Have you ever wondered what you would look like in the world of Springfield? Well, wonder no more. Thanks to “Simpsonize Me“, you can now find out how you look in yellow.
To clarify this now: the site is not some personality test, that checks which character you are. There are other sites for this (on a related note, my Firefly character is Simon Tam; who whould have thought).
Admittedly, this page has probably been blogged a hundred time or more. Sometime I am just too slow to catch up.
All you have to do, is upload a photo (frontal shot in color) to the site, answer a few questions, and then tweak the result.
Ok, honestly, you could save yourself the photo upload. I guess the base for every person is the same, and there are a limited number of aspects you can change (hair, eyebrows, ears, and so on).
I also had to resort to some create image manipulation. Or not so creative. The site simply does not let you choose the beard color. At least I have not found that option.
In the end, you can end up with pretty… uh… interesting results. Well, at least my simpsonized characters has some resemblance to me. So go check it out, and have a laugh.
News from Joss Whedon, the creative head behind several Buffy episodes, Firefly (”the most cancelled show on TV”), and Serenity - a movie I could watch over and over again… especially the River fight scenes… but I digress.
Joss brings us “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog“. Starring Neil Patrick Harris (a.k.a. Doogie Howser) as Dr. Horrible, Nathan Fillion (yes, Malcolm Reynolds) as Captain Rey… er… Hammer, and Felicia Day (Buffy’s Vi) as Penny.
The story (without telling too much) is typically Whedon, so to speak. Dr. Horrible wants to enter the League of evil superheroes, led by Bad Horse — there, you have it. To fulfil his plans, he has to beat his arch nemesis Captain Hammer, who also happens to have caught the eye of Penny. Now Penny is the secret love interest of Dr. Horrible, giving him even more reason to hate (and kill) Captain Hammer.
As the title suggests, there is some singing involved. The music is not too cheesy, and, sorry, not too catchy. But the acting and direction is great. And you can be sure there is a twist at the end.
The first three episodes will be available for free, although the download will be taken down soon. Of course the acts are only available in the US. Pscha! Anyway, enjoy it while it lasts.
Ah, time to whip up a new theme for the SonyEricsson k800: Wu from Jade Empire. Download the theme [drain file 2 url here]. Note that this file will not work with other phones.
LOL-Cats always has funny pictures to offer, but this one takes - in my opinion - the cake! If you don’t know who Leeroy Jenkins is, you can catch up with the lore on Wikipedia or see him in action on YouTube. Some degree of nerd humor is required to find this funny…
Well, you probably have received an automated out-of-office reply mail at some point in life. And maybe you have created one yourself already. Normally it’s just a sentence or two, saying "I’m not here, I’ll read your mail later." Here is one I received today:
"As you read this I might be sunbathing in the Andalusion sun, eating tapas or maybe reading a book. I will be back in the office on the 12th of September and will try to get back to you asap."
Just the though of the beach and tapas kind of relaxed me already, so this is definetely one of the more noteworthy messages.
