Invincible Iron Man DVD
January 22, 2007 | 2 Comments
The animated movie, Invincible Iron Man, will be released on DVD tomorrow, January 23rd. This full length film is by the same Marvel animation studio that made Ultimate Avengers and Ultimate Avengers 2.
Here’s the marketing plot summary:
Past and present collide in this epic adventure that reveals the origin of Iron Man. While raising the ruins of a long buried Chinese kingdom, billionaire inventor Tony Stark digs up far more than he bargained for. He unleashes an age-old prophecy that foretells the resurrection of the Mandarin, the emperor of China’s darkest and most violent dynasty. In order to confront the destructive force, Tony creates an armored suit infused with high-tech weaponry. To stop the evil that he himself has raised from the earth, Tony must become his greatest invention ever—Iron Man! The newly born champion must travel to the four corners of the earth to battle the Mandarin’s henchmen, the Elementals—four magical warriors who harness the power of the elements—earth, water, wind, and fire—with deadly chemistry. But is the Iron Knight, as he his known in the prophecy, strong enough to defy fate and turn back the malevolent forces hell-bent on earth’s destruction?
This movie is not to be confused with the live action Iron Man movie due out May 2008 starring Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, Terrance Howard as Jim Rhodes, and Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts.
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Amanda Congdon: Suspicious Sounds
January 18, 2007 | 1 Comment
So… Amanda Congdon was at CES last week. She claims it was boring, but the sounds of the clip above tell another tale.
Amanda: oh my god… oh… (panting continues throughout)
Man 1: are you all right?
Man 2: Here you go
Man 3: You’re back
Man 1: It’s done. It’s completely done. (laughter)
Man 2: You were just nervous a little bit, that’s what it was
Amanda: Wow… OK…
Man 1: You did it
Man 2: How do you feel?
Amanda: Oh… I feel…
Man 1: Tingly?
Amanda: I feel tingly, I feel.. yeah… I feel like I… you know… just got… got… I don’t know… hit by an electric fence in all…
Thanks to Tim for pointing me at the original video, even though it’s nothing compared to the audio clip… A bigger thanks to Amanda for one of the most erotic things I’ve ever heard on the web.
Tags: amanda congdon, audio, audio clip, CES, electric fence, erotic, group sex, orgasm, panting, sex, suspicious sounds, tingly
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Trailer 2
January 17, 2007 | 14 Comments
The second trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is now out! This CGI animated movie looks fantastic. It appears they have kept the great mix of humor and action we all love from the Turtles. I am very excited about this movie.
Watch it now in HD! or below in a low res version:
Here is a plot description from the marketing text:
After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Struggling to keep them together, their rat sensei, Master Splinter, becomes worried when strange things begin to brew in New York City. Tech-industrialist Max Winters is amassing an army of ancient monsters to apparently take over the world.
Tags: animated, animation, donatelo, leonardo, michaelangelo, movie, preview, raphael, teenage mutant ninja turtles, tmnt, trailer, turtles
W300i iSync Plugin
January 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment
For Christmas I got my wife a Sony Ericsson W300i cellphone. The only feature I really wanted in a phone was Bluetooth so she could sync her contacts with our Apple G5 tower. This phone has Bluetooth, is exceptionally affordable, and came highly recommended by the sales guys for reliability and durability.
However… when I got it home I was depressed to learn it is not natively supported by iSync.
A quick Google search turned up Joe Lambert’s blog and his self created iSync 2.3 plugin. The instructions on his site are straight forward and the plugin works beautifully.
Ahh the power of the many united on the Internet.
Tags: apple, cellphone, isync, isync plugin, joe lambert, phone, sony, sony ericsson, w300i
CAS Frappr Map
January 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment
CAS is by far my favorite Web ISO solution. In the past I have posted about it’s popularity at other institutions.
Along those lines is this cool Frappr map of CAS deployments worldwide.
Tags: authentication, cas, frappr, frappr map, google maps, identity management, maps, sso, web iso, web sso, webiso, websso, yale cas, yalecas
Wii Competition Turns Deadly
January 15, 2007 | 4 Comments
KDND 107.9 The END was holding a contest called “Hold Your Wee for a Wii”. Basically participants had to drink a bunch of water, hold it, and whoever held out longest won a Nintendo Wii. The contest took a negative turn for 28 year old Jennifer Strange who was competing in the contest. She left work early on Friday, later she died of water intoxication. Sadly, she was doing this for her three children… I love my Wii, but it certainly is not worth dying for.
The radio station has posted this notice on their site:
All of you are probably aware of the tragic death of a contestant, Jennifer Strange, following her participation in a contest on the Morning Rave last Friday.
First and foremost, our thoughts and sympathies go out to Jennifer’s family and loved ones.
I also want to assure you that the circumstances regarding this matter are being examined as thoroughly as possible. We are doing everything we can to deal with this difficult situation in a manner that is both respectful and responsible. In the interim, the Morning Rave is off the air indefinitely.
Thank you.
John Geary
Vice-President & General Manager
107.9 THE END
Tags: death, john geary, kdnd, kdnd 107.9, kdnd 107.9 the end, Nintendo, the end, wii
World of Warcraft Burning Crusade
January 14, 2007 | 18 Comments
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade will be released on Tuesday January 16th. Unless you have pre-ordered, you probably won’t be able to get it, for awhile…
Here are just some of the features the expansion will bring:
- An increase in the level cap to 70
- >New spells and talents for each class
- Two new playable races: Blood Elves and Draenei
- The entire new continent of Outland
- Many new zones and high-level dungeons
- Hundreds of new monsters, quests, and items
- A new profession: Jewelcrafting
- Flying mounts in Outland
This coupled with Battlegrounds is almost enough to let me get sucked back into this highly addictive MMORPG. With Blizzard reporting approximately 8 million players in World of Warcraft, demand for this expansion will be entirely out of control. It seems as if there is no way Blizzard will be able to match the demand for this in the short term. Unless of course they do something fancy with digital delivery using Bittorrent, where the more people who want it the easier and faster it is to distribute…
On a quick side note… a World of Warcraft movie is confirmed as in the works. Legendary Pictures has acquired the rights to create a live action movie.
Tags: bittorrent, blizzard, blood elves, burning crusade, dranei, expansion, legendary pictures, mmo, mmorpg, movie, outland, world of warcraft, wow