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October 3, 2008

Tri-cities Independent Film Festival

Filed under: Event, Fun little bit — Tags: , , — Tyler @ 4:31 am

Today in the Battelle Science Fiction Club we saw some films that will be presented at the Tri-cities Independent/Fan Film Festival running October 11 at the Tri-City Comic-Con. We only had time for around six shorts, but they all pretty solid. Looking at the current list there are some entries with wonderful potential. I missed the judging (same day as a friend’s wedding), but from what I hear my initial impressions are correct. The last film we saw was Ascension, where a man walks in on a human sacrifice was quite amusing. It’s embedded below for your enjoyment.

For as much as I complain about this area I will say there is some excellent community driven events here. See you at the Tri-Con.

August 21, 2008

Conformity

Filed under: Fun little bit — Tags: — Tyler @ 1:35 pm

From the old Candid Camera program.

February 20, 2008

Chicken, Chicken

Filed under: Fun little bit — Tyler @ 5:44 am

“Jokes for Nerds” time. My friend (and former roommate) passed this on from the last AAAS conference in Boston. You have to love AIR. The original article: Chicken, Chicken: Chicken, Chicken.

February 14, 2008

S.A.D.

Filed under: Fun little bit — Tyler @ 8:55 am

Might be the best “coughing up a heart” video I’ve ever seen:
Mine to give (sorry, couldn’t embed). From Annaliese Rittershaus at RhinestoneMedia.

Oh, almost forgot, Happy Valentine’s Day.

February 3, 2008

Precious moments

Filed under: Fun little bit — Tyler @ 10:32 pm

Sometimes coincidence brings the best moments. I wish I could take credit for the picture and since the site in is Norwegian I’ll just link the original page.

Moment

A friend of a friend tells me that the caption roughly translates as: “Toilet visit from the north. Large (species?) relieves itself in the Bogstad Lake. Burnt-out cheek annoying, but just a little”

December 24, 2007

Stranded

Filed under: Fun little bit — Tags: — Tyler @ 10:28 am

I’ve been stuck in airports before, seldom overnight. As luck would have it my connecting flight back to Pennsylvania was canceled. The best alternative I could find was a flight out to the next closest airport and a train ride back to my home town. All of that’s pretty normal for this time of year.

The reason for my post. If you are even stranded in the Chiacgo O’Hare airport seek out the cot farm near security screening. You might get a spot if you get in early. I tried to get my 4 hour power nap started around midnight CST. At 4 am they will start clearing out the cots while every body is still asleep. In all fairness a woman did warn me there was a 4 am wakeup call. Below is about half the cots that were set up, most were full when I woke up.

Cots at O’Hare

November 3, 2007

The Last Laugh

Filed under: Fun little bit — Tyler @ 6:33 pm

The lovely comedy group of consisting of John Bird, Rory Bremmer, and John Fortune specialize in political satire. The acts that I’ve been able to find have been stand up, impersonations, and a series of interviews with “important people.” The mock interviews are my favorite so far. The humor is spot on and deadpan, just my cup of tea. Of interest so far are: Washington Diplomat, Conservative MP, Justice Minister, and The Analysis (linked below). I do wish we’d head about this sort of thing sooner, such a breath of fresh air.

October 21, 2007

Gali the Alligator

Filed under: Fun little bit — Tyler @ 12:33 pm

May 16, 2007

Spamtrap

Filed under: Fun little bit, Gadgets — Tyler @ 6:01 am

Art can be fun. MobuzzTV (via BoingBoing) had a bit on the Spamtrap, an installation put together to express the artists frustration over the amount of spam in his inbox. Since moving the spam to a virtual trash can was not enough he decided to physically delete it, well shred it. Have a look at the picture below or the video for the full detail. In brief, the artist set up a spam-prone email account, has a computer check it, print the email, and drop it into a paper shredder. All captured email gets reported to spam lists. And of course the shredded paper is recycled.

Spamtrap

“Spamtrap” video

April 5, 2007

It’s nice to see a straight forward opinion

Filed under: Fun little bit, Interesting bit — Tyler @ 3:33 pm

I found this YouTube clip via Rocketboom today. I’ve always had a lot of respect for David Lynch and this responce only adds to it.

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