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Firefox 3 Beta 1 Rolls its little butt out

Trevor May — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:38:20 +0000

Mozilla have just released the first beta for the next Firefox. Obviously not for day-to-day use, but great for developers. Read the release notes for more details, too numerous to mention here!

Haunted Mansion/Bela Lugosi’s Dead mashup

Trevor May — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:38:00 +0000

Haunted Mansion/Bela Lugosi’s Dead: A superb mashup of the Ghost Host narration from Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion and Bauhaus’ Bela Lugosi’s Dead.

Boing Boing redesign

Trevor May — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:08:04 +0000

In the unlikely event that you’ve read this article before reading Boing Boing this morning, head on over there now and check out their gorgeous new redesign. The new simplified appearance was created by my friend Jemma at Sans Nom and it now has a sister blog, Boing Boing Gadgets. Enjoy, but please come back! :)

Penny Arcade on Die Hard 4.0

Trevor May — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:14:25 +0000

Penny Arcade on Die Hard 4.0: The funniest PA strip I’ve read in ages. Related posts:Shopping the Playstation’s Online Store is Fun and Convenient One Million Ways to Die Playstation 3 vs X-Box 360: The Game Related posts:

Chore Wars

Trevor May — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:43:54 +0000

Chore Wars: Before, you could only earn XP from slaying demons and surfing the web. Now you can earn XP by doing your chores. (via Wonderland)

Second Life while you “work”

Trevor May — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:47:12 +0000

AjaxLife: British student Katharine Berry has created an in-browser AJAX application that allows you to log into Second Life, sans graphics, to chat and teleport around. (via Wonderland)

Miniature cats

Trevor May — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:49:51 +0000

Miniature cats: Like humans, cats can also exhibit forms of dwarfism. (thanks Gary)

Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) movie poster

Trevor May — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:47:33 +0000

Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) movie poster: “Oh, my God” springs to mind… (via Cartoon Brew)

Newsflash: Hollywood execs know nothing

Trevor May — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:19:26 +0000

Newsflash: Hollywood execs know nothing: “We always hear about how entertainment execs earn their giant salaries by being incredibly shrewd selectors and marketers of motion pictures, but this chart shows that you could get the same result by throwing dice.”

O2 to get iPhone in the UK

Trevor May — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:44:39 +0000

O2 ‘to get iPhone contract in UK’: Not so handy for me because I’m already on the O2 network and the best phone deals always seem to go to new customers. Related posts:Apple announces the iPhone The Apple iPhone: Dissected Cisco sues Apple over iPhone name Related posts:

Why Second Life will never go mainstream

Trevor May — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:27:44 +0000

Why Second Life will never go mainstream: For me, this biggest thing that put me off was the enormous learning curve. When I first played World of Warcraft I was up and playing like a noob that thought he was a pro in minutes. Second Life had me fumbling around for half an hour before I got fed up and uninstalled it.

The Real Kwik-E-Mart

Trevor May — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:56:51 +0000

To promote the Simpsons Move a 7-Eleven in Burbank, California has been dressed up as Apu’s Kwik-E-Mart, complete with Slurpee machines and Krusty-Os. Related posts:Meet the Real Sacha Baron Cohen What code DOESN’T do in real life (that it does in the movies) Universal to close Back To The Future: The Ride Related posts:

Second Life Secondfest Roundup

Trevor May — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:03:00 +0000

Aleks has a round-up of Secondfest, the Second Life virtual festival that happened over the weekend. Related posts:Second Life while you “work” Why Second Life will never go mainstream I finally downloaded Second Life the other day. Oh dear. Related posts:

Nintendo WiiWare dev platform

Trevor May — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:00:53 +0000

Nintendo announce that they’re going to be offering a WiiWare development platform so independents can create their own games which can then be made available via the Wii Shop Channel. Hopefully, then, we’ll get to see some of these delights in the near future.

Curses! Dramatic Chipmunk

Trevor May — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:17:38 +0000

Unlike everyone else, I didn’t bother to blog the dramatic chipmunk video (Pedantry: it’s a prairie dog) the other week, but I thought I’d take the time to reveal it’s Japanese TV-show origin… and a Victorian-style re-imagining.

Disney: Sorry, we can’t hire you because you’re a woman

Trevor May — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:29:41 +0000

Not new news by any stretch, but this is the first time I’ve seen the infamous rejection letter that Disney sent in response to a woman who applied for a job as an animator with my own eyes: “women do not do any of the creative work in connection with preparing cartoons for the screen in making animated cartoons, as that is performed entirely by young men”. (via Boing Boing)

Samuel L. Jackson is Nick Fury

Trevor May — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:11:30 +0000

According to Ain’t it Cool News, Samuel L. Jackson has joined the cast of the Iron Man movie as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Nick Fury. I guess that means he won’t now appear in a Spider-man or Fantastic Four movie thanks to them all being distributed by different studios.

SoftBank Pantone cellphone

Trevor May — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:10:34 +0000

SoftBank Pantone mobile phone: A perfect gift for the design geek. (via NOTCOT)

New Vending Machine Red video

Trevor May — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:20:51 +0000

A new Vending Machine Red video has just gone up. This time he has a chance encounter while crossing the road.

Rejected Wii Games

Trevor May — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:11:52 +0000

Rejected Wii Games: WiiPii, Cii-section, Prostate Exam, Female Pleasure, Paperwork Mario… they’re all here. (via Kottke)

Temporal Anomalies in Time Travel Movies

Trevor May — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:09:13 +0000

Temporal Anomalies in Time Travel Movies (via Kottke) Related posts:Human Computer Interaction in Science Fiction Movies What code DOESN’T do in real life (that it does in the movies) Home movies at Disneyland, 1956 Related posts:

Top 10 Most Popular MMOs

Trevor May — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:01:24 +0000

The Top 10 Most Popular Massively Multi-player Online games: No surprises as to what still comes out on top! Related posts:Generation XP: Top 20 Games of the Last Generation Top 50 music videos of 2007 Kevin Smith’s Top Ten Films of 2006 Related posts:

Apple reveals Windows Safari web browser beta

Trevor May — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:18:48 +0000

Apple launches Windows Safari beta Related posts:Countdown to Apple “Showtime” Firefox 3 Beta 1 Rolls its little butt out Showtime at Apple Related posts:

Inspiration behind the Olympic 2010 Logo

Trevor May — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:59:44 +0000

James at Rehabdesign reveals the original inspiration behind the London 2012 Olympics logo. Related posts:Munich 1972 = Good, London 2012 = Bad Married to the Sea: Logo Turtle Animated animation roughs Related posts: