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A surplus of geekery by :: Fred Abercrombie

Watch: Aspiring Breakdancer gets Pep Talk from Mother of the Year

Aree the little nimble Asians she’s talking about nimble like a Hand Ninja or like an asian Christopher Walken impersonator? At least this young breakdancer suffered from his Mom’s words and not by a flying, anti-dance attack Cat. (Thx, Mel)

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NYC: It’s Been a Pleasure

I just completed four rapid-fire trips for work in NYC. Looking back, I saw a lot of random schtüff (no surprise). Here’s my favorites.

I saw the Best Wet Paint Sign in NYC:

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We saw Sexy Spidey Sax play Careless Whisper and a Pomeranian sing Who Let The Dogs Out. In the same day.

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A guy, with all the sincerity of a Green Peace volunteer, explain the meaning of the Fart Smeller Movement.

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I was graced by this vision of the Patron Saint of Manly ‘Staches, Tom Selleck.

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Saint Selleck shined upon me and granted a run-in with pal and fellow hairy Bay Areain, Jack Passion.

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Free Trip: Autodesk Releases Real-Time Video Effects App, Motion FX

Kids and stoners alike will eat this up with a spoon. But don’t even show it to the Trippy Webcam Girl. She’ll just explode.

Autodesk just released this real-time video effects app, Motion FX, which uses your Mac’s FaceTime, iSight, or external camera and facial tracking [see: CamStache] to apply crazy effects like fire, smoke, and rainbow plasma (which I like to call the Predator filter).

Download the app free if you have OS 10.7. (via MacRumors)

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Lightning Bolt Lightning Bolt: Knights of Badassdom Trailer

Huzzah. The shrooms line is funny but the best goes to Danny Pudi (Abed on Community) for his Wickerman / Cosplay line.

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Ron Swanson: A Moustachioed Bacon Lover After My Own Heart

If you haven’t given Parks & Recreation a chance yet, go now—it’s free on Hulu so you don’t have an excuse not to. And if you already have, the show’s really grown into its own. So try again. Ron Swanson‘s become one of my favorite characters on TV the web. The guy knows how to eat. (Thanks, Mel)

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It Goin’ Down: Motherf-ing Bootleg Fireworks

I cannot stop laughing. This guy’s like the long lost cousin of the “Ohhhhh myyyy goddddd” Helmet Cam Cliff Jumper. So awesome.

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The Avalanches: Stereolab Remix, Reissue, and Frontier Psychiatrist Video

10 YEARS OLD?! 

I remember first hearing Since I Left You and having my mind and ears blown. And wondering how the hell they squeezed so many samples together to create something so entirely fresh, varied, and somehow, packed all into a cohesive album. One that simply drips of summer. It still holds up today. To celebrate its 10 year anniversary Modular is releasing a 2-disc set full of remixes and rarities. Stay tuned for details.

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FRONTIER PSYCHIATRIST VIDEO

Directed by Tom Kuntz and Mike Maguire

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STEREOLAB REMIX

This is just one remix that’ll appear on the deluxe reissue. Check back for more info.

The Avalanches “Since I Left You” (Stereolab Remix)

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Watch: Epic Heineken Spot is Bizarro GoodFellas Copacabana

Not as epic as the Hahn Beer Commercial. Nor as star-studded as the Van Damme Coors Light spot. And though it does manage, with a Scorcesian nod, to combine the Copacabana and the club in the 1968 Utica Club Beer club song,  it still won’t get me to drink a Heine.

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