I literally let out a gasp when I saw a link to these in Eric’s blog.

Must have. Want now.

When my inner consumer whore joins forces with my not-so inner geekdom… I am helpless.

Somewhere I saw a reference to a movie coming out in 2005 called “Sin City.” I
thought, “nah.. couldn’t be. Sure they’re making every comic book into a movie these days… but
they couldn’t do Sin City. Could they?” So, I hit imdb and looked HREF="http://imdb.com/title/tt0401792/" TARGET="_blank">it up.

omg. Sure as hell, they are making Sin City the movie. The page loaded and I thought, well, it’s
going to have to suck. I mean, how can they ever get the feel right? How will
they ever transfer that from paper to film? Then the names under the “Director” section catch my
eye.

omFg. Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. Ok, let me get this out of the way: I think HREF="http://imdb.com/name/nm0001675/" TARGET="_blank">Robert Rodiguez generally rocks. The only
movie of his that I’ve seen that I didn’t love was Once Upon A Time In Mexico, and even
that’s growing on me after the fact. (It was just SO over the top… but it had some brilliant
scenes…).

But the important thing here is, it’s Frank Fucking Miller. Yeah, to those not
in the know, when ya look at his imdb
resume, he doesn’t appear to be all that, but let me tell you one thing: He is all that,
and a bag of motherfucking chips. TARGET="_blank">He’s The Man in the comic book world. He’s one of the best artists in the
biz with a unique and striking style that screams intensity, but dwarfing his skill with pen and
pencil is his writing. The man can tell a story. He made Daredevil a bad ass. He breathed life
into Elektra. He put the dark in Dark Knight. He built Sin City. If I sound like a fanboy
here, it’s because I am. Unabashedly so.

Spamusement: Poorly-drawn cartoons inspired by actual spam subject lines. (RSS link if you prefer.)

A link on that site also sent me to Disturbing Auctions.

(Meant to post about this yesterday. Not that it matters, the poor guy’s website was slashdotted into oblivion for most of the day…)

This webpage chronicles the ongoing effort of Justin Spence to bring eBay scammer Sal Wise to justice… or at least get back his $1150. As it turns out, Sal has scammed upwards of $7000 from various folks on eBay. They’ve all managed to find each other and now Justin leads a group effort to get every one of them repaid.

You know, I’m very much a buyer beware kind of guy when it comes to stuff like eBay, but that, in no way, excuses the fraudulent activities of people like Sal. Justin & company are definitely fighting the good fight here. More power to ‘em. I hope they bring Sal down, hard.

Anyhow, the tale is very interesting and the page chronicling all of the emails is both infuriating and funny.

PS: The page that he put up this morning with all the emails from Slashdotters offering support, sympathy and advice is pretty damn cool too.

According to this article, Duke Univesity will be giving out iPods to it’s incoming freshmen. Free. For Keeps. The iPods will be preloaded with useful information, which students will then promptly erase so that they have more space for music. (Actually, the other half of the project will allow them to download course content. Pretty cool.)

One incoming student was quoted as saying, “Whoa.”

Whoa indeed, Mollie. Woah indeed.

Meant to blog this yesterday, but I forgot. You might have seen this linked elsewhere already (since it’s all over the place) but I felt the need to post something lighthearted after that last entry.

A Brilliant (bi-partisan) Political Animation. By bi-partisan, I of course mean it offends both parties. yay!

BoingBoing led to an article at BloggingBaby about a dad who’s chronicling the daily progress of his baby son who was born premature. And by premature, I mean 24 weeks. Way too fucking early. He was 1 lb, 7 ounces. Way too fucking small. If you follow the link in the story, be forewarned… it’s intense. (Sorry. That’s the only word that I can muster that doesn’t seem incredibly pathetic in it’s attempt to convey the potential emotional impact of this story.) Nonetheless, if you can divorce yourself from the events for just an instant (which may be hard to do), you can see how cool it is that this guy can keep his family and friends updated via his blog.

Escher inspired Audi car commercial.
Akiyoshi’s illusions.
Origami Macs.
Own your own Animatronic Band.
Cufflinks for serious geeks.
3 Laws Unsafe.
Boing Boing’s Firefly Caption Contest.

Ok. That’s enough. Now go find your own ways to waste time. :P

Wow! A Spiderman vs Doc Ock short all done in stop motion animation using legos. It’s quite impressive. (Link found at Boing Boing.)

Over at Gizmodo they have an
article about a new device called the SmartKlamp. What’s SmartKlamp, you say? Why, it’s a Single-Use, Automatic Circumcision Device.

Yes, you read that right. A Single-Use, Automatic Circumcision Device.

You should check out the page on the SmartKlamp site for details. Please take note of how happy the young boys on the page look. Uh, huh. They say, “Circumcision is a very simple and straightforward procedure. Nevertheless it is important to explain your son what is going to happen. With the availability of modern painkillers he does not need to suffer any pain. ” Yeah… no physical pain. ‘Just stick your winky in the thing that looks like a portable garbage disposal, son. Stop being such a pussy.’ gah. I’m gonna have nightmares tonight.