Speak to the Blender (cuz common sense ain't listening) / Sin City

[So check out the updated linkange for some new ways to browse away your day.] This is one of the stranger inventions I've heard of lately. It's called Blendie. And it's a voice activated blender. You want a high speed mix, well then make a high speed mixing blender noise. Want a gentle mixing action, make a low gentle grumble. But really, no matter the effectivness, or need for this device -- the video is pretty fucking awesome. Click the pic to watch the hot girl-on-blender action.



Also, this is a movie that I'd somehow forgotten about until the other day when I saw this poster.



I like it, as far as posters go. But what really gets my geek blood a-pumpin' is the video that they showed at the Sand Diego Comic Convention a while back where he took some of the footage he'd shot and inserted stills from the books for everyone to see the attention to detail that's going on here. It used to be over at themoviebox.net but it seems some people got upset about everyone and their little brother downloading the thing or something so now if you haven't seen this already get it HERE. Seriously, this is some pretty cool shit -- albeit unfinished and incomplete and all that (and even though I still think Josh Hartnett's about as interesting to watch as a ham sandwich) -- but it's taking comic book translation into a whole new realm. And the fact that Frank Miller, the guy who created the books, is co-directing along with Rodriguez and Tarantino [who directed one scene for the price of one dollar] is a welcome sign. Rodriguez gave up his guild card to be able to make this movie with the way he saw fit and it looks to me like the result is going to be worth these unusual efforts.