http://www.swcp.com/vson vince is a follower of pop culture, Internet culture, science fiction, and movies/special effects. Copyright 2009 vanishingson en-us http://www.swcp.com/vson/img/text-vson-sm-align2.gif http://www.swcp.com/vson Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:46:00 PST News 60 ComingSoon.net has confirmed that 20th Century Fox will debut a new trailer for James Cameron's Avatar in theaters this Friday, October 23rd. The trailer, which clocks in at roughly around 3 minutes and 30 seconds, won't be coming online until October 29th.

]]> http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/40298243.html Tue, Oct 20 19:46:00 PDT 2009 Because when you think The Weather Channel, the first thing that comes to mind is movies: The Weather Channel plans to show movies for the first time in its 27-year history and it's easy to guess which one is leading off. "The Perfect Storm," of course.

]]> http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/40296101.html Tue, Oct 20 19:45:00 PDT 2009 A big-rig overturned Wednesday afternoon on the westbound Bay Bridge mid span and blocked four out of five lanes, authorities said. (via CBS5)

]]> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2009/10/14/BA5L1A5PR7.DTL&o=0 Wed, Oct 12 19:46:00 PDT 2009 According to sales data released Tuesday by Ford Motor Co., Cincinnati is the top market for red cars in the U.S., while Philly buyers prefer blue.

]]> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/13/financial/f100232D37.DTL&type=autos Wed, Oct 12 18:46:00 PDT 2009 Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog€”the Joss Whedon-penned musical starring Neil Patrick Harris as a video blogging, musical-loving supervillain—is going to get a full-on live performance at tomorrow night's Emmys, EW's learned.

]]> http://io9.com/5358401/another-galaxy-far-away-comes-to-disney Sat, Sep 20 23:31:00 PDT 2009 At this weekend's D23 convention in Anaheim, Disney finally officially announced that Star Tours II will be coming to Disneyland next year - and showed a quick glimpse of what to expect.

]]> http://io9.com/5358401/another-galaxy-far-away-comes-to-disney Mon, Sep 14 23:31:00 PDT 2009 What happens when you mix Star Wars with Cute Overload? Animals with Lightsabers, where Sith cats, Jedi dogs, and the flying squirrel answer to General Grievous duke it out.

]]> http://io9.com/5357975/squirrels-and-kittens-battle-for-the-future-of-the-galaxy/gallery/ Sun, Sep 13 11:31:00 PDT 2009 A pack of new character posters from Spike Jonze's Wild Things shoot rainbows and hot chocolate out of their warm, stuffed-animal eyes. It's a rarity that something with horns and fangs can radiate so much warmth. James Gandolfini voices the mighty Carol while Catherine O'Hara speaks for Judith and KW is voiced by Lauren Ambrose.

]]> http://io9.com/5357072/4-wild-thing-monster-close-ups-will-melt-your-beastly-heart/gallery/ Fri, Sep 11 14:25:00 PDT 2009 io9: If Bryan Singer's hoped-for Battlestar Galactica reboot actually happens, will it take its visual cues from the original television series? Concept artist Eric Chu thinks so, and he's created some paintings to show you what he'd expect.

]]> http://www.cinemaspy.com/article.php?id=3144 Fri, Sep 11 13:19:00 PDT 2009 In a study commissioned by NASA, a research team at the University of Missouri has made a mouse levitate, using nothing but magnetic fields. As a result, the poor mouse floats in mid-air, wondering where the ground went.

]]> http://io9.com/5355779/a-mouse-defies-gravity-using-nothing-but-magnets Thu, Sep 10 02:04:00 PDT 2009 io9: Five Short Films That Should Get Big Screen Treatment, including The Mysterious Explorations of Jasper Morello, 2081 (based on Kurt Vonnegut's short story "Harrison Bergeron", Gas Zappers, Lifted (Pixar short nominated in 2007 for an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film), Lone (2008), and Transgressions.

]]> http://io9.com/5352238/five-short-films-that-should-get-big-screen-treatment Thu, Sep 4 22:59:00 PDT 2009 It's Saturday night in New York. You want to put on a cute outfit, fierce shoes, and maybe some glitter and go out for a night of dancing and carousing. The crowd's ready but it's got no place to go.

]]> http://gawker.com/5349644/manhattans-club-kids-are-all-dressed-up-with-no-place-to-go Mon, Aug 31 18:59:00 PDT 2009 Zach Hyman's latest nude subject is stealing the headlines from him. Today the NY Post talks to the 26-year-old Kathleen Neill, who was charged with public lewdness when she stripped down in the Metropolitan Museum's Hall of Arms and Armor.

]]> http://gothamist.com/2009/08/28/nude_model_wants_a_naked_city.php Sun, Aug 30 01:00:10 PDT 2009 If you've ever wondered who's in control, you or your cat, a new study points to the obvious. It's your cat. Household cats exercise this control with a certain type of urgent-sounding, high-pitched meow, according to recent findings.

]]> http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090713/sc_livescience/catsdocontrolhumansstudyfinds;_ylt=Aqevcwe7fSzPVZZHpAu1qcas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNqNGlobmVxBGFzc2V0Ay9saXZlc2NpZW5jZS8yMDA5MDcxMy9zY19saXZlc2NpZW5jZS9jYXRzZG9jb250cm9saHVtYW5zc3R1ZHlmaW5kcwRwb3MDNARzZWMDeW5fbW9zdF9wb3B1bGFyBHNsawNjYXRzZG9jb250cm8- Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:11:15 PST A feminist couple in Sweden is attempting to raise their child (who is now two and a half years old) without gender norms. They call the child "Pop," do not use gendered pronouns, and have kept Pop's biological sex a secret. "We want Pop to grow up more freely and avoid being forced into a specific gender mould from the outset," Pop's mother said. "It's cruel to bring a child into the world with a blue or pink stamp on their forehead."

]]> http://www.feministing.com/archives/016366.html Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:55:00 PST A New York fifth-grade chorus that first appeared on an online video has become world famous, a phenomenon touted by top media outlets, celebrities and politicians. And yet, the young singers from Public School 22 have rarely left Staten Island, a water-ringed New York City borough reached by ferry from Manhattan.

]]> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/27/DDSM18EI63.DTL&type=entertainment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:08:58 PST The styles of Muslim women range from mini-skirts to head-to-toe coverings. Photographer Kate Brooks talks about capturing fashion -- on the streets and on the runways -- from Iran to Oman

]]> http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/2006/muslim_fashion/ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:59:43 PST It will cause outrage among some cat owners, but research suggets the pet are not as clever as some humans think they are -- or at least think in a way we understand.

]]> http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jun/16/psychologist-test-outsmarts-cats Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:59:43 PST A short while from now, Twitter will go down for maintenance due to extraordinary circumstances: The #IranElection Controversy. Originally scheduled to perform maintenance last night, the work was moved to 2 PM PT today so that Iranians could tweet about the crisis.

]]> http://mashable.com/2009/06/16/twitter-iran/ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:59:43 PST A news study suggests that what we feel can be genetically inherited by our children. [And this is news ... how??]

]]> http://digg.com/d1rKST Thu, 14 May 2009 20:59:43 PST Studies have shown that real foods high in vitamins do more for your health than their vitamin supplement counterparts. [And this is news ... how??]

]]> http://digg.com/d1rIi0 Thu, 14 May 2009 19:59:43 PST Wow. A far cry from what Helen Kushnick did when Jay took over from Johnny Carson ... gave no acknowledgment whatsover. Seems Jay is doing what he always wanted to have happen with the Carson-Leno handover.

]]> http://digg.com/d1rE6N Thu, 14 May 2009 18:59:43 PST Also referred to as the Jesus app, Apple pulls developer Benjamin Kahle's "Me So Holy" iPhone application from the iTunes download store.

]]> http://tr.im/lePF Wed, 13 May 2009 07:28:00 PST San Francisco is well on its way to reaching the lofty goal of a 75% recycling rate by 2010.

]]> http://digg.com/environment/San_Francisco_Now_Recycles_An_Astonishing_72_of_All_Trash Tue, 12 May 2009 22:51:00 PST Courtni Hall's page on Facebook.

]]> http://www.facebook.com/people/Courtni-Hall/32304007 Sun, 3 May 2009 22:08:00 PST Show the average 14-month-old baby a sealed jar of cookies, and you get some pretty predictable behavior. The child will reach for the treats and, when thwarted, look beseechingly at the nearest adult. The request for help -- delivered with eye contact, gestures and often with pleading sounds -- is unmistakable. But some babies don't do it.

]]> http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1895357,00.html Mon, 4 May 2009 11:35:00 PST Great photo (except for Aziz ... :) )

]]> http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/005741.html Sun, 3 May 2009 22:07:00 PST Bollywood 2009: 'Love Mera Hit Hit', from Billu Barber. (via erosentertainment)

]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYyKvp5oT8Q Fri, 1 May 2009 13:10:00 PST Studied a lot of lip-reading in San Francisco, this looks promising. Different languages definitely have different predominant 'shapes' and memes to the lips, mouth and even facial muscles ...

]]> http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227055.800-lipreading-computer-picks-out-your-language.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:42:00 PST Getting back to the relatively slim, trim days of the 1970s would help to tackle climate change, researchers say.

]]> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8004257.stm Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:42:00 PST Referenced here because I actually have not seen a fair number of these. Kudos for mentioning Speed Racer, which was a beautiful movie indeed.

]]> http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/04/16/the-10-most-visually-stunning-movies-of-the-last-10-years/ Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:41:00 PST In an age where MP3s and iPods have become the dominant musical formats, 33s, 45s and turntables are in the midst of a renaissance. Vinyl is back. [and has been for quite some time -ed.]

]]> http://digg.com/music/Younger_crowd_digging_vinyl_s_sound Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:42:00 PST Normally, rampant texting in a movie theater is grounds for ejection. But in St. Charles, it's encouraged. During a screening of "zoolander," audience members could heckle the movie via text, then watch ...

]]> http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-0416-twitter-moviesapr16,0,3057577.story Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:03:00 PST Most movie posters are boring as hell. Or at least, that's the way they are in America. Go to Eastern Europe, or Japan, and you'll find posters that have absolutely nothing to do with the film and everything to do with melting a hole in your brain.

]]> http://tr.im/iwO3 Thu, 9 Apr 2009 11:21:00 PST "The Terratin Incident" from Star Trek: The Animated Series.

]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgTFmvT6qxw Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:21:00 PST A gadget called OnLive is causing quite a stir in the gaming community.

]]> http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/new-tech-could-make-consoles-obsolete/1299562 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:20:00 PST Phagwah, an Indo-Carribean Hindu spring festival, was celebrated in Richmond Hill this weekend with the characteristic flurry of powdered dye.

]]> http://www.villagevoice.com/slideshow/view/263620/3 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:23:00 PST Teenagers with a ÂŁ56 camera and latex balloon have managed to take stunning pictures from 20 miles above Earth.

]]> http://digg.com/space/Students_tie_p56_camera_to_balloon_send_it_to_edge_of_space Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:06:00 PST So say researchers who found religious people exhibit lower activity than non-believers in a region of the brain linked to anxiety, when erring on a simple test. Moreover, there is evidence that being religious, many times, may not be a choice.

]]> http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16789-religious-people-less-anxious-brain-activity-shows.html Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:51:00 PST Mariah Carey's 1996 hit remixed by David Morales.

]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzhGjrV1e0I Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:16:00 PST Title song from "Kuch Naa Kaho" (2003).

]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsX3venpjV8 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PST Star Trek The Next Generation "Conundrum" on YouTube.

]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0ZE8YfxUj8 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:42:59 PST An HD cat on Flickr -- blurring the distinction between photography and CG.

]]> http://www.flickr.com/photos/platypusscooter/3023788754/sizes/o/ Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:39:59 PST Thunderbirds (2004) on Hulu.

]]> http://www.hulu.com/watch/48161/thunderbirds Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:42:59 PST "Ishq Bina" from Taal (1999).

]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP-OBgfgvy0 Wed, 12 Mar 2009 23:58:59 PST Tetris bento box. Kind of makes your food feel like it's in constant motion.

]]> http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/10/tetris-bento.html Tue, 11 Mar 2009 23:58:59 PST Worth1000.com contest for one letter off movie posters. Jumps the shark at Ark Knight. Everything above is fantastic.

]]> http://tinyurl.com/ce6p5q Tue, 11 Mar 2009 23:57:59 PST Artist Aaron Koblin creates a Google map representing air traffic across the United States over a 24-hour period. The map displays the flight paths for more than 205,000 aircraft ...

]]> http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2009/ff_airspace_map_1703 Tue, 11 Mar 2009 22:57:00 PST TED Talks: Pattie Maes & Pranav Mistry: Unveiling the "Sixth Sense," game-changing wearable tech.

]]> http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html Tue, 11 Mar 2009 22:48:09 PST More than 2 million flights pass over the city every year, and all that traffic squeezes through a network of aerial routes first laid out for the mail planes of the 1920s.

]]> http://www.wired.com/cars/futuretransport/magazine/17-03/ff_airspace Tue, 11 Mar 2009 08:08:09 PST The first big event to hit theaters this year has been the source of conflict and debate since the late '80s. In 1986, the "Watchmen" stories were compiled to create the first true graphic novel. Essentially the first comic book to be regarded with any sort of literary reverence, the film adaptation has been eagerly awaited by devoted fans for years.

]]> http://www.wired.com/cars/futuretransport/magazine/17-03/ff_airspace Tue, 11 Mar 2009 08:07:09 PST Nine for nine. Nine movies, nine hits. Since they created the first entirely computer animated feature film in 1995, Pixar Animation Studios have been on an unparalleled winning streak.

]]> http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/need-to-know-pixar-history.html Tue, 11 Mar 2009 08:01:09 PST Have you seen ... TheMime?

]]> http://twitter.com/TheMime Sun, 10 Mar 2009 04:14:01 PST Whether you're a Trekker or a John Connor wannabe, here are the geek-out-worthy flicks of 2009.

]]> http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4296838.html?page=2 Sun, 8 Mar 2009 20:26:01 PST Photos and images from JR on the streets of Cambodia.

]]> http://www.woostercollective.com/2009/03/first_images_jr_arrives_in_cambodia.html Sun, 8 Mar 2009 14:26:01 PST Time Bandits on YouTube.

]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4z_xEmPMAw Sat, 7 Mar 2009 23:59:01 PST Nina Paley's original four shorts to 'Sita Sings the Blues', broadcast in 2007.

]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF6HDw6mZCM Sat, 7 Mar 2009 02:51:01 PST Street artist uses tile-mosaics to turn street-level water hookups into a giant Super Mario reenactment ...

]]> http://ia331425.us.archive.org/2/items/Sita_Sings_the_Blues/Sita_Sings_the_Blues_480p_2150kbps.mp4 Sat, 7 Mar 2009 01:51:01 PST Roger Ebert calls it an "astonishing original" and something that has him "smiling from one end of the film to the other." Nice to have this finally get some recognition ...

]]> http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/005661.html Sat, 7 Mar 2009 01:40:13 PST Our bittersweet SepiaIcon(tm), (aka M.I.A., aka Mathangi "Maya" Arulpregasam) and her musician/son-of-billionaire partner Benjamin Brewer welcomed a bouncing baby boy on February 11th. And then proceeded to name him ... Ickitt.

]]> http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2009/03/blowback-watchm.html Sat, 7 Mar 2009 00:53:03 PST Reviews have been wildly mixed. Wired.com gave the film two thumbs up with some reservations. But moviegoers and Watchmen fanboys will be the ultimate judges ...

]]> http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2009/03/blowback-watchm.html Sat, 7 Mar 2009 00:53:03 PST gneissschist1's playlist of most of Season 1 of NBC's "Emergency!" tv program from 1972.

]]> http://tinyurl.com/c5bfng Sat, 7 Mar 2009 00:19:19 PST Daft Punk, the French electronica duo known for their robot personas, will compose the score for "TR2N," Walt Disney Pictures' update of its 1982 science fiction classic "Tron."

]]> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090306/music_nm/us_daftpunk Sat, 7 Mar 2009 00:18:03 PST Poignant re-creation of Alan Moore's Watchmen with syndicated comic characters.

]]> http://www.pvponline.com/2009/03/02/ombudsmen/ Sat, 7 Mar 2009 00:18:03 PST Watchmen combined with Saturday Morning breakfast cereals.

]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w Sat, 7 Mar 2009 00:18:03 PST Street cred: Nothing says geekmacho like a fistful of chunky silver drum machine rings.

]]> http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/06/drummachinefist-boin.html Sat, 7 Mar 2009 00:17:59 PST Show your (semi-geeki) street cred with this collection of old-school and newer hi-fi bling. (I'll take the boomboxes.)

]]> http://www.geekalerts.com/the-ultimate-hi-fi-bling-bling/ Sat, 7 Mar 2009 00:17:06 PST "This combines two passions of mine, one being the comic genius that is Alan Moore and the other being kids programming from the late 80s ..." Great stuff.

]]> http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/485797 Thu, 5 Mar 2009 17:21:39 PST "Popeye's Journal. March 2, 2009 ..."

]]> http://www.pvponline.com/comics/pvp20090302.gif Sun, 3 Mar 2009 21:30:04 PST Forgive me, Shepherd. It has been 3 days since I last partook in the Whedonverse ...

]]> http://hijinksensue.com/comics/2009-03-02-a-crisis-of-faith.jpg Sun, 3 Mar 2009 13:28:02 PST Visual re-creation (not time-accurate) of Flight 1549's touchdown in the Hudson river, with ATC radio transmissions.

]]> http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/02/recreation-of-hudson.html Sat, 2 Mar 2009 13:28:02 PST Remix / mash-up (more like a remix) of Christina Aguilera's "Candyman" with "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" by the Andrews Sisters, with a little Lou Bega thrown in.

]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpg5OfHg3wY Sat, 1 Mar 2009 13:28:02 PST The Spice Girls' "Wannabe" done up all ukelele by the lovely Zo, aka ukelelezo.

]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbCwX460ugU Fri, 28 Feb 2009 13:28:02 PST Trailer to the new "TR2N" previewed at the San Diego Comic Con.

]]> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6382372345972406628 Sat, 4 Oct 2008 20:42:02 PST Most people become aware of their internal circadian clock when they cross several time zones and experience jet lag, but scientists have known for decades that the rhythm of the internal human clock regulates almost every biological system. Now researchers at Stanford University have shown that when the circadian system breaks down, so does memory.

]]> http://www.livescience.com/health/081013-circadian-memory.html Mon, 02 Oct 2007 00:01:01 PST Funky / breaks mix, ~~ 2007. Need to verify date and link.

]]> http://rapidshare.com/files/170959428/may_contain_traces_of_nuts.mp3.html Sun, 01 Oct 2007 00:01:01 PST When creativity runs amok, ABC News.

]]> http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MedicalMysteries/story?id=5734638 Tue, 03 Oct 2007 00:01:01 PST While Christopher is almost nonverbal in his communication, he and his father use catch phases from Disney movies, which the boy loves, to communicate.

]]> http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/10/rescue.at.sea/index.html Tue, 03 Oct 2007 00:00:01 PST Reuters reports that a mirror trick pioneered by a Japanese researcher can help to increase the speed at which a patient recovers from a stroke. By using an optical illusion to create the effect that a patient's paralysed limb moves in tandem with a healthy one, a stroke patient's recovery appears to quicken - highlighting the potential of the mind as a treatment tool.

]]> http://helpinghandshomecare.co.uk/advice-centre/news/stroke/2009/aug/optical-illusion-aids-recovery/ Mon, 02 Oct 2007 00:01:01 PST We have all heard of people with so called "photographic memories". Usually we use it when referring to someone who has an above average ability to recall information about the past or about their surroundings ...

]]> http://www.autoadviceoffl.com/Braindisease.htm Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:42:02 PST