Thursday, September 24, 2009

"Obama Pacman" Is Catching On

And somebody's gettin' rich! You can now buy a replica decal similar to the one on Obama's Macbook, seen in this photo...

... by clicking here. Yeah, it's the decal everyone's talking about. Only cool people have this decal on their Macbooks. So if you have a Macbook and you want to be cool, now's your chance. Hurry! DO IT OR YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BE A GOOD-FOR-NOTHING NOBODY!!!

The decals are $3 each or five for twelve bucks. God damn I thought I was slick but someone always beats me to the punch!

Oh and not to be anal, but Pac-Man is spelled with a hyphen. Not that the dude counting his millions is gonna give two shits but just sayin'.


Mobile DJing To The Next Level

Bass in the balls. That's a good thing. You should always face the crowd though. I am inclined to label this a FAIL.

Now THIS...

THIS is a WIN IMO...


Scion partnered with Pioneer to develop this custom xB. Can you imagine having a party and this thing shows up? Your party fun multiplies by 12,000. Damn that would be awesome.

Here are some other DJ-style vehicles. Cool or just plain ol' stupid? You be the judge...







Bizarre Japanese Game Shows You Will Not Believe: Evil Treadmill!

omg this is hilarious.


All Your Base Are Belong To Us

If you're not familiar with the phrase, click here and congratulate yourself on living in the year 2009!

If you ARE familiar with that phrase but have yet to watch the legendary video remix, check it out below. Good stuff.


Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Did Jack Kirby Have A Hand In Creating Spider-Man?



Contrary to popular belief it appears he may have. I thought this was interesting. From Heatvision:

Comics fans know Kirby's work as intimately as their Spidey Underoos. Even though the Webslinger's origins are generally credited to Stan Lee and reclusive artist Steve Ditko, Kirby was key in the character's early development in Marvel¹s pages. Lee first approached Kirby, with whom he had already created Fantastic Four, X-Men and the Hulk, among others, to help flesh out the concept and initially draw the comic.

The reasons Kirby didn't end up drawing the book are lost in the mists of comic history, with some claiming Lee didn't like Kirby's more muscular depiction and others believing Lee was just too busy. (Kirby did end up drawing the cover to Spider-Man's first appearance, "Amazing Fantasy" #15.)

According to several accounts, Kirby, with his Captain America co-creator Joe Simon, did create a character called the Silver Spider, whose alter ego was an orphaned boy living with two elderly people, and that character was morphed into Spider-Man. 

Fascinating. Click here for the full story!

Megan Fox Is A Brainiac!

According to FilmDrunk:

In the latest issue of Rolling Stone, Megan Fox says, “I’m really tired of being exploited and having everything I say sensationalized.  It’s an unbearable lifestyle.”  

Click here for more.

The Most Bitchin' Pool Table You Have Ever Seen

Okay, are you being distracted by anything right now? Like, work or something like that? Stop what you are doing. You will need to have your full wits about you because I am about to show you something that will blow your mind. Okay, so Gizmodo has the full story, but I am calling your attention to it, dammit. LOOK!!!


IT'S A FUTURISTIC POOL TABLE FROM THE FUTURE!!!

From Gizmodo:

If you like being distracted by projections and badass animations while you play pool, the Obscura CueLight is for you. It uses sensors and an overhead projector to create images that follow the balls as they bang around the table.

The system itself will set you back $80,000, no pool table included. At the Esquire Ultimate Bachelor Pad, where it's currently set up, it's projecting on a $125,000 pool table. Bottom line: you can't afford it.

In addition to this setup, where the balls reveal an image hidden underneath, you can also set it up to have flames track behind the balls, or water that ripples as the balls pass over it. It's a pretty awesome trick, one that works surprisingly smoothly.

Thanks to Eric for the lead


The Polk County Drug Raid: Cops Love Video Games Too!

I had planned to post this on Tuesday night but ended up crashing early. In any case here it is, the Polk County Wii Bowling Tournament, er Drug Raid:



Thanks to my lovely wife for the lead

All The McDonalds In The Continental United States Lit Up At Once


According to Buzzfeed:

Stephen Von Worley created this map showing the distance from the nearest McDonalds throughout the lower 48 states. Congrats, South Dakota: You provide the greatest geographical McChallenge.

That's a lot of nuggets right there.


Full-Size Star Trek Shuttlecraft Playhouse

I have no idea how I missed this, but the other day The Chive posted a piece on how some guy built his grandkids a Star Trek Galileo shuttlecraft play house. Yeah. As in life-size, with blinking lights and doohickies! Looking at this makes me feel like Clark Griswold when he ran toward Wallyworld in slow motion. Holy motherf#*king shit!



Here you can see the real Galileo shuttlecraft. It's the focal point of a very kick-ass episode of Star Trek (at least from the standpoint of plot) called "The Galileo Seven." Ignore the hokey special effects, this episode is f#*kin' awesome:


Check out more pics at The Chive.