Week’s End Link Dump
* The Princess Bride: The Video Game now has a trailer. If you don’t watch it, you wouldn’t be missing much.
* Sad news his fans already know, but I felt compelled to mention here: Terry Pratchett has been diagnosed with Alzheimers.
* Pixar visual running gags. Some of these are so blink-and-you-miss-’em that I would never have had a clue they existed. Fascinating.
* Top 10 Astronomy Pictures of the Year. I love the lightning behind the observatory. That’s some good luck with a five minute exposure.
* Sure, you could pay the tax or hand over the bottle of liquor when airport security asks for it. Or, you know, JUST CHUG IT. That did not end well. Nice theory, though.
* USB Missile Launcher Goes Wireless. Sometimes, the headline says it all. Enjoy.
* Magnetic Nail Polish seems like such a good idea until you pick up a floppy disc or a VHS tape or — wait, this isn’t the 90s anymore. Carry on.
December 14th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
I am still waiting for the day when a woman can change the color of her nail polish like it was done in Total Recall, where the woman in the film simply touches a stylus to her nails and cycles through the colors that interest her.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
It would put half of those nail salons out of business. It’s like the cure for the common cold - the answer would cost too many jobs to ever be found. ;-)
December 15th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
The trailer for the Princess Bride adaptation looks lame lame lame, but I’m wondering what the style of gameplay. I could see the film adapting extremely well to an adventure game (ala classic Sierra and Lucasarts) but not much else.