What will it be? What will it be? What will it be? What will it be?
Perfect for the Dork Report: a veritable masterclass in committee-think & graphic design don’ts… and it has to do with iPods!
Still more new territory for Google. I guess they’re aiming for .Mac here.
There’s a new Devil Bunny [no longer online: projectfast.com] in town, rivalling Frank from Donnie Darko and the other one from Sexy Beast.
A 2007 Genesis reunion tour, including departed members Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, and Steve Hackett? Their official statement, Via Tony Smith Personal Management: “There are no decisions by Genesis to perform anywhere whatsoever at this time. This situation will not alter in the next twelve months.” Even if nothing comes of this, there are still the 5.1 surround reissues to look forward to.
Speaking of: The Return of the Giant Hogweed. [update: link offline: thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/8039/?cpg=26H]
The return of the black costume in Spider-Man 3? What’s really dorky is that I could explain (in detail) exactly what this means.
Evolution of a flawed concept: Apple Desk Accessories » Konfabulator » Yahoo Widgets » Apple Dashboard » Windows Vista Gadgets
I’ve just gotta say: Smoothicons. So smooth, so icon-y. You can do no better.
Finally, an explanation (no longer online: wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,68893,00.html) as to why my iPod seems to have a strange affection for Future Sound of London and “Jessica” by the Allman Brothers.
The Best. Game. Ever. in its Lego incarnation. Found via Boing Boing.
Robots in disguise (no longer online: techeblog.com/wr-07-a-real-transformer)! It’s true, it’s all true! And fake, too.
I swear my colleagues & I had nothing to do with this. In fact, none of us over here in New York had any idea what our LA counterparts had done until it hit the news. Almost as exciting as when their Wedding Crashers site was debated in Congress (no longer online: zap2it.com/movies/news/story/0,1259,—26365,00.html).
Marvel is evidently running out of plotlines for Spider-Man. I grew up during their last attempt to change his look (no longer online: spiderfan.org/characters/himself/costume/black), which was both way cooler and no doubt easier on the artists.
What does FEMA do? (Yes it’s real). Found via Signal vs. Noise.
A new mini web game (no longer online: katamaridamacy.jp:80/qa_data/katamari.html) based on the Best. Game. Ever. that rather fails to bring The Fun. Found via Boing Boing.
I don’t understand what a Babbage Difference Engine is, exactly, but a Lego Babbage Difference Engine is awesome.
The greatest voice in the universe records every sound and combination in the English language.
It took a little more hunting than I expected to find the Danish editorial cartoons featuring Muhammad online.
A guest submission, actually overheard by a friend. The ultimate dorkeriffic put-down: “Your mama’s so fat, her JPEG’s, like, 7 megs!”
Michael Stipe covers one of my favorite songs six times to benefit the In the Sun Foundation.
The Interactive Mona Lisa looks at you with disdain.
In Interactive Design news, there’s the possibility that Flash Player (and other plug-ins) won’t work on new Macs. This is a big deal.
The Rumor Mongers have dug up some more dirty dirt on iPotential iProducts (no longer online: hrmpf.com/wordpress/48/new-apple-patents).
Educating our representatives about digital music sounds like a good iDea (no longer online: ipaction.org/campaigns/ipod), but hopefully nobody’s iPocketing the iProceeds. OK, that’s enough iJokes for today.
Isn’t The Infinite Cat Project against the law of physics or something? If so, it just may force scientists to reconsider String Theory as just something for kitties to play with.
Here’s how much of a dork I am: whenever I see a headline about the DAVOS summit, I can’t help but think of Davros.
Speaking of the good doctor, the Sci-Fi Channel has finally coughed up the Euros for the first season (no longer online: forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/01/13/ap2449530.html), with an option for the second, starting March 17. Maybe now it’s time for this TV-Luddite to finally get cable? Or I could always get the Region 1 Canadian dvd…
Ooga Chakka Ooga Ooga Ooga Chakka, Kitt! (no longer online: youtube.com/watch?v=Gi2CfuqcUGE)
Here’s a good one (no longer online: cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/02/01/zoo.death.ap) for The Darwin Awards.
Wow. What human endeavor (no longer online: alaskaalpineclub.org/IceWall/04-05IceWall1.html) can accomplish, given lots of time and plumbing.
Remeber when Pac-Man (no longer online: ebaumsworld.com/pacman.html) was just a little yellow circle that ate smaller yellow circles? I guess this is Progress (no longer online: namco.com/games/pacmanworld3).
“It’s tiny, it lives in acid and it has these bizarre grasping fins.” I love this kind of stuff. But not as much fun as when a “new” dinosaur, giant squid, or a cyclopean kitten (no longer online: news.com.com/2061-11199_3-6026605.html) turns up.
In interactive design news, Microsoft announces a “Flash Killer“? Please. Adobe tried it, failed, and resorted to buying their only competetor Macromedia. Can somebody please explain to me how that’s legal? So I suppose one way to look at things is that a resumption of competition is good news.
Yo, watch the way I navigate! The new Gorillaz EP Feel Good Inc is new to the iTunes Music Store. Kudos to the iTMS for carrying more music otherwise only available on pricy imports.
Memo to Costco: what with your fancy-pants biometrics technology (no longer online: money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/magazines/fortune/pluggedin_fortune_biometrics/ and all, keep an eye out for that crazy Wendy’s lady [link no longer online: english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/148A8A21-6BF1-4651-B2FD-99BC3BC6357F.htm]. It’s gotta be a big-time world-spanning meme if it hits Aljazeera.
Better pundits than I have surely already opined at great length at this, but isn’t it odd Google will accommodate China (no longer online: money.cnn.com/2006/01/25/news/international/google_china.reut/) but fight for its right to party in the US?
Snakes on a mutha#*$&ing Plane! (no longer online: wigu.com/overcompensating/2005/09/snakes-on-plane.html) Another piece de resistance from New Line Cinema. I gotta get me one a these mutha&$#@s! (no longer online: topatoco.com/snakes.htm)
Maybe I was wrong to have such a pet peeve with sci-fi films with efficient public transportation set only about 10 years in the future.