This is NOT the scene in question: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjJDekSculo …but it is a necessary musical foundation for understanding this week’s story. Read “Scene from a Buddy Movie” at 512 Words or Fewer
Category: video
Book Report: WWW:Wake
I have issues with Robert J. Sawyer. He’s a good writer, and he tells a good story, but sometimes his prose becomes a patchwork of pop-culture references bordering on fanfic-wink-wink: if you don’t get what he’s talking about from the…
Book Report: Drive
This made for an interesting companion book to Free, which I also read recently. Where Free looks at how businesses can make money off zero- or low-cost offerings, Drive investigates the other side of the coin: asking what motivates people…
Joss Whedon Breaks My Heart Again
Granted, he only directed this week’s episode of Glee, and he’s not the most visual thinker in the world, but this number absolutely killed me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8B56AsKfJs (Note that the video above has been flipped left-to-right and otherwise muddled, presumably to…
Do You Know What Yesterday Was?
Really, now. Did you think I’d forgotten? It was also this year’s Free Comic Book Day–more on that later–and, apparently, a good day for political protests in Portland. Not that there’s any connection between those two, but as long as…
Nathan Fillion on Surgery, Lightsabers, and Being Cool
Annoying pre-roll ads, and why two parts for only seven minutes of video? Hulu sucks. But in this case, the payoff is worth it: You’re welcome.
#protip of the day
Do not engage in public debate with a professional stand-up comedian. You will lose. As shown here: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-april-20-2010/bernie-goldberg-fires-back For those of you still unclear on the concept, John Rogers (“Mr. Leverage“) explains: I still have a lot of gut instinct…
I don’t even own a blender…
…but this totally makes me want to go out and get one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l69Vi5IDc0g
Makin teh Tubes Werk 4 U
Unlike some people I could mention, the Muppets and Monty Python have chosen to sidestep the piracy issue by posting their own videos on YouTube. So you can enjoy brilliant stuff like this for free: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY Why do this? As…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Telling Tales Out of School”
I blame Robot Chicken for a lot of things, not the least of which is a tendency to say “What a twist!”–in a high-pitched voice, pronouncing the last word as tweest… You know what? It’ll be faster if you just…