Extreme Rice

This one caught my eye.

Why Haven't I Heard About Rap News Before?

Because guys.  Seriously, guys.  This shit is awesome, guys.



Catchy, funny, informative, and relevant.  I think I'm in love.

Craig Ferguson explains Dr. Who

In song!

Really, guys? Really?

This is the best you can do?



Ugh. Really, NDP, I'm embarrassed for both of us.

I thought this cartoon was quite amusing.  Done by that rapscallion animator Happy Harry.


This will be my last blog post for a while; I've got to spend time getting ready for Hal-Con.  My next blog post will be (late) Monday, where I'll hopefully a pictures and the like to share.

This is the Best Campaign Attack Ad

Well, it is.

I Guess Sesame Street Isn't Completely Worthless These Days...

At least, I laughed pretty hard at this.



(In case anyone reading this has been living under a rock and has no idea what Grover's doing, look here.)

Sintel short film

Sintel is a really very impressive undertaking, and you should really watch it right now.

It's a 14-minute film made by independent artists using free 3D rendering software, and released under the Creative Commons 3.0 license (meaning it's free to download, copy, distribute, remix, learn from, etc.)  While it's not quite Hollywood quality (the animation gets a bit choppy during some bits of action, such as during the first fight scene), it's very, very close.  And it was done by an international team of artists working collaboratively with donations from folks on the interwebs.

It's also the second animated film of this ambition that I know of which was released under a creative commons license (the other being Sita Sings the Blues which is also awesome and highly recommended.)

It will be interesting to learn how the DVDs do commercially - Sita Sings the Blues, last I checked, was doing quite well despite the setback of being boondoggled to the tune of $50K over songs that were meant to be in the public domain in the first place.

The comments here will be spoilers, so read them only after you've watched the film.

Collateral Murder revisited

You might remember the whole Wikileaks release of the Apache killings of several reporters and unarmed Iraqi civilians back in April.

Well, Evan McCord was one of the soldiers on the ground who was on the scene, and a while ago he gave a speech about the events of that day.  You can watch it here.  It's...  uncomfortable to watch and listen to, almost as much as watching the original footage...  But he has important things to say, so I recommend giving it a watch when you have the time.

At the very least, his courage in speaking out should be commended.

Actually, it's called "Korobeiniki"

I really love this.  Listened to it six times already.



"Peace and love?  Wait, does that mean Vash the Stampede was a communist?"