District 9 and Neill Blomkamp: You’ve seen it and him before, you just don’t know it

May 12th, 2009

First, check out the new trailer for director Neill Blomkamp’s (yeah, that’s Neill with two “L’s”) upcoming film “District 9″, in which extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa, and are forced to live in slum-like conditions until they find a kindred spirit in a government agent that is exposed to their biotechnology. It’s an interesting twist on “alien movies”. Some people (yours truly included) will find the trailer oddly familiar.


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Sour Death Balls!

May 7th, 2009

It’s a bizarre film about an even weirder candy… but their faces are priceless.

Animator vs. Animation

April 21st, 2009

Funky link of the day: “Sprint - Plug into Now”

April 8th, 2009

Spring: “Plug into Now” screenshot

Sprint has a nifty little “widget” site that’s got all sorts of weird tidbits of knowledge ranging from how many e-mails are being sent right now to how many eggs are being produced.  It’s fast-loading, pleasing to the eye, and interesting.

Check it out at http://now.sprint.com/widget/

Case study: $13 40” LCD TV? Swoopo Does Dynamic Well

April 6th, 2009

Swoopo logoSwoopo sounds like a scam.  Well, it really sounds like a new kind of popsicle, but bloggers on the web claim it’s a con, and a rip-off.  Is it? No, but you best be careful.
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