Pan's Labyrinth
So I was looking through the movie trailers at Apple as usual and I cam across this Spanish film. The whole trailer set-up makes it out to be almost like a children's fantasy movie, but the rating for it is R. Must be one odd movie.
Oddly enough, it's not the only such movie to fall into this category.
Tideland
At least this trailer makes it a bit more obvious Tideland isn't for kids.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Gay Animals!
BBC
The Oslo Natural History Museum has an exhibit up about gay animals. I was at that museum and I don't believe there was anything nearly this interesting there at the time. If you're ever in Oslo, you should go and tell me how it was.
The Oslo Natural History Museum has an exhibit up about gay animals. I was at that museum and I don't believe there was anything nearly this interesting there at the time. If you're ever in Oslo, you should go and tell me how it was.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Comics Must be Had
xkcd
So apparently everyone I've talked to has already heard of this comic, but I'm posting here because I think it's funny, dammit.
So apparently everyone I've talked to has already heard of this comic, but I'm posting here because I think it's funny, dammit.
Friday, October 06, 2006
Ig Nobel Prizes
Improbable Research
While I wait for the Nobel committee to announce the winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics, I thought I'd share with you the winners of the Ig Nobel Prizes. These prizes go to the strangest and seemingly useless research science has to offer. It's quite an entertaining list.
While I wait for the Nobel committee to announce the winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics, I thought I'd share with you the winners of the Ig Nobel Prizes. These prizes go to the strangest and seemingly useless research science has to offer. It's quite an entertaining list.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Your Band Will Suck
Something Awful
Basically the only thing I still read on the SA front page is Dr. David Thorpe's "Your Band Sucks". What I usually read is the hate mail he receives for his bad reviews. It seems that there is a surprising number of people who don't realize he's a gimmick whose job is to write bad reviews.
Anyway, his latest post is an aptitude test to determine whether or not you should start a band. Most likely, the answer is no.
Basically the only thing I still read on the SA front page is Dr. David Thorpe's "Your Band Sucks". What I usually read is the hate mail he receives for his bad reviews. It seems that there is a surprising number of people who don't realize he's a gimmick whose job is to write bad reviews.
Anyway, his latest post is an aptitude test to determine whether or not you should start a band. Most likely, the answer is no.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Weightless Surgery
BBC
The whole idea confounds me. What they did was set up an operation in one of those planes they use to get people used to weightlessness. However, weightlessness only lasts 20 seconds. So they had to stop after 20 seconds and wait for the whole thing to start again. I understand why they did it, to get a rough idea of what it would be like to perform surgery in space, but I don't get the last part of the article about applications here on Earth.
The whole idea confounds me. What they did was set up an operation in one of those planes they use to get people used to weightlessness. However, weightlessness only lasts 20 seconds. So they had to stop after 20 seconds and wait for the whole thing to start again. I understand why they did it, to get a rough idea of what it would be like to perform surgery in space, but I don't get the last part of the article about applications here on Earth.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Du Har Inte Röstat Piratpartiet
Dagens Nyheter
The non-socialist alliance narrowly defeated the socialists in the Swedish election. The Democratic Socialist Party had their worst showing in over 80 years, although they are still the single largest party. Also, the Pirate Party did not receive the required 4% of the vote to get into the Rikstag. In fact, despite evidence of strong showings for new parties and weak poll results for various minor parties, the make-up of the Rikstag remains largely unchanged.
The non-socialist alliance narrowly defeated the socialists in the Swedish election. The Democratic Socialist Party had their worst showing in over 80 years, although they are still the single largest party. Also, the Pirate Party did not receive the required 4% of the vote to get into the Rikstag. In fact, despite evidence of strong showings for new parties and weak poll results for various minor parties, the make-up of the Rikstag remains largely unchanged.
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