Technology & Pop Culture

Saudi Arabia Really Likes Flight Of The Navigator

Posted by Bradley under News

The King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and Culture is Saudi Arabia‘s new cultural center.  And it’s future-gorgeous.

The design competition sanctioned by Saudi Aramco (see worlds largest oil company) featured five internationally recognized architectural firms — Snøhetta ultimately getting top billing.  Wow indeed.

Now if only the United States could be inspired by such elegant architecture.

More pics at the link.

http://bustler.net/index.php/article/snhetta_wins_king_abdulaziz_center_for_knowledge_and_culture_competition_in/

Tags: Architecture, Flight Of The Navigator, King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and Culture, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco, Snøhetta

Larry Moore Loves His Melons

Posted by Bradley under Entertainment, News, Personal

Here are the hilarious screen grabs from last night’s station break during the Lost season finale!  (OMG, BTW!)  The look on the guy’s face in the background is priceless!

Seriously, did the producer set this up?  Was Larry in on it?  Cloverfield monster?  Thank you TiVo!

Tags: Cloverfield Monster, Larry Moore, LOST, Melons

Mayor Releases Light Rail Plan, Favors Northland

Posted by Bradley under News, Personal

Thoughts?

http://www.kcmo.org/mayor/transit.pdf

Tags: Funkhouser, Kansas City, Light Rail, Mayor

The Godfather Negatives

Posted by Bradley under Movies, News

Paramount recently began a 4K (that’s twice 1080P resolution for you nerds) digital restoration of The Godfather — but finding the negatives was the first step.

More pics and the fascinating tale of discovery from American Cinematographer magazine at the link.

http://www.ascmag.com/magazine_dynamic/May2008/PostFocus/page1.php

Tags: 4K, American Cinematographer, Paramount, Restoration, The Godfather

Things Younger Than Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain

Posted by Bradley under Entertainment, News, Personal

Some humor for your Hump Day! And for the record, my dad is still younger having been born in 1937. Take that!

http://www.thingsyoungerthanmccain.com/

[Thanks Deb]

Tags: Dad, Hump Day, John McCain, Younger

Google and Virgin Group to Colonize Mars in 2016

Posted by Bradley under News, Technology

Google and Sir Richard Branson want to poke a hole in the Cloud. But they need your help!

Tags: Google, Larry Page, Mars, Richard Branson, Sergey Brin, Virgle

X-Files Kiss a Hoax, Eiffel Tower Makeover Very Real

Posted by Bradley under News, Technology

Well it turns out the Mulder/Scully makeout session reported earlier (http://bradleycain.com/oh-shiz-mulder-and-scully-kiss/) was all a hoax perpetrated by Chris Carter to fool the Internets. Damn. Or so says David Duchovny. However I am inclined to believe that it’s all in the X-Files style of dis-information. Or so I hope.

In other news, the Eiffel Tower is getting a sexy Spiderman Kevlar makeover!

To commemorate the Tower’s 150th birthday next year a temporary, Kevlar observation platform will be bolted to the top — Parisians vomit. More pics at the link.

http://www.serero.com/index_en.htm

Tags: Chris Carter, David Duchovny, Eiffel Tower, X-Files Movie

The Internet’s Undersea World

Posted by Bradley under News, Technology

A ship’s anchor wiped out most of Asia’s internet access this week. Let’s take a look at where the cables are and what they’re made of.

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Technology/Pix/pictures/2008/02/01/SeaCableHi.jpg

Tags: Anchor, Asia, Internet Access, Ship

From Macworld: Apple Releases Macbook Air, Time Capsule, et al.

Posted by Bradley under News, Technology

New Macbook Air fits in a manila envelope!

New Time Capsule backs up all of your computers without a second thought!

Apple TV 2.0 gets HD movie rentals and lower price!

So there you have it. The black turtleneck has spoken. Not to mention the iPhone gets new firmware, the iPod touch gets iPhone’s applications and iTunes gets movie rentals. Too many details to post here… full coverage over at Engadget!

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/live-from-macworld-2008-steve-jobs-keynote/

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/apple-macbook-air-first-hands-on/

Tags: Apple, iPhone, iTunes, Keynote, Macbook Air, Macworld, Steve Jobs, Time Capsule

New Indiana Jones Movie Poster Revealed Today

Posted by Bradley under Entertainment, News

Nuff said! High resolution zip file available from http://www.indianajones.com/.

Tags: Indiana Jones, Movie, Poster