Ferrari 458 Italia Versus Ford F-150

Here's the story according to the folks over at Motor Authority:

Imagine having to endure a 12 to 18 month waiting list to finally get your hands on a brand new Ferrari 458 Italia supercar, only to have it crushed under the wheels of a Ford F-150 pickup truck.

Well, that’s exactly what happened to the owner of this sorry looking Ferrari, which only had around 500 miles on the clock. The car reportedly belongs to the CEO of I-Pathology and was involved in the accident over the weekend in Brandon, Florida.

While the crash is still being investigated, it’s thought that the driver of the 458 Italia was attempting to pass illegally across a double yellow line to get into a turning lane when it came into contact with the pickup.

BWAHAHAHAAAAA!
*ahem*
I mean: that sucks.

Billboards That Talk To You

There's a scene in Minority Report when Cruise's character, John Anderton, walks into a mall and is assaulted with personalized advertisements:



Eerily similar to the above, the television channel A&E has a billboard for the show Paranormal State (irrefutable scientific fact: the show sucks taint cheese) which directs an acoustic stream to specific areas so that a barely audible whisper can be heard by those walking on the sidewalk within view of the billboard. Creepy.

Chinese Air Force Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

A Chinese broadcast displayed the incredible might of their air force just a few days ago. During the broadcast, viewers were led to believe they were watching a a live fire drill where a Chengdu J-10 destroys a target drone when in fact the footage was doctored with an exploding F-5 scene from the movie Top Gun. No, I'm not kidding.

Minecraft Predator

I loved playing with Lego blocks as a kid so naturally, I love Minecraft. I haven't invested nearly enough time to construct anything cool enough to publish, but it's still a shitload of fun.

Those that know me also know I love the Predator movies - yes, even the campy AvP movies and that ball of shit that was Predator 2.

Someone decided to put their chocolate in my peanut butter and now we have this kickass piece called Minecraft Predator.

Winner Take Steve

The Stand The Movie

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Warner Brothers and CBS Films are combining their forces to get Stephen King's post-apocalyptic masterpiece The Stand onto the silver screen. I'm not entirely sure how they plan to squeeze so much plot and so many characters into a 3 hour movie. Even the mini-series from the mid-90's was six hours long. Perhaps they'll break it up into two or three parts?

Street Fighter 4 Combos In Real Life

Word Up, Bitches

These Guys Take Gran Turismo 5 Very Seriously

Don't Forget To Collect Your Heart!

From DeviantArt artist dalia

Immersive Flight

EDIT: The original video that used to be embedded here was about 5 minutes long. Sorry if you missed it. It was a thousand times more impressive than what you see below. Apparently, the video was so popular that the original host could no longer support it. Sucks. If you missed it, then you need to check this blog out more often, slacker.

Choose Full Screen and then drag your mouse around. This is damned incredible.



Check out other examples courtesy of Immersive Media where you can free fall off a bridge, walk out onto a football field, and more.

If you like MUSE as much as I do, then you'll shit yourself over how awesome their version of this tech is HERE. You can choose which vantage point to watch the concert (the window on the bottom right of that screen - click a dot to choose that vantage point). The bottom vantage point moves with the person filming which makes that one pretty trippy.

Princess Leia Hologram via Microsoft Kinect

Okay, not quite but we have to start somewhere.

Ben Crane On Working Out

Sony's PSP2 (aka NGP)

Sony just officially announced the NGP - the Next Generation Portable - which should be released to the public by this holiday season. Here are the specs:

Quad Core ARM Cortex-A9 Processor
5" touchscreen OLED @ 960 x 544
Dual analog sticks (actual sticks not the nipple nub on the current PSP)
3G
WiFi
GPS
Rear placed touchpad
Accelerometer and gyroscope motion sensing
Compass
Both front and rear facing cameras

That's a whole lotta WOW in one little package. I fear what this thing might cost.



The graphics in that demo are incredible - like having a PS3 downsized to something portable. And the demo itself, being an Uncharted game, makes me drool since it's one of my top five favorite gaming franchises.

Wonder Woman Coming to NBC

After all of the major networks had initially turned down the most recent attempt at making Wonder Woman into a television show, NBC has decided to green light David E. Kelley's script and ordered a pilot.  We could see something aired as early as this fall.

McG, the guy with the douchebaggiest name on the planet, is said to be producing.

Two names have been bounced around for the lead role: Minka Kelly and Lake Bell (images below).

Lake Bell

Minka Kelly

I'm curious if they plan to go with a traditional costume, the new costume, a version of her Amazonian clothing, or something different altogether.

Traditional Costume

New Costume

David E. Kelley is the writer and/or creator of the following shows: Boston Legal, The Practice, Boston Public, Ally McBeal, Chicago Hope, Doogie Howser, and LA Law

McG has been the producer of the following: Supernatural, Chuck, Nikita, Pussycat Dolls, and the O.C.

Minka Kelly is probably best known for her role on Friday Night Lights.

Lake Bell has one of those faces that I always find myself asking where I've seen her before. However, she's done a couple of David E. Kelley shows already and has expressed the most interest.