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I know it's often juvenile but I love the show.... It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Just stumbled across a wiki (!)
One of my favorite bits is Charlie's interest in cheese...
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Official Website | Only on FX
We haven't watched the Godfather in a few years and just started watching the first one last night. First, even though I'd readily note it as one of my all time favorite movies, just the first 5 minutes remind you of how good it is. I thought I knew who everyone was but I'd forgotten a couple of bits. Gratefully Wikipedia has a nice page with a list of characters and their roles in not just the movies, but also the books and the video games.
So if you've never watched the movies or if it's been a while, sit down for a great set of movies sometime this fall or winter and enjoy the legend.
Constructing a Song: Trent Reznor's Cacophony of Beats: "Nine Inch Nails' frontman lets Wired into his lab (converted garage) of blinking electronic doodads to reveal how he created one of his latest songs.
"(Via Wired: Top Stories.)
Halloween Horrors: 5 Spooky TV Shows You Can Watch Online: "From suspenseful classics and offal cook-offs to truly terrifying documentaries, the internet has you covered when it comes to scary stuff to assault your eyeballs.
(Via Wired: Top Stories.)
Rating Awesome Ghoul-Killing Weapons of 'Zombieland': "Firearms aficionados Matt and John Yuan handicap the novel, brain-obliterating gear used to dispatch the walking dead in the horror-comedy movie, which opens Friday.
"(Via Wired: Top Stories.)
How to Cook Beer Brats: "Nothing goes with a cold one like a bratwurst boiled in beer, finished on the grill and smothered in sauerkraut and mustard on a hearty bun. Hungry? Learn how to make beer brats the Wisco way.
(Via Wired: Top Stories.)
T3 Gadget Awards 2009 - Shortlist 50: Best deals: "
For those of you who have trawled their mouse cursor over all the categories in this year's T3 Gadget Awards 2009, you are probably thinking you'd wouldn't mind owning some, if not all of that glorious shortlisted tech.
To help you on your way to building your very own T3 Gadget Awards shrine, whilst saving yourself more than a few pennies in the process, we've pulled together 50 of the gadgets shortlisted for glory at the best prices you can find them for on the web.
Launch the gallery for our T3 Gadget Awards 2009: Shortlist 50: best deals.
Via T3.com
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Trent Reznor: 'So you want to make money on the Web': "In a post that could easily explain the emerging open-source software business model, Nine Inch Nails lead details how to make money in music."
(Via Clippings.)
10 (More) Ways to Provoke a Geek: "Still looking for ways to annoy the geek in your life? Here's 10 more suggestions, including: Why don't you say it was a shame Jar-Jar Binks wasn't in the original trilogy?
This is pretty good stuff, I liked the comment about the muppets!
(Via Clippings.)
Is Reznor a digital-music visionary? Ask Lars Ulrich: "Metallica's drummer and onetime Napster basher says he wants to pick Reznor's brain about the band maybe leaving its music label. Wait, doesn't he hate tech?"
(Via Clippings.)
New Presidio trail wends down from overlook: "A dangerous trail in the Presidio has been transformed into one of the park's most scenic and accessible paths: the '1,000 steps.' Opened this week, the trail offers smashing coastal views, takes only 20 minutes from start to finish through mossy pines and...
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(Via Clippings.)
New web site ranks San Francisco restaurants: "Zoodango combines a geographical search engine with social networking tools. Pick an area and it shows you the restaurants, along with landmarks like Union Square that help you get oriented. Stay...
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(Via SF Gate 2.)
Sundance from the comfort of you home: "No need to travel to Utah, you can get a taste of Robert Redford's indie festival by downloading up to 10 short films via iTunes."
(Via Clippings.)
How to Kill Vampires (Try Wood, Ultraviolet Ammo): "As vampire flick Twilight tops the U.S. charts and opens in Britain,
female viewers are swooning over the impossible romance between mortal
and immortal. But many of their male companions will be pondering the
age-old question: 'Just what kind of hardware do I need to take down
that sucker?'
"(Via Wired: Top Stories.)
Gallery: The 10 Coolest James Bond Cars Ever: "
Sweet cars and amazing, if improbable, car chases have been essential elements of James Bond movies since the series began in 1962. The tradition continues in Quantum of Solace, which finds our favorite superspy behind the wheel of a hot Aston Martin DBS and — in a nod to these eco-conscious times — a Ford Edge that runs on hydrogen (in the film, if not in real life). But it takes more than a fuel cell to make the list of the 10 coolest Bond cars ever.
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The quintessential Bond car appeared in Goldfinger, and it is both the most famous Bond car and one of the most iconic vehicles in the history of film. In addition to gorgeous lines and stunning speed, Bond's DB5 featured machine guns, a bulletproof shield, radar and that über-cool ejector seat that could villains flying at the push of a button.
: This one's tricky because Bentley never produced a car called the Mark IV. Ian Fleming made that up. Bond drove a 1933 Bentley convertible with an Amherst-Villiers supercharger in the novel Casino Royale. Various Bentleys have appeared in Bond films, including From Russia With Love, in which our hero seduces Miss Sylvia Trench behind the wheel of a 1930 Bentley Derby similar to the one in this photo by Flicker user starpitti.
: The Lotus Esprit from The Spy Who Loved Me is almost as famous as the DB5, if only because it could turn into a submarine at the flick of a switch. The car featured surface-to-air missiles, torpedoes and depth charges, all of which we find amazing given the shaky reliability of the electrical systems in British cars.
: Strictly speaking, this wasn't Bond's car. It was driven by his assistant, Aki, in You Only Live Twice. But it makes the list because it was chock-full of cool gadgets — including a television, a cordless phone and a voice-activated stereo – that are commonplace today but the stuff of science fiction in 1967. Toyota built a GT without a roof because Sean Connery was too tall for the coupe.
: Aston Martin returned to Bond's fleet in 2002 after the spy's brief dalliance with BMW in the late 1990s. The Vanquish that appeared in Die Another Day came with an ejector seat and a cloaking device that rendered the car invisible. We prefer the more muscular and understated DBS in Casino Royale because it's a better match for Daniel Craig's darker, more brooding Bond.
: Yes, Bond drove a Mustang, albeit briefly, in Diamonds are Forever, and he looked almost as cool as Steve McQueen did driving his 'stang in Bullitt. Connery took the Mach 1 on a wild ride through Vegas, getting up on two wheels to squeeze through an alley. The film editors weren't so skilled: The car is shown entering the alley on one set of wheels and emerging on the other.
: Pierce Brosnan drove the convertible Beemer in The World Is Not Enough, but it was a BMW in name only. The Z8 was still a prototype when filming started, so the film featured a Cobra kit car wearing BMW skin. We're still not sure where Q found room for the surface-to-air missiles, let alone the six cup holders, but now we know where they put the movie camera.
: Bond stole this car from a dealership showroom to make an escape in The Man With the Golden Gun, making a spectacular corkscrew jump over a canal to elude his pursuers. The stunt was planned with help from a supercomputer at Cornell University, and it is the only time in history an AMC Hornet has ever looked cool.
: This Whyte Industries jobby appeared in Diamonds Are Forever. It's a moon buggy. 'Nuff said.
: Another Bond car that wasn't what it appeared to be. The 2CV couldn't outrun its own belching plume of exhaust, so the car in For Your Eyes Only was tricked out with a hotter engine, a modified transmission and a reworked frame. It still had trouble outrunning the humble Peugeots – Peugeots — pursuing it, so Bond had to resort to skilled driving and good luck to make his escape.
"(Via Clippings.)
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