This could become a very important new development in regards to solar power storage and hybrid and electric vehicles. Not only that, the obvious consumer electronic uses are a also no-brainer. Story here.
In the January 2008 Scientific American, there is a great article on a possible future for solar energy. I can’t recommend this article enough.
In honor of the Energy Independence and Security Act being signed into law, I am posting a video produced by the Blue Man Group. I first saw it via a webinar I attended put on by the Architecture 2030 people. I don’t know if it was created for that event, but it I am guessing it was. Either way, it is pretty good. Enjoy.
I just came across an interesting and seriously geek filled quiz that tests your knowledge of both programming and commercial slogans. As I am a geek who occasionally dabbles in programming and works in marketing, I am passing this site along. I have also added my own question:
Which product does the following pseudo javascript code describe?
function melt(chocolate) {
hand=0;
mouth=1;
}
BTW, I got three correct, and knew the slogan but not the product of one other. I am calling that a disappointing score of 3.5 out of 6, though officially it was scored as a 3 and I was mocked by the site.
This Steve Perry Christmas clip is pretty funny:
Especially if you are a fan of Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s BASEketball. The clip below is the only short clip I could find… I didn’t really want to show the White Sox part, but it does contain the Steve Perry parts and it demonstrates that I am not the only one who finds it hilarious:
This is a demonstration of Cicsco’s “Telepresence” technology:
Of course, in the real world you are unlikely to have a perfectly lit black room to create this Star Wars-esque experience they are demonstrating, but nevertheless, it is still pretty exciting technology.
Continuing the theme from my last post, here is another sexy ad. This time, though, it is for comic effect:
Not that I am complaining mind you, but is it just me, or is this Old Navy commercial a lot closer to soft core porn than the ads of the past few years?
What happened? Wasn’t Carrie Donovan sexy enough to sell sweaters? I know she is no longer with us, but in certain parts of Florida, you can’t throw a rock at not hit someone that looks just like her.
This is a cool video. It highlights famous movie actresses, morphing images one into another, spanning pretty much the whole history of motion pictures:
BTW, according to some guy named “Stutz”, this is the list of people, in order, except he said missed one (I cannot verify if he is completely correct, but I am sure he is right about most of them):
Pickford, Gis, Swanson, Dietrich, Shearer, Harlow, Hepburn, Lombard, Davis, Garbo, Stanwyck, Leigh, Garson, Lamarr, Hayworth, Jones, Kerr, Bergman, Crawford, Rogers, Young, Garland, Baxter, Bacall, Hayward, Gardner, Monroe, Kelly, Turner, Taylor, Hedren, Hepburn, Dandridge, Maclaine, Wood, Lollabrigida, Leigh, Bardot, Loren, Ann-Margaret, Andrews, Welch, Weld, Fonda, Christie, Dunaway, Deneuve, Bisset, Bergen, Rosselini, Keaton, Hawn, Streep, Sarandon, Lange, Pfeiffer, Weaver, Turner, Foster, Bassett, Moore, Stone, Ryan, Roberts, Hayek, Bullock, Lane, Kidman, Zeta-Jones, Jolie, Theron, Witherspoon, Berry
When I first learned that there was going to be a Speed Racer movie, I was excited — yet worried. There are so many ways to ruin the movie. One of my biggest fears was that there would be some sort of cheesy CG Chim Chim (think Scooby Doo in the recent live action movies). I also worried that the people behind the movie would not be up to the task… a weak director, bad writers, a lightweight producer, etc.
But, I learned it was going to be Warner Brothers film, produced by the big-time Joel Silver (The Matrix, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon) and written and directed by the Wachowski brothers (The Matrix). Not only that, there was no CG monkey. Hot damn! It all sounded good.
However, my excitement was short lived when I later found out John Goodman was going to be Pops. That ain’t right. Susan Sarandon as the Mom? Come on! If it was the Susan Sarandon from Witches of Eastwick or Bull Durham, then ok, but the modern PITA (pain in the ass) Susan - wrong! Emile Hirsch as Speed… I don’t know. He was decent in Alpha Dog, but nothing I saw in that performance suggests the passion and excitement I would expect from Speed. However, I decided not to count that as a negative just yet, maybe he would surprise me… plus, Christina Ricci as Trixie is a pretty hot choice.
Anyway, despite the dubious casting choices, I decided to think positive based on the production team.
THEN IT ALL CAME TO AN END. I SAW THE TRAILER. OMFREAKIN’G NO.
The only hope now is a serious hardware malfunction and they lose the footage and have to scrap the project. Then, they can decide to remake it after losing all the decision makers. (Not that I condone malicious hacking, but if a bunch of hackers got together and caused this to happen, it would be appreciated.)
Anyway, if you haven’t seen it, here is a link because I won’t host something so terrible.
Lastly, why aren’t Snake and the Acrobatic Race Team in the movie!?!
