“When a bearded, bespectacled Joaquin Phoenix appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman February 11, he gave bloggers across the world the biggest Valentine they could hope for. What to say about this, that hasn’t already been pounded into oblivion by everyone from your neighborhood blogger to Ben Stiller? Movie star goes on talk show, exhibits possibly affected eccentricity; talk show host fires back with lighthearted but emphatic barbs; audience and blogosphere go nuts. It seems like most people are in agreement that Phoenix is taking the piss on this one. But there remains the chance that Phoenix isn’t faking it, and that he really thinks near-incoherence and a rap career are good ideas. Even if probability leans toward this being a commentary (albeit a ham-fisted one) on the culture of fame — or a Punk’d-esque documentary directed by Casey Affleck — with the amount of press Phoenix has been getting as a result of this appearance, who’s to say he’s not right either way? Of course, he wasn’t the first — nor will he be the last — celebrity to mangle a media moment. From inebriated monologues to sportscaster throw-downs, from coke to couch-jumping, here are the Twenty Weirdest TV Interviews of All Time.”

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Oliver shows off the failed attempts that got him to the place where he could create the game, reveals how Ico/Shadow of the Colossus inspired its design, and gets big bonus points for referencing David Lynch’s excellent book Catching the Big Fish in showing where he gets his inspiration (here, physically, a swimming pool).

Simon Oliver, Handcircus from This Happened - London on Vimeo.
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Far be it for me to criticize public figures and politicians from taking a quick cat nap every once in a while. I’ve been known to count sheep during meetings with my political staff, speeches, public events, weddings, funerals, and bat mitzvahs. Being a Mayor is tough on a guy. But as of yet, I’ve been un-photographed, unlike these poor souls:
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• Found this button on my desk this morning. Note the “I AM PART OF IT” as if wearing the damn button isn’t enough. http://twitpic.com/2pwqr #
• Ladies? http://twitpic.com/2pws2 #
• @m_kap Right back at ya kid. in reply to m_kap #
• Anyone know how to get Drupal, PostgreSQL and Windows to play nice? Send me a link or somfin. #

The guy in the back seat is looking at MayorAwesome.com on his mobile phone. About 20 seconds before I took this picture he hung out the window to tell me. So I snapped a picture and posted this while driving. Then I promptly missed my exit. Don’t tell my mother I was blogging and driving.

I <3 technology.

• @TheFullGinsburg I’m sure you’ve seen this: http://tinyurl.com/d3kcsu in reply to TheFullGinsburg #
• @jillamina It’s only $1: http://tinyurl.com/cua3yz in reply to jillamina #
• @pomosideshow is it your job to perform marital duties now? Is he at least cute? in reply to pomosideshow #
• Guy standing on the corner wearing a seafoam green jumpsuit w/ camel toe: http://twitpic.com/272zg my day is complete. #

I went out with a friend of mine and we were remincing about Phil Harman. I found this audition tape of him on the YouTubes:

 
Dot for Meggy Jr. - demo + screencast from make magazine on Vimeo.

Meggy Jr RGB is a handheld platform for developing your own pixel-scale video games. Featuring a fully addressable 8×8 RGB LED matrix display, big fat comfy button switches, customizable handles, a lo-fi audio transducer, and even 8 extra LEDs for lives, score, ammo, or level, Meggy Jr RGB is a little kit you won’t want to miss. Meggy Jr is fast, programmable, open source and hackable.

Stuff like this is hard for me to resist. You can pick one up here and get some code for it here.

Quoth the great John Aravosis:

Yes, conservatives are almost as oppressed as white Christian men in America.

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