The Final Countdown

This is it, the final countdown. It's a new year, and I'm here at the Macworld conference all week. It's currently 4:03 am and I'm sitting out in front of Moscone Center in San Francisco, waiting in line with a bunch of other nerds for the Apple keynote. I thought this was appropriate.

40 Inspirational Movie Speeches in 2 Minutes

Best. Movie. Ever. I don't mind admitting that I welled up when Sloth courageously ripped open his Superman shirt and when Bastian triumphantly raised his fist atop Falkor, and the Free Willy / Angels in the Outfield / Cool Runnings combo really hit me in the gut, but that sounded way nerdier after I typed it all out.

Reach Out and iPod Touch

Apple has a really cool "out-of-the-box" banner ad playing right now at Yahoo! Games. I've included the video here for posterity, but you should go now and experience it for yourself while it's still there.

Mapple

If you missed the Simpsons last night, there was an Apple/iPod story line running through the whole episode. Here's the best part.

Stupid angry mob chasing me because I shine a harsh light on modern society...

Mapple - The Simpsons
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TiVo Economics

If you love your TiVo like I do, but want the cold hard facts to prove why, let this smart guy explain it for you.

"Average hourly earnings are around $18, suggesting that TiVo saves time that could otherwise have been sold for around $108 per week. We should also add in the benefit of higher quality television — around $11 per week — and subtract the cost of the annoying service charge, which is around $3 per week, yielding net benefits of $116 per week, or $6,000 per year. The net present value of this flow is around $120,000 per person, or perhaps around a quarter of a million dollars per household. Wow."

Elf Yourself 3: The Legend of Curly's Gold

It's that most wonderful time of the year again, and it's becoming quite the Christmas tradition to Elf Yourself here at work. Once you've seen all five of us doing our classic dance, enjoy the country and charleston versions, and end with my personal favourite, Christmas disco.

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Cutest Lil' French Storyteller

This petit raconteuse weaves fantastical tales in a way that makes the little Star Wars girl sound so pedestrian.

Cow Poops On Live TV

This video is as funny as the title. Did he really need to set up a news desk directly in the stable?

No Deal or No Deal

This hurts.