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Month July 2006

Discrimination is everywhere!

In case you missed it, my post on gay marriage turned into a long frustrating “debate” with a random visitor. When looking into this guy’s website I found his amazing definition of discrimination…
Here’s the breakdown for all levels, a marriage that excludes one sex or another is discriminatory. In a same sex marriage the [...]

links for 2006-07-29

Failed Videogame Betas
Worth1000.com contest to create game promos for failed game ideas. “Spork: The Game of Cutlery Evolution”
(tags: humor games videogames photoshop graphics)

links for 2006-07-28

The Lester Bangs of Video Games
Chuck Klosterman on the lack of repected/relevant/important video game criticism.
(tags: games culture klosterman videogames article criticism)

Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Rainbow
Dark Side of the Moon synchronized with the Wizard of Oz (Google Video). Very easy to skip to the interesting parts in this format.
(tags: video pinkfloyd wizardofoz [...]

A Double Let-Down: Or a very long argument about Gay Marriage

**Update 2 – My original post regarding both Floyd Landis and the Washington State gay marriage decision has turned into a very lengthy “debate” on gay marriage. See the comment thread below.
**Update – More news and enlightenment coming out regarding Landis and testosterone. This Testosterone 101 article at VeloNews is especially good. [...]

links for 2006-07-27

Litwack is Video-Podcasting
Funny in a grumpy, anti-Ze Frank kind of way. Geoff likes music, wolf faces and fucking.
(tags: video podcast humor litwack youtube)

Google Working on Flash Games?

Like some people with personal websites or weblogs, I have my resume sitting on my site, just hanging out. Every once in a long while I’ll get a recruiter who stumbles across it as they’re doing searches. I received this in an e-mail the other day:
I am a recruiter looking for some [...]

That Feeling of Dilbert-vous

When Dilbert hits eerily close to home, er… work. On process:

links for 2006-07-26

Does the Tour de France Affect Bike Sales?
Hitwise stats showing an increase in cycling retail during the Tour de France.
(tags: cycling statistics tourdefrance)

Modern Corporate Logos Redone as Web 2.0 Companies
Flickr gallery of the various logos joining this meme.
(tags: design web2.0 logos flickr branding humor)

Google’s growing list of domains
Currently 520 domain names that Google owns.
(tags: google [...]

links for 2006-07-25

Renaissance – Trailer
SciFi, CG, cel-shaded, black and white, noir. Should be interesting eye-candy at least.
(tags: film movie 3d animation trailer video)

Tour de France 2006: Floyd Landis
Outside magazine article on Floyd Landis, this year’s ass-kicking Tour winner.
(tags: sports cycling outside landis interview article tourdefrance)

links for 2006-07-24

The Fountain – Trailer
Full trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s next film, The Fountain.
(tags: film movie trailer aronofsky)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) – Teaser
They’re back and in full CG.
(tags: film movie tmnt trailer teaser)

links for 2006-07-22

Kevin Smith about talk Superman
Kevin Smith gives a long answer/story about his involvement writing drafts of the script for a Superman movie. (YouTube)
(tags: humor film movies superman kevinsmith video)

The Big Lebowski – F_cking Short Version
2 minute version of The Big Lebowski featuring nothing but the F-word. (YouTube)
(tags: film video media mashup youtube humor lebowski)

links for 2006-07-20

Game Trailer – Valve’s Portal
All sorts of creative gameplay examples. (YouTube)
(tags: games video valve gaming)

The Colbert Report – Amy Sedaris
Impromptu tumbling demonstration when Amy Sedaris visits Stephen Colbert (YouTube)
(tags: humor video colbert sedaris television)

Paper or Plastic: Choose Your Environmentally-Conscious Battle

Paper of plastic? When I get to the end of the checkout line at the supermarket, I still find myself struggling with this question. I know the real environmentally friendly answer is: bring your own bag. I would never remember to carry a set of reusable canvas shopping bags with me every [...]

links for 2006-07-15

ZeFrank’s Brief History of Design and Aesthetics
A good response to a comment in today’s “The Show” by Ze Frank, explaining the construct of “good taste” and how media for the masses changes things. (mov)
(tags: zefrank video art design)

links for 2006-07-14

Mickey Dee’s Harnesses McSun for Chicago Billboard
Clever McDonalds sundial advertisement.
(tags: advertising mcdonalds billboard design marketing)

Stephen Colbert does the Hawking
“Black holes… bleep… blorp”
(tags: humor colbert video hawking science)

Solid Potato Salad – The Ross Sisters
Very creepy song and dance (Windows Media)
(tags: dance music video creepy)