Entries For: October 2007
10/29/2007
Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson: Artist On Artist
It's been about two months since Owen Wilson's baffling suicide attempt, and maybe it's the split-screening enabling him to speak with Wes Anderson remotely, but he seems so sad and fragile here. It doesn't help that whoever is behind the Myspace Artist-on-Artist series is clearly shouting out questions for Wilson to parrot back to Anderson. But even if the two collaborators were able to speak freely -- about The Darjeeling Limited, about their own lives -- one imagines that Owen would still be a little disconnected from the proceedings. A little lost.
10/26/2007
Zombies in Plain English
Zombies are a growing concern for the modern American, so we can't help but feel thankful towards Lee and Sachi LeFever's The Common Craft Show. By using a style called "papercraft" to literally illustrate the ways in which one can identify a zombie and escape their unceasing onslaught, the LeFevers are providing a much needed public service. Watch it now. Before it's too late...
10/24/2007
How to Get the Dreamlife of Your Dreams: Using the Internet!
The Internet is a vast and scary place, but so full of potential. But tapping into that potential can be daunting. If only there was some sort of handy guide for the Internet's use!
Fortunately Gabe and Max are here, with "Gabe and Max's How To Get The Dreamlife of Your Dreams Using the Internet." Watch this video, and then fax these gentlemen your email address. Soon, you will have the answers to the secrets you need.
10/17/2007
Brokeback Mountain: What Was Jake Gyllenhaal Sitting On?
Jake Gyllenhaal, when asked if he knew "what he was sitting on" when he was filming the gay cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain, doesn't quite know what to say. Why can't he spit out an answer? Why does he seem to be swallowing his words? Well, he isn't sure about exactly what he was sitting on. He just knows that it was big. And hard. And it went on for a long time...
Oh, stop looking at me like that. You were thinking it, too.
Okay, okay! Sorry to get all Michael Scott over here. But when Meredith Vieira sets me up with an opening like that (on The Today Show, of all things!), I find myself unable to resist.
10/02/2007
Apple iPhone Hackers, Here's To You
iPhone hackers of the world, unite! In the battle between Apple and those customers interested in modifying their super-phones, this week Apple drew some blood -- the latest iPhone update relocked any iPhones unlocked by this tutorial. So now is the time for all users to rise up -- or mash up, that is.
Taking the audio from one of Apple's most inspiring (but least grammatically correct) commercials, this video tries to remind Steve Jobs & co. of a time when Apple celebrated those who "think different." Of course, I don't know where Albert Einstein would fall on issues of fair use and intellectual property, so it's a rough comparison. I also kind of wish that there were more to this video than one long continuous scroll down the third-party mods available. It kind of becomes hypnotic after a while, but that's hardly a good thing.
iPhone users interested in sticking it to the man might get more use out of this video explaining how to downgrade their iPhones from 1.1.1 back to 1.0.2. Far more useful, and also far more
