Archive for June, 2007

Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

I’ve always had this fascination with the whole three wise monkeys thing of Hear no evil, See no evil, Speak no evil.
What’s fun is where it pops up. Here are two of my favorite examples:
Planet of the Apes

Doctor Who - Revenge of the Cybermen

There are some other (but by no means a complete list) […]

The Amityville Cell Phone

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Maybe it’s just a long-running prank, but the reign of terror endured by three Fircrest families buries the needle on the creepy meter.
For four months, the Kuykendalls, the Prices and the McKays say, they’ve been harassed and threatened by mysterious cell phone stalkers who track their every move and occasionally lurk by their homes late […]

More Bad Food

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Chinese toothpaste in Canada contains too much DEG (diethylene glycol) and Veggie Booty has been found to contain salmonella bacterium.

iPhone Durablity Test

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Here’s a video of some scratch and drop tests of the new iPhone. They force you to watch an ad first and the music at the end of the video is a bit sudden and loud but how the iPhone survives the tests is impressive (given it’s mass).

Guy tries to steal a Fox microphone live on-air

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Too bad he didn’t get away with it.

iPhone Take Apart

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Here’s a fun link to an iPhone being taken apart.

Best. Car. Ever.

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Ok I want this person to be my new best friend.

Doctor Who rips off…itself?

Monday, June 25th, 2007

Is it just me or is the three part ending to season three really really similar to the old Tom Baker episode “Invasion of Time?”
Invasion of Time story:
The Doctor returns to Gallifrey to claim the Presidency and immediately orders Leela into exile. Then the transduction barriers around the planet are sabotaged and the Vardans allowed […]

How To: Batch Processing in Compressor 3

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

A lot of people (including me) seem to be having trouble with the new silly dumbed-down GUI for Compressor 3 when trying to figure out how to batch process from FCP. Here’s what I found posted to a forum about it:
Right there is a way to batch export from FCP and this is how:
Instead of […]

Blade Runner…The Final Cut

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

New trailer for Blade Runner…The Final Cut