Tumbling Down The Rabbit Hole

Wow. I get to write the first actual post for 2009. That’s quite an honor.

I hope that everyone had a great Holiday, I know I’ve been enjoying myself spending quality time with my Family and Friends.

But it is time to get things started for 2009, and I don’t want to bog this post down with a long introduction… so let’s get down to business. Here’s some of the really cool stuff that can be found online, as I have chronicled over on my tumblog:

• BUFFY: Season One TRAILER
• BUFFY: Season Two TRAILER
• Left 4k Dead
• David Lee Roth “Runnin’ With The Devil” Soundboard
• Speed Portrait in iPhone Brushes
• Dick Clark’s New Years Rockin’ Eve 2009

BUFFY: Season One TRAILER

… and …

BUFFY: Season Two TRAILER

“You have fruit-punch mouth…”
            - Buffy

I know. I know! It’s a brand new year and how do I start things off? Look, I have no shame folks; it starts off with something Buffy!

I came across these two trailers this past week and I have to say that they are rather impressive. I especially enjoyed the Season One trailer, but Season Two’s is top notch stuff too.

If you are like I was this time last year, and you have managed to avoid watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I think that watching the Season One trailer is all that would be required to pique one’s interest into watching it. I can’t imagine how it wouldn’t. Give these two trailers a watch and tell me you are not at least a bit curious, and tempted to give it a try… it’s giving me the urge to fire it up again tonight!

Anyways, these two trailers are very cool for the Buffy fans out there, but they might just be the type of thing that hooks some new viewers.

The trailers’ creator, buffyverse12, only has 3 videos online… but I hope that he or she gets the urge to create trailers for the rest of the Buffy seasons, because these two just beg to have more done.

Left 4k Dead

This makes me wish my PC was newer than it is. I cannot imagine how much fun the actual Left 4 Dead must be if Left 4k Dead is this addictive!

I have easily clocked a couple hours just running around aimlessly, reloading my gun, spinning around wildly as I mow down the zombie nuisances that insists on making me one of their hoard.

Sorry, what was that? What is “Left 4k Dead”? Oh, it is just this little game out there where you kill zombies. It’s free, a hulluvalotta fun to play, and the learning curve is next-to-nil; so get out there and show’em who’s boss around these parts!

David Lee Roth “Runnin’ With The Devil” Soundboard

I don’t have an excuse for this one folks; in all honesty this is nothing more than a silly website that serves no other purpose than to amuse the pea-sized brain inside my cranium.

For some reason Mr. Roth makes me chuckle aloud… and someone’s taken the time to put together a soundboard of him (or someone imitating Diamond Dave) so that I can mash the buttons and make him say funny things?

It’s just pure indulgence for me, folks; please forgive me if you think I’ve lost my mind on this link… LOL!

Speed Portrait in iPhone Brushes

“I wish iPhones were affordable in Canada… Damn you Rogers!!”
  - Karnatos

Here’s a cool video that demonstrates how the completely useless iPhone app “Brushes” can be used to create great sketches/paintings, especially when you consider the tool being used.

I’ve never seen the actual application in person, but from what I have gathered everyone finds it nothing short of being useless… except for this guy!

This guy is Stef Kardos, and he’s been uploading his Brushes artwork up to his Flickr site, go and check out some of the other pieces he’s created… it is hard to believe that Brushes is what he used to create those sketches.

OK, so this guy’s got some art-cred working for him; apparently Stef Kardos is an artist working for Disney. At least that explains the ability to actually paint… because this guy’s got one up on me in that department as well.

In the end, I doubt Brushes will be considered as a viable sketching application by anyone other than Stef, or anyone else inspired to try out their handy-work with an iPhone; but if you’ve got an iPhone why not try to sketch something and link to it here… it’d be fun(ny) to see what you come up with!

Dick Clark’s New Years Rockin’ Eve 2009

OK, a quick warning before you run off and watch this clip - only watch 0:50 to 1:15!!!

If you were all Click-Happy and watched the whole video clip, please please please don’t add me to your hit-list for the Jonas Brothers helltune that comes after the oh-so-freakin-creepy segment with Dick Clark talking.

Seriously, WTF? Why is Dick Clark still hosting this show?

Before anyone gets all upset and hunts me down for making fun of Dick Clark… look, I just think it is time for this guy to hand the torch off to someone else, anyone! Even Seacrest would do!

I had to NOT watch the whole show because I was afraid they’d switch back to Dick the Animatronic Host (brought to you by Disney). I am not kidding, Dick spooked me this New Year’s Eve - and I highly doubt that’s what they were going for.

I am sorry Dick, you are indeed an icon. I have watched you year after year after year counting down the last seconds of years gone by - but this year I couldn’t do it with you man.

For that, I am truly sorry.