Month: October 2006

Really, the film is only worth considering as part of a trend of films that seem to exist to show audiences what torture looks like in graphic detail, almost as if torture had become some kind of national anxiety. But that couldn’t be the case, could it?

Based on a popular Dutch show, the premise involves going to an office and making everyone sing. The five best singers from two offices are flown to Los Angeles for a showdown where the teams perform. The audience votes and the winning office takes home the cash. I can only imagine that we were only a couple random balls away from So, Roadcrew Flagmen Think They Can Rollerblade? Not even the prospect of Alan Thicke as host is enough to get me to watch this mess.

• The inspiration for Nerf Herder’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer theme song?
• Lego brick ice trays
• Hamster Sodoku. I don’t really get sodoku, to be honest, but maybe some of you will find this interesting. I much prefer what Generik called “wordoku”. In fact, I think I’m going to go do the Sunday New York Times wordoku puzzle in a few minutes. [via]
• An interactive periodic table. [via] .
• The New Yorker in haiku, every week. [via]
• Squid Soap. I’m not sure effective this really is at teaching kids to wash their hands, but I think the bottle looks pretty neat. [via]
• Speaking of squid, Lovecraftian perfumes [via]
• A giant inflatable climbing-iceberg for your pool [via]
• Elevator floor illusion
• The evolution of speech balloons [via]
• Win a chance to make Optimus Prime speak in the upcoming Transformers movie. Hey, you know what else has Transformers stuff in it? The new issue of Kaleidotrope, available for order now and shipping soon!