Radio: Steampunk!

I'm still surprised at how quickly my boss jumped at this idea.
We'll be covering everything Steampunk tomorrow, so be sure to tune in.

Mustache: John Oates & J-Stache

John Oates' mustache is a total douche. But it also happens to be the genius behind one of the greatest singing duos of our time.
Ride the mustache in this incredible trailer for Oates' upcoming cartoon, "J-Stache." (Yes folks, this cartoon is real. Incredible, right?)

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Video Games: Star Wars: The Old Republic

Bioware released the first trailer for its upcoming MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic today.
All I can say is WOW. This looks better than Episodes I-III combined.
Many Bothans died to bring you this trailer ...



About the trailer from LucasArts:

The Sacking of Coruscant. It was the crowning achievement of the Sith Empire’s ambitious military strategy and the moment that changed the history of the Old Republic forever. You may have read about it before, but our first cinematic trailer captures this event with breathtaking action and beautiful detail.

Republic leaders have traveled to Alderaan to engage in promised peace talks with the Sith Empire. The most powerful Jedi have accompanied them to safeguard against an Imperial deception. The Empire’s real motive, however, was simply to lure the Republic’s strongest defenders away from Coruscant and set the stage for an audacious attack. Under the command of Lord Angral, the Sith fleet approaches the Republic’s capital planet for the first time in centuries. In advance of the fleet, the strongest Sith Warriors have flown a stolen Republic ship into Coruscant’s orbit. Their mission is critical – to destroy the planet’s defense grid mainframe hidden in the heart of the Jedi Temple.

AWESOME: Secret Lives of the artists you THOUGHT you knew ...

Boy, oh boy, were you ever wrong.

This week, Mental Floss is hosting some fantastic guest blogging from Elizabeth Lunday, author of Secret Lives of Great Artists: What Your Teachers Never Told You About Master Painters and Sculptors.

Michelangelo getting his face smashed in is pretty cool, but so far this one's my favorite:

Leonardo da Vinci had a well-deserved reputation for his aversion to work. Everyone in Italy knew if you gave the great artist a commission, you were lucky to get your artwork several years later, if at all. He pondered, he puttered, he futzed around and he never met a deadline. In fact, his slack approach to The Last Supper is legendary. Fed up with the artist’s endless procrastination (and the fact that he had made the monastery’s dining hall completely unusable), the Prior of Santa Maria delle Grazie finally decided to complain to the Duke of Milan. When called to defend his actions, a calm Leonardo explained that he was just trying to find a face evil enough to represent Judas, the betrayer of Christ. However, Leonardo added, if he couldn’t find the perfect model he could “always use the head of the tactless and impatient Prior.” The threat quickly put a stop to the complaints.

Oh snap!

Check out Mental Floss all week for the updates.

ROBOTS: "Bum Bot" deals vigilante justice

Robotic vigilante: Homemade 'Bum Bot' patrols in Atlanta

"They've seen bar owner Rufus Terrill's invention on patrol before — its bright red lights and even brighter spot light blazing, infrared video camera filming and water cannon at the ready in the spinning turret on top.

"'You're trespassing. That's private property,' Terrill scolds an older man through the robot's loudspeaker. The man is sitting at the edge of the driveway to a child care center down the street. 'Go on.'"