That’s right – mad libs star wars = blockbuster movie.  Think about it.  Of course, there are probably only so many people who have used this to their advantage.  Then again, Star Wars was inspired heavily by some Kurosawa films so guess this formula has worked for some time

Cavalcade is a high-budgeted cartoon series that’s supposed to be edgier than the network TV offerings MacFarlane has given to us, and is being distributed via Google’s Adsense video for those sites that match that demographic. As a series being distributed via an advertising channel, it will consist of 50, short, 2-minute episodes, with new episodes being distributed every week. A site’s gone up for the show that has a short trailer, at http://www.sethcomedy.com/.

It seems interesting to me that Google would choose to use their AdSense platform as a distribution model for content. But why not? Video ad unit spaces have been used to display commercial-like placements for brands and products so why not use that same space to display something someone will actually want to watch? I’m sure similar things have been done, but none that I can recall that has as much appeal to me. Will this new distribution model become more popular in the future for similar shorts? Only time will tell, but I know that I’ll be watching the site since I’m a fan.

Found originally on NewTeeVee

for more background on it – read the NY Times article!

For more information, read the release

Needless to say, I was too curious to let this one go – after all, I am an avid Woot! watcher and have missed every possible opportunity to buy one of their coveted “Bags of Crap” (of which have resulted in Woot!’ers receiving a myriad of expensive electronic equipment, as well as well, pretty much the equivalent of crap), so me and trex both decided to try it and see what came.

A few weeks went by and finally my package arrived. As I opened it in anticipation, and pulled it out of the packaging it had the potential to be a great prize. But like a kid who got coal on Christmas, it was a disappointment. Low and behold, this is what somethingstore.com sent me:

Apologies for the bad resolution, another cell-phone pick, but it’s a 3in1 Charger for an iPod, made by iBoost International (no rip-off of the Apple “i” there huh?). Quick search on ebay and how much was it worth? No more than $5, with an additional $5 shipping, and no bids. So it is worthless! No one wants them, and even the sellers trying to unload for under $2 up the shipping to cover the costs taken by ebay and the payment provider. Oh well, at least it was a surprise and something I guess.

What did trex get? Well, that’s another story altogether, and I’ll leave it up to him to comment or post on that funny incident