Super Bowl Commercials
And then some... All organized by quarter.
February 4, 2008
February 2, 2008
Arrested Development Movie?
January 31, 2008
Chris Berman gets a little upset at the help...
via The Big Lead via Deadspin
Will it Fly?
Few things have produced derision and nerdfury like the debate over the Airplane on a Conveyor Belt. Basically the premise is this,
"A plane is standing on a runway that can move (some sort of band conveyer). The plane moves in one direction, while the conveyer moves in the opposite direction. This conveyer has a control system that tracks the plane speed and tunes the speed of the conveyer to be exactly the same (but in the opposite direction). Can the plane take off?"
Deron touched upon it the first time around and after some misfires, Mythbusters finally aired the show where the myth was tested, and Kottke live blogged it. He includes a helpful link to a clear explanation from someone smart than you or I.
January 26, 2008
Writers Guild of America
"I ask you," one writer noted, "which is more important to a movie -- a script, or half of Reese Witherspoon?"The studio suits thought for a second.
"Which half?"
January 23, 2008
700 MHz Spectrum Auction Starts Tomorrow
Tomorrow, the FCC is starting the auction for the 700 MHz Spectrum, which will be freed on February 17, 2009 once TV broadcasting goes digital.
The New York Times has a good article on the topic.
"In setting the rules for the auction to some of the most valuable radio spectrum licenses ever issued, the F.C.C. decided last year to endorse one of Google’s proposals by requiring that the winning bidders open their networks to a wider array of applications and phones. (Verizon and AT&T objected to the decision.)"
While you will not be able to know who's bidding what, you will be able to watch the bids with daily updates from the FCC's auction site. (Pick auction 73 from the drop-down menu).
January 22, 2008
Rock of Love
there was a person whose special skill was wrapping presents
January 20, 2008
The Recess Monkeys
One of Cindy's clusterflock band names -- I Like Monkeys -- reminded me of something. It reminded me of how much I like(d) The Recess Monkeys. They made me laugh.
Eugene Levy banging that tambourine. John Candy gulping down spit. Rick Moranis concentrating so damn hard on his guitar solo.
January 18, 2008
America's Presidents' exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery
January 12, 2008
30 Rock
The President's only going to veto your crazy social programs. The founding fathers never intended for the poor to live into their forties.
My favorite Jack Donaghy quote: Ambition in a woman. It's like clothes on a dog.