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Trend Animator – Now Open Source
Many folks were very keen on the animated charts we created for the FDIC data on the looming banking problems. The charts are quite similar to the groundbanking work of gapminder.org, which was...
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The FDIC Mystery – What Happened To Q1 2008?
Some folks may have noticed that we have yet to update our trend animator with banking data for the first quarter of 2008. It’s not because we don’t want to, it’s because the FDIC has yet to release...
View ArticleAmerica Gets Rickrolled!
In case you don’t know, there is a trend on the internet known as Rickrolling: Rickrolling is an Internet meme typically involving the music video for the 1987 Rick Astley song “Never Gonna Give You...
View ArticleLost At Sea – Inflatable Breasts
There are some events that just defy the mashup engine: Men’s magazine loses 130,000 inflatable breasts A men’s magazine has lost a shipment of 130,000 inflatable breasts en route to Australia. The...
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Selecting The Best Bus For London
Having spent a bit of time in the UK, I can attest that in general the programming on television is just as mindless and annoying as the US has on average. But like the US, there are some patches of...
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Obama’s Al-Arabiya Interview
Yesterday afternoon the conservative blogosphere was erupting over news that President Obama had given his first television interview – to Al-Arabiya: CAIRO, Egypt (AP) – President Barack Obama chose...
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Tuesday afternoon . . .
And the luck of the Irish to you! . . . will be later today. Right now, it’s Tuesday morning, so it must be link time: President Obama’s War on Business continues. As I noted yesterday, I’m not happy...
View Article“Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1951)
Fake movie trailer mashups are among my favorite videos on the ‘net. This one imagines a 1951 version of “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, staring Charlton Heston as Indiana Jones. Quite well done. with some...
View ArticleSpeaking of “alive today”
It’s interesting how easily “Groundhog Day” could well have been done as drama/horror. Hat tip to Sippican Cottage. ..bruce w..
View ArticleYet another overused movie trope
So, how many of these scenes do you recognized? Hat tip to John August. ..bruce w..
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