Tag: Pop culture

STOP WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING AND WATCH THE NEW TRANSFORMERS TRAILER. At first when I was watching it, I thought, “oh this is neat” but then they showed more and more Chicago, and i was like WHOA WHOA I CAN’T…

IDW G1 Card – Astrotrain by *Guidoarts Chicago didn’t get a space shuttle. But are we complaining? Nope. But it’s fun to hear the other cities complain. From CNN: U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said the Johnson Space Center in…

Is there a service where you can get alerts when a new comic book is out featuring your favorite characters? For instance, I’m a huge Transformers fan. There are many many different Transformers series. There are at least 76 different…

Jawaese is the language that Jawas speak in Star Wars. They are desert scavengers. Selling what they find. Thus numbers are very important to them. Here’s how to count to ten in Jawaese: 1 Po 2 Ko 3 Kyo 4…

My 50 most interesting photos posted in 2010 The following set was automatically created by dopiaza’s set generator. It’s a really cool script. Every day it checks the popularity ranking of all my photos I posted in 2010 and then…

🙂 the smiley emoticon. It’s fun to think that it takes the simultaneous effort of both your pinky fingers to type a smiley face. The left pinky holds down the shift key, while the right pinky finger presses the colon…

The commanding officer of the first Death Star has a laser pointer. He’s willing to trade it to you. What would you offer to the Death Star Commander? Now, let’s add another layer to this. Let’s say you are an…

Ever draw a blank for what to write on someone’s facebook wall for a birthday wish? Draw a blank no more! Why not wish your friend a happy birthday in ewokese!? It’s a real language with a dictionary on the…

Share your entire iphone app list with others. I’d like an app that can do that. And share the folders you use to organize your apps. While, yes, many would argue they don’t want people to know ALL their apps.…

Transformers 3 is filming outside my window at Tribune Tower. I’m capturing the highlights in HD video and posting them to Youtube. Actors carry around poles with the transformers face to represent the Transformers. Here two transformers are in this…

In addition to such stamp greats like 50s cars, Yoda, and Hawaii; the Maldre stamp store now has new stamps available. And there is also measuring scale available to weigh your letters. Letters: 0 – 1 ounce: $0.44 1.01 –…

I just thought this photo from the Star Wars Wikia looked cool. The Force Push, man. Look out.

Planning continues for the 1st Annual 47th Ward Outdoor Film Festival. As they finalize the schedule, they would love to hear from you! What classic movie do you want to see on the schedule? Here’s my list: — The Blues…

The most popular letter for any transformer Autobot or Decepticon is one that starts with the letter S. You know you are an Autobot if your name starts with the letter — C — F — H — P You…

I love how appshopper.com has a wish list feature. It makes me be more wise with my app purchashing decisions. Here’s what I have in my wish list now. What apps should I get? ToonPAINT $1.99: ToonPAINT allows you to…

Want to know how to have death-ray vision on spiders? No more squishing the spiders with kleenex. Now you can simply eliminate the spider by looking at it. I will tell you how I was able to achieve this feat…

(that is not me in the photo, but that is my Bluetooth headset I won) I won! I won! Here’s how it happened. Pre-game I’m sitting at work in the Tribune Tower. Outside my window at 11 am, I could…

Not only can you win $1,000,000 if you pick a player for 56 consecutive days that gets a hit, but you also get virtual trophies. MLB.com has a trophy room for your accomplishments in Beat the Streak. I won trophies…

Got a load of blueberries you need to carry? Whip out a sheet of paper and make an origami box. Be an Origami McGyver and tranform that stack of paper into whatever you need at the moment. Need a garbage…

Here’s a growing collection of the funniest Facebook status messages I have seen. Feel free to add to this list by leaving a comment with hilarious facebook status messages you have read. — Erik M. Transformers 2 comes out Wednesday.…

I want to go around and shake people’s hand at work and say, “Congratulations, today is National Handshake Day.” Actually what would be more fun is to go around with a hand buzzer and do that. A selected sampling of…

amehzing Definition: Combination of “meh” and “amazing.” The situation where one person finds something amazing and the other person finds it meh. In order to come to a conclusion about the situation, both parties can agree to call it amehzing.…

If you want to hear one of the strangest remixes ever, listen to the “Muppets Theme Remix” by DJ E Motion. There are over 30 results on amazon for “Muppets theme.” Most are fairly straightforward. Like the original theme song.…

Chicago’s Gene Siskel Film Center was showing the Great Muppet Caper this past Sunday. I went with my sister, brother and cousin. We love the Muppets! But who doesn’t? Seriously. Tell me one person who does not like the Muppets.…

I’ve been into the idea of photographing LEGOs, so I did some research on flickr to see what was possible. Here are photos by other flickr members: These are all in my flickr favorites

Next time something happens that makes you really happy, copy the "Dance of Joy" lyrics, and paste them into your message.

New word: Kamino definition: to disappear Ok. Not so much a new word, as a new definition for an existing word. Kamino is the planet in Star Wars that was erased from the official library records. The planet virtually disappeared!…

What? There was a dude that sat inside R2-D2 and operated him? What? I always thought R2-D2 was radio controlled. Three-foot eight-inch actor Kenny Baker says on his website, “What do you do inside R2D2? I sit inside and listen…

What are your interests? Would you like to be notified of events in your city that matches your interests? Eventful.com has a TON of events. And you can create custom calendars based on a keyword. You can create custom calendars…

My top six favorite blog posts of 2007 (in no order): A wallet full of only two-dollar bills Spending only two-dollar bills has been lots of fun. How to have fun on IM with the Spongebob theme song This is…

The number in parenthesis is the number of hits the post got in 2007. Project Playlist (13,309) This is a weird post to be the most read. It must have caught on at google or something. Rising cost of U.S.…