Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up

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Venice

Get a first look at the new Enterprise! Actually it's the old Enterprise. But you know what we mean. (Via)

We're sure you all remember the Sarah Palin porn spoof, Nailin' Paylin. Well, now a Florida-based porn director named Cezar Capone wants to do it with the real thing! He's willing to pay Palin $2 million to appear in an adult film, and will even throw in an extra $100,000 and an Arctic Cat snowmobile if her husband Todd will join her. Ha!

Dude. Sharks in Venice. You need to click through and watch this trailer. It looks like a combination of Jaws and Indiana Jones starring Stephen Baldwin. Best. Movie. Ever.

At long last, it's time to vote on the best Halloween costume over at Cinematical. Dressing up as the Joker from The Dark Knight seems a bit uninspired, but we have to admit the version of the costume included here is really impressive.

How is Barack Obama's election good for science? Shiny Shiny counts the ways. Also included is this, possibly our favorite picture of Obama yet.

HBO has given a green light to production on the pilot for a series based on George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones! Woo hoo!!! We are just a little excited about this. The books, which are some of the best fantasy novels since Lord of the Rings, were optioned by HBO a long time ago, but now it's looking like they're really going to make their way to the small screen. Awesome. Let the casting rumors begin!

Shiny Shiny presents a gallery of geeky underwear. Thank you, Shiny Shiny!

Guillermo del Toro talks more about some of his recent and upcoming projects. We can't wait to see all of them! Meanwhile, in a similar vein, Mike Mignola talks about his recent and upcoming projects.

Battered, deep-fried bacon. Mmm mmm! (Via Bob)

A Classmates.com user has sued the site for tricking him into paying to upgrade his account based on the claim that his former school friends were trying to contact him, only to discover that, in fact, they were not.

A year and a half after restricting access to YouTube and other video sites, the U.S. military has launched its own video-sharing website for troops, their families, and supporters; it's called TroopTube. Meanwhile, the Onion has opened up a challenging contest: make a YouTube video that's actually worth watching.

Game|Life finally has an official review up for Mirror's Edge, and the verdict is a big thumbs up.

Don't worry: Leonardo DiCaprio will only be producing Akira, and will not be starring in it.

Cinematical finds seven reasons to love even the least of the James Bond films, then reviews the new one.

The red band trailer for horror thriller Blood River is pretty interesting. Also check out the first 15 minutes (really, 13 and a half) of the upcoming zombie video game Left 4 Dead. (Via)

Google has added video and audio chats to Gmail.

The Brute Force Calculator tells you how long it would take to crack your password by brute force.

Djimon Hounsou will play the Black Panther! Actually, he'll be voicing the character in an animated series coming to BET in 2009. The series will be based on "Who Is the Black Panther?" by Reginald Hudlin and John Romita Jr.

A photo taken at the NEXT game and consumer tech expo in Belgium suggests that there will be at least 26 playable characters in the console version of Street Fighter IV, and that one of them will be Rose, an enemy of M. Bison who first appeared in Street Fighter Alpha.

There's now an LOLapp for your iPhone.

Word has it we'll see a significant update to the Wii's Internet Channel next month, which will include support for Wii Speak, tabbed browsing (in the form of a very weird tab cube), and newer, bigger, uglier navigation buttons. Um... woo hoo?

Springfield Punx is Rickrolling us with a Simpson-ized version of the best act ever, Rick Astley.

Redesigned Masters of the Universe characters. Very cool.

Check out some actually pretty snazzy Burger King T-shirts, then make your own. We like this one in particular, as it is clearly inspired by Mike Mignola. (Via)

Philip Pullman wrote a prequel to His Dark Materials that stars Lee Scoresby? How did we not know this?! Super Punch even found a copy on Amazon that comes with a boardgame. Score!

Photo of Venice, with a disappointing lack of visible sharks, by Flickr user iessi.

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