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Ohhh Japan – The (Terrifying) Monkey Waiters of Kayabuki Restaurant

Ah, monkeys… one of my absolute favorite topics. You see, for years now I’ve wanted a monkey friend of my own to kick back with me and play video games, or accompany me at the local gentleman’s club where we’ll drink expensive scotch and “smoke” bubble pipes in our dapper smoking jackets. Yes, that would be the life… except that some people tell me this that the monkey would be little more than a slave! The nerve… nay, I would never want a monkey slave; what I want is a monkey friend. There’s a big difference between the two, and it seems that the owners of Kayabuki Restaurant in Utsunomiya, Japan kind of missed that.

As you’re about to see for yourself, the owners have “employed” two monkey waiters. They’re not the first one’s to do so, but to the best of my knowledge they are the first to dress their monkey waiters as humans with horrible, awful, dreadful

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Fast Five – Fast and Furious 5 Trailer

They’re back! A new trailer is out and damn, they’re really packing the action in the next installment. Kinda surprising that it isn’t solely focused on …

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The Hunger Games Trailer – Panem’s Reality Television

I’ve read my share of post apocalyptic books over the years, but very few feature Running Man-esque storylines. Perhaps that’s why I’m so excited to watch The Hunger Games. Based on the novel by Suzanne Collins, this post apocalyptic battle to the death adventure takes the present day phenomenon known as

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Total Recall Trailer – It Actually Looks… Good?

The full trailer for the Total Recall reboot is finally here, and after having watched it, I’m left with a funny feeling. You see, when I heard that the movie was being re-made so many months ago, I was both disgusted and horrified. Total Recall is one of my all-time favorite movies, and to have someone take it and re-make it with an actor I can’t stand, well… let’s just say I wasn’t impressed. But sometimes miracles really do happen, and after having watched this I can sincerely say that I’m excited.

The trailer starts out with Douglas Quaid, played by Colin Farrel, chatting up a fellow in a bar and discussing their

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RaspberryPi + Raspbmc – Guide to Setting up the Ultimate HTPC for $60

A few months ago, Scott wrote an excellent article outlining the broad strokes for setting up your very own home theater system using a PC and a few inexpensive components. It seemed so easy that he got me thinking, and I started doing a bit of research. You see, I had heard about the credit card sized computer, known as RaspberryPi, quite a while ago, but at the time, I didn’t realize how perfect it would be for use as a HTPC. It’s so good, that for about $60 you’ll be able to play almost any video, music, or media you can throw at it. Excited yet?

So with that in mind, I’m about to teach you how to set up your very own HTPC using RaspberryPi, an SD Card, a USB thumb drive for increased speed (more on that later), and a free, kick ass piece of software called Raspbmc.

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RME Babyface | New USB interface for Mobile Audio Recording

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RME Babyface | Available at LunchboxAudio.com

RME Audio has a great new interface on the market for recording audio on the go or on your desktop. I recently had the opportunity to meet with the product rep in Seattle and check out a demo unit. The Babyface features up to 192 kHz A/D/A conversion with a SNR of up to 115 dBA., excellent connectivity, and as usual- strong drivers and software. The blue anodized case is attractive and it’s compact size allows the unit to practically fit in the palm of your hand.

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Ok Go Needing/Getting – Smashing Into 1000 Instruments With a Car

This new OK GO Needing/Getting music video is a triumph of the childish love we all had (and most of us still have) for smashing crap together and driving around recklessly. I know that it was filmed in part with Chevy, which is why they used such a pedestrian looking car, but I give them props because this is just one in a string of wacky, ingenious music videos.  So no bitching about corporate endorsements- just marvel at how rad it must have been to go tearing along in the desert, deploying Inspector Gadget pneumatic arms and purposely driving into everything you see.