Category Archives: Cool

Things I find that are cool.

Doctor Who Planet of the Dead Trailer!

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Puck

Looks like Doctor Who meets Pitch Black to me, but that’s just fine.  Pitch Black is a great little sci-fi movie, if you haven’t seen it.

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Ghostbusters HD Trailer (in, uh… Spanish?)

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Puck

Not sure if the gameplay is all that great, but the world creation, destructible environments and gorgeous and creative monsters (I love the ones made from books and the “graveyard” one) look amazing.

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Set Phasers on Yum

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Puck

Normally it’s my wife Mel posting about things on Etsy, but I’m sorry this is too awesome.  A Star Trek inspired corset.  In these economic times I can’t afford $200 for it, but boy I’d like to see Mel in that … Continue reading →

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It’s Fucking Distracting

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Puck

I normally don’t pay much attention to the temper tantrums, or even non-assholeish goings on of celebrities. Recently, however, Christian Bale went crazy at the DP1 Wow, intense actors are assholes, what a shock.  And granted, the DP was apparently … Continue reading →

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More Tim Minchin Greatness

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Puck

I really wish I was this good at expressing such things.  I now have a desire to memorize his lyrics — even the 9 minute beat poem “Storm” (previously posted). Lyrics! If anyone can show me one example in the … Continue reading →

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Storm

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Puck

This nearly brought tears to my eyes.  It’s rare that I hear poetry that actually expresses things that have happened in my life, but holy cow (.com) have I been in this situation. As with all good poetry, the poet … Continue reading →

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Randi in Vancouver

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Puck

We attended a lecture by James Randi last night, as part of UBC’s “Science Week”. He was the keynote speaker. I made sure to grab the batteries out of the charger and put them in our digital camera, and Mel … Continue reading →

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NFB Archives Online and Free

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Puck

That’s right, free! I can even embed them here, like my favorite The Big Snit.

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A Great Parable

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Puck

via Pharyngula

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TR2N Trailer

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Puck

This was shown at ComicCon a while back, but kept getting taken down by Disney for some reason.  The original is still up at Gizmodo but it’s barely watchable as it was captured by a camera phone, and the recording keeps … Continue reading →

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