There’s a lot to love about vintage Monty Python—dead parrots, silly walks, lumberjacks, killer rabbits—but Terry Gilliam’s magic touch with his signature cut-out animations really gave the group a goofball creative edge. In this clip from the early 1970s, a fresh-faced Gilliam (with an incredible ‘do) describes his no-tech approach to the process.
We’ve been expecting a new batch of Intel-powered chromebooks since May, and the first one is here: meet the Acer C720, the first to pack a full-on Core i3 processor in addition to up to 4GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage. Pretty muscular for a browser-based device.
Although you know it when you see it, it’s hard to accurately describe Memphis design without resorting to specific 1980s pop cultural references. It’s Pee-Wee’s Playhouse meets Miami Vice. It’s Saved By The Bell plus Beetlejuice. And it’s all coming back, in a very big way.
Nikola Tesla just scored a very generous birthday present. The “father or electricity” was born 158 years ago today, and several fans are trying to preserve his legacy with a museum, to be built on the site of his final laboratory in Shoreham, New…
Looking for a more powerful Acer Chromebook? It’ll cost you — the company announced today that its C720 Chromebook is getting a processor bump and a new price tag. $350 buys a notebook with a 4th generation Intel Core i3-4005U CPU clocked at 1.7GHz…
“We’ve gotten an incredible number of requests for BBM to come to Windows Phone,” BlackBerry proclaimed in its post announcing BBM for Windows Phone beta today. Whether that means 10 or 10,000 of you have been begging for the service is unclear, but…
Drones are pretty spectacular, aren’t they? Aside from some minor scrapes along the way, consumer-use drones have yielded some neat pictures and video. Dronestagram has compiled a list of the best pics, even going so far as to hold a contest and pick a winner. Sponsored by National Geograpic, Go Pro, Picanova, Droneshop and Parrot, the contest gave away GoPro … Continue reading
A new Motorola device running Android L has been spotted, and could very well be the Moto X+1. A touch larger than the Nexus 5, this device was shown running what might be a current (but still an early preview) version of L. Though it’s a bit sketchy in its origin, this reportedly came from a Motorola or Verizon employee. … Continue reading
For a relatively limited time – the rest of this month – those with PlayStation Plus will be able to access two most-excellent games on their PlayStation 4 gaming consoles. Today we’re having a brief look at TowerFall Ascension and Strider – aka the rebirth of a couple of classic genres, if you’d be so kind. TowerFall Ascension Based in … Continue reading
I saw a tweet today casting a new US cable reality show about obese pets — basically The Biggest Loser for dogs. It started me thinking, where on earth are we headed with our pets? Aka fur babies. That now common term tells a story in itself.
Doggy day spas, pet resorts (if you remember they were once called boarding kennels, you’re really old), pet travel agencies, dog cafés (would you care for a bone biscotti, madam?), doggy lawyers — and by that I mean lawyers whose clients are dogs… I don’t know; is it all getting a bit weird?
I think it is. I think we’ve started to make a fetish out of Fido. Throwing him birthday parties, dressing him up for the holidays, organizing doggy weddings. Do you have any idea how many dogs have their own Twitter accounts? Lots.
What is all this saying about us? What is missing in our lives that we’re so utterly humanizing our dogs? They’re not just family pets any more, they’re substitute humans.
It’s sort of understandable in a way, dogs offer us unconditional, uncritical love. Very few humans, even the ones who genuinely love us, will offer the same devotion.
But why can’t we love our dogs and just let them be dogs? Who have a collar and lead instead of a tutu or a bomber jacket. Who sleep on their own bed on the floor and not in our bed? Who eat raw meat and bones, not gourmet pooch pate out of an overpriced can?
I don’t really know and I can’t help wondering — at some point, is it all going to end in tears?
What do you think?
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