Month: June 2004

Office Space Wars is a short film remaking the movie Office Space with characters from the Star Wars movies. It was pretty funny, but I think they could have done a lot more with it. It’s a relatively big download (about 30MB), so beware…

The Houston Symphony Orchestra is touring the United States and Canada with a two-hour concert arrangement of Howard Shore’s score for The Lord of the Rings trilogy. In addition to the awesome Oscar-winning score, the symphony will feature storyboards corresponding to the action of the films, unique instruments (including “an Irish whistle, a Hardanger fiddle [the national instrument of Norway] and a cimbalom, a boxy dulcimer that sounds like a cross between a piano and a harp”), and some choral arrangements in Elvish and Orcish. I’ve never been to a classical concert before, but this sounds like it would be really cool…

I’m sure most of you have heard of the supposed synchronicity between Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon and The Wizard Of Oz. If not, visit The Dark Side Of The Rainbow (or one of the many other pages devoted to this alleged phenomenon) for the full scoop.

Anyway, apparently someone else with way too much time on their hands has discovered another mind-blowing synchronicity: Rush’s 2112 with Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. Check out this page for instructions on how to synch things up and things to look for. I don’t have a copy of 2112 or Willy Wonka to listen to/watch, so I’ll have to take the site’s word on this for now…

Remember the Spy vs. Spy comics in Mad Magazine? Well, Mountain Dew has brought the characters back for a couple of TV commercials. Check them out the QuickTime videos here.

Check out this hilarious Chappelle’s Show soundboard (requires Flash).

It became painful to look at Killer Japanese Seizure Robots after like two seconds, so I don’t know why I’m linking to it. Oh yeah, now I remember; I wanted to share my misery this really cool link with everyone! :-p

In what can only be described as a horrible combination of American Idol and the movie Rock Star (great movie, by the way), CBS is set to air a Mark Burnett reality TV show in which musicians compete to become the new lead singer for INXS. After a “multicontinent search,” “the winner will embark on a worldwide concert tour with INXS and sing on the group’s next album.” This just blows. Michael Hutchence must be rolling over in his grave…

If you’re interested in Bill Clinton’s autobiography My Life but don’t feel like wading through its nearly 1000 pages (I know I don’t), check out the article “Slate reads My Life so you don’t have to,” which highlights and comments on some of the more interesting (and controversial) passages in the book.

News.com reports that “Microsoft has been awarded a patent for using human skin as a power conduit and data bus. Patent No. 6,754,472, which was published Tuesday, describes a method for transmitting power and data to devices worn on the body and for communication of data between those devices.” Let the Borg comparisons begin…

I recently came across a product at Gizmodo that every consumer should own: the DVD Rewinder. Although it sounds like the previous generation of VHS tape rewinders, don’t be fooled:

Too many DVDs, and CDs and not enough time to rewind? Are your DVDs running a bit too slow? The DVD rewinder is the perfect solution! This rewinder has the exclusive Centriptal Velocity Spindle providing the world’s fastest DVD rewind!

I wonder how many people will actually fall for this… 😉