10E2324: Silcon Valley from Mike Judge

Mike Judge, creator/voice of an old favorite King of the Hill, director of Office Space (and creator/voice of Beavis and Butthead: "you can watch the Olympics anytime dude") is coming out with a riff on start-up culture; Silicon Valley. Sign me up. #nerdalert

Not a source for the show above but v pointed and funny and in the same vein, Douglas Coupland's Microserfs. Check that out too.

star wars -radio drama

Paging children of the 80s. Just rediscovered the Star Wars radio plays. #timewarp. 6 hours worth... When this was broadcast on NPR in 1981, it created a 40-percent jump in NPR listenership (so wiki tells me). Back then we recorded them off the radio onto cassette and then dubbed back-up copies. Wore those out too. Bought the CDs a few weeks back for the kids. You can hear the whole thing now right here

nerd alert -the origin of boba fett

Been playing the card game "war" with the youngsters (teaches hand dexterity and maths...) with a Star Wars deck and started to think about Boba Fett; just where did he come in? Found this video [dodgy -ed.] and comments below after a bit of searching.

Fett was one of the first new characters to be designed for The Empire Strikes Back. He can trace his origins to rejected Darth Vader concepts that once had the Dark Lord as a rogue bounty hunter. Concept artists Ralph McQuarrie and Joe Johnston were most responsible for Fett's design. He first appeared in an 11-minute animated segment of the lamentable "Star Wars Holiday Special" television broadcast in 1978. Fett had another pre-Empire appearance in the daily newspaper strip story arc entitled "The Frozen World of Ota." Given that Fett and Skywalker meet for the first time in both stories, and Luke unwittingly befriends the bounty hunter each time, one or both of these tales is probably apocryphal.

Fett was the first new action figure for The Empire Strikes Back line of toys. He was originally available as a mail-away offer; kids would send in the appropriate proofs-of-purchase and Kenner would send the toy out. The original mail-away offers stated that Fett would feature a rocket-firing backpack, but safety issues dictated that the toy was released with the rocket glued in.

Fett's big-screen appearance had actor Jeremy Bulloch behind the mask, though the character was coldly voiced by Jason Wingreen. For his return appearance in the Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition, various Industrial Light & Magic artists wore the armor.
-via Jedi Council forum

the jerk -optigrab

This movie is so damn good... Saw a guy on the T the other day wearing a tshirt for Optigrab like it was a software company... well played. Preceeding clip below incase you just don't know...

free comic day -next saturday

For the last 10 years, the first Saturday in May has been Free Comic Day. Go into your local participating comic store (locator tool) and there will be a handful of titles and special editions being given out for free. Pick 1. Choices run the gamut from kid super-friendly on up. A few options below. Preview them all here.

unexpected sartorial win -young george lucas

You've seen the RedLetterMedia 70 minute critique of Episode 1 right? Genuis. Go on, one more time...

late to the party -kick ass

/film has been posting clips and news about Kick-Ass for almost a year and I never clicked on one. Can you spot Nic Cage? He is on fire right now. Fun stuff. Based on yet another comic book I missed. Man, out of the loop.

old jokes home

There are 10 types of people in this world.
Those that understand binary and those that don't.

via friend of OMIL. Awesome.