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Popup Fiasco is Ian Haigh’s personal blog, for all things I find interesting but not too geeky (see how I switched from third to first person there?). This blog is tall and skinny. Like me.
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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Entourage Season 6 Preview
Videogum nails what I’ve been saying all along … Entourage Season 6 in a Stupid, Boring, Lukewarm Nutshell. Via Peach & Shag.
The Public Servants Need Sensible Shoes
In the same vein as 42 Below’s classic Flash ad from the olden days, Wellington City Council or someone have made a clip trying to entice Australians to visit New Zealand’s capital: Captures Welly nicely! I like this line: There’s … Continue reading
Arrested Development: The Documentary
Oh man would this be a fun project. Two self-described Arrested Development superfans – Neil and Jeff – undertook to create a documentary about the show. It looks as though they’ve interviewed a lot of the key players, including Mitch Hurwitz and Ron … Continue reading
Horizon Fire
Fan of Boards of Canada? Check out Horizon Fire, from Paul Tebbott. (And! His posters are most excellent.) Via ISO50 Blog.
OMG, Totes
Ruben Bolling (of Tom the Dancing Bug fame) explains his theory on the origin of the word “totes”, a contraction of “totally”. He points toward Ed Helms (from such goodness as The Daily Show and The Office) as its progenitor. … Continue reading
30 Rock Rips Off The Muppet Show
A well-researched, compelling argument that Liz Lemon is actually just Kermit the Frog (with genitals). Via kottke.org.
SBS News: And Finally …
So it has come to this. SBS’s “World News Australia”, the go-to channel for news hounds that prefer an international perspective, has been getting more commercial over the last few years. It used to be so serious that it was … Continue reading
The Beatles “Rock Band” promo video
Check out this glorious, epic, whimsical, trippy promotion video for the upcoming release of The Beatles: Rock Band. Wonderful, no? According to Scott Hansen (upon whose blog I found this link), none other than illustration genius Jaime Hewlett (Gorillaz, Tank … Continue reading
Pixar Bonanza
Messrs Fireball and Kottke have today bestowed many great links upon Pixar aficionados: The Art Of “Up” Pixar Character Design for “Up” Toy Story 3 teaser trailer