LucasFilm financing Robot Chicken special According to our friends at TV Squad, LucasFilm is financing Robot Chicken special. They are reportedly in the process of building sets for a full half hour of Star Wars Robot Chicken. I can't wait. If you are a Gen X-er and haven't caught Robot Chicken on Adult Swim or DVD, you owe it to yourself to check it out. The clip below is an excellent example of typical Robot Chicken treatment of our beloved Gen X icons.:

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  What do zippers, baby oil, brassieres and trampolines have in common? Google, or more likely, Google's lawyers, have some helpful hints for avoiding infringing on their trademark when using "Google" as a verb:

"Usage: 'Google' as noun referring to, well, us.
Example: 'I just love Google, they're soooo cute and cuddly and adorable and awesome!'
Our lawyers say: Good. Very, very good. There's no question here that you're referring to Google Inc. as a company. Use it widely, and hey, tell a friend.

Usage: 'Google' as verb referring to searching for information on, um, Google.
Example: 'I googled him on the well-known website Google.com and he seems pretty interesting.'
Our lawyers say: Well, we're happy at least that it's clear you mean searching on Google.com. As our friends at Merriam-Webster note, to 'Google' means 'to use the Google search engine to find information about (as a person) on the World Wide Web.'

Usage: 'Google' as verb referring to searching for information via any conduit other than Google.
Example: 'I googled him on Yahoo and he seems pretty interesting.'
Our lawyers say: Bad. Very, very bad. You can only 'Google' on the Google search engine. If you absolutely must use one of our competitors, please feel free to 'search' on Yahoo or any other search engine."  ¶ 10:10 PM 0 Comments

  Nathan Fillion to Guest Star on Lost According to the SciFi channel's SCI FI Wire, Nathan Fillion will guest star on the Nov. 8 episode of Lost. I just hope he isn't one of the Others, since they do all sorts of bad things, and have a tendency to get killed, much like the Star Trek crew members in the red shirts.

In other news, Nathan has been signed to a "talent holding deal" with Fox, the network almost universally blamed for the demise of Firefly. I'm not crazy about him being on Fox, but they have committed to either giving him a new show, or putting him in an existing series. (Maybe they'll put him on Prison Break. I can imagine something good coming out of that.)

This is also a good excuse to repost this wonderful photo of him in a kilt:

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  Pedro the recycling otter You've just gotta love Pedro the recycling otter:



At least the otters are trying to save the planet.

via cuteotters.com (Who else?)  ¶ 7:38 AM 1 Comments

  Kitschy Pink Flamingo Faces Extinction I think Kitschy Pink Flamingo Faces Extinction is one of the best headlines of all time. Apparently Union Products, the manufacturer of the pink plastic flamingoes that, were at one time apparently very common, but I personally have never seen on an actual lawn, has fallen on hard times, and closed its only factory. Now, I kind of want one. (According to the LA Times, they are only sold in pairs, so I'll have to get two.)  ¶ 10:43 PM 1 Comments

  Bowling + Rollercoaster = Fun! Yet another reason to love YouTube:

If you have no idea what the hell you are looking at, click here for an explanation. The music, by the way is Older, by They Might Be Giants.

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  Darth Vader USB Flash Drive Unlike the previously featured R2D2, I do not want anyone to purchase the Darth Vader Designer USB Flash Drive which is available from Star Wars Shop. Why? They are hideous!


If you want a really cool USB drive, try the Swiss Army USB drive
from Think Geek. I have the 1GB aluminum one.  ¶ 10:23 AM 1 Comments

  The Voice-Activated R2-D2 The Voice-Activated R2-D2. Feel free to buy me one for Christmas, or my birthday, whatever...  ¶ 8:04 PM 3 Comments

  USB Hamster Wheel I must have one of these. A USB Hamster Wheel, which is exactly what it sounds like, but in addition, the speed at which the hamster runs depends on how fast you are typing. Now, the cynic in me wonders if this is some sort of sinister keylogger, but holy crap, it's a USB Hamster Wheel. How cute is that?  ¶ 8:12 PM 2 Comments

  Futurama Returns!! OK, so Futurama won't be back until 2008, but this excellent, unofficial trailer has definitely whet my appetite for some new episodes.  ¶ 7:01 PM 1 Comments