september

09.25.01

i'm going to train hundreds of thousands of robo-roaches to ride on the backs of my dinosaur robots. this will be the birth of my robot army!!!

i will control my robot army from my futuro headquarters - building of the future. (link via gmtplus9)

of course, futuro headquarters will be populated with the finest robot ducks from the 1700's. (via robotwisdom)

09.23.01

i'm not really a big fan of pokeman, which makes the pikamac a little bit frightening.

the great thing about the robo-roach is that everything is true. how could you not love that picture?

the dew death calculator tells me that it would take a little over 130 cans of mountain dew to kill me. (via pop culture junk mail)

09.16.01

for reasons other than the news, things have totally chaotic for me lately, with the moving and the construction and they hey, hey, hey. the weird thing, is that when i find that i have a moment to myself, i sense a brief moment of panic. fortunately, it seems to pass...

dishwasher pete is one of my favorite commentators from this american life. he's just strange enough to be funny.

you'll have to admit, thistothat is a pretty damn useful site.

this new skate park in milpitas looks friggin' awesome. (link via dave d.)

jesus monster truck!!! what more could you possibly want from your sundays??

09.13.01

here's the latest status that i have of friends in new york. i know this doesn't apply to most of filmfatale's readers, but i feel it's important to make sure that friends know that everybody is ok.

mo is fine and well. she is helping folks in the streets who may be confused due to lack of traffic lights or just the general chaos.

ben is in north carolina and was safely away from new york.

kenji has reported in and is fine.

valentine and claire are ok. valentine watched the second tower collapse from his office building. claire was working a few blocks away, but was able to return safe and sound (albeit, covered from head to toe in soot and ash).

domini is safe and sound, but doesn't know when she will be able to move back to canada. eyal is currently in montreal.

steve and andi have still not been heard from (as far as i know). if anyone knows of their whereabouts, please drop me a line.

09.12.01

i've never been in either of the towers at the world trade center. my only memory of those buildings is when i stood in between the two skyscrapers and then spun around as fast as i could while looking directly up. i watched as the two giants swirled above me against the blue sky. it was a great moment.

09.09.01

i know, i know. i've been totally lax on the updates - but you gotta give me some slack. i've been desperately trying to finish building my new bedroom from scratch because i have to move into it by the end of the week. you try doing that and see how often you're on your computer. fortunately, my friends search the web too... here's a lego mindstorm robot that solves the rubick's cube! if that's not cool, then i don't know what is. (link via star)

to be honest, i find stephen hawking much more cooler than the lego-bot. i personally believe that hawking is the world's first cyborg scientist, and now he's warning the world of our impending doom when the robots take over the world.

my co-workers and i were dying when we heard this the other day. note to self: if i'm driving along a country road and i hit a deer - don't put it in the back seat. bonus points if i'm not a redneck.

09.04.01

you! yes you! do me a favor and nominate the shimmer kids underpop association for the sfweekly music awards in the rock/indie rock category! the staff at filmfatale will be forever grateful to you (thanks to robin for the link!)

have i ever told you how much i am in love with jonathan richman? i was listening to his music for years and when i finally got a chance to see him perform live at the kuumbawa in santa cruz back in '87, there was no turning back. i even sit through farrelly brothers movies to watch him - because those fifteen minutes that he sings on screen blows away any horrible thoughts i have about what a bad movie i'm watching. i was excited to discover that salon has chosen jonathan richman as their brilliant careers feature of the month. pardon me, i'm going to go swoon now.

buckaroo banzai was one of my favorite films in junior high. i watched it way too much and dreamed that someday i would be as cool as buckaroo. believe you me, i was shocked to find out that mike had never seen buckaroo banzai! well... we fixed that.

while looking for the above link, i stumbled upon techtv's top 11 (this one goes to 11) cult geek films. i don't know if i should be more worried about the fact that i've seen all of these, or the fact that i've rewatched most of them probably within the past year...

09.03.01

happy labor day! i'm a proud badge carrying member of iatse local 16 - have you kissed your union sister today?

i used to hold an unofficial church of the simpsons on sunday night at my house every week. at the height of it, there were about 40 people in my living room watching some really funny shit. as it turns out, the real churches aren't as offended by the simpsons as i thought.

the butter pda - who could have thought that personal computing could be so tasty? (link via dave)