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So, do you have Showtime? If you do, you should definitely set your TiVo to grab “Free for All.” It’s animated, sort of in the style of “Family Guy” and funny as hell. Seriously, there are like two to twenty massive belly laughs an episode. Absolutely a show to watch out for.

Holy crap! Stuff like this makes me want to go see Europe. Well, OK, actually, stuff like this reminds me that I’m just way too god damn lazy about being “artistic” and “motivated” enough to properly live and document my life. Seriously, this multimedia, travelogue/scrapbook puts my dorky little iPhoto drag and drop slide shows to shame.

It’s about 9 megs, so you’ll need a huge pipe or a lot of free time. It’s worth it though. (found on MeFi which is attracting a lot of great stuff again — yea!)

Poetry and Illustration together at last. I’m not sure I fully appreciate what they’re trying to do with Spectacular Attacks. It’s interesting to see people experimenting with how to deliver poetry via the web though. (found on MeFi)

Man, I suck at this game, but wheee, it sure is fun.

Oh, man, Zendo sounds like a wicked cool game. I must play it. I must play it NOW!!!!

Zendo is a game of inductive logic in which one player, the Master, creates a rule that the rest of the players, as Students, try to figure out by building and studying configurations

When you are selected to be the Master, your first task is to come up with a secret rule that will be used during this game of Zendo. According to your rule, some koans will “have the Buddha-nature”, and others will not. For the students, the object of the game is to try to figure out what your secret rule is.

An example of a simple rule is “a koan has the Buddha-nature if and only if it contains one or more green pieces.” An example of a very difficult rule would be “a koan has the Buddha-nature if and only if it contains an odd number of pieces pointing at other pieces.” You are also allowed to create “negative” rules: “a koan does not have the Buddha-nature if it contains exactly three pieces touching the table, otherwise it does.”

Thanks Cam

Hey look kids. It’s Star Wars: The Musical (via linkfilter)

OK, so after 3 months of loafing, you finally got that Bowflex machine out of mothballs. Good for you. But seriously, 1 1/2 puny little sets with resistance that you could tell almost instantly wasn’t enough? What the hell is wrong with you, you tiny little puddle of nothingness?

I know; the work out lasted 25 minutes, your heart rate is up, your face is red (and disturbingly numb), and you did feel a little light-headed for a while there. That does qualify as a workout. Still, don’t be a little punk. If you’re going to do it, then do it. Show some heart. Show some intensity for christ’s sake. And, don’t quit. I want at least 3 solid months out of you. I want you back to pulling on Wednesday.

Alright, now go get yourself a protein shake, and relax and enjoy the free Radiohead concert on Direct TV.

I’ve seen Kurt Halsey’s work before. I may have even linked it. Amberglow linked the site today, and I have to say that despite the very real potential for slipping into saccharine cloyingness, these feel very authentic to me. It is very, very almost disturbingly sweet though. Maybe I’m just woozy from the heat in my place.

So, have you seen the ad for Crest Night Effects with about 10 digital clones of William Shatner dressed in silver lame’ doing the river dance?

Greatest. F’n. Ad. EVER!

Man, he is just really OK with being a complete parody of himself. You have to respect that.

Sometimes I look at an Xtreme sport and I wonder why (I’m old like that). Other-times, I look at an Xtreme sport and I wonder how. Kite Surfing is definitely a major freaking HOW?!

I’m not even sure if the linked video is real. I just don’t see how it could be.