We need to start creating more intrigue in the office ... Otherwise what will television viewers of 50 years from now have to watch? ... We watch Mad Men all the time in spite of all the misogyny because, well, it’s awesome. It’s got sex, drama, power struggles, flawed characters with filthy secrets, and rampant alcohol abuse. But what are OUR grandkids going to watch to completely warp their perceptions of who we were when we were young? ... If they made a show in the future called
Tube Dubber lets you take the video from one YouTube video and tack on the audio from another. For instance, combine a slowed down video of a cat playing with a box and a little space rock and you get something pretty epic, albeit completely non-embeddable ... So we gave it a couple of tries with some old favorites from our Woot YouTube Channel. The results were astounding! Sadly, we aren't able to post them here in the post for your viewing pleasure, but the links below should get you where you
Movies can have a powerful effect on us ... Star Trek and Star Wars inspired more than one generation to set their sights on the stars and beyond, It's a Wonderful Life gave us a reason to believe in the good in everyday people, and Secretary inspired that lengthy and incredibly awkward conversation with Human Resources. And apparently Eat Pray Love and the accompanying wave of Oprah-fueled PR inspired a bunch of lonely people to spend all their money trying to buy enlightenment in
Every week in this space, we’ll take a look at the news and offer our own incisive blend of commentary, analysis, and poop jokes. The news you need, from a voice you can trust, in the 90 seconds you have to spare: that’s Woot Weads the Wire ... PORDENONE, Italy (UPI) -- Anti-globalization activists have destroyed a field of genetically modified corn near the northeastern Italian town of Pordenone, Italian authorities say ... Thankfully, the corn's healing factor and adamantium claws will
Remember Bdale Garbee’s amazing rocket launch? Last year? He stuffed a gigantic model rocket with Woot monkeys and launched them into the blue? ... OK, if you missed that video when it came out, maybe you should watch it now: ... ... ... It’s inspiring, for one thing. Plus you’ll need it for context. Because see, there’s an exciting new development in the case of the missing six astro-monkeys: ... ... ... Welcome back, marooned monkeys! That’s two more accounted for, four
Loyal readers know that the Woot team is full of serious pinball fans. So you can take our word for it: The Pinball Adventure is a pretty great digital table ... ... ... As you're probably noticing already, The Pinball Adventure combines pinball concepts with RPG/shooter play. As you go for points, you'll grind the missions listed over on the right, ranging from things like "kill 20 fairies" to the classic "lock three balls". The flippers respond pretty well, especially if you grew up
Directed by comic genius Ernie Kovacs with a score by musical genius Esquivel, this 1961 clip is like a Pixar short set in the offices of Sterling-Cooper, without so much as a single computer-generated pixel. Let it bring a little joy to your office as you struggle toward the weekend ... ...
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there was one bad mutha shut-yo-mouth by the name of Lando Calrissian. Some bearded fella in a plaid shirt tried to write and direct a story about him back in the seventies, but the big studios felt that the world wasn't ready for a man so smooth, so roguish, so bent against an empire built on the principles of The Man to be saving the universe. So the project ended up scrapped, rewritten, and re-shot to feature some whiny farm boy. I hear it was
Every week in this space, we’ll take a look at the news and offer our own incisive blend of commentary, analysis, and poop jokes. The news you need, from a voice you can trust, in the 90 seconds you have to spare: that’s Woot Weads the Wire ... JAKARTA (UPI) -- An Indonesian filmmaker said he has begun filming "Little Obama the Movie," a film based on a fictionalized version of the U.S. president's childhood ... In this revised version, young Obama lives with his Aunt May and Uncle Ben until
Temple Of Tune ... As you stand there cowering before a giant living statue deep within the catacombs of some ancient Aztec temple, you may ask yourself at what moment things in your life went so horribly awry ... ‘Oh, yeah,’ you tell yourself as you run screaming towards the steadily closing stone entrance. ‘That Sandisk 4GB Sansa Clip Plus I bought from Woot.’ ... It all started so innocently, didn’t it? You needed a digital music player with FM Tuner, one that could play lots of