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Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Chase cam in real life
Pretty cool video game science: can you actually drive a car in chase cam mode, like in GTA? These guys tried it out with a camera rig, monitor on the dashboard and blinded windows. The results are quite hilarious.
The Daily What: Video Game Science Experiment of the Day
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Collateral murder
Here's the controversial video footage from an American Apache helicopter gun camera that shows an assault on a group of people (including to Reuters reporters) in Baghdad in July 2007. The footage also documents the radio transmissions between the different groups of soldiers involved.
The crews first gun down a group that has assembled in a street, seemingly mistaking the camera of one of the journalists for a weapon. Then, when a van pulls up to rescue one of the wounded, this vehicle is also taken out. It's a rather eerie insight into the Iraq war, simultaneously showing you the harsh reality of an ambush and the matter-of-factly conversations of the soldiers.
YouTube - Wikileaks leaked video of Civilians killed in Baghdad - Full video
Human centipede
This movie won't need so many special effects, when the premise (and the illustration shown by the mad German doctor in the trailer) is all that's necessary to deeply disturb you.
First Trailer From Horrific Human Centipede Makes Us Queasy - Human Centipede - io9
Monday, April 5, 2010
Monolith action figure
Best action figure ever: the TMA-2 monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Features zero points of articulation!
Edit: ThinkGeek got me -- like the iCade, this was one of their April Fools products.
ThinkGeek :: Monolith Action Figure
Star Wars episode 2 review
Mike Stoklasa returns to Star Wars after his Episode 1 review and takes on Attack of the Clones. 9 parts-- 90 minutes! I didn't think he would be able to pull it off, but this might even be better than the first. It's genius!
The Daily What: Movie Review of the Day
Screaming Carl
This happens when one iPhone application challenges another for a screaming match: Talking Carl vs. Screaming Carl vs. White Noise Carl.
The Daily What: This Is Unexpectedly Hilarious, You Should Watch It of the Day
Kick-ass Big Daddy clip
Yes, another Kick-Ass clip, but this one is great once again: Nicolas Cage as Big Daddy cleans out a warehouse of bad guys.
Topless Robot - Nic Cage Seems Somewhat More Efficient Than Batman
Budd Dwyer
Pennsylvania politician and state treasurer Robert “Budd” Dwyer was about to be sentenced for a charge of bribing but shot himself in front of a live television audience at a press conference. The video above is the actual footage of his suicide, and Wikipedia has some more background on the affair.
R. Budd Dwyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Resident Evil Afterlife trailer
This one just out: the first theatrical trailer for the next installment in the Resident Evil franchise. Featuring multiple Milla Jovovichs -- yummy!
Screen Gems Released New ‘Resident Evil 4′ Movie Trailer & It’s Intense | OnTheFlix
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Pink Floyd in 8-bit
Been listening to this all day: the Pink Floyd album Dark Side of the Moon done with a NES sound processor. The conversion to the 8-bit sounds is really impressive, an I especially like the intro of Money with the Super Mario coin sounds. Genius!
YouTube - MOON8 1 of 6 - Speak to Me / Breathe / On the Run
Tron trailer re-cut
The original Tron is a classic, yet sometimes pretty dull movie. This new "modernized" (recut) trailer makes a whole different, action-packed affair out of it.
EPICponyz: TRON: Modernized Trailer
Nazi ufo cockpit
New production pic from Iron Sky: the interior of one of their Nazi UFOs.
Ever Wondered What a Nazi UFO Cockpit Looks Like? « Beyond the Iron Sky
Content-aware fill
Well, wow. Seems like this new Photoshop CS5 feature isn't even an April Fools's joke: content-aware fill "guesses" at the right background to fill in when you delete areas in your picture. I'm still on Photoshop 7, but this might be a killer feature to update for.
The World's Best Ever: Adobe is aware… content aware
A-team trailer
I suppose this will be fun, even though the actors will never ever reach the awesomeness of the original A-Team (except maybe Liam Neeson). In cinemas June 11.
The Daily What: Movie Trailer of the Day
Filing the edges off a macbook
Ugh, we would usually use the word "nerd" in a rather positive sense, but his guy shows what it's like to be a nerd of the obnoxious type: if you have to "whine on Twitter" about the sharp edges of your Macbook then, well, you should consider stop blogging and "get a life".
How to File the Sharp Edge Off a MacBook Pro | One Man's Blog
The Expendables theatrical trailer
Stallone's new film has an all-star cast with Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, and even Arnie who also features in this trailer. September 2010!
EPICponyz: The Expendables
iCade
You gotta love ThinkGeek for their ingenious April Fool's fake products: last year it was the Tauntaun sleeping bag which they are actually offering as a real product by now, this year it was the iCade, an arcade housing for your iPad enabling you to play classic arcade games in a miniature arcade console.
iCade by ThinkGeek | The Donut Project
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