October 2008

Italy’s Greatest Superhero!

He’s awesome at cards, he’s not afraid of guns, and he’s Italy’s only hope! Don’t get in his way unless you want your head squeezed into snakes. Here’s the link in case there’s a need for more Italian karate action.

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A Short Film Entirely In Reverse Motion: Balancing Point

The video is shown entirely in reverse motion which allows for some cool tricks by the main character to appear as though he’s moving rocks with his mind. I’m sure some of these “telekinesis” shots took hours to set up and even longer to perfect. The beginning is a little slow but stick with it, it gets better.

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Rainn Wilson Sings On The Tim And Eric Awesome Show

Here’s Rainn Wilson (from The Office) singing “a timeless classic children’s song about the magic of childbirth” on the “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!”. The juxtaposition of Rainn’s head on a kid’s body is a little creepy but why else would it be so funny?

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Robots Don’t Know Anything About Twitter!

It’s almost common knowledge that Twitter is one of the best methods of communication today. So why is it that robots don’t “get with the program”? Last weekend Doctor Popular organized and participated in the 24 Hour Comic challenge at The Comic Outpost. The challenge is to create an entire comic within a 24 hour period. Over half the participants finished within the allotted time and Doctor Popular has suggested that some of them will get digitalized as well.

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Be A Beta Tester For The Next Xbox Experience (NXE)

There’s really not much here unless you own an Xbox 360 and have a love for Beta testing fresh software. However, I have both of those things so I signed up as quickly as possible. All they need is your Xbox 360 console ID (find it in the system settings of your Xbox 360). Head to the Microsoft Connect page, sign in with your Windows LIVE ID and join the “Xbox 360 Fall 2008 Preview Program” (or hit this link:

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The Guitar-Computer Hybrid: The “Fender Bender”

It’s no longer packed with Fender parts but the parts of a unknown (possibly crazy) synth music maker. Thank you Crunch Gear for finding it and Gizmodo for shouting at us about it. Sadly, there’s no video or audio from the cool tag team device but hopefully the creator will release something. Hit the link for more pics of the Fender Bender.

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