Author: Chad Ossman

“Weird Al” Yankovic, not only a brilliant satirist, is also a shrewd collaborator: check out his new video with Jib Jab: Do I Creep You Out (no longer online: JibJab.com/weird_al/do_i_creep_you_out).

Entertainment Weekly tasks a Star Wars virgin (no longer online: ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1558880_1_0_,00.html) to watch all six Star Wars films in chronological order (as opposed to order of release), and is shocked to learn it doesn’t work. Well, duh. I assumed it was obvious to all that the correct order to watch them would be IV » V » VI » I » II » III. A prequel is not necesssarily intended to be viewed first. Or to put it another way, prequel is like one big-ass flashback, meant to illuminate what you’ve already seen, but whose significance isn’t palpable if seen first. (guest submission from Andrea)

Blender‘s most disatrous albums (link no longer online). Proud to say I only own one of them, Moby’s Animal Rights. (guest submission from Andrea)

Abandoned Places. (guest submission from Dave)

Piece together LEGO minifig bands. Hilariously accurate, especially the incarnations of U2 from 1987, 2000, and 2004.

Download the new avant-garde ringtones (no longer online: www.techmundo.org/?p=106) for the N8800 Sirocco Edition phone by Brian Eno and Ryuichi Sakamoto. (spotted on NerveNet.info)

Brian Eno profiled on Apple.com on the event of the release of the DVD-ROM 77 Million Paintings. Oddly, the “team used Macs almost exclusively,” but the vaunted “generative” aspect of the piece does not work on a Mac. (spotted on NerveNet.info)

Superheroes’ political affiliations. Green Arrow a “Total Fucking Communist”? Wonder Woman’s “Sapphic Socialism”? Batman a paranoid independent? Somebody’s made a close reading of The Dark Knight Returns. Works for me! (guest submission from Andrea)

A Vote for Zod is a vote against Kryptonian imperialism!

Jasper Hauser on designing Disco’s icon. (spotted on The Unofficial Apple Weblog)

New backlash against the world of Hubert. Rogue Amoeba harshes on MacHeist and The Unofficial Mac Weblog disses Disco.

The Telegraph interviews Peter Gabriel on freedom from choice, Lithuanian rap music, and passing on the Genesis reunion.

Paul Cornell goes boozing with his fellow Doctor Who writers on his blog, the House of Awkwardness (no longer online: paulcornell.blogspot.com/2006/11/night-out-with-writers-of-doctor-who.html).

The Guardian interviews The Restoration Team, miracle-workers regenerating vintage Doctor Who footage for DVD. Spotted on Kasterborous (no longer online: kasterborous.com/news.asp?id=818).

Brickwiki (no longer online: brickiwiki.wetpaint.com), including narratives like “The Gruesome Tale of Dr Schlieffer” (no longer online: brickiwiki.wetpaint.com/page/10_katmax’s+OCT-06) and massive projects like the LEGO aircraft carrier (no longer online: ezprezzo.com/crazypics/lego_aircraft_carrier.html).

The marketing luminaries behind MyDreamApp are about to launch a project on an even larger scale: MacHeist (no longer online: macheist.com).

Keeping it brief: U2 3D (no longer online: news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061031/film_nm/u2_dc_2). (guest submission from Andrea)

A lost Stanley Kubrick treatment may see realization. (guest submission from Andrea)

Hack the Torchwood Secure Extranet (no longer online: torchwood.org.uk).

Wired commissions very short stories (6 words, tops) from the best of the best (including Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Neil Stephenson, just to name a few), designed by such luminaries as Chip Kidd. (guest submission from Andrea)

Three vintage Tom Baker television appearances: an Australian interview (Tom was clearly not into it, but endulges us with an intense stare or two), a hilarious Dead Ringers prank call, and a premature introduction to the internet, hosted by Douglas Adams!

Mmm… Dalek pumpkin (guest submission from Andrea)

A guidebook for tourists from the real world: The Matrix locations. (guest submission from Dave)

The Guardian on random/pseudorandom shuffle [no longer online: arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1889423,00.html]. Put simply, it’s not your iPod, it’s your brain. (guest submission from Andrea)

Design Meltdown catalogs the best in itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny websites. My very own FringeDigital.com once lived a long interation packed into a tiny little box:

The MyDreamApp winners are in, and scores of Hijack lovers (why, why?) are sticking out their lower lips and crying foul.

Adobe Soundbooth, a free beta until February 27.

Wall Street seems to think Apple can do no knong these days, but in the bad old years there was plenty of wrong to go around: Apple’s Missteps: 8 Products that tanked. Who know Apple tried to enter the digital camera market in 1994?