Much of the classic movie Airplane! is pulled directly from the 1957 film Zero Hour!, which features a fighter pilot named Ted Stryker who must land a plane after both original pilots are incapacitated by food poisoning, and includes the actual line “Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking.”
Super Mario Galaxy 2
The latest chapter in the Super Mario saga looks awesome.
Bookshelves
A subject near and dear to my heart. Portable? No. Beautiful? Yes.
I love the look of statement bookshelves. You know….ones that go wall to wall, floor to ceiling, over doors, around windows. And if there’s a big tall ladder involved that’s even better!
Agreed. It’s one of the (many) reasons I’m not a fan of digital books: you don’t need bookshelves.
Google’s Playable Pac-Man Logo
Google celebrates the 30th anniversary of the release of Pac-Man in Japan by incorporating their logo in a custom, playable version of the old coin-op arcade game.
It’s the first time one of their doodles, Google’s name for their series of commemorative logos, has been interactive. Apparently it is a full 255 level game, including a kill screen at level 256, just like the original.