Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Mr. Plinkett's What Happened To Star Wars?
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Build Your Own Cuckoo Clock
A good while ago I opined that I would love a "build your own" slot machine kit. I figured it was unrealistic because the amount of work to create the kit compared to the demand probably makes such an endeavor unprofitable.
But now there's a "build your own" cuckoo clock kit, which is pretty close. Such an interesting idea, though I'm unsure if I will pull the trigger on it. I have no need for the end result and I'm skeptical about how hands-on it will be with the clock mechanism itself - does the clock just come as a single piece or are you going to be assembling intricate gears?
Interesting, I thought.
Sunday, August 17, 2025
Clue is Coming Back to Theaters
Clue is being re-released to theaters to mark its 40th anniversary. Check showtimes here.
The movie will reportedly be shown for 3 nights (August 24-26), with a different ending each night. Though when I search my area for show times it has more than 3 dates, so... repeats, I guess.
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Pool Cleaning Videos Are Almost My Thing
Continuing my series of discovering and cataloging Youtube genres, I've discovered Pool Cleaning Videos and they're somewhat compelling but not compelling enough, for reasons I'll explain.
There are at least two types of pool cleaning videos. In the first type, the pool is empty and they're cleaning the cement. These are fine, these are pleasing but you'll note they don't differ in any meaningful way from the Pressure Wash genre so I will omit talking about them. See below for an example.