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TV Themes That Make Me Happy Dance

Autumn
Monday
10:41 pm

My buddy Verona and I have recently bonded via facebook messages by sending bits of the X-Men Animated Series theme back and forth to each other.  These messages mostly consist of me going

do do do dooooo do do

and her replying

do do do dooooo de do

and then, when we are feeling especially epic

dododo dododo dododo do do deeee dooooooooo

So, here is my random summer list of favorite bouncing up n down in your seat get ready for the awesome tv themes.

1 – X-Men Theme

There’s just so much awesome here.  Cause there’s all the good guys, and ooo they’re powerful, but then there are bad guys too and they’re ALSO powerful and ..read more

For the Overly Curious Star Wars Fan

Autumn
Monday
9:16 pm

I was doing some research on the Star Wars wire frame graphic (don’t ask) and I stumbled upon this little gem from ‘77 on youtube.  It’s a step by step tutorial of sorts on how they did the graphics for the Death Star Attack briefing. ..read more

I had a Starbuck moment…

Christy
Tuesday
6:07 pm

I had an crisis of self the other day.  I looked in the mirror, took out my knife and cut off my hair.  Okay, so maybe it didn’t go quite like that.  The happy result is that I now have a slew of short haired, ass kicking, game playing, cryogenically frozen girls as costuming options.

1.  Starbuck:  This is my favorite and since I was Starbuck for Halloween a few years back, I already have my BDUs, grey and olive drab tanks, BSG boots, and a pretty frakkin’ sweet Arrow of Apollo all on hand.  In fact the last time I cut my hair short was for this Halloween costume.

2. ..read more

Where have you gone to Saturday morning cartoons?

Jason
Saturday
9:59 am

Well here we are, bright and early on a Saturday morning. And no I still do not have any cable television. But with my son getting older and slowly transitioning his way into a little bit of television via the interwebs, Saturday morning always has me thinking about Saturday morning cartoons (well and Josh’s little picture from his post on the retro ads from the 80s).

It was always great to roll over in the bed and click power on the remote control and lay there in a stupor for the next three hours. And when I did have television only a short while ago, I would hit that ..read more

Animated GIF Museum: Amphetamine Pencil

Josh
Thursday
1:09 pm

Animated GIFs are a dying breed. Forged in the early days of the World Wide Web, GIFs were used to add non-static content to sites long before Flash, CSS and Javascript came to the fore.

Nearly 20 years after the format was created, animated GIFs serve a purpose. They’re like a time capsule, and harken back to a simpler time, when we marveled at the potential of the Internet before it was completely overtaken by phishing and porn.

To that end, Geek6 is endeavoring to preserve and pay tribute to this dying format in our Animated GIF Museum. From time to time, Joe and I will showcase an example of the finest ..read more

A geek parent’s guide to kids’ edutainment

Josh
Wednesday
10:32 am

Children’s educational television has come a long way since we were kids. The days of only Sesame Street and Pinwheel are long gone, replaced with myriad cable channels and direct-to-DVD shows, all of which promise to boost your kid’s intellect to new planes of existence.

Over the past 6 years (and two children), I’ve watched a LOT of these shows. While I’m no expert on early child instructional methods, sitting through (by my calculation) no less than 1100 hours of edutainment in the past 6 years, at least qualifies me to have an opinion. I’ve watched what my kids have picked up, what they repeat, what they engage in and what ..read more

Why Disney Hates Smart People: Exhibit A — Winnie The Pooh

Josh
Tuesday
2:21 pm

Editor’s Note: Let’s get one thing out of the way: I’m not one of those “Winnie the Pooh” people. I’ve never read “The Tao of Pooh,” I’ve never owned a Piglet sweatshirt or sweatpants with Eeyore’s name emblazoned across the ass in rhinestones. But, as the dad of two kids, I’ve certainly watched a lot of it. And I seem to be the only one who’s noticed Disney’s dastardly plot to eradicate intellect from the Hundred Acre Wood.

Disney has killed off Owl.

Apparently, I’m the only one who’s noticed this. For the past 6 years, I’ve been subjected to every Winnie The Pooh movie (and resulting TV series). I’ve watched the ..read more

Help the Hodges Auction

Autumn
Friday
7:21 pm

Tim Hodge is a well known animator who worked on such projects as Aladdin, Lion King, and Veggie Tales.  His son, Matthew was recently in an accident and is comatose.  The insurance won’t cover the costs so the National Cartoonist Society Foundation stepped in and started an ebay auction to help the family out.  Animators from all over the industry have donated rare originals, signed books and prints.  It’s a pretty impressive collection, I like the art from “How to Train Your Dragon” the best.  You can get more information ..read more

Animated GIF museum: The Mail-Spitting Skull

Josh
Thursday
6:17 pm

Animated GIFs are a dying breed. Forged in the early days of the World Wide Web, GIFs were used to add non-static content to sites long before Flash, CSS and Javascript came to the fore.

Nearly 20 years after the format was created, animated GIFs serve a purpose. They’re like a time capsule, and harken back to a simpler time, when we marveled at the potential of the Internet before it was completely overtaken by phishing and porn.

To that end, Geek6 is endeavoring to preserve and pay tribute to this dying format in our Animated GIF Museum. Every week, Joe and I will showcase an example of the finest art created ..read more

New iWeapons Guns Pro App

Autumn
Tuesday
9:22 pm

Keeping with the App theme, my brother’s latest iPhone app was just released on iTunes.  It’s called iWeapons Guns Pro  and is pretty kickin’.  It’s got four different weapons to choose from, including a flame thrower, which makes me happy.

On an unrelated note I totally had a dream last week where a Terminator was after me but luckily I had a shotgun app on my phone; not an animated app but an actual shotgun.  Of course I kept on forgetting to check the safety (the vibrate/ring switch of course).

I’ve got three coupon codes if anyone wants to check it out.  Just leave a comment telling me which weapon would destroy terminators most efficiently ..read more