Chefelf has created this striking graphic to illustrate the main difference between the original Star Wars films and the prequels which came years later.
Land of the Lost coming to the big screen
May 20, 2009 @ 1:22 pm
If I had to pick one TV show that made me love dinosaurs as a kid, it was probably Land of the Lost. I honestly don’t remember much about the show itself, but I remember the intro (shown above) very well and all of the dinosaurs that were in it. A part of me always wished I could go back in time like the characters in the show and see dinosaurs up close and be their friends.
Anyway, apparently, Will Ferrell is starring in an upcoming film of the same name based on the original TV series. It’s supposed to come out in a couple of weeks (June 5, 2009) but so far I haven’t really seen any sort of advertising blitz for it.
Thanks for reminding me of this original intro though, Ray!
Find original Flickr photo pages with FlickFindr
May 11, 2009 @ 4:59 pm
When I come across a link to an image on Flickr that is a direct image URL (like this, for example) I consider it a very irresponsible act of internet publishing. I liken it to hot-linking which is already considered a big no-no in respectable circles. To give credit back to the photographers, Jarred Bishop has created FlickFindr, a website that reverse engineers the Flickr image URL to point back to the original Flickr image page (if you’re curious, the image linked previously can be found here). [via]
FlickFindr is certainly a must-have bookmark for me as I seem to come across more and more direct image links on Flickr lately…
People on Tumblr need to credit their sources
April 13, 2009 @ 3:24 pm
Laura Brunow Miner (Space Miner) has a short and well-written suggestion for people posting on Tumblr to get it together and credit your sources for photos and quotes.
I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve found something very interesting on Tumblr only to have to jump through hoops just to find out who created the original artwork (photograph, image, or quote). It’s very annoying not just from a reader’s point of view but from an artist’s point of view as well because people’s work are often just taken out of context and posted without any recognition of the original artist.
I consider it common courtesy to link back to either the artist’s website or the page from where the artist originally posted their work and at the moment, Tumblr seems to be the largest single site that is guilty of doing neither. It’s always a long line of reblogs and reblogs and reblogs, with no one in the middle even bothering to stop and think about where that image or peice of artwork came from.
So get it together Tumblr. Take a look at the revised post mock-up that Laura created and integrate that into the Dashboard area. Pronto!
Pelican eats a pigeon (original video)
April 2, 2009 @ 1:01 am
I’ve posted a news video of this pelican eating a pigeon before, but it’s nothing compared to the full original video captured above by Elizabeth Toni. The news report version (previous link) doesn’t really give an accurate depiction of the extent to which the pelican goes to keep the pigeon inside its mouth. I mean seriously, that pigeon is fighting for its life in the mouth of that pelican and the pelican isn’t letting it go one bit!
I wonder what would happen if the pigeon had bit through the skin of the neck on the pelican. Eeks…bloody mess that’s for sure and at least one dead bird.
Crush – Jellyhead
March 17, 2009 @ 3:03 am
I actually didn’t know there was an original version of this song. I always thought the house mix that was so prevalent on the radio in the 90’s was the original version. It turns out that the dance mix is known as the Motiv8 Mix. Hmm. I’ll have to remember that.
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