I'd Go Today If It Were Out

Lurker: see you there.

Pussy Riot

Because you know you don't hear enough Russian Federation Grrlz.
Russian outfit Pussy Riot brung da punk with an anti-Putin, unapproved performance at Moscow's major orthodox cathedral recently. Read me. Please to embrace their enthusiastic noise.

Mélanie Laurent

Sorry, couldn't look at the crocheted cooter anymore. Anybody see Beginners? Mélanie Laurent should have won every Oscar that ever was.

Something You Can All Get Into

Male congresspersons are being inundated with handmade vajayjays from the Snatchel Project. More images and story here. The movement encourages craftswomen to send their gynophobic congressmen knit and crocheted bags, pouches and decorations in the shape of their favorite ladyparts.

Yup, It's Bullshit

I saw this story on Today this morning, reported as fact. A fascinating Gizmodo article explains how CGI artists can tell it's fake when most people can't.

Eleven ILM employees weigh in ...

"Bad physics, shaky cam with bad focus (always a giveaway) and the most steady head I've ever seen on a guy flapping his arms in order to not break every bone in his body. FAKE."

"The wing-loading is crazy. ,,Also, a major purpose of a tail on a bird or airplane is to counter-act the forward pitching moment of the wing. If you could get your weight down to about 50 pounds for those wings, you would still find yourself rolling forward. Straight-wing flying wings need a specific twist, or large dihedral, to maintain stable flight (both of which kill lift). The configuration in the video is prone to gerbilling.,,I think the animation cycle on the figure is borrowed from the monkeys in Wizard of Oz."

And a "heavyweight CGI alum" ...

I've been in CG for 15 years, and worked at some of the largest studios like ILM and Weta Digital. This is 100% without a doubt a digital composite, which is great! When I saw this video I was happy to see that somebody really took the time to integrate good CG into a viral video. So many hackneyed attempts are passed around, and this one really stands out. A lot of people have been fooled, so I thought I'd show how trained Hollywood visual effects artists can spot CG when ley people can't. The ILM guys that pointed out the crappy footage were right - that's what covers 90% of the problems. You actually WANT bad footage to put CG into, because the shaking covers many mistakes.

Cloud Nothings

Attack on Memory. If you're looking For Things Produced by Steve Albini and enjoyable to listen to. I have Stay Useless in heavy heavy rotation.

Big Things Have Small Beginnings

Viral video to promote Prometheus.

UPDATE: I had to kill that embedded video set to auto play; it was driving me nuts. Link is here.

Happy Green Day

If you're celebrating today, have a nice time and be careful of green beer.

What is it with Jays and GBV?

"As you probably know, Dayton is the home of the Wright Brothers, the Dayton Peace Accords, and Guided By Voices, the greatest rock 'n' roll band of the modern era, in my humble opinion."

-- White House Press Secretary Jay Carney in today's press briefing.

March Madness

It's that time again bastards. No, Jay isn't having his period, it March Madness. It's a little late, but I've set up a group on Yahoo to pick teams in the tournament. If basketball isn't your thing, then there is this other bracket that you may want to check out...

Here's a link to pick your bracket. May the best bastard win, bitches.

This Is Fucking Awesome

Anybody Getting One?

That retina display screen looks pretty sweet ...

Guacamologist

Not that anyone spends his Mondays considering alternate careers, of course, but "Guacamologist" is definitely on the short list. Making margaritas and Texas guacamagic at the Ritz-Carlton just sounds so... something. Story here. And I don't even like avocado.

Not Tasteful, Not Nude

But better than Eric's toes.

"I'm Olivia Wilde. Welcome to the GQ Comedy Issue."

TGIF, bastards. I'm heading up to see Radiohead this weekend.

The Cruel Shoes

Fellow Mathletes: Due to recurrent pelvic stress fractures - broke ass to the layman - this bastard was recently seeking a more ass-sound running method. After reading a fascinating article The Once and Future Way to Run, I became an enthusiastic, insufferable barefoot convert. I am now more in touch with my evolutionary inner monkey!
It was barefeets on the treadmill for a bit, then out on the streets in my new finger-toed kicks, see above.
Not one week into the conversion, I was viciously attacked by some sort of vampire snake, as you can see from the above abras bite marks. Also note the fractured and somewhat embiggened big toe. I learned that in Spanish your big toe is called your "fat toe", so it's been educational all around.
I'm supposed to stay in a walking boot and not run for 4-6 weeks, but being an incorrigible bastard, I ran the next day anyway.
Happy to report that a broken toe does not limit my ability to put my foot in my mouth. Anyone know a good dentist?

Fri-Fucking-Day

Sorry, but I couldn't look at the old guy anymore. Evidently, it's her. I'm off tomorrow to see the Spring Phillies play the Spring Tigers. Ah, Florida. Have a lovely, Bastardos.

Shit

Ralph McQuarrie. Google him.

Ooops

Worst comic book coloring error ever.