If this video of a 3-year-old girl explaining the fine plot points of Star Wars doesn't totally kill you, you may be completely hopeless. The poster says this is his daughter explaining Episode IV with absolutely no coaching, and after seeing the movie only once! Not only is she right on in her analysis ("It's an exciting movie. . ."), but she also has your back with some sound advice: "Don't talk back to Darth Vader, he'll getcha!"
With HDTV, stars put their best "face" forward at last night's Academy Awards. — Switched
Yahoo! is set to launch its own Digg competitor, called Yahoo Buzz tomorrow. — Valleywag
A couple in Peoria, Ill., is facing first-degree murder charges after neglecting their baby for eight days while they played video games. Forewarning: This story is beyond horrific. — PJ Star
Last night I was surprised to see funny man Jon Stewart whip out an iPhone during the Academy Awards. He mocked its "widescreen" capabilities while pretending to watch Lawrence of Arabia. Later in the show, Jon and singing sensation Jamia Nash had a game of Wii Tennis on the big screen. Check it out below!
The Pakistani government has banned access to YouTube due to anti-Islamic videos being posted on the site by various users. The entire site, and not just the offending users or clips, have been blocked until further notice. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority urged users to write to YouTube to take down the videos, but unless they do, YouTube will remain blocked.
Turkey also blocked YouTube in January in the face of a film that insulted the country's founding father (it's illegal to do so in Turkey). And it doesn't end there — both Thailand and Morocco have banned YouTube because of videos that were critical of their countries' leaders.
It seems so unfair and misguided for YouTube to suffer as a host rather than the actual videos and users that spurred the banning, doesn't it? I can't imagine being blocked from my favorite websites by my government, so it goes to show — don't forget to vote.
I may not quite yet be in the baby-makin' part of my life, but I absolutely melt for geeky baby onesies! On a blustery afternoon in San Francisco, I hit up adorable stationery store Lola in the neighborhood of North Beach to find these ridiculously cute onesies perfect for the baby geek — or baby of geeks — in your life. I've seen a variation on the I Poo'd onesie before, but come on, that doesn't get old. I especially love the Goo Goo outfit (and look at the search bar for "ga ga"!) and "My dad's a geek" is great, but what about "My mom's a geek"?
Anyway, if you can't get to San Francisco, find Lola's baby gifts online, where most of the same styles I drooled over can be found.
Comic-Con is no doubt the ultimate nerd fest, and if it had a kid sister, it would definitely be WonderCon. Taking place over the weekend here in rainy San Francisco, I was lucky enough to hang out and get an up close look at some amazing costumes, comics, and the inside scoops on some of my fave Sci-Fi shows and movies — including some deets on the new X-Files movie! Stay tuned for more WonderCon goodness, but to kick off the coverage, I give you a slideshow of just a sampling of the costumes I caught wondering around the expo floor. Enjoy!
If you thought Facebook's Beacon was annoying, wait until you see their new app — flash! Yes, it's possible that flash can be much more than glittery initials, shamrocks, and playboy bunny logos, but in the case of MySpace, flash was used and abused in the most tackiest way possible.
According to Valleywag, application developers will now be able to use Adobe's Flash in their work . . . I guess it's safe to say you'll soon be able to "pimp" your Facebook page — yikes!