Whiz of the Web: Friday Fried Onions

• "Fox announced that J.J. Abrams' highly anticipated SF series Fringe will debut with a two-hour premiere at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Sept. 9."
• Josh Zetumer is in negotiations to write the latest movie incarnation of Dune. Zetumer's only credit on IMDB is for a thriller called Villain that's still in production, so it's hard to know if this is good news or not.
• A rhythm game called Aero Guitar is on its way to WiiWare, and will sell for 800 Wii Points ($8). And we're all for a cheaper way to feed our addiction to music and rhythm games, so bring it on!
• A hacker turns Roomba into Pac-Man. Brilliant!
• This Japanese video gives our first look at the gameplay and controls for Mario Super Sluggers, a Wii baseball game coming to the US later this year.
• A series of photos demonstrating weird new uses for your laptop. (Via)
• You can read J.K. Rowling's Harvard University commencement address online. And it's pretty darn good, so if you have a few minutes to spare... (Via)
• The Access Controller is a one-handed peripheral for use with PCs, PS2 and PS3. Looks a bit large, but it's a cool idea.
• Behold! The Microwave PC.
• In response to the smoking ban in the Marvel Universe, artist Chris Schweizer has illustrated various famous Marvel heroes and villains lighting up. Fantastic stuff. (Via)
• Both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Soul Calibur IV will feature Darth Vader's secret apprentice from LucasArt's forthcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed as a playable character.
• Joystiq's metareview for LEGO Indiana Jones seems encouraging.
• Cinematical presents the seven least annoying Jack Black roles.
• Adam Sandler intends to jump-start a new sub-division of his Happy Madison production company called Scary Madison, which will focus on horror movies.
• Okay, when even chimps start joining Facebook, things have gone too far.
• We'll admit it: Hotel for Dogs looks cute.

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