Pocket Universe

If you like Heroes, and you like Jonathan Coulton, then you’ll enjoy this video for his song “Someone Is Crazy”, set to scenes of Nikki (and Jessica) from the show. Listening to it, you would think the song was written for the show.

What’s the best part of any “Weird Al” Yankovic album? It’s the polka medley! He was the first artist to satisfy that untapped need, that little place inside of us that says, “This is a great song, but it would be even better as a polka!” If you have an extra ten dollars lying around, you can pick up Weird Al’s (or would that be “Weird Al”’s?) latest album Straight Outta Lynwood, released today. Or if you are simply an aficionado of the sublime grace of the polka, you can spend those shekels on an iMix of all ten of Al’s polka medleys, culled from his twelve studio albums. Either way, it’s money well spent.

Thanks to Mike for sending this one: It�s a conceptual video that asks the question, �What if Microsoft designed the iPod package?”

It's a well-known fact that Vin Diesel plays Dungeons & Dragons, but a lesser-known fact is that he plays D&D with Owen Wilson, Kevin Spacey, and Carrie-Anne Moss. Jeff Goldblum is the Dungeon Master.

Apparently Penny Arcade challenged Bungie to a game of Halo 2. You can read Penny Arcade�s take on the match, but personally, I thought that Bungie�s version was hilarious.

Art imitates life in this week�s FoxTrot strips. Thanks to Mike for hooking me up with this one. Start with this Monday strip, then keep watching it throughout the week.

In my previous entry, an unnamed person was singing along with an unidentified song. Well, thanks to some detective work, I now know what the song is: Mai Ai Hee (Dragostea Din Tei) [Original Romanian Version], by O-Zone. Click the link to hear a sample at the iTunes Music Store.iTunes Music Store

There but for the grace of God go I. (Make sure you have the volume turned up, but if you�re at work, you may want to wear headphones.) Thanks to Dean for this one.

Props to Mike for finding this fantastic poem: I Ate iPod Shuffle.