Insomnic Dreams

So there’s a project brewing in a galaxy not too far away… it’s a fan made version of Star Wars – but you only get to add 15 seconds!

Check out the official Star Wars: Uncut website for more details and clips from the fans.

Every once in awhile people ask me how I find fun videos or pictures or already saw popular email chain jokes. It’s really quite simple. I use Google Reader and site RSS feeds to keep track of multiple sites easily and many of those sites have that “fun” kind of content.

For help using RSS and Google reader check out the following videos from Common Craft.

RSS in Plain English:

Google Reader in Plain English:

You can use other RSS readers, there are plenty around, but Google Reader is one I highly recommend.

Now that you have an idea how to use RSS, you need some of those fun RSS feeds. Well, once you have your Google Reader account setup just add these RSS feeds:

CelebLOL: http://feeds.roflrazzi.com/ROFLrazzi
DVICE: http://dvice.com/rss.xml
FAIL Blog: http://failblog.wordpress.com/feed/
Geekology: http://www.geekologie.com/index.xml
Insomnic Dreams: http://www.insomnicdreams.com/feed/ (of course)
Lamebook: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Lamebook
Not Always Right: http://notalwaysright.com/feed
Penny Arcade: http://www.penny-arcade.com/rss.xml
That Will Buff Out: http://thatwillbuffout.com/feed/
There I Fixed It: http://thereifixedit.com/feed/
XKCD: http://xkcd.com/atom.xml

That should cover you for quite some time as far as fun feeds go. There are lots more out there so just look around for that RSS icon and subscribe to a few… it’s fun.

Here is Half-Life 2 in Pew Pew Pew mode for all its oddity:

If you’d like to add this sound pack to your Half-Life 2 playing just get it as his download site.

Enjoy!

PS – Pew Pew Pew

There’s a test called the marshmallow test that shows how children react to a deferred gratification situation. It’s an old test but it is really funny to watch children go through the motions when they are provided with the test. There are lots of details about the childrens’ reactions but in general it’s a really fun video to watch.

Some friends of mine are moving away. Brian is moving to Las Vegas, NV and Kat is moving to Buffalo, NY. Luckily for us we were able to catch them together and convince them (it didn’t take much) to show us all The Move … one more time.

Good Luck Guys! Hope to see you back here soon…

I know this particular video has been around for awhile but I only just stumbled upon it and wanted to share. It’s hilarious all the way though…

A-Ha’s music video for Take On Me, but sung with a literal translation… enjoy.

Barely Political has posted a new video reimagining the Star Trek Enterprise if it employed scantily clad women. Thanks to Geekologie for pointing it out!

The video is semi-NSFW.

Thanks to Tim at Daily Cup of Tech for pointing this one out.  It’s so true (and not just for science news).

Via Current

Also found this video showing the first appearance of the Death Star in San Francisco:

via Current