I laughed out loud at this hilarious scene from The Extras with guest star David Bowie.
Alumni Meet
I’ve got a University of Lethbridge Alumni swim meet tomorrow morning. It should be loads of fun — I can hardly wait, but I’m not too thrilled about being on deck at 7:20am — at least the events are only 25s and 50s.
Legalizing Torture?
Seriously, there is something wrong with the United States. They are considering legalizing TORTURE! See this Metafilter post and its many links.
This has me blown away. So here’s your chance (yes you) to tell me (and everyone else), what you think about the USA trying to legalize torture.
Vector Art
Here’s some photoshop artwork that I made today. I was just playing around with the brushes and then decided I would keep the end product.
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Olbermann’s special commentary on Clinton vs Fox
YouTube is hosting Keith Olbermann’s special commentary on Fox’s ambush (see CNN report or Crooks and Liars post with video) of former American president, Bill Clinton.
I have to say, I never agreed with Clinton’s questional behavior behind the scenes, but I certainly felt that the media’s reaction was worse than what he did.
Here is Bush’s [non]response to Clinton’s accusation that the Bush administration had no meetings about Bin Laden for nine months after he left office.
G4 Attack of the Show
Feeling mighty bored this evening, I decided to watch the premiere episode of G4 Attack of the Show on YouTube. As coincidence would have it, the very first segment they had on the very first episode was about my backmasking website. One of the guys could see how cool it is, the other guy, well, not so much.
RC Airplane + VR Goggles = Coolest Toy Ever
There is a video I saw today of a remote controlled airplane equipped with a camera broadcasting in realtime to the owner’s virtual reality goggles that made me green with envy.
It’s a do-it-yourself project, but I could easily imagine this would be popular if it were massed produced.
I’ve never actually flown a remote controlled aircraft before, but I understand learning how to land them is one of the most difficult aspects to becoming a good RC Pilot. I would assume that having a view from the cockpit would make things a lot easier.
Check out the video.
Anousheh Ansari Space Tourist Blogger
A fascinating first hand experience of what it’s like to be an astronaut. Anousheh Ansari posts to her website from space.
Update: She called Google.
Dreaming of Sunshine
My friend Brock writes from Australia to inform me how hot the weather has been where he’s staying and to share this short amusing story.
Brock says:
It’s smoking in Byron Bay (just thought I’d tell you because I heard that it was snowing and 5 below back home). It was 30 above here and I thought that it would be a good idea to get up early so that I could spend the whole day at the beach. I got up at 7:30 and was at the beach until sunset—unfortunately I neglected to put on any sunscreen—everyone at the hostel was like holy shit and this one girl even wanted to call an ambulance. Needless to say I was in a lot of pain, but after lathering up in aloe vera I feel a lot better. Moral of the story is, enjoy the snow!
Hope you’re feeling better soon Brock, and P.S. it hasn’t actually snowed here yet.
Line Rider
Crazily addictive flash game, Line Rider.
Pictured here is a jump I made for the line rider that had him doing a back flip everytime.
(via Waxy)
Update: Some folks have uploaded their Line Rider attempts to YouTube.
Update: Flash is gone, so here’s an updated version of Line Rider.