The wonderful folks at TRSI just delivered my copy of the LE of ROD TV. The case for the series is like an actual book with plastic ‘pages’ for the DVDs. It’s definitely the coolest of the DVD cases I have. I took a picture with my crappy little phone cam since I can’t seem to find my digital camera at the moment. Click on the image to the left for a bigger picture.
The wonderful folks at TRSI just delivered my copy of the LE of ROD TV. The case for the series is like an actual book with plastic ‘pages’ for the DVDs. It’s definitely the coolest of the DVD cases I have. I took a picture with my crappy little phone cam since I can’t seem to find my digital camera at the moment. Click on the image to the left for a bigger picture.
For the strange but cool department:
Flash: 99 Rooms
99 Rooms. Enter at your own risk. (I haven't wandered too deeply, yet.) It's easy to waste time here!
[#!/usr/bin/girl]
It’s not a game. But it is interactive. This is one of those things that I think flash is really cool for. This reminds me of some of the early stuff I remember people doing with Quicktime ages ago.
Via Ellen:
I’m an irredeemably eejitous, liberal, tight as fuck, pathetically simple-minded, dribbling child!
See how compatible you are with me!
[Brought to you by Rum and Monkey]
Via The Universal Church of Cosmic Uncertainty, a link to a cool project for making an Amazon Wish-of-the-Month club. Each month it randomly picks something for you to buy from your wish list and buys it and sends it to you. You set things like a price maximum so that you don’t end up buying something too expensive. Quite the cool idea.
The other day I was at the video store and happened to see a copy of one of my favorite ’60s movies, The President’s Analyst. James Coburn plays Dr. Sidney Schaefer, the analyst for the President of the United States. Of course this becomes a dangerous job since every other government on the planet wants to find out what the President has been talking about. IMHO, It’s one of the best spy/conspiracy spoofs ever. I remember the first time I saw it, it was on TV as the afternoon movie when I was a teenager. I loved it then and I’ve loved it almost every other time I’ve seen it. I’m so happy to find this out on DVD.
One side note, the case for this DVD is one of the more strange ones I’ve ever seen (see image). It has latches on the side to help keep the DVD case closed. When i first tried to open it I was baffled for the first few moments. Has anyone seen any other releases with this type of case?
This subject in my spam folder had me scratching my head some today:
menstruate Any software – very low prices rumpus
There’s a class on anime at the University of Texas. Sounds pretty cool. I’ve actually read Dr. Napier’s book Anime: From Akira to Princess Mononoke a few years ago and thought it was interesting. Why couldn’t they have classes like that where I went to school (oh wait. I did take that class called “Sex and Death”, nevermind).
It strikes me that something is seriously wrong with a vibrating rubber ducky.
While languishing in the bath, there are a number of different items that’ll make your stay infinitely more pleasurable than a touch of Radox and a few bath salts. There’s the loofah for one, and a more pleasurable back scratching device hasn’t been invented. There’s also the rubber duck, essential for any aquatic recreation, although seldom seen at the municipal swimming baths for obvious reasons. The duck is an icon of water-based serenity. A beacon in the fog of a steaming hot tub. A little yellow rubber thing that floats in your bath.
Or at least it was until the arrival of I Rub My Duckie, the rubber duck with a secret weapon beneath the hood. Dubbed a personal massager, the Prozac-faced yellow peril houses a powerful motor that provides the user with an unlimited (well, two AA batteries kind of unlimited) source of soothing, vibrating enjoyment. [firebox.com]
boing boing has a cool link to a site that gives events in alternate history. Here’s a bit from today’s history:
in the Dreaming, Wandjina came to the people of Pindanjaru with much wisdom. He spoke of caring for the land, of building a bridge to the stars, and of the coming of the pale men. He promised to return on that day to defend the Dreaming against their invasion.
in 1149 B.C., Trojan forces landed on the shores of Greece, and began a 10-year siege of the peninsula.
in the 3rd year of Usermaatreakhenamun’s Reign, a vision of Egypt destroyed came to him in a dream. The young pharaoh had been sickly, but this dream filled him with strength. He began to eat only fresh vegetables and meats, and soon his strength grew. By the end of his 53-year reign, Usermaatreakhenamun had conquered half of the known world, and Egypt would never be in danger of destruction again.
in Kaliyuga 597, Gauthama Siddhartha, a prince of India, sat beneath a tree and meditated. The riches of his people were before him, privilege and honor enough for 10 nobles. But he knew nothing of poverty. After much meditation, he decided he preferred it that way. He became a hideous tyrant, conquering the lands to the north as well as other Hindi.
in 1304, so-called “Protestants” founded the city of Jesu, in France. Worshipping in secret, the Protestants grew in number in the region until they felt strong enough to attempt secession from the Holy British Empire.
in 1789, Mrs. Alexander Hamilton served a dessert treat for General George Washington, a dish called ice cream. It was not received well, and has never been a popular sweet since.
in 4561, in a desparate attempt to gain access to food from farmlands around the city, troops in Hanoi burst through the Chinese siege forces in a bloody battle lasting half the day.
in 1892, Sir Basil Rathbone, famed director of the British cinema, was born. Early in his career he had tried his hand at acting, but was such a miserable failure that after only one or two films spent the rest of his career behind the camera. [Today in Alternate History]
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