Entries from Phillyist tagged with 'whizoftheweb'
August 7, 2008
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. It's funny because it's true. Present company excluded, of course. (Via Sarah) Speaking of internet truths, we're sure you already know that for every incredibly odd and unlikely pass-time you can imagine, there is a website for it. Case in point: Hats of Meat, which celebrates making and wearing hats made out of raw meat. Why does this happen? We can't even begin......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday"August 6, 2008
The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Paris Hilton rather famously made a cameo in a recent John McCain campaign ad. So Funny or Die paid for her hilarious video response. It's the best thing we've ever seen her in! Way better than the sex video. (Via Debbie) Check out the Holy Grail of Buffy fandom, a never-before-seen three-minute demo reel for a Buffy the Vampire Slayer animated......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up"August 5, 2008
The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Schwarzenegger got to see some footage from Terminator Salvation, but says he still doesn't have a feel for the movie, and was left confused as to who the Terminator was, or even if there is one, and whether he's the star or the hero. "These are the things that determine the success and how strong the movie will......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes"August 4, 2008
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Disney has optioned a new graphic novel called Monster Attack Network, about a group of tough first responders who battle the sea monsters that are constantly attacking the otherwise perfect South Pacific island of Lapuatu. Sounds like fun. Kevin Smith dropped some interesting tidbits in a recent interview about his struggles with the MPAA over Zack and Miri Make a Porno,......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices"August 1, 2008
A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Canadians are still funny. (Via) A 10-year old explains “Nuking the Fridge.” How do you spell “morbid?” (Via) Can you hear me now? No? Good! (Via) Mitch Hedberg is the Tu-Pac of comedians. Another reason to love The AV Club: IMDbates. Mac Nerds! Sync files from your Mac to your iPhone with File Magnet. Do it! (Via) Janeanne Garofolo has remade Tango &......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Friday Fried Onions"July 31, 2008
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Need to get something off your chest? Say it with help from the Bureau of Communications. Like Mad Libs, but more useful. We love the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar. Does that make us dorky? And perhaps more importantly, do we even care? Remember those old school comic book ads? Pet raccoons, stick on facial hair and hovercraft... those were the......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday"July 30, 2008
The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. The teaser for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is up. This Phillyist had better start reading the book! Tarantino is that much closer to starting Inglorious Bastards, that glorious bastard! (Via) Local Geeks get some love from CBS3. Go geeks go! The Letter V. It’s all around you! What does an open source movie look like? Here’s the trailer. (Via)......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up"July 29, 2008
The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Create your own comic strip, with no artistic ability required. Sense of humor, however, is not optional. Geekadelphia left us salivating over what just might be the coolest table ever. And ShinyShiny found the lamps to go with it. How walkable is your neighborhood? Find out using Walk Score. This Phillyist's lair scored a 94/100. Sweet. But it......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes"July 28, 2008
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Redlasso, the other YouTube, has shut down its beta site due to a lawsuit from Fox and NBC. Amazon.com has teamed up with The Dandy Warhols to sell music via texting. Think your life sucks? Be glad you’re not a comicbook artist. Two words: Tron 2. Woman finds metal screw in McDonald’s Apple Pie. No word if there were actually any......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices"July 25, 2008
A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. This Chicago Sun-Times article explains the Christian Bale assault incident in a way that sounds very believable, and also makes us feel okay about liking Bale again. Apparently he's had a long-standing feud with his Mom, and just shoved her out of his suite after he realized she and his sister had only come looking for cash. (Via Sarah) Get Your War On,......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Friday Fried Onions"July 24, 2008
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. The world's oldest Bible is going online! All we want to know is, how are they going to jam those fragile old pages down the tubes of the internets without ruining them? (Via Jill) Sounds like NBC is doing a not-so-good job at selling their new programs to TV critics. (Via Jill) It's Comic-Con time! Cinematical has a preliminary post, then coverage of......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday"July 23, 2008
The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. We're really hoping Christian Bale didn't actually beat up his mom and his sister, because then we'd have to be really disappointed in him. Batman does not beat up old ladies! Unless they're super villains, of course (via Ross). Meanwhile, Warren Ellis points out that Hollywood stars used to be capable of more impressive bad behavior. Check out Cinematical's Comic-Con preview.......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up"July 22, 2008
The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Cracked presents The 7 Most Bizarre Fast Food Industry Lawsuits. (Via Sarah) At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper will soon no longer have Ebert or Roeper. Ebert is leaving over a dispute with Disney (which owns the show); he and Siskel's widow own the trademark for the thumbs-up/ thumbs-down film verdict, and they could not come to......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes"July 21, 2008
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. The Center City District is running a pretty cool contest: submit your best photos from Center City Sips and you could win $200 worth of Center City restaurant gift certificates. (Via RJ) The AV Club takes a look at 20 cases of The Darrin Effect, that being, when a character is recast and the result is jarring. (Via) The estimates say......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices"July 18, 2008
A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. XPN's 885 countdown this year will list the quintessential XPN songs. We're not even sure what that means, but you can go and vote right here. So what's next now that E3 is over? Comic-Con! EW has your photo gallery preview of the event (via). And check out the sweet Star Trek character poster! Amazon has launched a video streaming service called Amazon......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Friday Fried Onions"July 17, 2008
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. A couple has amassed a huge collection of board games (including many rare and vintage examples), video games, and video game hardware, and you can buy the stuff at their website: 1st in Games. (Via Sarah) Check out the very cool teaser trailer for Terminator Salvation. Seth McFarlane is still talking about a Family Guy movie. Somebody found a 40-year-old screenplay for a......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday"July 16, 2008
The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Computerworld takes a look at how CAPTCHA was cracked, and the consequences of that event. (Via Slashdot, via Jill) Babble picks the 26 most disturbing kid movies ever. (Via Sarah) Justin Theroux will write the sequel to Iron Man, and Marvel is close to a deal that will bring back director Jon Favreau and star Robert Downey Jr. The plan is......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up"July 15, 2008
The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Epicurious has created a tasty menu based on ingredients found at Philly's own Reading Terminal Market. (Via Sarah) The first full trailer for The Spirit suggests that the film will be an incredibly surreal chronicle of the main character getting seduced by various hot women and then shot at by Samuel L. Jackson. Which... actually sounds like a......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes"July 14, 2008
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. There's nothing at the URL as of this writing, but PR people tell us that some time early this week, code.google.com/radiohead will host a clip of a video for "House Of Cards" created using two crazy technologies called Geometric Informatics and Velodyne Lidar. Not used in creating the video were cameras of any kind. Those crazy Radiohead peoples. Great moments in......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices"July 11, 2008
A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. We're a bit torn about the Spinmallow. On the one hand, how lazy do you have to be to need a spinning stick to toast your marshmallow? But on the other hand... ooh, spinning stick! (Via Jill) In honor of the release of Journey to the Center of the Earth, Cinematical picks seven other movies they'd like to see in 3D. Upcoming Japanese......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Friday Fried Onions"July 10, 2008
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Rock the Vote and MySpace have gotten together to create a little contest called DemROCKracy. The band with a MySpace page that registers the most voters through Rock the Vote’s voter registration tool on MySpace will win prizes including Gibson guitars and the chance to perform on a major concert stage. (Via Julia) The rumors are true: Robert Downey Jr. will play Sherlock......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday"July 8, 2008
The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. The secret process for making chocolate covered bacon. (Via Bob) Even more low quality scans of photos from the Dragonball set! Oh joy! (Via) Interesting spy photos from the set of Bruce Willis' latest, a sci-fi thriller called The Surrogates. (Via) The director of An Inconvenient Truth, Davis Guggenheim, is reportedly working on a film about Senator Barack......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes"July 7, 2008
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. On the internet, there are many web apps for generating many things, but previously they were scattered all over the place. No longer! Now we have Generator Land! (Via Mike) Gizmodo has the pretty pictures you need of the new Nike McFly. (Via Mickey) The Terror Film Festival is a local celebration of horror flicks, and it's currently open for submissions!......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices"July 3, 2008
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Clutch is putting out a live CD/DVD called Full Fathom Five. It's due out on August 12th on the band's own label, Weathermaker Music. You can get an MP3 download of a song off it right here. (Via Matt) Thanks probably in large part to the tireless work of The official McFLY 2015 project, Nike is finally going to put out "Air McFlys,"......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday"July 2, 2008
The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Want to win a trip to the San Diego Comic Con to meet the cast of Death Race, and maybe even appear in the DVD as a casualty of the race? Sure you do! Just click here and fill out the form to enter. (Via Jill) A look into Harvey Weinstein's recycle bin. Check out the very creepy red band trailer......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up"July 1, 2008
The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Guillermo Del Toro dropped some more hints about what we can expect from the one or two Hobbit movies he's going to direct. Check out Pixar's first short film. More pics from Scorsese's upcoming film, Ashecliffe. An upcoming film version of King Lear is set to star Anthony Hopkins as the titular king and Naomi Watts, Keira Knightley,......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes"June 30, 2008
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Cinematical's review of Hellboy II is encouragingly positive. You can check out the new, third trailer for the film right here (via). Two Greek mythology movies are on their way and are likely to end up fighting it out at the box office. One is a remake of Clash of the Titans, to be directed by Louis Leterrier and written by......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices"June 27, 2008
A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Watch in awe as a horde of adorable puppies chase down a small child. Adorable. Sonic the Hedgehog turned 17 yesterday and is still a bratty, angst ridden teenager. And really, who can blame him? His recent games have been terrible. Though Sonic Unleashed looks promising. A gross man in Cincinnati had to hide his cellphone in the most awkward of places,......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Friday Fried Onions"June 26, 2008
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Bored at work? Now you can play thousands of NES games inside your Firefox browser. You can thank us later. The dude abides, man! Big Lebowski action figures. Sold. Sky ceilings. They mimic daylight and the outdoors. If you can afford one, chances are you don't have a cubicle that would require one. A crocodile walks into a bar.... Yeah, it does......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday"June 25, 2008
The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Check out this awesome custom made Halo 3 electric guitar that ran creator Paul Bliss almost $2400. Worth every penny, in our opinion. It's even signed by Steve Vai, the creator of that heavy metal version of the Halo theme song. Geek Photoshop graffiti? Cool! We wish we were skilled enough to create this fantastic Iron Man origami. Joystiq reports......
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