Funny Stuff

Check out the hilarious Zero Punctuation reviews over at The Escapist. I recommend the Guitar Hero III review and the Halo 3 review, but they are all priceless.

This is some seriously funny stuff and it reminds me of Dennis Miller. That kind of very subtle cerebral comedy that some people just don't get.

Oh Yeah!

Death Race 2000 is one of my favorite car related movies. It's crazy, hilarious and totally campy. Now there is a remake coming starring Jason Stratham. I don't care if it's riddled with awful dialog...I'm stoked.

Here are some other movies with great car scenes, not just chase scenes either, not in any order.
Ronin
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
The Italian Job (old and new)
Vanishing Point
Gone In 60 Seconds (old and new)
Grand Prix (1966, you've never seen it, rent it now!)
The Bourne Identity
The Blues Brothers
Bullitt
The Transporter 1 & 2
The Spy Who Loved Me
The Wraith (HELL YEAH!)
Smokey and the Bandit
Madmax
Cannonball
The Fast and the Furious (first one and the last one)

The Fickle World of Gadgets

So the new Asus Eee PC is the new gadget darling. Which is funny because a year ago Palm was developing a device with a nearly identical form factor called the Foleo. The Foleo was so poorly received in pre-release reviews that Palm scrapped the whole thing. Which is pretty amazing considering that they had made it all the way production hardware and THEN decided to kill it. So why is the Eee better than the Foleo?

Palm tried to build a PDA with a big screen. The cpu, ram and most of the other hardware was lifted out of smaller pocket sized PDAs. The modern PDA has come a long way over the years but they're still no where near the performance of a standard laptop. And the components are hugely expensive compared to laptop internals. So the the Foleo was hobbled by poor performance and was a high price.

Asus manufactures laptops, so they designed a device based on that technology. Smart move Asus.

Sweet

I love Monster Movies and don't get me started on Disaster Epics. So this better be as good as the trailer makes it look because it looks fantastic.

Et tu Nissan?

To hell with the new ZR1, Godzilla is nigh! But why does Nissan all the sudden give two shits about being "responsible"? If you don't fear this kind of GPS based speed management then you need to wake up. It's only a matter of time until this technology filters down and becomes cheap AND compulsory.

Florida

Every time I go to Florida I think about how nice it would be to live in that climate. I hate the winter and despise snow so it's really tempting to pick up and relocate. Then you see something like this to remind you that a sub-tropical climate has its caveats as well.

Wild Kingdom

No one likes to work on Christmas. I guess after years of being forced to work on Christmas Day this tiger finally lost it. Seriously, why is the zoo open on Christmas Day? I regret that both the animal and a person were killed. But you've gotta go somehow, being eaten by a tiger is a pretty tough act to follow.

Happier Jaguar News

If you don't watch Top Gear you are a loser. And don't give me that "it's not broadcast in my country" crap, find a way it's not that hard.

Anyway, when the XF was announced I was less than enthusiastic. I mean it may look all new but it's really evolutionary and not revolutionary. However the interior is awesome and the styling, apart from the "weak chin", is growing on me. I mean James May likes it, and he's famous.