Dave Dobbyn & Herbs “Slice of Heaven” [music video]

Just heard this song coming from the living room and it made me sing. It’s a great classic Kiwi anthem from the 80’s:

Cool huh; if you liked that 
I recommend you find and watch the animated NZ film ‘Footrot Flats’.

The Cyborg Name Decoder

I found this over on Geekologie, gave it a crack and was pleasantly surprised by its super-sophisticated decoding. I am a Neohuman and yes I do yell before an assassination, logically of course. I do suggest you try it: Comply

Asians do good Christopher Walken Impressions

Hiii-larious!

Comedy Central’s new show Tosh.0 put together this compilation of Asian people doing impressions of Christopher Walken. Some are good but, overall, it’s just an amusing juxtaposition.

Website: Eternal Moonwalk

Eternal Moonwalk is quiet possibly the best tribute to the late King of Pop to date – it’s a never-ending, sideway-scrolling montage of moonwalks from fans; submit your own here!

Obama and Sarkozy Enjoy The View

Look at that shit eating grin on Sarkozy’s face. I would love to know what the President of France was thinking at that moment. Was he grinning because he was enjoying the view that was being provided or was he hoping that this picture got taken because it might be the only dirt he ever gets on Obama? [via TastyBooze]

 

But wait, what’s Mr Sarkozy looking at?

Leaders of the Group of Eight major industrial nations and the main developing economies are meeting in the central Italian city of L’Aquila until Friday to discuss issues ranging from global economic stimulus to climate change and oil prices. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Original Photo: Reuters

Places I Don’t Want To Go: UKRAINE

I’m just kidding Ukraine you guys are allright. But seriously now; “Porn is now illegal in the Ukraine, unless used for medicinal purposes.” …LOL I know right; Hey doctor lady I’m sick and I need a prescription to jerkoff, can you prescribe a good title for me.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko last week signed off on new legislation joining the Ukraine to an ever-lengthening list of countries that have decided to move the censorship goalposts over the last few years, from publication of porn on to simple possession of it.

Ironically, the world may have a bizarre coalition of puritan New Labour and evangeligising Americans to thank for this giant leap forward for moral mankind.

On June 11, the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) made possession of pornography – not extreme porn, but ANY porn – a criminal offence. It will be punishable by a fine of 850 hryvnia – which our currency converter helpfully reveals is approximately 69 British pounds – or up to three years in prison. As in the UK, this is a significant shift in the law, which previously only concerned itself with those who produced or distributed pornography.

The problem with this legislation is that the only available definition of porn comes from 2003 legislation, which states, according to the English language version of the Kyev Times:

“Pornography is vulgar, candid, cynical, obscene depiction of sexual acts, pursuing no other goal, the explicit demonstration of genitals, unethical elements of the sexual act, sexual perversions, realistic sketches that do not meet moral criteria and offend honour and dignity of the human by inciting low instincts.”

Ukrainian moralising may therefore be of a home grown variety, or it may just be the latest example of “me too” bandwagon-jumping.

Read Full Article: TheRegister

Does this mean Luba Shumeyko will be earning her money illegally from now on?

Superbot: The Real Transformer

NASA’s ambitious plan to create transforming self-configuring robots is very sci-fi, but judging by these pictures they seem to be well on there way:

Superbot’s modular design shows the ability to create a two-legged robot.

Cool huh, but I’m pretty sure this is just NASA’s entry for RobotWars. They just haven’t attached the flamethrower yet.

NASA wanted a robot that could start as 100 blocky modules dropped from an airplane to a desert, reconfigure into a rover that could drive to a sand dune, and then change again to “grow” legs and climb up it. Once the blocky robot reached the top, it would transform into a greenhouse that could protect a group of seeds for two weeks.

Superbot’s modular design allows it to reconfigure and have any number of legs.

Superbot’s flexible design allows it to travel using a variety of sizes and shapes.

Read Full Article: LIVEScience

Stop Motion Donkey Kong [post-its]

Take a whole stack of Post-It notes, add a warehouse type building with blue Donkey Kong-like railings and you’ve got a quick internet classic. Is it just me, or are Post-Its quickly becoming the media of choice for the 21st century?

Brazil Remembers MJ With Moonwalker Pixel Art

Given Brazil’s infatuation with the Mega Drive (a love that’s still strong today thanks to licensed system clones from Tectoy), it’s no surprise that the country is remembering recently departed Michael Jackson with Moonwalker pixel art like this piece, spotted in São Paulo.

Local artists Bruno Pugens, Rafael Aguiar, and Jeng also printed out and put up a few Moonwalker posters of their own, which you can see below. They’ve also posted photos of the posters being put together. [via gamesetwatch.com]

‘THIRST’ [movie trailer]

Korean Vampire Love Story flick, Thirst won the Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes Festival recently, and I got me a ticket!

If you like Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy/Lady Vengeance style and cinematography then you’re gonna love this:

Beloved and devoted priest from a small town volunteers for a medical experiment which fails and turns him into a vampire. Physical and psychological changes lead to his affair with a wife of his childhood friend who is repressed and tired of her mundane life. The one-time priest falls deeper in despair and depravity. As things turns for worse, he struggles to maintain whats left of his humanity.

SOUR “Hibi no Neiro” [webcam-based music video]

This music video was shot for Sour’s ‘Hibi no Neiro’ (Tone of everyday) from their first mini album ‘Water Flavor EP’. The cast were selected from the actual Sour fan base, from many countries around the world. Each person and scene was filmed purely via webcam.

Director: Masashi Kawamura + Hal Kirkland + Magico Nakamura + Masayoshi Nakamura

SOUR “日々の音色” のためのミュージックビデオ。（ミニアルバム “Water Flavor EP” 収録曲）このビデオを作り上げるために、世界中のSOURファンに協力を募りました。 ビデオで使われている映像は全て、ラップトップのwebcamによって撮影しています 。

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Captain Jean Luc Picard – Calm Under Fire …Too Calm

When Borg and Klingons are out to destroy the USS Enterprise:

METRIC “Help I’m Alive” [music video]

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