In 1997 Spike Jonze did a commercial for Levi’s Jeans that was set to the classic’80s Soft Cell song Tainted Love. Check out the embedded YouTube video below or visit the YouTube page. Twisted but fun… 🙂
Tainted Love
Super Bowl XL Commercials
Google Video and AOL have made all of the Super Bowl XL commercials available for viewing.
I think Budweiser was the real winner this year with a bunch of funny commercials, although there were some other standouts as well…
del.icio.us links for 02-04-2006
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movie-, TV-, and music-themed fonts for download
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Britain, which has taken the lead in developing EMP (ElectroMagnetic Pulse) devices, is testing a new EMP warhead with the United States.
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some interesting new features to allow sharing of favorites as well as a bunch of RSS feed options
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nice categorized list
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explains and details the manufacturing process of a wide variety of products, from daily household items to complicated electronic equipment and heavy machinery
del.icio.us links for 02-03-2006
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“An FBI-led watchdog agency has opened an investigation into multiple complaints accusing NASA Inspector General Robert W. Cobb of failing to investigate safety violations and retaliating against whistle-blowers.”
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“Symantec plans a one-stop software service tying together anti-virus, anti-spam, firewall and a host of other PC optimization technologies, executives have told PC Magazine.” I’m a fan of Norton products, but this could end up as way too bloated…
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“Ampulex compressa is a wasp that has evolved to tackle roaches, insert a stinger into their brains and disable their escape reflexes. This lets the wasp use the roach’s antennae to steer the roach to its lair, where it can lay its egg in it.” Ewww…
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I’ve posted about Pandora before, but this review goes into a little more detail about how it works. For those of you that aren’t familiar with it, Pandora is a music recommendation site/station that plays songs based on your tastes in artists you specif
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“Researchers at Marineland in Ontario, Canada have observed a four-year-old killer whale setting a trap for seagulls by spitting fish onto the water’s surface as bait.” Pretty cunning…
Squirrels Gone Wild
Most people are fond of their pets. What happens when that fondness goes a little too far? Meet Sugar Bush Squirrel. “Being an International Superstar and The World’s Most Photographed Squirrel, Sugar Bush loves to dress up, and has over 1,000 outfits with matching hats and accessories.” You can follow Sugar Bush Squirrel’s adventures on the bridge of the “Squirrelship” Enterprise, her hunt for terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan, or her reenactment of the Asian Tsunami. Want to try your hand at squirrel photography but don’t have a squirrel? No problem! Just purchase the Bring-To-Life Squirrel Kit and you will be on your way to squirrel photography fame and fortune.
del.icio.us links for 02-02-2006
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“Variety broke news today that Genndy Tartakovsky of ‘Clone Wars’ and ‘Samurai Jack’ fame has been tapped to direct a sequel to classic Henson puppet animated film ‘The Dark Crystal.’” Cool…
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given by Virginia Governor Tim Kaine
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Last night I received an automatic update notification for this. I like that it’s an incremental update rather than a completely new download and install. Very painless, although some extensions need a new version number update and aren’t “broken.”
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I don’t think anyone should be surprised that this happened, although if you believe her story it sounds as if she didn’t do anything particularly provocative. Still, I’m not sure that I believe that she wouldn’t have been disruptive…
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“The wife of Rep. C.W. Bill Young said she was ejected during [W]’s State of the Union address for wearing a T-shirt that said, ‘Support the Troops Defending Our Freedom.’” Sheehan I can (grudgingly) understand, but this is a bit much…
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Pretty cool stuff, although it looks like the new version is IE only for now. I’ll be keeping an eye out for the Firefox version…
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“On Wednesday afternoon, U.S. Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer said neither woman should have been removed from the chamber. ‘We made a mistake,’ he told CNN.”
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gunpowder, apparently…
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Not unexpected, but definitely the end of an era. Good thing this didn’t happen before 1985! Sorry, couldn’t help the vague “Back To The Future” reference… 🙂
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Definitely read the back story for this particularly good photo of a “one-fingered salute”…
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“We created a fun Super Bowl commercial featuring none other than George W. Bush, and you guessed it, it got rejected by ABC.” No way! 😉
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Check out this great video (direct link to QuickTime video) in which Keith Olbermann goes off on Bill O’Reilly. As readers of MetaFilter point out, it’s not the most mature of responses, but it is definitely most satisfying… 🙂
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funny commentary…
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“It’s a clip of Starzilla Jones from The View getting smashed in the face with a football whilst filming a segment” with Jason Sehorn. IE only, as AOL refuses to play nice with browsers… 🙁
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A behind-the-scenes chat with Johannes Schlueter, “pilot” of the Bush Robot. Hilarious… 🙂
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fun side-scroller
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“New Cars” To Tour in 2006
I totally missed this last year, but apparently The Cars is reforming as New Cars:
Cars principals Elliot Easton and Greg Hawkes are in talks to team with veteran singer/songwriter Todd Rundgren in a new incarnation of pioneering new wave rock act The Cars, which will tour and possibly record an album next year. Rundgren will step in for Cars frontman Ric Ocasek, who has no plans to participate in the project. Cars bassist/vocalist Ben Orr died of cancer in 2000.
I’m not quite sure how they’ll manage without Ocasek or Benjamin Orr, but I’ll guess we’ll see. I was e-mailed a teaser video (WMV or MPG) that doesn’t have too much more info, but supposedly there will be a press conference in March with more details. I’ll let you know if I here anything more…
Putin Boasts of New Missile’s Capability
Slashdot posts about new missile technology that Russia has developed that has the potential to render the United States’ anti-missile system obsolete before it’s even deployed (or shown to be at all successful during rigged tests):
[Russian President Vladimir] Putin said the new missiles were capable of changing both altitude and direction, making it impossible for an enemy to intercept them since “a missile defense system is designed to counter missiles moving along a ballistic trajectory.”
Brokeback To The Future
Check out Brokeback To The Future (YouTube video), a mash-up of Brokeback Mountain and Back To The Future. Click on the image above to watch it now (embedded Flash video).
They did a good job editing it together, but now I can’t think of Back To The Future in quite the same way…
Japanese Schwarzenegger Ad
Check out this insane Japanese ad starring none other than Ah-nuld. Or, as Screenhead so eloquently puts it, “I’ve got a headache THIS BIG and it’s got ‘Schwarzenegger’ written allll over it!” 🙂
