Mysterious Mose

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Jim Henson + Tim Burton.

“Mysterious Mose” by Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh.
Their site: Screen Novelties

Mysterious Bonus Round: Play this video twice and you’ll want to buy the damn song.

Science Fair!

Friday, July 11th, 2008

ORSM dot net - An awesome gallery of science fair exhibits.

NSFW: this site has boobie and dingdong ad revenue all over the place.

BPOW/Photo of the Week: BACON LV

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Both the Photo of the Week and the Bacon Product of the Week:

I followed this guy for 15 minutes to get a good snapshot of his vanity plate.

Dude, we love that you love bacon.

Unless you’re actually just a fan of Francis Bacon, which is still cool.

Jason from GorillaSushi:
“He might have wanted to memorialize the time he saw Kevin Bacon in Las Vegas.”

Heywood:
“Or maybe the guy is from the small Eastern European town of Bacon, Latvia?”

The Taste of Summer

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Heya folks - a new batch of Blogadilla ice cream wallpapers for you.

Click on the thumbnail for the full-sized downloadable wallpaper.


Lucerne “Birthday Cake” ice cream in a pink Rainbow Cone.


“Cotton Candy” flavored Swirl Stix popsicle (by Philly Swirl ).

The Sounds of Summer

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008


(cool image by Josh Bancroft)

Sweltering heat.
The smell of BBQ and citronella candles.
The sound of the ice cream truck coasting down your street.

WFMU’s collection of ice cream truck (downloadable) audio clips.
And part II of the collection.

They make the perfect Summer ringtones.

 
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Western Spaghetti - New from PES

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

We covered the unbelievably talented Adam Pesapane back in September with his stop-action films “Kaboom!”, “Game Over”, and “Human Skateboard”. Now, PES is back with an all new film, “Western Spaghetti.” Check it:

(via Notcot, via Shape&Colour)

Happy 4th of July

Friday, July 4th, 2008

This is the 4th of July celebration in Santa Cruz, California.
Imagine Apocalypse Now with more explosions and more severed heads.

The song is “Star Spangled Mojo” by Mojo Nixon - perhaps the best rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” ever.

Dawn of the (Reader-Submitted) Dead

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Having recently finished Max Brooks’ World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, I’m thrilled about this:

Lost Zombies: A Community Generated Zombie Documentary

Become a member and submit evidence/proof of the zombie outbreak in your area (this project has evidence from around the globe).

Undead Bonus Round: The Lost Zombie sticker campaign.

Darjeeling Limited T-Shirt

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

The only detail about the 2007 Wes Anderson film “The Darjeeling Limited” that I didn’t like: the absence of products and movie-related schwag.

I still want a Hotel Chevalier bathrobe, dammit.

Finally - Threadpit has released this cool Darjeeling Limited t-shirt.

I already bought one. I love the design and bright colors.

Coke Zero - Hipster %$#head Remix

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Another fine short by JoeyAndDavid.com:
Coke Zero

Be patient, it gets funny.

(via Cindi the Sex Guru)

Aliens (Sweded Edition)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

For those of you who missed this the first time, and for those of you just dropping by on the BALLOONACY internet balloon race, here’s the “Sweded” version of Aliens that friends and I filmed a couple of months ago.

(Part 1)

(Part 2)

The (Vinyl) Dude Abides

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Limited edition, coming in August, available at EntertainmentEarth.

War, Inc.

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

The movie War, Inc. finally came to a theater in my neighborhood.

Two words: “kick” and “ass.”

I loved it.

Brand Hauser (John Cusak) is an assassin on a mission in the war-torn mythle-eastern nation of Turaqistan. Hauser is posing as the producer of an arms convention, promoting Tamerlane military industries - the very corporation currently occupying the nation of Turaqistan. At the convention, Hauser meets journalist Natalie Hegalhuzen (Marisa Tomei) and obnoxious middle eastern pop star Yonica Babyyeah (Hilary Duff) . . . and all hell breaks loose in this Douglas Coupland-esque world.

War, Inc. has several of the best qualities of Cusak’s previous assassin dark comedy Grosse Pointe Blank - clever dialogue, a great soundtrack (that does not yet exist on iTunes, dammit), and several stellar fight/action scenes worthy of Martin Blank. This film also smelled heavily of Douglas Coupland and Naomi Klein’s “Baghdad Year Zero” (both of which are good smells).

Locate a showing at a theater near you.

Big Green

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Worth1000’s Six Degrees of the Hulk Photoshop contest.

Gas Station Gourmet

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Gas Station Gourmet:
“I eat weird gas station food and then write about it.”

Child Safety Tattoos

Friday, June 13th, 2008


(this application not recommended by safetytat.com)

Safetytat.com - Temporary child safety tattoos that have allergy or special needs info, and “if lost, please call ____” tattoos are also available. A brilliant idea that may save lives.

I decided to design Blogadilla’s very own “Adult Safety Tats” (and you can print your own with transfer tattoo paper).

Red Velvet Twinkie-ish Cake

Friday, June 13th, 2008

My serious lust for red velvet cupcakes has drawn me to these . . . behold the Red Velvet twinkie-type thingy! I hate to admit that I found them at Wal*Mart . . . mmm . . . redness . . .

mmm...red

Mindtribe - Sidewalk Gaming

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

This month’s issue of Wired magazine ran an article about MegaPhone - turning big-screen billboards into giant game screens, your cellphone becomes a game controller, and all you have to do is call the phone number posted on the screen and you’re playing video games on the side of a building.

Recently, Palo Alto based product engineering firm MindTribe has placed a 65″ plasma screen in a front window with the same idea in mind. You dial the phone number on the screen and you are now playing a version of Tetris while standing in the middle of the sidewalk (and it’s free). Bonus: if you get a high score, your snapshot goes up on their website.

BPOW: Bacon Brazil Nut Toffee

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Palo Alto, CA.

Pampas - a new Brazilian churrasco restaurant.

Dessert menu item: “chocolate torte served with caramel ice cream, crème fraiche sauce, bacon Brazil nut toffee, smoked sea salt.”

Consulting Executive Pastry Chef: Marisa Churchill

The toffee is a nice blend - far better than other bacon chocolate combinations I’ve tried in the past - a good balance of texture (Brazil nuts and bacon) with pleasant sweetness (chocolate and toffee) and the finish of salty and smokey umami (bacon).

Overall Bacony Goodness Score: ***** 5/5

Moment of Humanity

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Take this moment to contemplate how wonderful human beings truly are: