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Andy Samberg Explains How (He Thinks) Animation Works

Danny Allen — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:45:00 +0000

I’ve no idea what’s going on in this behind-the-scenes look at Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, but I like it. The video has script-writing super computers (render farms), mo-cap suit delusions, and even a Street Fighter Hadouken attack. Fight!

Clearly tongue-in-cheek, and also a fun watch…

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Jason Chen — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:20:00 +0000

This round goes to you, Zak McFlimby. [b3ta via Boing Boing Gadgets]

Teenager Falls Into Open Manhole While Texting

Dan Nosowitz — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:15:00 +0000

As if you needed more evidence that texting is more dangerous than swine flu, a 15-year-old girl from Staten Island walked into an open manhole while texting. She’s fine, don’t worry, although she did lose a shoe in the sewer.

Alexa Longueira fell about 4 or 5 feet into an open manhole in Staten Island, scraping up her back and shoulders in the process, although she is otherwise physically unharmed. Her mother noted that she was also mentally injured, as the sewer was “putrid” and one of her shoes remains down there. Apparently, there were some DEP workers on the scene who were “looking” for cones to mark the area when the girl fell in.

The Longueira family says they will sue, although it’s not clear exactly who—the city? The mobile phone company? Alexa herself, for not watching where she was walking? Regardless, we are all allowed to laugh at this story, at teenagers with their texting, and at Staten Island as a whole, because the girl is unhurt. Proceed. [MSNBC via Twitter]

Well, At Least He’s Honest About His Intentions

Dan Nosowitz — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:30:00 +0000

eBay users aren’t always the most trustworthy, and sometimes even shrewd sellers or buyers can get screwed. At least with this guy, you know where he stands. [Geekstir via Reddit]

Lenovo – Home Of The Million Dollar Laptop

Nick Broughall — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:00:22 +0000

How much would you pay for a new Thinkpad W700 from Lenovo? $3,000? $4,000? $1.1 million?Spotted by eagle-eyed reader Zaakiy while customising the cheaper W700 option on the Australian Lenovo site, this is the second obscene overpricing on a Lenovo site in the past month (although the previous one was from the US).

The site’s been fixed already, but thanks to Zaakiy and his screenshot, we all get to enjoy the comedy that is a $1.1 million laptop. I wonder what would have happened if anyone actually went through with the purchase?

[Lenovo - Thanks Zaakiy!]

Alien vs Predator Poster Reminds Me of Kasparov vs Karpov

Jesus Diaz — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:20:00 +0000

I love the beautiful Alien vs Predator art that Meredith posted at io9. Not only they are perfectly done, but there’s something hilarious about seeing them playing games like humans. Check out the rest here.

The Downside to Time Travel: Your Past Self Might Be a Dick

Adam Frucci — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:50:00 +0000

This new Funny or Die video, featuring Paul Scheer, takes a good hard look at the unforseen crappy things that can happen when you try to travel through time. Spoiler: hilarity ensues.

[Funny or Die]

Sony Explains Intel Core 2 Duo with Weird French Elves

Gizmodo US Edition — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:45:00 +0000

Sony’s site has an absolutely hilarious page explaining how Intel’s Core 2 Duo chip helps you multitask with cartoons featuring two odd, party-hat-wearing elfin caricatures. Read on for my analysis, with the caveat that I speak not a word of Japanese.

1. Trying to saw a two-by-four alone looks awfully stressful: our moustachioed French hero has grown three heads in his panic. But recruiting a team of builders gets that barn made like they were Amish (though we all know the lazy French are incapable of such efficiency).
2. If you link arms, you can make kick-arse birdhouses. But watch out for the ghostly silhouettes inching ever closer.
3. Tools required to make birdhouses/barns/Core 2 Duo processors include: a chainsaw, a syringe, multiple dustpans, and a pastel scarf rakishly knotted around the neck. Optional but strongly recommended: party hats.
4. Doing basic arithmetic makes French barnbuilders very content.
5. OH GOD they’ve grown multiple heads again! At least people seem to be buying their barns, which apparently have shrunk into shoebox-sized models somewhere between here and the first panel.
6. Something awful has happened. Our heroic Frenchmen are now plugged directly into electrical outlets, with internal temperature monitoring. Is this some kind of Shyamalanianian twist and they were robots the entire time? This narrative ends on such a disturbing note. [Sony, thanks Christopher!]

Computer Weather Error Shows Why Houston Is in Extra Trouble

Jason Chen — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:00:00 +0000

Hath Hell frozen over, or hath an internth presseth the wrong buttoneth? [Thanks Dustin!]

Update: Readers are pointing out that it’s probably due to the hurricane. Had no idea it was due to that, so we hope our Houston readers and their friends and family are safe. Here’s to you guys.

Video: Girl Cheats Claw Game In Creative Way

Matt Hickey — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:32:52 +0000

Either this little girl is very ballsy or very, very dumb, but I have to give her credit for just going for it. Not content to be ripped off by one of those claw game scams, she just went for it, climbed up into the machine somehow, and picked her trophy. But the fun comes when a little boy—presumably her brother—goes to get his mum, and then the crowds come. I totally wish this had audio.