January 24th, 2007
For real this time. A very excellent installment.
0 commentsBest Headline Ever?
January 23rd, 2007
The wits at the Washington Post have this tidbit on Nancy Pelosi’s new charm offensive:
“Pelosi Lures Cameras to the Speaker’s Box”
Yeah, baby! No word yet as to whether Vivid or Digital Playground will win the rights.
0 commentsMy Fast Wants to Hump Peter Stormare
January 22nd, 2007
The best ad series of the year has got to be VW’s new GTI series, “Un-Pimp Your Ride.” The spots feature Peter Stormare doing a hipster/mad-scientist character that’s a melding of his characters from Big Lebowski and Minority Report, with of dash of Sprockets added for good measure. The only way these ads could be better would be if he threw in a barely-audible cluck-ing sound.
This one is the best of the group:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I0WfnhVs2s]
Check out the wild look in his eyes just before he gets to the catch-phrase, “Time to un-pimp ze auto…” Priceless.
Aussie Open Notes
January 21st, 2007
Saw a lot of the new Serena Williams this weekend:
“Get the champ some peanut-butter brickle ice cream!”
Mummy Represent
January 19th, 2007
Dustin Rowles has some unkind words about the news that the third installment of the Mummy series has been given the go-ahead. But let’s give a little shout-out to the Mummy: Yes, the movies aren’t much, but the Universal Studios’ roller-coaster, Revenge of the Mummy, may be the best theme-park ride ever made.
Plus, the Mummy franchise brought Rachel Weisz to the wider world. And if she isn’t in your top five, something’s wrong with you.
0 commentsCold Comfort Farm
January 19th, 2007
Yes, this is the only thing Philly fans have to keep them warm this weekend.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM6EauZ_LV4]
Note the outstanding POD at the end of the clip. Some producer was thinking fast.
0 commentsDarth Gates on the PS3
January 19th, 2007
Sure, he’s spinning, but Bill Gates makes some reasonably persuasive points nonetheless:
0 commentsMicrosoft chairman Bill Gates has declared that the strategy for Xbox 360 is “working perfectly”, questioning Sony and Nintendo’s next-gen console offerings.
As reported by Dean Takahashi of the San Jose Mercury News, Gates observed that the original Xbox was “20 per cent better” than its rivals.
However, he continued, “It didn’t matter. We were a year late, didn’t have the best games. We had this bigger box. We did have online. We didn’t switch positions on that.”
But as for the strategy for Xbox 360, “It’s working perfectly. We wanted to be the guy with the small box that costs less. We wanted to have the most games. We wanted to play to our software strength, and tools and online.
“We wanted to swap positions with Sony. We wanted to not be a year late, not be a big box, not be a more expensive box. How are we doing on that?”
January 18th, 2007
I can’t believe I missed this but, last November, according to Jon Hilkevitch of the Chicago Tribune, “A flying saucerlike object hovered low over O’Hare International Airport for several minutes before bolting through thick clouds with such intense energy that it left an eerie hole in overcast skies, said some United Airlines employees who observed the phenomenon…. The sighting occurred during daylight, about 4:30 p.m., just before sunset.
“All the witnesses said the object was dark gray and well defined in the overcast skies. They said the craft, estimated by different accounts to be 6 feet to 24 feet in diameter, did not display any lights.
“Some said it looked like a rotating Frisbee, while others said it did not appear to be spinning. All agreed the object made no noise and it was at a fixed position in the sky, just below the 1,900-foot cloud deck, until shooting off into the clouds.”
Luckily, the UFO found an open gate at Midway.
0 comments
