I love Community. You should too. The TV show more than the gathering of people… well. I like gatherings of people too.
Here’s why.
Category: Culture
Tumblrweed: Actors with their action figures
Unless somebody makes a series of action figures for obscure figures in the Presbyterian Church of Queensland there’s not much chance that I’ll ever fulfil every boy’s childhood dream without paying a substantial amount of money for a customisation. Oh well. Here’s a tumblog that collects people with that dream coming true. Actors with Action Figures.
The truth about Smart Phones
I still can’t believe how many smart phone case sales outlets there are in your average shopping centre.
From Basic Instructions.
Lego Godfather: An offer you can’t refuse
Luca sleeps with the fishes.
Those are from AT94’s Cinematic Set on Flickr.
There’s a whole pool of mafia themed legos. Awesome sauce.
A Taxonomy of Wrestling Names
My enduring love of WWE is not something that gets a lot of air time here. Because I feel like it’s a decomposing skeleton lodged firmly in the back of my closet. But this Pop Chart Labs chart is useful next time you want to come up with a wrestling name when you’re creating a character on your wrestling game…
Click it for a bigger version. Though if you want a legible version you probably have to buy it as a poster.
More on Real Life Superheroes
I continue my fascination with the sort of psychological make up that leads people to don spandex, leather, and bulletproof vests to patrol the streets as super heroes. This article has done nothing to convince me to put an end to such fascination, but nor does it make me think the heroes in question are even remotely sane.
Here is Phoenix Jones. I’ve posted about him before. He’s still alive, which is possibly miraculous.
This story covers a meeting of Real Life Superheroes in Washington around Comic Con. It is pretty amazing stuff.
Social Media Propaganda: Because the Internet needs you
The social media war is heating up. Soon Google Plus, Facebook, and Twitter will be doing just about anything to get you on board. I’m on all three. And I’ve got to say, for the record, that the number of conversations on each platform about the other platforms is getting a little out of hand.
Anyway. These posters might help you decide.
Arrested Development: Now in Lego…
This is a Lego set I’d buy. If it were real. It’s not.
More in artist Pepa Quin’s Flickr. These are going to be displayed at Brickworld 2011. The coolest Lego show this year.
Fashion advice from Mr T
Yes. 80s Fashion. Mr T. Kitsch music. YouTube perfection.
“Mustard socks and a ketchup sash: she’s a real hotdog”
Wow.
Paranoid Pianoid
Ahh. Another week. Another Paranoid Android cover. This must surely be one of YouTube’s favourite songs.
This time it’s on duelling pianos. My friend Adam shared it on Facebook. And he knows his pianos.
Solving drinking water problems one iceberg at a time…
This could be the future.
That’s a mock up of a tugboat towing an iceberg. The plan is to stop letting fresh water melt into the ocean and start shipping it to places where there isn’t much water. Seems clever. Though pretty inefficient.
Here’s how it “might” work.
This is just a concept – but it is, to use the obvious pun/metaphor – the tip of the iceberg. You can read more about the pie in the sky plan here.
“The cost of iceberg transport have not been made public yet, but pilot programs–initially just try to tow a mini-iceberg a short distance, says Simard–are underway. And there is talk, at least, of a real-world trial in 2012 or 2013.”
I’m sure there’s some sort of sermon illustration here. And it’s less ecumenically problematic than talking about bringing the mountain to Mohammad.
Tumblrweed: Stockbrokers looking dejected…
Here’s a sign of the times. Stockbrokers with their hands on their faces. It’s funny when you contrast it to the brash way stock brokers present when they’re giving stock tips or talking about the market when they’re on television.
A worrying trend: Tracking the London riots through Amazon purchases
Now, it may be that playing baseball and dressing up as a police officer has suddenly become popular in England, but this is one particularly alarming little tidbit from an already particularly alarming situation.
CNN is reporting that sales of baseball bats in England rose by 6500% during the riots.
Tuesday Night Music: A bit of Gotye
Pretty excited to be seeing Gotye in Brisbane in October. He’s playing with an orchestra. Should be awesome.
Also, Boy and Bear’s new album Moonfire is the goods. One of the guys in the band is named Killian. I really don’t mind that name, but Robyn has ruled it out for any sons we might have in the future.