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- If you were depressed, like us, to find that you missed out on the ESPN.com Konami code Easter Egg, fear not! This dude has applied the trick to his own website, and even supplied the code to add it to your own!
- Today's Wolverine-related items: a positive review of the film from Underwire; a talk with stars Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber; the news that Shawn Ashmore is signed on to play Iceman in another X-Men-related film; a contest to redesign Wolverine (via)—and here's an example; and Marvel's official list of Wolverine required reading.
- And now for today's Star Trek-related items. How about a nice handmade Star Trek clock (via)? Some fun Easter Eggs to look out for in the new movie. A talk with Zoe Saldana, who plays Uhura, about her role in Avatar. J.J. Abrams talks more about Star Trek, and explains why two particular actors are so key to the production. And finally, Paramount is calling off the May 8 launch of Star Trek in Mexico because of the swine flu epidemic.
- We agree with ThinkGeek: Best. Resignation. Letter. Ever. (Via)
- Dr. Mario + Nine Inch Nails' "The Perfect Drug." It's Trent Reznor approved! (Via)
- Stephen Colbert ate an Ewok on TV. (Via)
- Robert Rodriguez reveals some more intriguing details about Predators.
- A woman bought a DS her son from Wal-Mart only to discover the box had nothing in it but rocks and a couple of wadded pieces of Chinese newspaper. Neither Wal-Mart nor Nintendo wanted to refund her money, but Wal-Mart finally agreed to do so after discovering the same box of rocks had already been returned by another angry customer!!
- Here's a new blog that looks like it'll be fun: Destroy All Mics! It mashes up hip hop stars with comic book characters. (Via)
- Doctor Who in a stormtrooper shirt?! (Via)
- Ouch. Just another reminder to be careful what you say on Facebook. (Via Ross)
- Some geeky snacks: circuitry made of food and a very impressive and elaborate edible Ms. Pac-Man homage. (Via)
- An amusing spin on Twitter's fail whale image. (Via)
- An interesting and amusing short essay on fan fiction.
- J.J. Abrams' picks for what's cool this month.
- Wired takes a look at a handful of gadgets that claim to do unlikely things.
- How technology and the internet have helped in tracking the spread of swine flu. Also, Wired breaks it down and tells us what we need to know about swine flu.
- Twittering while running a marathon?! That's out of control.
- Cinematical celebrates the small movies coming out this summer, and includes some of our favorite flicks from this year's Philadelphia Film Festival.
- The worst summer vacation destinations, according to the movies.
- Russell Brand will be starring as the title character in a remake of Drop Dead Fred, which will apparently have a Beetlejuice tone.
- Benicio Del Toro might play Bret Easton Ellis in a movie.
- McG and Michael Bay have been having a bit of public feud over their competing giant robot movies: Terminator: Salvation and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. McG has now taken things that extra step: when asked about Bay in a recent interview, he said, "Michael Bay has a big cock. But I'd like to believe mine is bigger. If he's up for it, we can both reveal ourselves on the Spartacus steps at Universal and put the question to rest." Pfft!
- Look, just don't use Adobe Reader, okay? And please, stop making PDFs. They suck anyway.
- 5 great free CD and DVD burning apps for Windows.
- Shiny Shiny reveals how Twitter might help save Chuck, and also explains the Subway connection.
- 1UP claims they have the details on the next version of the PSP.
- The Punch-Out!! website is teasing the reveal of a new mystery fighter.
- For the nerds who are not sports fans but do want to take part in a fantasy draft, Nerd World suggests a summer movie box office fantasy draft.
- Christian Bale is signed on for a third Batman movie, even though Christopher Nolan isn't yet.
- Super Punch is bring the fun links, as usual. We've got a great Katamari Damacy/Shadow of the Colossus mashup, and an amusing prank.
- Israelis prefer to not say the word "swine," so they've decided to call the swine flu the Mexican flu. And that's... better?! (Via)
- Ouch! Blockbuster really is in trouble. (Via)
- Super Punch reviews a pretty neat looking book looking back at vintage advertising mascots.
- A recap of all the crazy crap Capcom announced yesterday.
- Joystiq records its visit to FunSpot, home of the American Classic Arcade Museum.
- One of the few cool things about Batman Forever was the Batmobile in it. Dude built a replica.
- Pretty impressive freeze frame action commercial.
- Apparently an IBM supercomputer is going to compete on Jeopardy!
- The TIME 2009 Top 100 Most Influential People. (Via)
- You can now watch the world record being set for the number of rotations completed while hanging from a power drill mounted to the ceiling. It's 141, btw.
- Radiators tend to be ugly, so why not get a huge animal-shaped one?
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