| marked | » tv http://www.kathmann.com geek stuff, real life and some fun Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:21:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Use the Force, short stuff http://www.kathmann.com/2011/02/06/use-the-force-short-stuff/ http://www.kathmann.com/2011/02/06/use-the-force-short-stuff/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:43:29 +0000 mark http://www.kathmann.com/?p=440 I know it’s not exactly new, but I still love this:

]]> http://www.kathmann.com/2011/02/06/use-the-force-short-stuff/feed/ 0 The birth of the kilt http://www.kathmann.com/2010/10/01/the-birth-of-the-kilt/ http://www.kathmann.com/2010/10/01/the-birth-of-the-kilt/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:40:01 +0000 mark http://www.kathmann.com/?p=402 I’ve been working with some Scottish colleagues all week, and that made me think of this:

]]> http://www.kathmann.com/2010/10/01/the-birth-of-the-kilt/feed/ 0 Magnum P.I. vs. Han Solo mashup http://www.kathmann.com/2009/06/09/magnum-pi-vs-han-solo-mashup/ http://www.kathmann.com/2009/06/09/magnum-pi-vs-han-solo-mashup/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:41:00 +0000 mark http://www.kathmann.com/?p=246 This made me giggle all day:

Thanks to Geekologie.

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David O’Keefe Studios’ sculptures

seinfeld_sculpture

]]> http://www.kathmann.com/2009/04/29/amazing-caricature-sculptures/feed/ 1 Natural sound illustrated http://www.kathmann.com/2009/02/25/natural-sound-illustrated/ http://www.kathmann.com/2009/02/25/natural-sound-illustrated/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:42:07 +0000 mark http://www.kathmann.com/?p=188 …in a brilliant and funny commercial:

Via: Gizmodo

]]> http://www.kathmann.com/2009/02/25/natural-sound-illustrated/feed/ 0 Whoa…Apple is getting nasty? http://www.kathmann.com/2008/10/20/whoaapple-is-getting-nasty/ http://www.kathmann.com/2008/10/20/whoaapple-is-getting-nasty/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:07:58 +0000 mark http://www.kathmann.com/?p=155 I just watched Apple‘s new set of “I’m a Mac / I’m a PC” ads, and I must say that even though I still like the products I do think the marketing is getting nastier. Where before they were quirky and funny yet generalised, now they’re really putting the boot in. I’m not sure I really like it. Or maybe I’m just a big softy.

Check it out for yourself:

]]> http://www.kathmann.com/2008/10/20/whoaapple-is-getting-nasty/feed/ 0 NBC cuts ‘n’ slashes the Olympics http://www.kathmann.com/2008/08/10/nbc-cuts-n-slashes-the-olympics/ http://www.kathmann.com/2008/08/10/nbc-cuts-n-slashes-the-olympics/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:29:34 +0000 mark http://www.kathmann.com/?p=129 From Slashdot:

techmuse writes “Viewing the 2008 Olympics opening ceremony online at NBC’s Olympics website, you can see that the order in which the countries were presented was very different from the actual order of the countries in the ceremony, as listed at Wikipedia. NBC skipped roughly 100 countries ahead, then jumped back and forth, apparently delaying the appearance of the United States in its home market until later in the broadcast. (In fact, the US team was shown on the infield before they were shown marching!) NBC did not acknowledge this in its broadcast. Is NBC altering the reality of the broadcast to boost ratings? Was this true only online, or also in the live broadcast?”

What? I can understand some creative editing, but this is ridiculous. I used to get pissed off at (usually commercial) channels hacking whole pieces off movies to fit the commercials, but this is just as bad for a “live” transmission.

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