Secret City!

Out of nowhere, I remembered coming home from school as a kid and watching Secret City on PBS. It was one of my favorite shows. I would sit in front of the little TV in my living room with a pad and pencil trying desperately to keep up with Commander Mark. Today I found a treasure trove of clips (and a classic trip down memory lane) thanks to YouTube member culturaldetritusnyc.



I was embroiled in a contentious conversation last night about brilliant movies and to me, there is no question that this was brilliant TV. Enjoy. Head to YouTube for more episodes and a closer look at the secret city mural. Seems they are still trying to keep the show alive and have started a website supporting the Draw Squad. Ah, memories.

For all the fans of Tom Waits, The Wire, M.I.A. and Blaqstarr

Lego Simpsons

Because clearly I love the Simpsons and Legos, I have to share this.

Springfield mapped

Simpsons fans rejoice! A man with much much more free time than me created an interactive and highly detailed map of Springfield for your amusement. Also pulled from the site:

SPRINGFIELD, USA:

City motto - "A Noble Spirit Embiggens the Smallest Man", "Corruptus in Extremis"

Founded - Unknown; before 1649

Incorporated - 1796

Founder - Jebediah Springfield

Mayor - Joe Quimby

Congressional Representatives - Bob Arnold (expelled), Horace Wilcox (deceased), Herschel Schmoikel Krustofski (more commonly known as Krusty the Klown)

Area - 2,088,723 km² (West Springfield is three times the size of Texas)

Population-City pop.-Density - 30,7201.50/km²

Elevation - 1582 feet above sea level

Area Codes - 636 & 939

Main Industries - Nuclear Power, heavy manufacturing, Duff Beer, Retail, boxes, fudge, fireworks, crackers, Animated Media

Official Bird - Potbellied Sparrow

Today's Celebrity Sighting 7.30.08

Comedy Central in the house! Thomas Lennon at the Hold Steady concert and Rob Corddry and Ed Helms hanging at the Frolic Room.

My friends made the news

A couple of my boys from the minny were featured on the local news in a clip about mpg efficiency and gas prices (they appear about 1:10 into the clip). Love the straightfaced sarcasm from my boy. Hilarious.

Slave to my Television

Uh oh. Looks like the coolest government org wants me to sit transfixed in front of the TV pondering mystical space-related concepts and my place in the universe...

NASA to Broadcast Earth Views in High Definition Television
HOUSTON — Since humans first flew in space, nothing has captivated astronauts more than the view of home out the window of their spacecraft. In honor of Earth Day, April 22, NASA will make those views available to people here on Earth with an event highlighting imagery taken by astronauts and the science behind it.
For the first time ever, NASA Television will air a special hour-long broadcast of views of Earth taken in High Definition, or HD, by astronauts on past space shuttle and International Space Station missions.

The special HD broadcast will air between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. EDT on Friday, April 18, and replay at the same time on Monday, April 21. It will air every hour from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22.

The Friday HD broadcast will feature a silent version of the Earth views. The broadcasts on Monday and Tuesday will include a discussion of the views by Dr. Justin Wilkinson, a scientist with the Crew Earth Observations Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

The footage also will air on standard NASA TV during regularly scheduled Video File broadcasts. For technical information on how to receive the special broadcast in high definition, and for NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit NASA TV.

So, if anyone is aching to see what the world looks like from space on a ridiculously oversized HDTV, you know where to find me. link to Gizmodo

South Park rules

South Park!!! Every episode online. Its like christmas in March.