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Weird ad of the day: “3-second cooking detonation velocity tempura shrimp”

This ad for the Japanese telecom company NTT DoCoMo starts off like a cooking show, but it soon becomes clear…

12 years ago

Black Friday post #4: Priorities

As George Takei quips: "Perhaps we should hold elections on the last Friday of November, with polling stations at Wal-Mart,…

12 years ago

And now, the LEGO “Star Wars” trailer!

You've seen the Star Wars teaser trailer, but have you seen the LEGO Star Wars teaser trailer? It's got LEGO…

12 years ago

Black Friday post #3: The roundup, including the greatest accidental Black Friday haiku ever

This year's Black Friday Death Count Black Friday Death Count's leaderboard says that Black Friday 2014 resulted in 8 deaths…

12 years ago

JJ Abrams’ accidental homage to “Spaceballs” in the new “Star Wars” film

Until this scene in the just-released teaser trailer... ...it's been decades since we last saw a black actor playing a stormtrooper…

12 years ago

Black Friday post #2: The REAL Star Wars teaser trailer

...and yes, there's a Millennium Falcon combat scene! And new X-wing fighters flying just above the water, raising waves, either…

12 years ago

Shopify’s CEO Tobi Lütke named Canadian CEO of the Year

The Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail have named their CEO of the year, and it's Tobi Lütke, CEO of…

12 years ago

I love the New Yorker’s Thanksgiving cover!

Click the cover to see it at full size. Here's what the artist, Bruce McCall, had to say about the…

12 years ago