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October 30, 2007
Bugatti Veyron vs Eurofighter Typhoon
I'm feeling a bit adversarial today. Let's begin setting things against each other and see who wins.
It's the germans vs the RAF all over again.
(via boy racer youtube*)
Posted by Groonk at 02:56 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Versus, Video
October 29, 2007
Put Words in the Mouths of the Dead
An American mashup artist let passers-by put words in giant zombies' mouths last week.The show, called Txt of the Living Dead, projected 15-foot-wide, black-and-white stills from George A. Romero's classic 1968 horror flick Night of the Living Dead onto buildings. Text messages from random people on the street then filled comics-style speech balloons that were added to the images in what New York artist Paul Notzold called an "SMS-enabled interactive street performance."
"It's all uncensored, and that's the beauty of it," said Notzold...
[...]
Notzold smiled as he told the story of projecting one night beside a public-housing project in the United States. A small boy looked on thoughtfully, then beamed up at him and said: "OK mister, now I get it: I can make the windows speak!"
(via wired news and txtual healing)
Posted by Groonk at 06:26 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Art, On the French
Cell Phones are the Ghosts in Your Pants
"It started happening about three years ago, when I first got a cellphone," says Canadian Steven Garrity, 28, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. "I'd be sitting on the couch and feel my phone start to vibrate, so I'd reach down and pull it out of my pocket. But the only thing ringing was my thigh."[...]
Some who experienced recurring phantom vibrations wondered whether the phenomenon had physical roots: Was it caused by nerve damage or muscle memory?
But experts say the false alarms simply demonstrate how easily habits are developed.
Psychologically, the key to deciphering phantom vibrations is "hypothesis-guided search," a theory that describes the selective monitoring of physical sensations, says Jeffrey Janata, director of the behavioral medicine program at University Hospitals in Cleveland. It suggests that when cellphone users are alert to vibrations, they are likely to experience sporadic false alarms, he says.
"You come armed with this template that leads you to be attentive to sensations that represent a cellphone vibrating," Janata says. "And it leads you to over-incorporate non-vibratory sensations and attribute them to the idea that you're receiving a phone call."
So I'm not crazy then?
(via digg and usa today, of all places)
Posted by Groonk at 06:19 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Research, Technology
Portland, OR Set to Legalize
I mostly wanted and excuse to post Kristen Bell "eating a sandwich."
(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Portland, Oregon could be the next major U.S. city to legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Measure 8's ballot caption explains that it, "Assets criminal penalty exemption for possession of marijuana in Portland."
The measure would allow possession of less than an ounce of marijuana for people over 21. Possession of less than an ounce at this time is a misdemeanor.
(via salem news)
Posted by Groonk at 04:32 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Politics
Christopher Walken Tells You a Tale
I may have to make him GNET's new mascot.
(via house blowing youtube)
Posted by Groonk at 03:25 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Books, Funny, Just Freaking Neat, Video
October 28, 2007
10 Tales of Terror: Each about 30 Seconds(Give or Take)
More Halloween goodies. Six writers were challenged to terrify us in the shortest time possible. Each story read by the author who wrote it.
One of those writers is Neil Gaiman. Two others that caught my interest: John Moe and Sean Cole.
(via neil gaiman)
Posted by Groonk at 01:17 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Books, Digital Share, Holiday
FREE: "A Study in Emerald" by Neil Gaiman
It *looks* like Halloween but it *feels* like Christmas.
Alluding to both the Sherlock Holmes canon and the Old Ones of the Cthulhu Mythos, this Hugo Award winning short story will delight fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.P. Lovecraft, and of course, Neil Gaiman. A Study in Emerald draws listeners in through carefully revealed details as a consulting detective and his narrator friend solve the mystery of a murdered German noble. But with its subtle allusions and surprise ending, this mystery hints that the real fun in solving this case lies in imagining all the details that Gaiman doesn’t reveal, and challenges listeners to be detectives themselves.
download: "A Study in Emerald"
(via neil gaiman journal)
Posted by Groonk at 12:56 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Books, Digital Share, Holiday, Just Freaking Neat
October 26, 2007
The Real News turns into a Punchline from The Onion
These are real headlines with proper articles and everything. I don't feel the need to post an extract cause the headlines do all the work. They are linked if you feel the need for more details.
and...
(via Panel & Pixel )
Posted by Groonk at 05:05 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of USA
Dark Horse Indie is doing Interesting Things
And they roped in Phil of the Future for the ride.
Riddled with guilt over the loss of his rock star older brother, 16 year old David Forrester (Ricky Ullman) becomes obsessed with death, leading his misguided parents to send him to Driftwood, an "Attitude Adjustment Camp for Troubled Youths" run by the sadistic Captain Doug Kennedy (Diamond Dallas Page) and his brutal young henchman, Yates (Talan Torriero). Once there, David becomes haunted by the spirit of Jonathan (Connor Ross), a former inmate who met a mysterious end; a mystery whose resolution could very well be David's only way out..............
The movie's called Driftwood and looks to be released directly to DVD this November.
One of a few direct to DVD projects I've seen that seems worth a watch.
(via dark horse myspace)
Posted by Groonk at 04:08 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of DVD, Movies, Trailers
October 24, 2007
Scientists Know Where that Half-Full Glass is Filled
That area deep behind the eyes activates when people think good thoughts about what might happen in the future. The more optimistic a person is, the brighter the area showed up in brain scans, the scientists reported in a small study published online Thursday in the journal Nature.That same part of the brain, called the rostral anterior cingulate cortex (rACC), seems to malfunction in people suffering depression, said the study co-authors, Elizabeth Phelps of New York University and Tali Sharot of University College London.
[...]
When researchers asked the subjects to think about 80 different future events that could be good, bad or neutral, they had a hard time getting people to think negatively, or even neutrally, about the future. For example, when people were asked to ponder a future haircut, they imagined getting the best haircut of their lives, instead of just an ordinary trim, Phelps said.
(via yahoo news)
Posted by Groonk at 10:34 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Science
BLIND CLICK 15: The Classic Pump and Dump
So there's one good thing that came from Craigs List.
(via ponzu and howard lindzon)
Posted by Groonk at 10:29 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny
"Surviving the Zombie Attack" as Told Through Paper
I've found a new site to haunt...er... brain-eat.
(via digg, common craft )
Posted by Groonk at 06:28 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Blogged, Funny, Holiday, Just Freaking Neat, Tutorials, Video
LA Times Charts Fire Destruction through Google Maps
Looks like they're keeping up with everthing here.
UPDATE: switched to new embeddable map offered by google.
Posted by Groonk at 06:04 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Google-fied
Pro-DRM Ninjas Attack Richard Stallman at Yale
The ninjas in question were re-enacting an XKCD comic when the attack on Richard Stallman occured.
Assumedly, no ninja or open source software were harmed.
(via engadget, open source XKCD, yale's blog)
Posted by Groonk at 05:44 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share
October 23, 2007
The Celebrated Jumping Frog Bot of Tokyo University
There's been a lack of robot research in the Newsmine lately. Let's remedy that.
(via geekologie, crazy legs frogbot youtube)
Posted by Groonk at 06:15 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Robots
THE IT CROWD Creator Says "No" to Learning and/or Hugging
Apparently the USA version will not get to air. I can't say I'm sorry to hear that. I did not see The PTBs translating the british humor very well(see 1st season of THE OFFICE or that godawful American version of COUPLING).
British IT CROWD creator, Graham Linehan, thinks on what it'd take to make his creation work for an American audience.
As far as I can make out, even the oddest US mainstream sitcom–’Seinfeld’, say– is rooted in the real world. Mainstream American audiences aren’t used to characters who can cling to ceilings, or sit calmly playing computer games while a fire is raging beside them…all that crap that makes me laugh. I’m not saying they’re incapable of handling this kind of humour, I’m just saying that if you really intend to do this kind of nutty show, you can’t just grab the scripts and slap a few American actors on it. You need to rethink the whole thing, so that people who haven’t seen, say, ‘Blackadder’ about a thousand times, don’t get turned off by all the silly.Anyway, this brings me to my main reason for writing this post. It’s a long shot, but should anyone from NBC find the project lying around in a drawer before the option is up and decide to give it another go, I thought I’d do a quick checklist of things they might try in order to give any future version a snowball’s chance in hell of finding an audience.
His thoughts are worth the read.
(via the beat, Graham Linehan's blog)
Posted by Groonk at 05:34 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Blogged, Culture, Tee Vee
All Bruce Campbell. All the Time.
Bruce Campbell talks about insane fans, the birth of "My Name is Bruce," and when will it escape into theaters/DVD world.
Q. Bruce: You're really generous with your fans. What have you understood about managing your fan base that maybe other genre superstars haven't?BRUCE CAMPBELL: Well, the one thing that I've learned is that nothing is a slam-dunk -- because I've had a movie or two bomb that I absolutely thought was going to be a slam-dunk.
And I didn't realize that you can force-feed fans sometimes. You gotta feed 'em a balanced meal. You feed 'em too much meat, they fall asleep; too much dessert makes 'em hyper, and then they crash. You've got to dole it out.
We're hoping "My Name Is Bruce" is a fanboy's wet dream: It's all Bruce, 24/7 -- his snotty, obnoxious self.
(via oregonian)
Posted by Groonk at 05:20 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Interviews, Movies
October 22, 2007
The Evil Dead can Dance and Sing
There's something I need to see this Halloween.
(via Evil Dead the Musical, interview with theater Ash, Ryan Ward)
Posted by Groonk at 04:32 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Holiday, Interviews, Movies, Video
Unique Hitler Items Found in SLC
The hell?
(via msnbc)
Posted by Groonk at 10:23 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Art, History, USA, WorldWarII
Stephen Fry Tours the USA in a Black Cab
This strange new obesession with Stephen Fry baffles me. He seems to have a mind to drive around all 50 states in the black cab seen below.
"A jaunt around every state of America may seem rather trivial or self-indulgent, but I hope that won’t be how it comes across. America is important. We have seen perhaps a little too much of British people going over to sneer at rednecks, laugh at freaks and wring their hands at nutters. The America I’ve visited (and I’ve crossed it before in traditional fashion; shiny red Mustang convertible, diner to diner, motel to motel. Very Bruce Dern) have always seemed to me to be more than ordinarily kind, friendly, hospitable, polite, thoughtful and honourable. Well, I’m visiting with an open mind but that has been my experience thus far. Maine for four nights, then New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York... you get the idea."
Hullo, Mr Fry?
I'll keep my eye out for your cab.
Oh, and will you be needing an alarum for your mornings, sir?
(via ontd, stephen fry's blog)
Posted by Groonk at 10:11 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Blogged, USA
October 19, 2007
The Big Fucking Lebowski
(via egg radio and college humor)
Posted by Groonk at 11:26 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Movies
DNA Discoverer Watson can't Hide His Racism
"Senility's a bitch."
Can't hide those 11th century thoughts anymore, eh?
In an interview with The Sunday Times, the 79-year-old said he was "inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa" because "all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours - whereas all the testing says not really".He went on to say he hoped everyone was equal but that "people who have to deal with black employees find this is not true".
Racist fucker.
Posted by Groonk at 10:37 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Science
Woman Owns GIGANTIC Cat. Lets it Kill Things.
I'm not lying about the killin'. Clicky the link and scroll.
(via popbitch and some, i'm guessing russian, site)
Posted by Groonk at 08:39 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Animals
Man Sets his Camera: RUNS!
He has a site full of these.
(via popbitch and flickr and the running man)
Posted by Groonk at 08:32 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Art, Blogged, Flickrlicious
Opening Up to: Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture
Are you wondering, "what the fuck?"
Read about Moyashimon:
The main character is Sawaki Tadayasu, a regular Japanese blond guy who's just moved to Tokyo to attend a college of agriculture, along with his best buddy Yuuki Kei . The trouble is, Tadayasu isn't very regular at all -- in fact he can see, touch and speak to germs. Being able to discern what types of germ inhabit a puddle of goo can be quite useful, and this potential is clear to Itsuki Keizou, a germ researching professor, who's an old friend of Tadayasu's grandfather. Not everyone is convinced Tadayasu is telling the truth, however, and to prove his abilities he's put through a rigorous test by the department's graduate student and resident bondage babe, Hasegawa Haruka.
And people say there are no new things on TV.
(via infected youtube)
Posted by Groonk at 08:01 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Anime, Only in Japan, Video
The Honesty, I Admire. The Tenacity, Gives Me Pause
Retired General James "Spider" Marks, who has just been named a new national security adviser to Mitt Romney's campaign, asserted in a 2005 interview that he would readily torture prisoners to save a soldier's life or stop a terror bomb, saying: "I'd stick a knife in somebody's thigh in a heartbeat."
Granted, when I'm trapped in a dark alley surrounded by enemies ready
to pounce, I'd want this guy standing next to me.
But in the end, we should be better than that. Hell, at least we could try harder.
CNN Analyst TOM FOREMAN (voice-over): Polls have shown that more than 60 percent of Americans think torture can sometimes be justified. But here is the catch. Experts, including General Marks, are convinced with the vast majority of prisoners, it just doesn't work.
(via ontd p)
Posted by Groonk at 07:24 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Politics, Quotables, USA, War
ONTD Goes Political. Shit Just Got SRS
Growth is a wonderful thing.
(via ontd_p)
Posted by Groonk at 07:08 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Blogged
October 18, 2007
Those Who Live in 1/4" Steel Plate Houses
28 years in the making, he says. The steel skin is the main support for the entire structure. Bruno just wanted to do something new with steel. He's a sculptor. He sculpts.
(via robert bruno and vrogy)
Posted by Groonk at 05:01 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Art, Research
Another Big Honking Dinosaur Found
Scientists from Argentina and Brazil said the Patagonian dinosaur appears to represent a previously unknown species because of the unique structure of its neck. They named it Futalognkosaurus dukei after the Mapuche Indian words for "giant" and "chief," and for Duke Energy Argentina, which helped fund the skeleton's excavation."This is one of the biggest in the world and one of the most complete of these giants that exist," said Jorge Calvo, director of paleontology center of National University of Comahue, Argentina, lead author of a study on the dinosaur published in the peer-reviewed Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
Of course, it was a plant eater.
(via discovery channel)
Posted by Groonk at 04:54 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Dinosaurs, Science
Now We Can See and Hear the Edwardians
(via warren ellis and google video, guba)
Posted by Groonk at 01:02 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Culture, Digital Share, Documentary, Grammar, Just Freaking Neat, Video
The Nomadic Aborigine Myth Debunked
Dwellings were constructed in various styles, depending on the climate. Most common were dome-like structures made of cane reeds with roofs thatched with palm leaves.Some of the houses were interconnected, allowing native people to interact during long periods spent indoors during the wet season.
The findings, by the anthropologist and architect Dr Paul Memmot, of the University of Queensland, discredits a commonly held view in Australia that Aborigines were completely nomadic before the arrival of Europeans 200 years ago.
The belief was part of the argument used by white settlers to claim that Australia was terra nullius - the Latin term for land that belonged to nobody.
Dr Memmott said the myth that indigenous Australians were constantly on the move had come about because early explorers made their observations in good weather, when indigenous people were more mobile than at other times.
(via warren ellis)
Posted by Groonk at 12:55 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Culture, History, Myth, Research, Science
Furi Kuri!: Do It or Risk Overflow
If you people don't watch this before it disappears, well, I don't want to know you.
Nothing will happen if you don't swing the bat.
My love for this Gainax creation outshines the brightest star. I may have mentioned this before:
Searching for Kanchi
Furi Kuri overload
Fooly Cooly Loves You Crazier
Groonkly Bit
FLCL
(via anime loving warren ellis)
Posted by Groonk at 12:22 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Anime, Digital Share, Just Freaking Neat, Only in Japan, Video
October 17, 2007
Let Colbert be Colbert and Possibly President
Stephen Colbert's running for president in his home state as a "favorite son" and on the Democrat and Republican ticket.
Exactly how far the mock conservative pundit planned to stretch his impression of a presidential candidate wasn't clear. Colbert rarely breaks character on camera, including at his memorable speech at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner last year.The Comedy Central host has often mobilized his fans ("Colbert Nation"), encouraging them to vote to have a Hungarian bridge named after him, for example, or to vandalize Web site Wikipedia.com with his version of "truthiness" and "wikiality."
[...]
In a guest column for Maureen Dowd in Sunday's New York Times, Colbert wrote: "I am not ready to announce yet — even though it's clear that the voters are desperate for a white, male, middle-aged, Jesus-trumpeting alternative."
I can't figure if the man is brilliant in that Rain Man kind of way, or if he's insane in that Easy Rider Dennis Hopper kind of way.
(via pretty much every damn where)
Update: A row of videos on the matter and ONTD declares that Colbert is their official favorite son.
Posted by Groonk at 09:46 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Just Freaking Neat, Politics, USA
October 16, 2007
Oh BTW: Huntsville's Fully Haunted
The Halloween spirit is finally taking hold of me.
Huntsville - The Carter Mansion - is haunted by the ghost of Sally Carter who died a violent death at 16 year old and is buried on the Carter Estate. She has been sited walking the grounds. Some say she is responsible for toppling her headstone on occasion.Huntsville - Crybaby Hollow - Ghost of a baby wails through the trees on cold nights and will sometimes scratch on the bottoms of cars that park there. Mysterious breathing sounds sometimes heard as well.
Huntsville - Dead Children's Playground (next to Maple Hill Cemetery) - The ghosts of children often are seen swinging in swing sets or sometimes the swings are moving as if someone were in them. The children are seen very late at night or early the next day like from 11:00pm to 3:00am, too late for children to be out.
Huntsville - Hell's Gates (Green Mountain) - There are a set a big black gates that stand about a mile from the bottom of the mountain that guard some huge mansion on this mountain. If you go and sit in front of the gates for a little while a car will come down the mountain and chase you until you get to the bottom and the car will suddenly vanish...its no myth.
Huntsville - Heritage Bible College - WHBC Frat House - Late at night you can hear the Ghost of former youth minister Anthony Stephens walking through the house flushing the toilet. His now deceased brethren Robert Ekisbus and Adam Cooper follow him around making noises that almost sounds like the word "cheese".
Huntsville - Huntsville High School - People have claimed to here foot steps and laughing of teenagers through the halls at night after late softball or basketball practices.
Huntsville - Kent Robertson park - A young boy died there one summer day. They named the park after him and made a memory stone. He still is heard in the park at night and the hunt club-woods behind it.
Huntsville - Maple Hill Cemetery - An old lady passed away and was put in the family burial house. Her family placed her antique rocking chair in the crypt with her because it was a prized possession to her. Most anytime when you stand outside the burial house, you can hear the rocking chair moving back and forth.
Huntsville - Old Dallas Mill Site - The Dallas Mill was built in 1891 and burned down in 1992. Haunted by a man died while cleaning the smoke stacks shortly after the mill was built, and a homeless person who lived there after the mill burned down. People have reported seeing him wandering around the ruins.
Huntsville - Space Camp - Space camp counselors tell the story there about a man who was working on the sleeping quarters at the facility. One day they were using explosives to make large holes in the ground for the below ground quarters. The explosives went off early and he was buried alive by dirt and rubble. Until this day in the halls and in some rooms there they can still here his cries for help echoing through the halls and large moans late at night.
(via shadowlands haunted places index)
Posted by Groonk at 04:45 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Alabama, History, Holiday, Myth
Cemetery to Kill "Dead Children's Playground"
This is a bit of local(Huntsville, AL) folklore that's about to make way for more dead people. A place to bury the dead apparently means more money for the city.
An e-mail last week from Huntsville cemetery Director Brenda Webb - who was out of the office Wednesday for medical reasons and could not be reached - to the City Council and other officials addressed a proposition to turn the park into an area for burial spaces and crypts."It is hardly ever used for much except vandals, drug deals, lovers and employees hiding out from their employers," Webb wrote. "It is thought too dangerous for most children to play in."
Some folks are calling shennanigans.
"For the past 10 or 11 years, we've gone to the park regularly on weekends with our dog, and we've seen families playing on the playground," Lattanzi said. "And there was a great baseball field with a backstop."Saturday morning, it was all still there. When we went back on Sunday, it was all gone."
Lattanzi doesn't approve of voting on the proposal the week of fall break, when he said many of the families who might like to protest the park's closure are out of town.
"They say illegal activities are going on, but I've never felt anything but safe at that park," he said. "And anything illegal that was going on probably had nothing to do with playground equipment.
"I don't see how expanding a cemetery is going to fix that."
Parks and Recreation Director Greg Patterson said he doesn't love the idea of losing park space, but he said it is an under-utilized area that has security problems.
I'm oddly sad to see it go.
(via huntsville LJ and al.com)
(photo credit to beepboop's livejournal and flickr)
Update: Looks like the ghosts will live.
"It was poorly handled," Mayor Loretta Spencer said Tuesday after meeting with department heads involved in the equipment removal decisions.Spencer said she will yank the cemetery expansion ordinance from the City Council agenda and restore the park. "I am pulling this from the agenda and I have ordered new playground equipment," she said. Spencer said the equipment will be paid from a $50,000 line item in the budget for recreational equipment. It should be installed within a month, she said.
"That's wonderful. That's what we needed in there all along. I think it will be a real benefit for the neighborhood," reacted Blossomwood resident Nancy Grayson Van Valkenburg, who joined other residents last week in begging the council to protect the park.
City workers on Tuesday began repainting a pavilion and reinstalling picnic tables and benches. Spencer said she has instructed her city landscaping director to remove overgrowth to enhance the park's safety.
The park resurrection comes on the heels of public outcry at last week's City Council meeting over the dismantling of the park with no advance notice. Council President Glenn Watson apologized to residents for the way it was handled.
Posted by Groonk at 03:59 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Alabama, History, Myth
Al Gore Now a Nobel Laureate: Peace Out, Bitches!
Funny how a peace initiative is stirring up so much noise. And by funny I mean, slightly sad.
When Al Gore became a Nobel laureate on Friday, it was the second time in four years that the prize for peace had gone green. In 2004, its recipient was Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan politician responsible for planting millions of trees to combat soil erosion. The day after she was recognized, I asked Maathai what reforestation had to do with ending conflict. "What the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war," she answered. "Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace."
(via Slate)
Posted by Groonk at 03:45 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of USA
October 13, 2007
Trials of the Knights Templars now in Book Form
It took 700 years for the information inside to be revealed.
A reproduction of the minutes of trials against the Templars, "'Processus Contra Templarios -- Papal Inquiry into the Trial of the Templars"' is a massive work and much more than a book -- with a 5,900 euros ($8,333) price tag.
"This is a milestone because it is the first time that these documents are being released by the Vatican, which gives a stamp of authority to the entire project," said Professor Barbara Frale, a medievalist at the Vatican's Secret Archives.
"Nothing before this offered scholars original documents of the trials of the Templars," she told Reuters in a telephone interview ahead of the official presentation of the work on October 25.
The epic comes in a soft leather case that includes a large-format book including scholarly commentary, reproductions of original parchments in Latin, and -- to tantalize Templar buffs -- replicas of the wax seals used by 14th-century inquisitors.
(via yahoo news)
Posted by Groonk at 01:03 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Books, Religion
October 12, 2007
Cutey Honey TV Show Less Silly than the New BIONIC WOMAN
Yes. Cutey Honey just fought the Bad Guys with her tits and ass.
God bless Japan.
Hmmm. Maybe if the new BIONIC WOMAN did that in every episode every ten minutes, I could be bothered to give a damn about the show. If Katee Sackhoff did that, well, that will have bought me for the entire season.
And holy damn, did you see what that Stairs Stuntman did there? You couldn't pay me enough to do that stunt.
BTW I watched the Cutey Honey movie once, too.
Posted by Groonk at 08:35 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Anime, Only in Japan, Video
October 02, 2007
The Future of Cell Phones: A "Finger Joint" Keypad
Your eyes don't deceive you. That woman is using a light emitting keyboard to dial phone numbers on her hand. Not quite a rocket pack but as wearable technology goes, it's alright.
Having trouble tracking down the source link for this article. Google searches only pull up one blog after another reporting on its wonders. And yet I can't find the wonderful source...hmmm.
Other areas of light emitting keypads: MARISIL
(via yanko design)
Posted by Groonk at 03:29 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Research, Technology
October 01, 2007
Miss Moneypenny Dies at Age 80. James Bond Loses His Soul.
Known to the acting world as Lois Maxwell.
Lois Maxwell, the Canadian-born actress who was to many fans the definitive Miss Moneypenny in James Bond films, has died in Western Australia at age 80, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Sunday.It said Maxwell, the demure foil to Bond’s suave rake in 14 films from 1962’s "Dr. No" to 1985’s "A View to a Kill," had died in Fremantle Hospital. She had been suffering from cancer.
Says Sir Roger Moore about Maxwell:
We first played opposite each other in Pride and Prejudice. I was Darcy, she was Elizabeth. She was a very fine actress with a great sense of humour.
I think it was a great disappointment to her that she had not been promoted to play M. She would have been a wonderful M.
She had a tremendous sense of humour. She used to sing dirty songs, from the Canadian women's army in which she'd served.
Great sense of humor? Talented actress? Canadian? Dirty joke telling?
Oh, Ms Maxwell. If only I were born a bit earlier or you a bit later. Fate kept us apart.
Goodnight, Penny.
Posted by Groonk at 10:33 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of People Who Died
George Takei Reminds Me Why I Continue to Blather on the Internet
Sort of. In a round about way. In a way I'm choosing to read it. Let's just say that.
Everything one does with gusto, there will be a payoff at some point in life.
--George Takei on his parents making him learn japanese when he was a child
(via ontd)
Posted by Groonk at 09:42 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Quotables
