A beautiful piano over of Where is My Mind by The Pixies. Arranged and performed by Maxence Cyrin, whose work is definitely worth checking out. The music is set to old-timey 1920s movie, The Mysterious Lady. I’ve never seen the film, but the images add much to the performance. He also has piano covers of Daft Punk, Justice, Aphex Twin and Yellow Magic Orchestra, all of which are just as brilliant. Just, so graceful.
Where is My Mind
Monday, March 29th, 2010Captain Picard’s baldness
Sunday, March 28th, 2010
In an interview with BBC Worldwide, Patrick Stewart tells us Gene Roddenberry’s thoughts on hiring a bald actor to play Captain Jean-Luc Picard. At the first Star Trek: The Next Generation press conference…
Reporter: It doesn’t make any sense, you’ve got a bald actor playing this part [Picard]. Surely, by the 24th century, they will have found a cure for male pattern baldness.
Roddenberry: No, by the 24th century, no one will care.
Spaceman traversing space
Saturday, March 27th, 2010A graduate film by Steven Lall — “…about a Spaceman who is on a journey, in search of meaning.” I’m not really sure about the meaning behind it, but hey, it’s pretty fun to watch.
Wizards & Warriors vs Mr Crowley
Friday, March 26th, 2010Listening to Mr Crowley on the radio today, I realized that the ending sequence of Mr Crowley and the title theme of Wizards and Warriors have the same chord progression. Watch a bit of the above videos for the comparison. What a catchy sequence!
Nelson Muntz
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
A website dedicated to Nelson Muntz only needs to contain one thing. Sure, there’s also that relationship he had with Lisa and that time he made Bart kill the bird, but those episodes were boring. I’m talking about his catch phrase — you know, the thing he shouts every time someone commits a buffoonery. Also, someone go make this into an interactive website.
Christian Weston Chandler, ya blew it
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010And he’s back. Thanks for making a liar of me, CWC.
Christian Weston Chandler, signing off
Monday, March 22nd, 2010A surprising farewell message from Christian Weston Chandler to the internet. Considering his insane character and unique lifestyle, I think this is a great way for him to go out. His goodbye message is quite enlightening, and for that, and for all the entertainment he has brought me over the past months, I thank him. You will be missed, CWC.
The World According to David Liebe Hart
Sunday, March 21st, 2010Get ready, because here’s the trailer for The World According to David Liebe Hart. Starring both Mr Hart and featuring Mr Quall, it’s sure to be… well something. I realize it won’t be anything like what we’re used to when they’re on Tim and Eric, and probably not that funny, but I’ve watched enough of their public-access-television to know it’ll at least be worth checking out. Here’s another trailer with James Quall.
Buran
Saturday, March 20th, 2010
During the 1980s, the Russians took a shot at building their own reusable space vehicle. They basically copied the US Space Shuttle and came up with the Buran. It only flew once before being destroyed in a hanger collapse. Next time, Spuntnik 2.
Great cover of Time in a Bottle
Friday, March 19th, 2010I don’t think making a respectable cover of a Jim Croce song would be an easy thing to do, but all the way from Taiwan, this man does it. If you’re not a fan of this song, you can always just turn down the volume and enjoy the green screen effects. I just wish he would do a cover of my favorite Jim Croce song.
Bottom of Stirling Falls
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Captured by Greg O’Beirne, here we have a beautiful photograph of bottom of Stirling Falls, located in the Milford Sound, New Zealand. It’s strange how it almost looks computer generated. But really, I’m just glad these falls are in New Zealand and not Australia.
Tim Heidecker stand up
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010For all you followers of the Tim Heidecker stand ups on YouTube, you may have over looked this latest one. The ninth installment includes some old jokes, some new jokes and not enough pancake jokes.
Google Shell
Monday, March 15th, 2010
Do your Google searches in a unix-like shell at goosh.org. I know, it’s not very practical, but it searches the web, images, videos, etc and it’s super fast. Also, none of those nasty ads — just a geek hard at work. Overall, nicely implemented.
Forever’s Not So Long
Sunday, March 14th, 2010A great little existential short film about the end of the world. It’s only thirteen minutes long, so why not. As for me, I’m going to eat Cool Ranch Doritos with chocolate milk.
Saturn’s rings, shadows and moons
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
From the Cassini Orbiter, just like looking over Saturn’s shoulder.
Saturn’s moon Tethys casts a shadow on the planet’s A ring alongside the larger shadow cast by the planet itself in this image taken as Saturn approached its August 2009 equinox.
The night side of the planet is dimly lit here by ringshine. Tethys, located off to the left of this image, is not seen. The moon Janus can be seen orbiting outside the thin F ring at the top of the image. Other bright specks are background stars.
Words are very unnecessary
Friday, March 12th, 2010Green screen, chiptune, Depeche Mode. Full screen to fully experience the journey, be patient. Brilliant.
Moops
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
I drove behind this on the way home from work today. It could probably have ten different meanings, but I like to pretend that it’s a reference to this incident.
Andy Richter Controls the Universe
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Sometimes I feel as though I’m the only one whoever liked this television series. Sigh.
The stars that move
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
From Project Gutenberg, a completely free (and legal) eBook, The Outline of Science, features some 1920s awesome. The book is basically an overview of the natural science, but has some neat retro illustrations of the solar system, biology and molecules and such. And now, from the 1910s, The Planets.
James Quall
Monday, March 8th, 2010The sobering truth about the life and adventures of comedian James Quall off the set of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! I’m Quall.
Amazing, incomprehensible distances
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
No, that is not a diagram of what it would look like if a Nuclear bomb was detonated in Lansing, Michigan. Rather, at Scale of the Solar System, some clever person or persons at Michigan State University put together this nice to-scale mapping of the solar system. The scale is set by the size of an Earth globe in some planetarium lobby. A perfect example of the mind-boggling distances in outer space. Truly beyond basic human comprehension.
Simulation city
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
This is the biggest city I’ve ever built in Sim City 3000. My only regret is not keeping a copy of the saved game, or having a monitor capable of resolutions larger than 800×600.
Next time, Japanese Sim City!
(Turn up speakers to maximum for complete joke.)