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eBaum’s World has a new Office Space soundboard starring Bill Lumbergh (the clueless boss). I’m waiting for one of Milton…

Scientific American has an intriguingly mind-bending article on the possibility of parallel universes and the different types of multiverses that would make them possible. It’s kind of hard to wrap my brain around these concepts this early in the morning, but it’s pretty cool to think of all the possibilities. Just thinking about thinking about it has set about a different set of parallel universes. Whoa. 

Scientific American has an intriguingly mind-bending article on the possibility of parallel universes and the different types of multiverses that would make them possible. It’s kind of hard to wrap my brain around these concepts this early in the morning, but it’s pretty cool to think of all the possibilities. Just thinking about thinking about it has set about a different set of parallel universes. Whoa. 

This will only be good if David Hasselhoff stars. And even then, it will be bad. Unless he sings, in which case it will be very, very bad.

This will only be good if David Hasselhoff stars. And even then, it will be bad. Unless he sings, in which case it will be very, very bad.

VWvortex has a very informative thread going through several methods to to dramatically increase the performance of your car without spending a dime. The before and after photos are especially telling…

VWvortex has a very informative thread going through several methods to to dramatically increase the performance of your car without spending a dime. The before and after photos are especially telling…

If you haven’t yet visited Honda’s new Accord commercial site, you’re missing out. According to The Telegraph and Slashdot, the astoundingly complex two-minute film/commercial “Cog” took 606 takes to get right. Apparently there is only one CGI cut; here is a summary of the shot, courtesy of a Slashdot contributor:

1. Transmission bearing rolls, hits second bearing.

2. Second bearing rolls, hits third.

3. Third bearing rolls, hits contration to release cam shaft.

4. Cam shaft rolls, hits tailpipe.

5. Tailpipe spins, hits valve stem on hood.

6. Valve stem hits other valve stem.

7. Second valve stem hits third valve stem.

8. Valve stem falls off hood, hits something.

9. That something hits a spring loaded mechanism mounted to engine valve cover.

10. Spring loaded mechanism hits radiator.

11. Radiator falls, hits tire.

12. Tire hits weighted tire on ramp.

13. Tire rolls uphill, hits second weighted tire.

14. Second weighted tire rolls uphill, hits third weighted tire.

15. Third weighted tire rolls uphill, hits disc brake rotor(?).

16. Rotor falls on string, pulls seat back to it’s full upright position.

17. Seat triggers release of windshield wiper mechanism.

18. Mecanism trips oil can.

19. Oil can pours onto platform, weighting one end down.

20. Platform tilts, releasing bearings(?) which roll into engine head.

21. Engine head on lever causes battery to rise.

22. Battery makes electrical connection, makes fan run.

23. Fan runs, which causes it to move. It moves forward, disconnects from power source, and runs into metal wire, releasing nut.

24. Nut drops, causes muffler to roll.

***CGI CUT***

25. Muffler rolls into strange contraption.

26. Strange contraption flings nut.

27. Nut hits tire on front end of car.

28. Tire rolls onto wire.

29. Wire sets into motion contraption made mostly of connecting rods.

30. Connecting rod starts metal cylinder rolling.

31. Metal cylinder hits connecting rod contraption and stops.

32. Potential energy stored in contraption causes rod to swing and kick off the metal cylinder.

33. Cylinder hits window, makes electical contact.

34. Electrical contact rolls down window.

35. Cylinder rolls again, past window onto new ramp, then off ramp onto “oh shit” handles.

36. Cylinder rolls off “oh shit” handles, onto battery, makes electrical contact.

37. Contact causes winshield squirters to spray water on windshield.

38. Windshield sensor detects “rain”, turns on wipers.

39. Wipers crawl across floor, trip emergency brake.

40. Emergency brake sets window mobile in motion.

41. Window mobile causes wind, pushing over plastic panel.

42. Plastic panel has metal cylinder on top. Cylinder rolls into shock spring.

43. Shock spring has metal rod in it, which spins down.

44. Rod makes electrical contact, starts stereo.

45. Stereo connected to woofers under windshield.

46. Vibration causes spring to roll onto clutch pedal.

47. Depression of clutch pedal activates assembly which presses “hatch close” on door key.

48. Hatch closes, unbalancing platform.

49. Platform tilts, car rolls.

50. Car hits something that causes the Accord banner to unfurl.

Simply amazing.

If you haven’t yet visited Honda’s new Accord commercial site, you’re missing out. According to The Telegraph and Slashdot, the astoundingly complex two-minute film/commercial “Cog” took 606 takes to get right. Apparently there is only one CGI cut; here is a summary of the shot, courtesy of a Slashdot contributor:

1. Transmission bearing rolls, hits second bearing.

2. Second bearing rolls, hits third.

3. Third bearing rolls, hits contration to release cam shaft.

4. Cam shaft rolls, hits tailpipe.

5. Tailpipe spins, hits valve stem on hood.

6. Valve stem hits other valve stem.

7. Second valve stem hits third valve stem.

8. Valve stem falls off hood, hits something.

9. That something hits a spring loaded mechanism mounted to engine valve cover.

10. Spring loaded mechanism hits radiator.

11. Radiator falls, hits tire.

12. Tire hits weighted tire on ramp.

13. Tire rolls uphill, hits second weighted tire.

14. Second weighted tire rolls uphill, hits third weighted tire.

15. Third weighted tire rolls uphill, hits disc brake rotor(?).

16. Rotor falls on string, pulls seat back to it’s full upright position.

17. Seat triggers release of windshield wiper mechanism.

18. Mecanism trips oil can.

19. Oil can pours onto platform, weighting one end down.

20. Platform tilts, releasing bearings(?) which roll into engine head.

21. Engine head on lever causes battery to rise.

22. Battery makes electrical connection, makes fan run.

23. Fan runs, which causes it to move. It moves forward, disconnects from power source, and runs into metal wire, releasing nut.

24. Nut drops, causes muffler to roll.

***CGI CUT***

25. Muffler rolls into strange contraption.

26. Strange contraption flings nut.

27. Nut hits tire on front end of car.

28. Tire rolls onto wire.

29. Wire sets into motion contraption made mostly of connecting rods.

30. Connecting rod starts metal cylinder rolling.

31. Metal cylinder hits connecting rod contraption and stops.

32. Potential energy stored in contraption causes rod to swing and kick off the metal cylinder.

33. Cylinder hits window, makes electical contact.

34. Electrical contact rolls down window.

35. Cylinder rolls again, past window onto new ramp, then off ramp onto “oh shit” handles.

36. Cylinder rolls off “oh shit” handles, onto battery, makes electrical contact.

37. Contact causes winshield squirters to spray water on windshield.

38. Windshield sensor detects “rain”, turns on wipers.

39. Wipers crawl across floor, trip emergency brake.

40. Emergency brake sets window mobile in motion.

41. Window mobile causes wind, pushing over plastic panel.

42. Plastic panel has metal cylinder on top. Cylinder rolls into shock spring.

43. Shock spring has metal rod in it, which spins down.

44. Rod makes electrical contact, starts stereo.

45. Stereo connected to woofers under windshield.

46. Vibration causes spring to roll onto clutch pedal.

47. Depression of clutch pedal activates assembly which presses “hatch close” on door key.

48. Hatch closes, unbalancing platform.

49. Platform tilts, car rolls.

50. Car hits something that causes the Accord banner to unfurl.

Simply amazing.

Today’s color is White Cloud. That’s the toilet paper, not the water vapor in the sky. This commercial, apparently from the 60’s, is basically SFW, but it will probably earn you a few strange looks from your coworkers.