Leftovers

July 19th, 2008


Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl
This song is kinda weird.

WordPress 2.6 is out.

The BlackBerry Bold gets an excellent review by Boy Genius Report. I can’t wait to get my hands on this so I can be connected nearly 24/7.

More Nike Hyperdunk images.

If you’re using Gmail or Yahoo! Mail, the likelihood of receiving phishing emails from eBay or PayPal is now pretty much nil. YAY!

A decomposing body has been found at the McCarren Park Pool in Brooklyn. A great Shel Silverstein tattoo has also been spotted there.

The Athlete’s Foot has a new logo.

This is a great parody of the ugly Olympic bid logos that were out previously.

ArchDaily has become one of my favorite daily reads. Lots of good photos of architecture-related things.

Current and past Batman-related movie posters

July 19th, 2008

To celebrate the release of the latest Batman flick, The Dark Knight, Abduzeedo has posted a collection of posters from all previous Batman films.

I’d have to say that out of all of the posters, the most hideous ones are from the Batman Forever film.

Also…I had no idea Uma Thurman was in Batman & Robin. I wonder if in a couple of years I’ll look back at the posters for Batman Begins and The Dark Knight and call them ugly as well.

Terminator Salvation teaser

July 19th, 2008

Christian Bale is set to star as John Connor in Terminator Salvation, the fourth in a series of films about the robots from the future. Christian Bale is the man. Just about every movie he gets cast in becomes a big hit, and I have no doubt in my mind that Terminator Salvation will be utterly amazing. CANNOT WAIT.

At the time of this post, Terminator Salvation is set to be released in theaters on May 22, 2009.

Peugot salt and pepper mills

July 19th, 2008

Yelena and I were looking through a Williams-Sonoma catalog and I caught a glimpse of these Peugot Salt and Pepper mills. Aren’t they nice and lovely?

If I had my own apartment, I’d get these and place them on the dining room table.

The Grand Jury Room

July 19th, 2008

Until August 8th, this is where I go every weekday afternoon. There’s probably some legal issue with me taking these photos, but I’ll deal with that when it comes along.

Unlike a trial jury where you decide whether a person is guilty or not guilty, a grand jury only decides whether a case is fit for trial based on presented evidence and reasonable cause to believe somebody has committed a crime. Generally speaking, grand jury panels are very interesting and I’ve learned a lot going to them this past week. I’m looking forward to hearing the other cases that will be presented to us next week and the weeks after.

Chinese lion dance figure made of LEGOs by Nelson Yrizarry

July 19th, 2008

Nelson Yrizarry (aka “Big Daddy Nelson”) has constructed this beautiful Chinese lion dance figure out of LEGO pieces. [via]

I’d love to see this lion made again for Chinese New Year but on a much larger, celebratory, sort of scale. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

Check out the Flickr photoset for more photos.

Wrestling fans throw lots of folding chairs into the ring

July 19th, 2008

During an Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) match, a wrestler known as “Cactus Jack” asks the audience for a folding chair (presumably for use in hitting his opponent). What he didn’t expect was the onslaught of chairs from this over-zealous wrestling audience willing to participate and obey a single command by a wrestler in the ring.

This is hilarious! If wrestling was always this amusing, I’d watch it all the time!