Cool Shit 3/17

I used to be in a club (in second grade) called the U.G.M. Club. Stood for "UFOs, Ghosts and Monsters." We'd investigate strange activities (read books in the library) and brag about how many UFOs we saw (0). But let me tell you, if we were still around we'd get to the bottom of these 10 UFO sightings.

A story from Harold Ramis about how Caddyshack and Animal House were made. This is an older article and not from the grave, or it would probably be getting a little more attention.

There's something to be said for chucking away the stupid, busy, civilized lifestyles we lead and heading out to someplace remote. It's even better when those remote places are beautiful.

This Malaysian plane situation is just plain weird. Read over these 19 possible scenarios, and then come up with your own.

Some cool videos of science stuff that appears to be magic. Unless these videos were created by a wizard. Then I don't know what to think.

Glacier National Park should be on everyone's bucket list. Why? Check out these photos.

I'm not sure NASA should be too surprised there's such a debate about cutting their funding when they come up with studies that suggest our civilization is headed for an "irreversible collapse."

Sure, it sounds insane that we've simply "lost" a plane. But then you take a look at this visualization of flights in the skies and it doesn't seem so crazy.

Cool Shit 11/21

For those of you who saw Gravity, here's a short film that kinda ties in one of the scenes from the movie. And in a weird way it fleshes out the movie even more, and reveals some more of the thematic concepts I think they were trying to play with in the movie. Anyway, it's worth watching.



"And I know how to throw hand grenades." If that's not one of the better titles of a memoir for Dr. Ruth, I don't know what is.

Want to know how much more time we have on Earth? NASA has given us a list of things that will most likely impact with out planet, so you can assess our risk and decide whether building that new house is really a good idea.

Yesterday we had a list of the weirdest restaurants around the world. Today we have the most expensive.

New Muppets movie coming out this Spring!



I assume by now you've at least heard about the many leaks from the NSA, but what you might not have seen is what exactly was leaked. Well now, if you're the curious type, you can see it. Here.

Cool Shit 7/31

Oh sure, science can try to explain how a Ouija board works, and suggest that it's not supernatural, but then how do they explain this?

Oh sure, Henry Ford developed the production line and the model-T, but it wasn't all suns and roses for him. Case in point: Fordlandia!

I can't think of a joke for this: the oral history of HBO's Real Sex.

So here's a look at what NASA has planned for the next 20 years.

There can be only one Harry Potter. Though that doesn't mean Hollywood won't try to find another one.

Apparently there's this TV show Breaking Bad and it's coming back or something soon?

NASA's Big Announcement

Today, at 2:00, NASA has scheduled a press conference. Some are speculating they might announce the discovery of extraterrestrial life. Others, not so much (arsenic based life forms? That demands a press conference?).

In honor of the press conference today, I have created a list of potential announcements...

After 43 years, after countless hours of number crunching, we finally figured out the ending to 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Roddy Piper was right, and we should indeed put on the glasses.

The ending to Moonraker was totally real, totally badass, and way better in actual space. Also, Richard Kiel actually was stranded in space to achieve the real poignancy.

YES! We faked the moon landing. Al that footage? It's actually Mars.

That space ice cream that sell at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum? Yeah, marketing gimmick. None of our astronauts eat that. In fact, we fucking hate the Smithsonian.

We totally made up the planet Venus.

Deckard wasn't a replicant! His lack of humanity and emotion was to show a stark contrast to how the replicants wanted to achieve human emotions! Idiots.

Yes, there's water on like 6 of the other planets in our solar system. Big deal!

On the other side of the sun, in the exact same orbit as our Earth, is an Earth 2. Everything is exactly the same there as it is here, except one thing: Rutger Hauer survives at the end of Nighthawks.

Seriously, we know it isn't PC, but we just can't take Stephen Hawking seriously when he talks.

Links of Interest 7/20

Keeping Nuclear weapons safe.

40 years ago NASA landed on the moon. Here’s a look at what they have in store for the future.

How could fried chicken make this list? You can eat it one handed!

I’d suggest there are probably more Lost mysteries, but this is a start.

I’m a sucker for postmodern reads (I’m currently sloshing through a terrible one) so I’m definitely interested in this list.

I’d argue that the Beach Boys Kokomo is nowhere near the awesomness of the movie Cocktail, but that’s subjective (although if the clip above doesn't convince than I don't know what to tell you). Check out 9 other songs that are better than the movies they came from here.

Here’s a fairly cool picture of a lightning strike.

A profile of Jack Vance, one of the best sci-fi writers out there.

Microsoft and Google are starting to ramp up the ugly against one another.

What’s it like inside the offices of Twitter?

Links of Interest 7/17

Though I'm not sure being compared to William Friedkin is such a bad thing, maybe M. Night should get a hold of things before starting his next movie.

Some movie quotes no one ever gets right.

Rock of Love 3? Sign me up! We'll definitely be on top of it here at The Popcorn Trick.

Stuff you can't see using Google.

Rogue NASA scientists creating their own rocket? Fantastic.