Cool Shit 2/24

Enjoy the opulence of Hollywood with this list of the contents of each gift bag from the Oscars.

Here are some thoughts from Jimmy Page on the creation of Physical Graffiti, a rare instance where pretentiousness collides with greatness and everything comes out unscathed.

Parks and Recreation ends its run tonight. Here's an oral history of how it got started (thankfully it righted the ship from the first year).

Cool Mars sunset. And it's blue!

Urban exploration always fascinated me. Unfortunately these 15 buildings will seemingly always be off limits no matter what.

So the show, The Last Man on Earth is getting ready to premiere, but you can watch some clips of it here.

Sure, the idea of landing on Mars sounds delicious, with private firms already screening potential astronauts, but seriously, it's probably never going to happen, and therefore seems like it could be one big scam.

Cool Shit 3/12

A crazy story of a physics professor a "model" and a suitcase full of cocaine.

The art of urban exploration. Not for the faint of heart.

And I thought Numbers Stations were dead. Maybe they're alive and well on Twitter?

For the uninitiated, here's a definition of numbers stations, and then some examples:



I for one am shocked that "sexual favors" might be in play when a woman is recruited for a beauty pageant.

Shopping at Trader Joe's for something good? Then this website is indispensable!

Links of Interest 6/12

Damage control for Mr. Shyamalan? I have heard some not-so-great stuff about this movie coming from the director's camp. Still, the imagery looks pretty frightening. Here's the red band trailer, though I wouldn't click on it if you want to head into the movie pure.

True story... in high school (way too old for me to being doing stuff like this) I went to my old high school, which had been turned into an office building. I knew there was a bomb shelter there and I wanted to head down. So I got there, went in, and went into the bomb shelter, which was also I guess the boiler room. I don't know, it had a lot of machinery down there. This article, while having nothing to do with my story (aside from the trespassing angle), is still worth checking out.

Here's a cool little quiz about movie sequels. I got a miserable 1/10. Though I defy you to do better. Let me know in the comments.

The author of this piece really delves deep into the food psyche of our politicians. Can food sink a candidacy? I don't know about that, and some of his points are little shoehorned in (Quayle not being able to spell potato certainly doesn't have anything to do with his eating habits) but I can see the beer and coffee conundrums potentially hurt numbers.

We here at The Popcorn Trick love The Hold Steady, so I would be remiss if I didn't point out that the group is streaming their latest album on their myspace page.