Dooku.net

Star WarsI quickly became bored with the repetitive video of Dooku.net (Count Dooku from the first Star Wars Trilogy flying around on his speeder) until I realized that you could choose from 12 different “soundtracks.” You’re The Best rocks! 😉

Alex Toth Dead At 77

Herculoids
As The Comics Reporter reports, “Alex Toth, one of the handful of people who could seriously enter into Greatest Comic Book Artist of All-Time discussions and a giant of 20th Century cartoon design, has passed away at age 77.” His official web site is a great place to visit to learn more about him and his art, which began in the ‘50s and has been an influence ever since. Toth is probably best known as “the maverick comic artist who designed classic Hanna Barbera adventure cartoons such as The Superfriends and Space Ghost,” but that is only scratching the surface. He will definitely be missed…

Opa-locka Airport “Tower”

Opa-locka Airport Tower
The Miami Herald reports that:

Miami-Dade County and the FAA negotiated for years over how to replace Opa-locka Airport’s control tower. Now controllers are working in a trailer while a new tower is built.

For the next three years, Opa-locka Airport’s control tower will be a trailer perched atop cargo containers welded together. Controllers must climb a ladder to get inside. And the tower is only 33 feet off the ground, meaning controllers can’t see the entire airfield.

I think the best quote of all is: “This is not a tower that meets any code whatsoever.”

6/6/06

If you’re hexakosioihexekontahexaphobic, then today might be somewhat trying, as according to many interpretations the date corresponds to the “Number Of The Beast.” CNN and the Washington Times also have articles exploring some of the historical and religious connotations of the superstition.

On the lighter side of things, the town of Hell, Michigan is actually celebrating today, and Hollywood took advantage by premiering the remake of The Omen.