Crowded Wavepool in Tokyo August 15
This is pretty crazy… I would hate to be a lifeguard at this pool!
From:
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/15/insanely_crowded_poo.html
Stumbleupon.com April 4
Anyone who has been to my apartment (and who hasn’t really) knows that there is one thing that we lack. One thing known as Cable TV. Now if I said that five years ago, you would think I was stuck hopelessly in the past. You would probably ask me “Hey Nathan, how’s that butter churning going?” or “Why are you stuck hopelessly in the past?”
But these days, what with the awesome raw power of the internet, my roommates and I can be seen for the trail blazers that we are. Lately we have been harnessing the beast that is the internet to fill the void in our lives that TV left (admittedly it is a pretty small void…more like a voidlet). So how do you do that? Well, you could be a sucker and buy one of those wacky Apple TV things and buy all your TV shows from Apple. We tried this for a bit… of course what ended up happening was we spent more on buying the Colbert Report and Daily Show than we would have had we just kept the cable in the first place.
You can go around to different sites like Youtube.com and Google Video, but your results are mixed at best. For every gem, you will have to sit through several duds. However, stumbleupon.com fixes that for you. You can watch video after video that have all been deemed “cool” by fellow stumbleupon users. But you can also specify exactly what type of video you want to watch. What ends up happening is you get a constant stream of really interesting videos that match your tastes. It also works for websites to… and can be pretty addicting. You stumble around the web finding cool sites that you would never have found on your own.
You can find click below to see some of the sites that I have given the thumbs up to in stumbleupon, or click the video banner above to see the videos.
American Cannibal April 4
I just got back from seeing American Cannibal over at Cinema Village, and I would recommend it to anyone who is fascinated by the craze for reality television in our society. The documentary follows a couple of smart, intelligent, and moral writers as they sell their souls to the machine that is Reality TV. Desperate for work they start pitching reality Tv show ideas only to be “successful” in their pitch of an idea for a reality show where people end up eating each other at the end. Their sellout mirrors our own as we seem to crave more and more reality with less and less substance. Anyways, this is a great film that deserves your support…so turn off Fear Factor and get down to Cinema Village to check it out!
Party Central USA April 4
Quite possibly the greatest and best sketch comedy group in the land is doing some new shows in NYC this month and you would regret it if you did not go. Don’t live in NYC? First off, why not? Secondly, get on a plane and get here, just…get here if you can.
For a small taste of what Party Central has to offer you can always check out their website, but seeing them live is an experience to remember.
Here is one of their videos just in time for tax day, again you can visit their website www.partycentralusa.net to see more.
