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| Monday, January 23, 2006 01:23 PM |
| I Should Really Eat Lunch |
 by Fëanor |
- You should be used to me posting all kinds of weird and random lists of movies on the blog here, but I don't think I've ever posted one quite like this. It's a list of all the movies Ronald Reagan saw as president, including the date and place he saw them. It's quite a mix of stuff, I must say, from classic Hitchcock films (Notorious, To Catch a Thief), to random obscure sci-fi films (Outland), to the old Westerns and big blockbusters you'd expect (Stagecoach, Return of the Jedi). He also watched some of his own movies (Bedtime for Bonzo), and watched others twice in a row (he saw Witness on February 22nd, 1985, then saw it again the next day). It's oddly fascinating. (Via Backwards City)
- Okay, it sucks for the people who owned it and for the people who worked there, and I hope the cameraman is okay, but this fireworks factory explosion is kind of cool to watch. (Via Backwards City; love the reference, guys)
- If you like the Katamari games, and have some skills in papercraft, you might want to check out this paper model of the Prince, which you can print out, cut, and fold yourself! If you can read Japanese, there are even handy instructions included! (Via Joystiq)
- And while we're at it, here's another geeky paper model with instructions in a foreign language (what a weird theme!). This time it's of the titular starship from the film Serenity (as well as, of course, from the TV show "Firefly"), and it's what you might call a bit more complex. In fact, it's mindbogglingly detailed and impressive. Check it out. (Via Digg)
- Robot protesters! Now all we need are robot policemen, and humans can be removed from the whole process entirely, making protests much safer for everyone involved...except the robots, of course.
- I know some of you will love this link, if you haven't seen it already: 16 classic Infocom text adventure games, playable online. I never actually played through any of these, so I'll have to keep this link around and check one or two of them out at some point. Definitely the infamous Zork, at least. (Via Download Squad)
- I'm not crazy into album art, but I do like to make use of all of the features of iTunes and my iPod, so I'm thinking of trying one or more of the various applications and websites meant to find missing album art for you (and in some cases also automatically download it and add it to your iTunes) mentioned in this Digg post and its many comments. Options include Artie, YVG, iArt, idleTunes, and, for your Mac, this or this. I'm a bit overwhelmed, but I'll definitely be checking these out when I get a chance.
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