RoboCop Wants a Statue

RoboCop Speaks to Detroit from Peter Weller

An update on a story I blogged about a few weeks ago... Robocop (the guy who played Murphy) is now trying to help in getting Robocop a statue in Detroit.

The Tardis as a Restroom

A new bar in New York has opened with the restroom inside a Tardis. It's a great idea, especially if your target audience is nerds who enjoy British Sci-Fi. I wonder if it makes the Tardis sound when flushing and if it's bigger on the inside than the out.

Feb 2011 Fail Compilation Video

If you love watching people fail, here is an 8 minute tribute for you.

Watson Won on Technicality

The Jeopardy match vs. Watson was something folklore could be made of. It reminds me of the tale of John Henry (man vs. steam engine). If you haven't watched it yet, the shows can be found on Youtube if you look hard enough. As I watched I thought, this isn't really a competition of knowledge anymore, it's a physical competition of response time. Here is a PC Mag article I enjoyed that mimics my feelings on the issue. Now we are yet another step closer to machines becoming self-aware.

Cat Burgler

I found this story a bit intriguing. It may be that I'm not a cat person, but I don't really understand why this is allowed to continue. My vote is to put it in a closed room of the night or chain it up. It's all fun and games until something really valuable gets damaged or lost, or someone gets really angry and sets a trap for the cat.

Minecraft Proposal

I've kinda gotten taken in by the game "Minecraft". It's a game where you build stuff out of the natural resources you mine, forage or collect. The possibilities are endless. Here is an article featuring a video of a marriage proposal on the game of Minecraft. I had a hard time building a small shelter, something like this had to take days.

Re-purposed Phone Booths

It seems that almost overnight pay phone's vanished. Even more rare is seeing a phone booth (poor Superman). Here is a link of 10 re-purposed phone booths. We all hate to see "icons" like this die, so may as well make their small space useful again. Personally I like to use them to travel in time.

What to Name that Building?

I'm supposed to be a mature adult, but some things bring out the Junior High kid in me. This story is an example of one of those. I can't watch it without snickering.

Real Life Mario Cart 2

This guy posted a video a few years ago (which made it to my blog) of a real life Mario Cart. He has now made a sequel. It's not too different, although it does get interesting when he gets the turtle shells. I love how the cars swerve away from the banana peels.

Problem with Passwords

We know that passwords aren't a perfect solution to verifying who you are, but it's what we have that works easily. This isn't a new concept, but I saw this Businessweek article about passwords and thought it was a good reminder. The interesting part is the chart showing how long it takes to crack your password based on its complexity.

Portal 2 Valentine's Pre-Order Promo

One of my favorite games of all times is the original Portal game. It has some great puzzles to keep you thinking. I'm highly anticipating Portal 2, and I really liked their promotional they came out with today for the pre-orders.

Geeky Valentine's Day Cards

I was looking for some geeky Valentine's Day cards to print for my wife and came across this site with gaming cards. I ended up printing the one for Donkey Kong for her and leaving it in her laptop to find, but my favorite was the minecraft one (I don't think she would understand it since she doesn't play).

One Man Quartet

Who better to harmonize with yourself than yourself. This guy does a great job of making his own quartet.

One Dress, Six Months

A lot of us hate wearing the same outfit twice in one week, much less every day. Here is a great story about a girl who is wearing one dress for six months to raise awareness for human trafficking. The link has a really great video interview with the girl that explains what she is doing really well. Back a couple hundred years ago, people only had one or two outfits to wear (as opposed to multiple closets), so she's kick'n it old school.

Cleverly's - Tonight's Gonna be a Good Night

I vote next year at the Super Bowl, we get these guys to perform. I've featured them here before and they're just highly talented "Good Ol' Boys".

Mario and 25 Years of Dying

If you're going to save the princess, you're going to break a few Marios. Sure there are people out there who can beat all the Mario games without losing a life, but most of us suffer many lives before we can get there. Here is a great photo showing the death of Mario over 25 years.

Mario Violin

By the title and the YouTube pic preview, I didn't think this would be that great, but color me impressed! It's hard to explain, but after a few seconds you'll get the hang of it.

Meanwhile in Norway

I don't know if I've said it lately or not, but I really dislike the bitter cold. Although I'm in a nicely heated room, this video makes me cold just watching it. Silly Vikings!

Floppy Music to my Ears

Remember the beautiful noises that floppy disks used to make while spinning up. Strangely enough I do miss it a little, although I hated floppies. Anyway, turns out you can put your old computer into a retirement of a musical career.

Food MRI's

I'm not sure what the origins of this are, but the results are really cool, it's a blog called "Inside Insides" and is MRI's of food. I guess this is what you get when you give a hungry Radiologist a blog. The images on his page are a little mind blowing. I wonder how long it'll last before someone catches him with a pineapple in the MRI machine and he gets in trouble.

Famous Statues, but no Robocop for Detroit

I saw a link to a tweet by the Mayor of Detroit saying that a Robocop statue would not be erected and thought I wonder what other famous fictional statues exist. I thought I would be clever, find an article with famous fictional statues, and make a blog entry linking these two ideas together. Turns out someone had the idea earlier today and made such an article. With that said, it is sad that Detroit isn't putting up the statue; they really need a hero about now.

Krispy Kreme Challenge

On ESPN this evening they had a video featuring the "Krispy Kreme Challenge". I can't find that exact video (although I haven't looked terribly hard), but I did find this news link. What the race entails is running 2 miles to the Krispy Kreme, grabbing and eating a dozen donuts, and then running 2 miles back, all in under an hour. For those wondering that's 2,400 calories taken in and about 650 calories burned. You may gain weight from running, but it's all for a good cause.

8 Regional Foods You Might Not Know

I'm a fan of food lore. If someplace I'm going is famous for a certain type of food, I'm interested. Mental Floss had this article the other day about "8 Regional Foods You might not Know". Not to ruin it, but at the top of their list is Skyline chili, which people are always amazed when I them about. At the bottom of the linked article is a list of famous regional foods. A few other local foods that I know of are the "hot brown" from the Louisville, KY area, and scrapple from PA.

Botched Anthem

Last night I was yapping away during the Super Bowl's National Anthem so I didn't notice the mess up. There's no use in posting a link to that video here, however I would like to remind you of another time the National Anthem was botched by one Enrico Pallazzo

I love this movie. The late Mr. Nielsen in his finest

IE- Worst Ice Skater Ever

I can't say too much about bad skating, but this latest Improv Everywhere video was quite clever.... The old switcharoo gets 'um every time. I've embedded the video, but really, you should check out the Improv Everywhere site for the full story.

Long Fingernails for Fame

Seems like people will do anything for fame, including growing their fingernails out for 22 years. I'm not quite sure how she gets day to day activities done with those, but now she has at least achieved minor Internet stardom (she made it to my blog, that qualifies). The only problem is, in the video she says she wants her story to be heard, but she didn't tell it.

Monkey Punch Dino Makes a Return

I received an email this morning that I'm super excited about. The maker of the Monkey Punch Dinosaur blog (which I submitted to a few years ago) is making a come back, this time on Tumblr.
Simply abide by 3 rules: 1) monkeys 2) dinosaurs 3) punching and then submit your own. It's fun and fairly easy to do. Go check out his new tumblr and make your own monkey punch.

Star Wars + Banjo

When you see the title of this, you think "I have a bad feeling about this", but the Star Wars theme on a banjo is actually quite appealing.

Imagine-A-Jump

Two musician's that you don't think of together... John Lennon and Van Halen. Strangely enough, when you combine them together, it's kind of weird. Here is a link to the "Imagine" song with "Jump" lyrics. Two great songs that sound strange together.