the simpsons
Entertainment
Advertising During The Simpsons More Expensive On Hulu Than TV
12:30AM Mark Wilson | We’ll laugh at this headline in the not so distant future, but for the first time, buying a 30-second ad during a Fox broadcast of The Simpsons costs less than buying the same ad on Hulu. More »
GPS
Homer Simpson Is Not The Ideal TomTom Voice Skin
3:00AM Mark Wilson | TomTom users have the notable perk that they can “skin” their GPS with celebrity voices. But I don’t think I could ride with Homer Simpson for five minutes before throwing his spastic arse right out the window. [TomTom via ElectricPig] More »
Entertainment
The Simpsons Goes HD For the First Time Tonight
2:00AM Jack Loftus | Tonight, Homer’s face will be crisper. The visuals sharper. The jokes? Entirely dependent on your sense of humour, but what is indisputable is that, for the first time, the show will be presented in HD. More »
Entertainment
The Simpsons Finally Arrives at iTunes Store
1:30AM Matt Buchanan | Right after it mocks Mapple, The Simpsons finally hits iTunes. So far, it’s just the current season. I wonder if the backlog is so Steve Mobs can pee on every one.AU: Not on the Australian store yet, but considering we just got a FOX8 Network yesterday, wht do you expect? [iTunes via Macworld] More »
Entertainment
The Simpsons Gets 20 Years of Apple Jokes Out of the Way at Once
8:21PM John Herrman | Even though The Simpsons has a history of satirising tech culture, and even Apple specifically, last night’s episode felt like it was making up for a bit of lost time. It’s not just iPods and iMacs getting reprefixed and animated: it’s Apple Stores, the G4 Cube, past and present fanboys, vintage advertising and even Steve Jobs himself. Groening and co. aren’t exactly breaking new ground here (though they seem to reserve most of their venom for Mr. Jobs), but there are more than a few great lines buried in the sketch. [Teencast—Thanks, Shivi] More »
Gadgets
Craftsman Electric Hammer Automates the Process of Us Never Building Anything
4:50AM Mark Wilson | Craftsman thought they had finally cornered the lazy-arse market with their 12V, lithium-rechargeable Hammerhead Auto-Hammer, but they made one fatal mistake: We’re way too unindustrious to build anything with or without electronic gizmos to back us up. Still, we can appreciate the design as this miniature jackhammer drives nails in at 35 strikes per second with a form factor that’s not so different from the original hammer. But haven’t we seen this idea somewhere before…namely from a certain Homer Simpson? More »
Gadgets
Homer Simpson Explains the Problem with Electronic Voting
2:15AM Mark Wilson | Conspiracy theorist or not, any time I’m typing information into a computer at any time of the day, I know that it can be lost at a moment’s notice, by the simple glitch of a program or power supply. There’s simply no permanence to digital information, which makes the potential alteration of such data both frightening and perfectly realistic. Apply that principle to something like a presidential election, and the prospects become downright scary. That is, unless you’re Homer Simpson. Then it’s just kind of funny. [via Wonkette - Thanks Diebold!] More »
Vehicles
Lyle Lanley Sells Futuristic Rail System to Ann Arbor, Detroit
3:15AM Adam Frucci | Update: Unsurprisingly, this is bunk, as confirmed by Ann Arbor officials. But hey, the concept is still… interesting. Everybody knows that the biggest, most bustling cities in America are Ann Arbor and Detroit, Michigan. You know what they say: “If you can make it in Ann Arbor, you can make it anywhere!” That’s why it makes perfect sense that there are plans underway to build an insane futuristic transport system between the two cities. More »
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