Archive for June, 2009

Dead Snow

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Snowmobiles AND zombies??  Nazi zombies?!?  Count me in!

This was apparently a big hit at Sundance this year — a Swedish zombie move with a sense of humor.  Looks pretty greusome, but the concept sounds hilarious.

Thanks VSL

Why On Earth Is This Man Doing This?

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

This is from Johnny Depp’s list of Top 6 YouTube Videos (from his Vanity Fair interview, and digitized by Vulture).  I have to say the first video on the list is one of the most disturbing videos I’ve seen online.  Not because it’s particularly graphic or gruesome or anything like that.  But precisely because there is no explanation as to why this man (Paris’ Shakespeare & Co. Bookstore owner George Whitman) is cutting his hair by lighting it on fire.

What!?!?!

Incidentally, Depp’s list is — as you might expect — very warped.  But he’s got some pretty choice YouTube highlights (including a VERY VERY HIGH James Brown on CNN).  Check out the digitized rendering of his Top 6 on Vulture.

Conan O’Brien, The Lost Mario Brother

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Check this out:

Conan in Super Mario World

Conan’s New Stage Looks Like Super Mario

It’s pretty amazing that someone took the time to put together that collage over at Serious Lunch.  And even more amazing that, yes, Conan’s set does look a lot like a SMB background.

Thanks Vulture & Serious Lunch

A Web Development Server Environment on Leopard

Monday, June 1st, 2009

UPDATE: I’ve now written a modified guide for Snow Leopard!

I apologize — this is a little nerdier than this blog typically gets, but I wanted to put this up online somewhere and didn’t have anywhere else to put it.

I’ve been frustrated with the web server that comes with Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) and I’ve worked to set up my own server for web development projects.  I’d tried this a number of ways, but this time I was really happy with the process and the end result — so I typed up a little document on how to set up a nice web dev environment (partly so I can repeat it, but partly to share).  Enjoy!

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