand MUJI and LEGO teamed up to develop a set of 4 different boxes. Inside those boxes you’ll find the classic LEGO bricks but also a few sheets of paper. No big deal. But…
CHUCK To Replace HEROES At 8 p.m. Mondays Starting... →
Honest HBO Disclaimers →
Here are some explicit content warnings for HBO shows that are actually helpful. Now here’s a blog post you’ll actually relate to! Especially the one about The Wire . Contribute: Add…
'Oprah Winfrey Show' to end in 2011 →
The end of an era is upon us. Oprah Winfrey is set to announce tomorrow that her eponymous talk show will end in 2011. Now, how are we supposed to survive without Nate Berkus, the book club and…
all marriage illegal in Texas →
“This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage.”
MUJI & LEGO →
The Japanese retail brand MUJI and LEGO teamed up to develop a set of 4 different boxes. Inside those boxes you’ll find the classic LEGO bricks but also a few sheets of paper. No big deal. But…
Davy Jones' wine cellar →
Over at Edible Geography, Nicola Twilley collects some information about wine and beer recovered from shipwrecks, some of which has been sold for thousands of dollars per bottle. It appears the…
First Monkey to Ever Walk on the Moon Declared... →
The History Bluff (motto: “Making a mess of history”) brings us another headscratcher with the sad news that the first monkey to ever walk on the moon has passed away.
On June 3, 1981…
Happy 50th anniversary, Rocky and Bullwinkle →
Rocky and Bullwinkle turn 50 years old today. And either they look smashing for their age, or they’ve had a lot of work done.
Jason Segel and The Swell Season →
Lothario Jason Segel joined The Swell Season on stage to sing a song he wrote using the advice Marketa Irglova gave him to “include as much personal information as you can.” Has anyone…
Video: What is Google Chrome OS? →
Google announced Chrome OS today. So what is it? Watch Google’s answer above.
California to enact energy-saving mandates for... →
A little more than a year from now, all televisions sold in California will be required to meet energy-saving spec guidelines mandated by the state.The Consumer Electronics Association is not…
6 Shows Saved by First-Run Syndication →
One little-known adage in the world of TV sitcoms is “when the networks hand you lemons, there’s always first-run syndication.” Occasionally, when a series fails to land a place on the network…
Laser Crosswalks: Because Pews = Safety →
Laser Crosswalks are the crosswalks of the future. You can tell because it has ‘laser’ in the name. Pretty much anything with ‘laser’ in it is gonna be a huge hit in the future…
SKIDOO THEME SONG →
Captain EO Returning to Disneyland →
The Hollywood Reporter believes that Michael Jackson will return from the dead to visit Disneyland. Well the Captain EO attraction starring the gloved one will, at least.
A few months ago…
Happy Birthday, Mickey Mouse! →
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Mickey Mouse made his public debut in the cartoon Steamboat Willie on November 18, 1928 -81 years ago! The character appeared in Plane Crazy a few months earlier, but…
'Weeds' reopens its University of Andy →
Since Weeds is through until 2010, I’m a little surprised Showtime is still cranking out the University of Andy webisodes.
Kite Surfer Jumps/Flies Over Pier →
WEEEEEEE! via. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment »
Baby Otter at Play →
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You can debate the wisdom of making an otter into a pet, but you have to agree that Sidney is adorable. -via Buzzfeed
Top 5 Sick Day FAILs →
Faking a sick day is a subtle art. There are distinct rules for channeling your best flu voice or miming the perfect sneeze. And logging onto Facebook? Forget about it. Though it seems not…
Celebrity Muppets →
Image: TMZ
TMZ has side-by-side photos of celebrities and the Sesame Street Muppets that they resemble. Queen Elizabeth II, Nick Nolte, Dustin Diamond, and Zach Braff are among the mocked.
HBO Renews 'Real Time With Bill Maher' →
It’s for an 8th season, launching on February 19th, with new hour-long editions debuting Fridays at 9:00 PM (ET/PT) for the first time, followed by an encore presentation at 11:00 PM.
The next Flip camera will have Wi-Fi →
Cisco has confirmed that the next version of the Flip Video camera, everyones favorite tiny video camera, is getting Wi-Fi. The model is described as having “a large screen that slides to reveal…
Electroluminescent liquor labels →
Among the hairier of my hare-brained schemes involves formulating a safe-to-drink chemiluminescent cocktail. I think the first person to do it will become a very wealthy…
Spike Video Game Awards Nominees Announced... →
We here at Kotaku get to vote in the Spike VGAs. Nominations were made public today. Predict winners and complain about omissions below. The awards air live on Spike on December 12. GAME OF THE…
6 Campy Sci-Fi Shows That Need Dramatic Remakes →
With the recent success of ABC’s V and AMC’s The Prisoner , it’s easy to imagine other networks will want to remake some classic Sc-Fi shows in time for next season. Here are 6 classic and…
Step Inside The Frightening, Surprisingly Punny... →
This fall, MoMA is inviting art lovers to consider the work of the contemporary mixed-media artist who brought us PeeWee’s Big Adventure, and the sight of an entire dinner party singing Harry…
Pulp Fiction Super Mario Bros. →
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Animator Jeremie Duval remixed Super Mario Bros. with the tone and sound of Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. Content warning: not for mushroom lovers.
Via …
Mass: We Pray (The Video Game) →
Finally, a Catholic video game. Transubstantiation brought to the laypeople!!! (BuzzFeed Dan Brown Book Club taught me that there is room in the world for technology and religion, so I do…
Infographic: Projected pot tax revenues →
Here’s an infographic from Slosh Spot that shows how popular pot is, how many people are arrested for possessing it, how much tax revenue it could generate if it were legal, and how much is…
