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I am not giving my name to a machine!
July 19

I’m as mad as hell

A scene from Network (1976), regarded as one of the most memorable quotes in movie history

July 18

Bert and Ernie Gangsta-Rap

M.O.P. ‘Ante Up’-Music video; edited by YouTube user stianhafstad

July 9

Excerpt from the Rejected “The Dark Knight” movie script

  • Alfred: So, you’re saying the JOKER is hiding here, in the Middle East?
  • General: Exactly. Then, he repurposed the AAs for a wide angle of cover reaching around back here to PPD.
  • Alfred: And then he set up an online computer defence grid?
  • General: Bingo.
  • Alfred: Well then, what do we possibly do?
  • Bruce: We hack the internet.
  • Alfred: Hack the internet?
  • Bruce: Yes, hack the internet.
  • General: No one’s ever hacked the internet before.
  • Bruce: Well, there’s a first for everything.
  • General: Okay, I like it. But which one of the internets do we hack?
  • Bruce: All of them

Taken from Michael Bays rejected “The Dark Knight” Script

June 20
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: The Abridged Script

“A bunch of cars drive through the DESERT to AREA 51. HARRISON FORD’S SHADOW, then HARRISON FORD’S SHOE, then HARRISON FORD’S ARM, then HARRISON FORD’S HAT and finally HARRISON FUCKING FORD are eventually revealed.”

Warning: spoilers included! Go see the movie, then read the abridged script - then see the movie again!
June 8
Sam Nalven’s “Eat your damn broccoli!” Winner of the Color Wars 2008 reverse captions contest. More intersting photos at Sam Nalven’s flickr photostream

Sam Nalven’s “Eat your damn broccoli!”

Winner of the Color Wars 2008 reverse captions contest.

More intersting photos at Sam Nalven’s flickr photostream

June 7

Big Ideas (Don’t get any) by James Houston

Sinclair ZX Spectrum — Guitars (rhythm & lead) Epson LX-81 Dot Matrix Printer — Drums HP Scanjet 3c — Bass Guitar Hard Drive array - Act as a collection of bad speakers — Vocals & FX

June 4
… but you still have Zoidberg! You all still have Zoidberg!
… but you still have Zoidberg! You all still have Zoidberg!
June 2
“ javascript:(function(){var d=0;setInterval(function() {document.body.style[‘-webkit-transform’]= ‘rotate(‘+ d +’deg)’;d+=1},10)}());

— Simon Willison

Try taking that for a spin in Safari 3!
May 27

How to do the Fishstick

  1. Beginners should perform the Fishstick to the tune “Tighten Up” by Archie Bell & the Drells. “For presentation and learning purposes, you would want [’Tighten Up’] going.” - Adam Lisagor

  2. The Fishstick should be subtle. “Unless you’re really staring at someone doing the Fishstick, you wouldn’t know that they were dancing.” -Scott Simpson; “…the Fishstick is mostly happening in your head.” - Merlin Mann

  3. Performances may look like minor neurological disorders. To an untrained observer, “it might look like somebody was thinking about something…maybe trying to remember something, or that they’re having a very slight palsy.” -Merlin Mann

  4. While generally done as a solo dance, the Fishstick can be performed “alone, with a study partner, or while […] waiting for something to finish cooking.” -Merlin Mann

The “Fishstick” were invented during the podcast “You look nice today”, Sacks-Minnelli Disease-episode. Transcripted by Chris Higgins (go to his site for more videos of people perfoming the fishstick)

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Higgins take on Branching for IE
var newp = function(){
// IE6 branch of this demo
window.location.href = "http://" +
(confirm("Is it 2008?") ?
"webkit.org" : "mozilla.org") +
"/";
}

// setup our branch launch:
dojo.addOnLoad((dojo.isIE && dojo.isIE < 7 ? newp : init));