RateMyCop.com causes police anger – of course cops are anti-free speech if it means criticizing police or bringing their abuses to light. Record Year For Hollywood (what about all the big bad nasty pirates with peg-legs and swords?!). No link between Saddam and Al Qaida! DUH! (more…)
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
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March 12, 2008
LINKS: SADDAM HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 911, Cops try to pass law banning website that rates them, record movie profits this year
Posted by Clint under Abuse Of Authority, Afghanistan, Articles, Censorship, Copyright, Corporations, Geek Politics, George W. Bush, Iraq, News, Politicians, Politics, September 11th, The War On Terror[3] Comments
March 12, 2008
SOCIAL NETWORKING: Twitter, Facebook, and RSS — duh!
Posted by Clint under Clint, Internet, People, RSS, Technology, TwitterLeave a Comment
Duh! I never RSS-subscribed to my friends’ facebook status updates! That’s one of the more obvious feeds that I should have subscribed to a long time ago!
Now that I’ve added the the TwitterSync Facebook application, my twitter statuses are automatically updated to Facebook. So now everyone can on Facebook see what I’m doing, even if I never go there. It makes sense to get the opposite – to get everyone else’s updates without ever having to go there. Frankly, I was surprised Facebook had an RSS feed for that. I thought these companies rarely did anything to keep you from having to login over and over (which I hate), so I’m happy.
March 12, 2008
PICTURES: Attack Of The Carolyn Clones
Posted by Clint under Angel P, Carolyn, Meagan P, Media, People, Pictures[19] Comments
Click the image to see a fullsize ( 1152×788 ) version:
I didn’t do a lot of blondes, because Carolyn is already blonde. The lower-right corner is “50% gray”, a simulation of what Carolyn’s hair might naturally look like today. The top-left reminds me of Meagan’s hair, and the first blonde in row 1 reminds me of Angel’s hair. Make your own (one head at a time) HERE. Feel free to chime in as to which one is best…. Hell if I know. She looks pretty no matter how I shuffle her attributes :)
March 12, 2008
VIDEO: MOVIES: REVIEW: Grindhouse: Death Proof
Posted by Clint under Carolyn, Clint, Media, Movies, People, Reviews, Susan E, Video[13] Comments
Netflix: Clint:3/5 stars, Carolyn:2/5 stars. IMDB: 6/10 (both).
Susan was right — Grindhouse:Planet Terror was a lot better than Grindhouse:Death Proof.
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March 12, 2008
CARTOONS: Remember MTV’s Downtown? Buy it on DVD now, directly from animator Chris Prynoski!
Posted by Clint under Articles, Cartoons, Media, Video[9] Comments
Anyone remember MTV’s excellent Emmy-nominated 1990s series Downtown? If you don’t, you can read Animated Manhattan: Downtown, the 19th article in Ironic Sans‘s ongoing series looking at New York City in animation. Check out their sampling of screenshots – they reviewed the series far better than I ever could. It was very “real”, down-to-earth, and perhaps even a bit impressionistic.
Like almost every MTV animated series ever, despite the fact that it was in the top 10% of enjoyability — it only ran for 1 season, and was not released to DVD — not even 10 years after airing. BUT WAIT. Animator Chris Prynoski (who now works on Metalocalypse, did the hallucination scene in the Beavis & Butt-head movie, and has directed Daria episodes) has now started his own blog.
‘And on his own blog, he is selling promotional DVDs of MTV’s Downtown for $25. (I just bought mine. Really.) For once, you can purchase a show and have the money go directly to the person who created it. (Hat Tip to Compn.)
Also, by the way — Dethtroll was supposed to be 8 Nathan Explosions tall, and “Goat” from Downtown, Metalocalypse, and Megas XLR are all the same character, voiced by the real-life “Goat”, who is a New Jersey tattoo artist. Except in Metalocalypse, where he was voiced by James Hetfield of Metallica. How many tattoo artists can boast that they appeared in 3 cartoons and were voiced by James Hetfield? (The answer is: One.)
