Remember the infamous frog in a blender animation that spread PC viruses a few years back?
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/04/28/frogs.peru.reut/index.html

My printer died while I was trying to print out my tax return. Not in a 'you need a new ink cartridge' way, either -- it's in the trash can now.

Hm.

This has shameless nerd excess written all over it, and that's something I cannot resist ( Read more... )

It is perhaps reassuring that among the graphic artists, board of directors, staff, etc., etc., of the Arlington Pediatric Center there was no one sick enough to realize what their logo looks like.

Check out the April 5th entry on goth_amalthea's LJ.

I don't know the LJer in question, I've just seen her posts on gothic_babes. She's a fetish model in the UK, and a PhD in ( Read more... )

Sin City does not always seem to be aware of how over the top it is and how heavyhanded its dialogue is. When it's moving well it's definitely a gloriously violent visual treat. Every so often it stumbles. Could have been a lot better, could certainly have been worse too. Perhaps a less religious adherence to the comics, keep the stylized high ( Read more... )

My gf came across a reference to 'shizzle' over the weekend and asked what the heck it meant. I've not (yet) sunk too far into suburban complacency, so I know the phrase and explained it. But when asked to prove it, I had to go data mining. Found a very entertaining place ( Read more... )

I'll review the actual movie later this weekend after I've seen it, but in the meantime, I'll share the writeup I did for a friend who asked what the movie was and why I cared about going to see it ( Read more... )

Okay, I don't especially understand the American kitsch-derived fascination with peeps. But it does lead to some amusing times ( Read more... )

Theaters decline to show a movie about volcanoes that hints at evolution, because they worry creationists will take offense ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago a smiling man showed up on my TV screen while I was slow-surfing past a local PBS station. He explained that it was an unfair stereotype that PBS was always having fundraising drives. In fact, he said, less than 2% of their time was spent that way ( Read more... )