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When Donald Duck met Glenn Beck
Porn parody of The Human Centipede released
Blueberries transform Yoda into Princess Leia
Freethinker protestors at Philippines Catholic Bishops Conference bear [CITATION NEEDED] sign
Transmedia: The Future of
IT Crowd DVD boxed set, complete with fantasy RPG!
When Kellogg's "invented" adding sugar to cereal
Cardboard PC reviewed

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 11:38 PM PDT

Will Shetterley sez, "This is a re-imagined Donald Duck cartoon remix constructed from dozens of classic Walt Disney cartoons from the 1930s to 1960s. Donald's life is turned upside-down by the current economic crisis and he finds himself unemployed and falling behind on his house payments. As his frustration turns into despair Donald discovers a seemingly sympathetic voice coming from his radio named Glenn Beck."

Donald Duck Discovers Glenn Beck in "Right Wing Radio Duck" (Thanks, Will!)

Porn parody of The Human Centipede released

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 05:34 PM PDT

Finally, a porn parody of "The Human Centipede." NSFW Link. But a better title than "The Human Sexipede" might have been "Six Girls One Cup." (via Submitterator, thanks Tony and Antinous)

Blueberries transform Yoda into Princess Leia

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 12:04 PM PDT

My 7-yr-old daughter Jane used blueberries to turn this Yoda doll into Princess Leia.

Freethinker protestors at Philippines Catholic Bishops Conference bear [CITATION NEEDED] sign

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 09:41 AM PDT

Filipino Freethinker protestors who came out to march at the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines bore many placards, including this wonderful, XKCD-inspired, Wikipedia-style [CITATION NEEDED] sign.

CBCP: No threat vs Aquino (Thanks, Armand!)

(Image: Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Wikiffiti -- stickers that read [citation needed]

Transmedia: The Future of

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 03:07 PM PDT

Collapsus Introduction from SubmarineChannel on Vimeo.

I just met Tommy Pollatta at the Open Video Conference in NY. He's the producer of Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly, and now the producer and filmmaker behind a "transmedia" project called Collapsus. (See this BB post on Transmedia.) Not only is Tommy about the sweetest guy you'd ever want to meet, but he's also developing some great tools and content dedicated to informing and engaging people about major issues through entertainment. His new form, what he's calling 'transmedia,' is basically documentary mixed with narrative branching off into video games and social networking. If Mafia Wars had been invented for good instead of, well, I'm-not-sure-what, it may have been able to leverage some of what Lammotta is hoping to put into the service of peak oil and energy policy. I'm not sure the above trailer does the experience justice, so please do check out the actual project, too, at coollapsus.com.

IT Crowd DVD boxed set, complete with fantasy RPG!

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 07:16 AM PDT

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SFBriarpatch sez, "Just out: The special edition 4-DVD box set of 'The IT Crowd' series 1-4 includes a two-sided board game. On one side, the board is laid out like the IT department office at Reynholm Industries. The other side transforms the layout of the IT department office into a fantasy world where Moss and Roy's office becomes the 'Great Hall of Heroes,' and Jen's office becomes the 'Lair of Aunt Irma.' Amazon's photos of the board game are huge and extremely detailed."

The IT Crowd - Series 1-4 Special Edition Box Set [DVD] (Thanks, SFBriarPatch, via Submitterator!)

When Kellogg's "invented" adding sugar to cereal

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 07:18 AM PDT

Hard to believe they didn't win a Nobel prize for this.

Simple Discovery

Cardboard PC reviewed

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 07:05 AM PDT

Engadget has an in-depth review of the Recompute Cardboard PC, a desktop computer in a cardboard chassis. It sounds like the concept is better than the execution, and I like the idea of making computers out of materials that either degrade back gracefully into the parts stream, or, failing that, that have a half-life that's about the same as their duty cycle. That is, I'd like to see computers made out of stuff that decayed in about 10 years, given that we generally only use 'em for a max of five years before they're cycled out. Of course, the chassis of a computer is one of the least obsolescence-prone components; things like CPUs and video-cards staledate much more quickly than the box you put 'em in. But I applaud the idea in general, and, frankly, it looks pretty awesome:

Fragility and sound fitting seem like natural issues for a computer built out of cardboard, which is why we would've thought they would've been the first things Recompute would've solved when building this thing. Perhaps we're just abnormally strong, but we find the way the motherboard assembly (which is nicely bolted to some structural material inside) and the power supply seem to be separate from this rear panel of cardboard is just a little disconcerting. Of course, it's nice that you can actually flip open the whole real panel and get at the internals, but it's still a bad first impression.
Otherwise we actually find there to be something reassuring by the cardboard build -- we wouldn't do a drop test or anything, but thanks to the sort of padded structure, it seems pretty likely that the machine could live through decent smack against concrete. Also, while there's the typical fan noise from the computer's power supply, the sound seems slightly deadened (or at least lowered in pitch) by the enclosure, and happily the air flowing out stays nice and cool.

Recompute cardboard PC in the flesh: it's real, it boots, it's made of cardboard