Results tagged “thecurse”

Films: Tazza: The High Rollers, Red Road, The Curse of William Penn

Time to gear up, people: the 16th Philadelphia Film Festival starts tomorrow! As we did last year, Phillyist is planning plenty of coverage, mostly taking the form of film festival diary entries from various staff members (including, of course, yours truly, whose schedule can be seen here, in case you're interested). But what's going on this year, and what should you look forward to? Well, we're glad you asked. Let's pick through the overview press release, shall we?

Sunday. Usually, a quiet, contemplative day in the Blogosphere. But not here in the Ist-a-Verse. Nonono! Just look below and see all of the wild and crazy stuff our staffs are up to.

What's interesting on TV this week.

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you.

• As you've probably noticed, we like the weird DIY projects here at Whiz of the Web. Today's is a tiny flashlight made out of a Tic Tac package, an ultra bright LED, 3 AAA batteries, a switch, and a serial resistor. It's kind of pointless, as you could get pretty much the same thing by buying a keychain flashlight in practically any store, but pointless effort is what DIY projects are all about! And anyway, the one you got in the store wouldn't be made by your own hands out of a Tic Tac package. (Via)
• You know how sometimes when you're making your drive-through order, it sounds like the person on the other end of that loudspeaker is miles away? Turns out if you're making the order at one of 40 specific McDonalds restaurants across the US, you could be exactly right. As part of a trial project, those 40 restaurants are routing drive-through orders across the internet to a call center in California. The order is recorded by the call-taker and then sent back over the internet to the employees at the store you're actually pulled up in front of. We don't know about you, but this is absolutely flabbergasting to us. Seriously, we can't think of anything to say. (Via)
• A case of life imitating art (the art in this case being the recent film Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit): the inhabitants of a village in northeast England have hired armed guards in an attempt to protect their beloved communal vegetable gardens from the attacks of what they believe is a giant monster rabbit. Local resident Jeff Smith says of the creature: "It is a massive thing. It is a monster. The first time I saw it, I said: 'What the hell is that?'" They may not just be imagining things, as some breeds (such as "the Continental Giant") do indeed grow to be quite large, as you can see in the incredibly awesome and astounding photo included above. (Via)
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