December 29, 2013

SFFworthy adds Upworthy-style headlines to SciFi/Fantasy/Superhero tropes. What this Tumblr does with linkbait will... damnit now I'm doing it..

December 25, 2013

The Negativity Scene , my favorite bit of seasonal blasphemy for 2013.

November 20, 2013

(and now you can say you've seen everything on CONAN)
Every "season", Conan O'Brien has a "supercut" made to celebrate surviving another year on Basic Cable. This time, for Season 3, he let deranged British animator Cyriak work on it... more inside

June 24, 2013

A 3-minute trailer and 12 minutes of clips from Terry Gilliam's upcoming film "The Zero Theorum" (intended only for the view of potential distributors) have been leaked onto YouTube. See them (or avoid the spoilers) before somebody notices... more inside

June 16, 2013

Cryptogams and the NSA As an attorney at Human Rights Watch who had worked in Afghanistan and Pakistan, John Sifton knew he was on a short list for NSA surveillance. So he gave the snoopers something to read by emailing himself passages from Joyce’s Finnegans Wake. Not a good idea. The worst part was when the Special Prosecutor asked him "why would someone write like this?”

June 12, 2013

Icons & Lamps Pop culture for the older, well lit generation.

June 11, 2013

"I am afraid that the problematic strain within Islam is not the province of a few extremists. It has at its heart a view of religion – and of the relationship between religion and politics – that is not compatible with pluralistic, liberal, open-minded societies. At the extreme end of the spectrum are terrorists, but the worldview goes deeper and wider than it is comfortable for us to admit. So, by and large, we don’t admit it." - (byline) Tony Blair was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. Since leaving office, he has founded the Tony Blair Faith Foundation and the Faith and Globalization Initiative.

February 06, 2013

Longcat Is No Longer

January 27, 2013

Cyriak's latest mind-bender is a music video for Bonobo's song "Cirrus" Fifty-year-old footage of children at play, housewives at work and people and things on the move follow the music and overlap into increasingly complex combinations of... well, Cyriak-ness!

December 20, 2012

Interview with a Krampus

December 11, 2012

You've seen Graffiti and you've seen Animated GIFs but I'll bet you've never seen GIF-iti! two annoying artistic tropes that are just plain weird together

November 17, 2012

Two five-decade-running pop culture franchises have iconic lead characters who have been played by multiple actors. That discrepancy is directly explained for one, but not the other. But if you look closely, you may see that "Skyfall" provides compelling evidence that James Bond is a Time Lord.

September 13, 2012

The “True Nature of the Force” is Way More Complicated Than You Think

August 25, 2012

The Pun Hunter He comes up with all the worst puns so  I you don't have to... At the Grocery Store and In the Kitchen. more inside

August 21, 2012

What is at stake in this election. Excuse the infusion of politics, but this may be the most important thing you'll read this year, if you can keep your eyes from rolling out of your head.

August 18, 2012

A top voice actor auditions to do "Cat Motivational Tapes" using his most appropriate cartoon voice.

July 27, 2012

It's been proven scientifically! Pop music has gotten less varied and more loud over the years. So shut up and let me listen to my oldies station with the Beatles every hour on the half-hour.

July 11, 2012

Even typographic designers have "guilty pleasures", but theirs are fonts. more inside

June 18, 2012

The Universe Is Beige from NASA (who should know)

May 22, 2012

Redux Riding Hood
In 1997, animator Steve Moore was given free reign, and the result was a Big Bad Wolf with regrets and a time machine, written by a guy who usually does sitcoms, designed by a guy who had never done animation, with a musical score of improv jazz and some familiar voices, including Adam West, Garrison Keillor, Mia Farrow and Michael Richards as The Wolf. Via Cartoon Brew.
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