The AV Club Blog The AV Club Blog The AV Club Blog is filled with all of the things we, the total dorks that we are, find interesting. We also post a lot of behind the scenes info on our current and upcoming videos, so there is a whole lot to see in here. Articles
Rapid Transit On Fire In LA Today
2008-06-09 22:28:00 I took the above picture about an hour ago between 6th and 7th on Wilshire in Santa Monica. That’s a bus. On Fire . It was one of those CNG natural gas buses so it was a tad concerning that it was in flames. The white dust you see all around the ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Rapid Transit On Fire In LA Today ", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/rapid-tran sit-on-fire-in-la-today" });
WWDC = World Wide Disappointment Conference
2008-06-09 21:13:00 So Steve Jobs just left the stage after announcing a bunch of things that everyone in the world already knew. Never have I witnessed (via Mac Rumors’ liveblog of the event) an Apple product release that did not hold a single surprise. Well there was one- the damn iPhone 2.0 OS is not ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "WWDC = World Wide Disappointment Conference ", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/wwdc-world -wide-disappointment-conference" });
Splooginator Featured on TheDailyTube.com
2008-06-06 20:32:00 Watch this video at YouTubeCheck it out, yo, The Daily Tube saw fit to feature one of our first shorts, The Splooginator. Thanks guys! And thanks to Matt for the eagle eyes and the head’s-up. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Splooginator Featured on TheDailyTube.com", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/splooginat or-featured-on-thedailytubecom" }); More About: Videos
Choose Your Future Overlord: Monkeys or Robots?
2008-05-22 07:33:00 It has been over a week now since we posted anything. “Why is that?” you ask. Because we are prepping for a HUGE shoot in just over a week. Details will be forthcoming on that, but I can say right now that it will be the biggest shoot of my life ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Choose Your Future Overlord: Monkeys or Robots ?", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/choose-you r-future-overlord-monkeys-or-robots" }); More About: Science , Internet
You All Suck And I Hate You
2008-05-10 20:11:00 Watch this video at YouTube “Gee, Sam,”, you may ask, “what’s with all the hate?” Well, if you think back to the simpler days of late 2007, you may remember this post by Chris, where he mentions “Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show”, one of the most brilliant pieces of surreal fake Engrishness this side of Tokyo ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "You All Suck And I Hate You", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/you-all-su ck-and-i-hate-you" }); More About: Hate You
Twitter: Revisited
2008-05-08 19:16:00 A while back I wrote this post about the web service Twitter . My basic gist was that the service offers little tangible benefit to most users and marginal benefit to self-promoters. Chris and Sam agreed with this assessment at the time, but it has been almost a year since that post, and opinions ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Twitter: Revisited", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/twitter-re visited" }); More About: Internet , Communications
Maker Faire 2008 - Day 2
2008-05-06 00:57:00 Day 2 of the Maker Faire was just as much fun as Day 1. For more photos, check out my Flickr gallery for day 2. One of the big highlights for me was getting the opportunity to attend a lecture by Adam Savage of MythBusters fame. His lecture was not only informative, but extremely inspiring. ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Maker Faire 2008 - Day 2", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/maker-fair e-2008-day-2" }); More About: Design , Entertainment
Maker Faire 2008 - Day 1
2008-05-04 07:56:00 Day 1 of the Maker Faire was a blast! I saw a lot of great exhibits, attended a few interesting lectures, and generally got my geek on. Photos from day 1 of my adventure can be found here. I’ll be adding titles and descriptions to the photo collection as soon as I can. ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Maker Faire 2008 - Day 1", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/maker-fair e-2008-day-1" }); More About: Design , Entertainment
Maker Faire 2008
2008-05-03 07:19:00 I just arrived in glorious San Francisco for the Maker Faire. For those of you who are woefully unaware of what the Maker Faire is, just picture the geeky lovechild of a Science Fair and Burning Man… minus the psychotropic drugs and nudity. The event was created by the folks at Make Magazine, ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Maker Faire 2008 ", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/maker-fair e-2008" }); More About: Design , Entertainment
?Play The News? Will Make You Kill Puppies
2008-05-01 19:12:00 Watch this video at YouTube It looks like my previous post on GTA IV started something between a heated debate and flame war, and I have to admit the post was extremely biased towards the gaming crowd. So, in the interest of fairness, I should probably cover the negative impact of gaming. Case in point: Play ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "“Play The News ” Will Make You Kill Puppies", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/play-the-n ews-will-make-you-kill-puppies" }); More About: Games , The News
GTA IV Will Kill Your Children
2008-04-30 04:35:00 As some of you may know, Grand Theft Auto IV came out today, and as every piece of news media will gleefully tell you, it will do nothing short of causing your schools to become killing grounds full of deranged 10-year-old prostitute killers. Wait, did I say every piece of news media? I completely forgot NPR’s ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "GTA IV Will Kill Your Children ", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/gta-iv-wil l-kill-your-children" }); More About: Games
Hold On To Your Butts; This Is Going To Hurt. A Lot.
2008-04-29 23:53:00 I took this photo on Friday. I don’t know what prices are where you are, but they are headed way higher soon. I know we pay less than most other countries, but they have smaller, fuel efficient cars and mass transit, both of which are not yet as viable in the US as ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Hold On To Your Butts ; This Is Going To Hurt . A Lot.", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/hold-on-to -your-butts-this-is-going-to-hurt-a-lot" }); More About: News
Bloglight: The FAIL Blog
2008-04-25 20:32:00 Who doesn’t love “FAIL” images like the one above? If you don’t, then you are a hater of funny things, you might be reading the wrong blog right now. If you do love them, however, go check out the FAIL Blog , a site 100% dedicated to gathering and displaying all of the very ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bloglight: The FAIL Blog", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/bloglight- the-fail-blog" }); More About: Interesting
Coffee Kiss
2008-04-25 19:42:00 No word on who made this, or how, but it is so damn cool and beautiful that I knew you guys would appreciate it if I passed it along. Via Design You Trust (and you should, they find things like this on a daily basis). SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Coffee Kiss ", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/coffee-kis s" });
Pangea Day 2008 Looks Like It Will Be Great
2008-04-24 19:39:00 Watch this video at YouTubeThis video is a promo for Pangea Day , which happens on May 10. The event is an attempt to unite the world through film in one night each year. Certainly a noble goal, hopefully one that they can at least make some headway towards attaining. I wanted to ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Pangea Day 2008 Looks Like It Will Be Great ", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/pangea-day -2008-looks-like-it-will-be-great" }); More About: Movies , Design
Damn You, RSS
2008-04-24 19:26:00 If you read the AV Club Blog on an RSS reader, then you probably think we stopped posting a while ago for no good reason- not true! Our RSS feed was totally fux0red due to a still-undiscovered error with a Mint plugin. We have been posting lots of great stuff, so click here ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Damn You, RSS", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/damn-you-r ss" });
Old Media Lashes Out? Viralcom
2008-04-23 19:17:00 Watch this video at YouTubeI just watched the first two episodes of Viralcom“, a new web series from the evidently very well funded Joey and David (they seem to be getting the $ and access to locations from Warner Brothers’ Studio 2.0), and I have a few thoughts on it that I felt were worth ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Old Media Lashes Out? Viralcom", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/old-media- lashes-out-viralcom" }); More About: Television , Internet
Thank Thankyou For Being Awesome
2008-04-23 19:06:00 Click above to observe the motion graphics prowess of thankyou; then bow and be humbled. These guys are GOOD at what they do, which is specifically making everyone else look like a bunch of hacks. I am at a loss to choose words that adequately encompass how much I respect them right now, ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Thank Thankyou For Being Awesome ", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/thank-than kyou-for-being-awesome" }); More About: Design
The Worst Song Ever?
2008-04-22 19:00:00 BoingBoing recently linked to “The Most Unwanted Song “, a piece that was designed to contain all of the worst aspects of music, as determined by opinion polls. I listened to the song and found it to be laugh out loud funny, as did Jess, so I figured it was more than worth passing along ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Worst Song Ever?", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/the-worst- song-ever" });
Lost America
2008-04-22 01:56:00 I have always been a big fan of long exposure nighttime photography. It’s like entering a strangely familiar alien landscape, where the sunlit daytime world melts away to reveal a world lit by stoplights, neon signs, and the night sky. On the “Lost America ” site, you can see the work of photographer Troy Paiva. ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Lost America", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/lost-ameri ca" });
A Worthy Successor To Boring 3D:
2008-04-21 19:24:00 I think I have found a worthy successor to Boring 3D for the title of “most interesting and consistently updated 3D artwork on the web”, and its name is Zamak. I love the mixture of photorealistic rendering with their imaginative and unconventional character designs; really interesting and original work. They add new images ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "A Worthy Successor To Boring 3D:", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/a-worthy-s uccessor-to-boring-3d" }); More About: Design
Friday Mystery Video Funtime Go!
2008-04-18 22:01:00 Watch this video at YouTubeWatch this video. What do you think this is? What is that noise, what is happening here, where is this? Answer after the jump, but have some fun, try to guess first! This is an art/public works installation in Zadar, Croatia called the Sea Organ. These steps contain ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Friday Mystery Video Funtime Go!", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/friday-mys tery-video-funtime-go" });
Excuse me, does this belong to you?
2008-04-17 20:45:00 FOUND Magazine is an online publication that is updated daily with interesting finds from around the world. Here you will find everything from angry notes left on parked cars to discarded photographs and wadded up shopping lists. The submissions are sourced from many locations like garage sales, old lockers, the street, public transportation, etc. It is ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Excuse me, does this belong to you?", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/excuse-me- does-this-belong-to-you" });
Should We BuyThis? (Pt.9)
2008-04-14 19:35:00 It has been a while since I updated you all on the ongoing 6 month saga of “Jess and Andy move in to the Sweet“, so I decided it was time for a glimpse of what’s up. We have a bed, dressers, a couch, an entertainment system and a charging station, now we need ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Should We BuyThis? (Pt.9)", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/should-we- buythis-pt9" });
A Day In The Life: ?Digital Grunt?
2008-04-09 20:26:00 Watch this video at YouTube This video was made by a few friends of mine, and it so perfectly encapsulates the daily grind that is working in VFX that I have no way to expand upon it. It is a tiny bit long, but stick with it if you can, there are a bunch ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "A Day In The Life : “Digital Grunt”", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/a-day-in-t he-life-digital-grunt" }); More About: Day In The Life
?Speed Racer? Is 95% Guaranteed To Suck:
2008-04-08 02:01:00 Watch this video at YouTubeWhen I saw the first teaser trailer for “Speed Racer ” I said to myself, “Man, that looks like ass”. Then a bunch of other people said the same thing, so I decided that I didn’t really need to speak up too vocally about it. Then the newest trailer came ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "“Speed Racer” Is 95% Guaranteed To Suck :", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/speed-race r-is-95-guaranteed-to-suck" });
Hammock Bed
2008-04-04 19:11:00 It has been a while since I have posted anything for the simple sake of saying, “doesn’t this look neat!?!”, so here is just such a post. This hammock/queen sized bed/bean bag from Le Beanock is totally going in my rec room. As soon as I get a rec room that is. ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Hammock Bed", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/hammock-be d" });
Updating? Updating?. To Wordpress 2.5!
2008-04-03 06:38:00 We are in the process of updating around here to Wordpress 2.5, and this is the first post under the new admin. I would like to join the wide chorus of voices singing this major update’s praises- there are a ton of great new things under the hood. If you run a blog on ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Updating… Updating…. To Wordpress 2.5!", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/updating-u pdating-to-wordpress-25" });
Babelgum Online Film Festival
2008-03-27 08:12:00 Check out the commercial I directed for the Babelgum Online Film Festival ! Shot by Craig, starring Jeff, and post-productioned [yes I know that’s not a word, but it was fun to write] with a bunch of help from a new accomplice, Aaron. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Babelgum Online Film Festival", url: "http://blog.theavclub.tv/post/babelgum-o nline-film-festival" }); More About: Movies
Babelgum Online Film Festival
More articles from this author:2008-03-27 08:12:00 Check out the commercial I directed for the Babelgum Online Film Festival ! Shot by Craig, starring Jeff, and post-productioned [yes I know that’s not a word, but it was fun to write] with a bunch of help from a new accomplice, Aaron. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Babelgum Online Film Festival", url: "http://mint.theavclub.tv/feeder/?FeederA ction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss2%2 9&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.theavclub.tv %2Fpost%2Fbabelgum-online-film-festival&# 38;seed_title=Babelgum+Online+Film+Festiv al" }); More About: Movies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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