Month: November 2006

This 60 Minutes YTMND video is funny…

Check out the YouTube video trailer for Office Space re-cut as a psychological thriller.

Denmark came up with an innovative way to combat speeding on its roads: have topless women hold the speed limit signs. Check out the YouTube video Speed Bandits for the unusual story (note: quite NSFW).

The YouTube video Michael and Dwight: SexyBack is a hilarious montage of scenes from The Office set to Justin Timberlake’s SexyBack. Go watch it!

The Online Education Database presents Research Beyond Google:

Got a research paper or thesis to write? Want to research using the Internet? Good luck. There’s a lot of junk out there — outdated pages, broken links, and inaccurate information. Using Google or the Wikipedia may lead you to some results, but you can rarely be sure of accuracy. And what’s more, you’ll only be searching a fraction of all of the resources available to you.

Google, the largest search database on the planet, currently has around eight billion web pages indexed. That’s a lot of information. But it’s nothing compared to what else is out there. Google can only index the visible web, or searchable web. But the invisible web, or deep web, is estimated to be 500 times bigger than the searchable web. The invisible web comprises databases and results of specialty search engines that the popular search engines simply are not able to index.

Do you think your local or university librarian uses Google? Sure, but certainly not exclusively. In order to start researching like a librarian, you’ll need to explore more authoritative resources, many of which are invisible. Note: Although some of the following resources are visible and indexed, they have all been included here because of their authoritative nature.

Did you catch the trailer for The Simpsons Movie during the episode last Sunday? If not, you can watch it here.

Now that you’ve seen it, are you as disappointed as I am? Although I previously shared the enthusiasm of sites like Cinematical, if that trailer is any indication, the movie is going to blow. It’s sad to say, but I’m not all that surprised. At least now I have pretty low expectations and could possibly be pleasantly surprised…

CNN reports that Oscar-winning actor Jack Palance died at the age of 87 on Friday of natural causes. Jack Palance’s movie and TV career lasted over 50 years, finally earning him a Best Supporting Oscar Award for 1991’s City Slickers. The entire Best Supporting Oscar Award segment is viewable in the embedded YouTube video above, including Palance in all of his one-handed push-up glory and classic quip “That’s nothing, really. As far as two-handed push-ups, you can do that all night, and it doesn’t make a difference whether she’s there or not.”

I think I first saw Palance when he hosted Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, or was it on Buck Rogers in the 25th Century? In any case, he never failed to entertain, and I had a soft spot for him ever since. I didn’t find out until much later that he was of Ukrainian descent, born Volodymyr Palanyuk, which made him that much cooler to me. He will most definitely be missed… 🙁

Did you know that Google Video has partnered with the NHL?

Now you can download full-length NHL games and watch them on your time. Whether it’s a memorable game or a keepsake of your first in-arena experience, NHL Video is always available on Google.

Sweet…

In my opinion, HBO’s Six Feet Under was one of the best TV dramas ever, and watching its final episode last year was quite sad. I never explored HBO’s web site for the show in detail, but I stumbled upon a neat section dedicated to Claire Fisher’s Artwork on the show that’s definitely worth a look.

Guardian Unlimited’s feature The works of art that matter most attempts to “compile the definitive list of the 50 works of art to see before you die,” supplying its list of 20 works and opening its comments thread for suggestions to round out the list.