Bag of Hammers

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

The Tyler Cowen

Enough hating on Inception eh? Let's bask in the glory that is Eddie Izzard. May he live one thousand years.

MORE The Daily Show.
and MORE The Colbert Report.
and! TOGETHER!
More Eddie Izzard you say? Oh fine fine...

Inception Review

Here's hoping we're far enough removed from Inception's hype for a clear-eyed (and not overwhelmingly positive) review to not be met with anger.

Look serious and people will take you seriously.

The Tyler Cowen

The uniquely American phenomenon of government shutdowns.
Some quake-related stuff in the wake of Japan's umpteenth aftershock. Why they are hard to predict and what's going to happen to the debris from March 11th's disaster.
Revisionist alternative energy history.

Fun with Lego

A weird but fun stop-motion using lego pieces. Via Gizmodo.

Ah from studio shelter on Vimeo.

The Tyler Cowen

In our third Cowen in a row (?), COLBERT AND STEWART MAKE AN APPEARANCE!
Krugman on the Paul Ryan plan.
Post-apocalypse preview.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

The Tyler Cowen

Richard Branson shoots for the depths in a submarine named 'Virgin Oceanic.' Wasn't Oceanic the fictitious airline that got it all started on Lost?
How fast are professional athletes? Really. Effing. Fast. Via The Awesomer.

The Tyler Cowen

How has this slipped past my radar? This is truly the uncanniest valley I've been in.

Collapse is a documentary filmed in the spring of 2009 that deals with the pending collapse of modern human civilization. It stars Michael Ruppert, a 60-year old ex-police officer currently living in Napa County, California. 'Stars' might be a misleading word actually. Collapse is essentially an 82-minute monologue by Ruppert, interspersed with archival footage and the occasional off-camera question from his interlocutor, director Chris Smith. It is, at turns, fascinating, terrifying, and cringe-worthy.