Michael Hainsworth

May 27
2009

Looking into the past

An awesome Flickr photo pool offers a window into the past lives of neighbourhoods.

Apr 24
2009

Auto-tuning the news, one story at a time

What happens when the music industry’s dirty little secret is used on the news? Hilarity, that’s what. The Auto-Tune is the music industry’s audio version of Photoshop. It’s allegedly been used to fix the off-key singing of Britney Spears, Reba McEntire, Faith Hill and was used to create the yodel-esque effect in Cher’s 1998 hit [...]

Mar 30
2009

Iran hostage crisis meets fluffy bunnies

It’s in Japanese, but that matters little when you’re dealing with a deadly bunny terrorist cell. It’s a taste of the twelve 23 minute episodes by director Kazuya Sasahra, to be released in Japan as Cat Shit One and in the US&A as Apocalypse Meow. It was originally a three volume comic graphic novel published [...]

Mar 17
2009

Faaabulous!!! Sacha Baron Cohen dupes ‘em again in third incarnation as Brüno.

HAINSWORTH.COM reader and main squeeze to the Editor in Chief, Ann Hainsworth informs us comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Da Ali G Show” character Brüno showed up at an Alabama National Guard post. Cohen is filming a movie based upon the third of three characters from Da Ali G Show and was busted in Birmingham. Gay [...]

Mar 14
2009

Two Thumbs Up for Pixar’s Up Trailer

The latest film by Pixar Studios taps into the childhood imagination that asks, “what would happen if I attached thousands of balloons to the house?” Ed Asner plays the grumpy 78 year old Carl Fredricksen, threatened by developers with eviction from his home. The film is set to be released on May 29, 2009 and [...]

Mar 06
2009

Latest Star Trek Trailer Promises Shatner-Free Fun

I’ve never been a Trekkie (or “Trekker” as the ubernerds prefer) but the latest instalment of the franchise looks appealing. The original James Tiberius Kirk, William Shatner, got very cranky about the fact he wasn’t invited to be in this prequel. the 11th film. I couldn’t believe it. I’m not in the movie at all. [...]

Feb 22
2009

Star Wars as classic art

Worth1000.com offers 39 entries in its Star Wars as Classic Art contest, including this variation on Nighthawks by Edward Hopper. I went to an art gallery the other day. The artworks were all right, I guess, but you know what they were missing? Wookiees. There wasn’t one Wookiee in sight. Also no Jedis, no Storm [...]

Feb 18
2009

Into the Heart of Darkness Jackson (Gallery)

HAINSWORTH.COM reader “Tarzan” Dan (if-that-is-your-real-name) tipped us to this voyeuristic peek into Michael Jackson’s mind — through the Neverland Ranch sale. The Associated Press reports more than 2,000 of his “treasures” will be auctioned off from April 14th to the 20th, from the train locomotives to the ferris wheels. But there are some more interesting [...]

Feb 15
2009

The People vs. George Lucas

Coming in 2010 (to a theatre not-so far, far away) is a film examining the complete butchering of my childhood films by their creator, George Lucas. Source: myspace.com/peoplevsgeorge

Feb 14
2009

Light Graffiti

London’s Daily Mail has a fantastic photo gallery of the work of Welsh artist Michael Bosanko. 39 year old Michael Bosanko uses long exposures on his images, then spray paints light into the frame using coloured acetate on flashlights. Bosanko said he got the inspiration for creating light graffiti while on holiday in Greece about [...]

Feb 09
2009

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Redux

UPDATE: Poll added! There’s no script, no director, and no cast. But movie producer Dan Lin and Warner Brothers have announced plans to bring video game turned action movie hero Lara Croft back to the silver screen. Wired Magazine reports Angelina Jolie walked away from the franchise after the 2003 sequel failed to live up [...]

Feb 04
2009

I (Lego) N.Y.

HAINSWORTH.COM reader John Buffone directs us to an award winning illustrator’s homage to NYC. Christoph Niemann of the New York Times misses the big city. The illustrator spends a lot of Berlin’s cold dark winter days playing with his boys in their room. He says inevitably his mind wanders back to The City So Nice, [...]

Feb 02
2009

Porn airs during Super Bowl Game

Janet Jackson ain’t got nothing on the Tuscon, Arizona division of cable giant Comcast. As the Cardinals scored their last touchdown, the feed for standard definition customers switched for 30 seconds to the company’s “Jenna Club” porn channel. Viewers were treated to a scene of a male performer standing up, pulling down his pants, and [...]

Jan 31
2009

When Harry Met Sally, the Horror Movie

It’s amazing how much editing plays a role in the selling of a film. Imagine this classic Chick Flick recut as a horror film. John Piscitello is the genius behind this. When he posted it in 2007 after a “night of silliness in Prague,” he says he found himself the victim of some big corporate [...]

Jan 23
2009

Heavy Metal Band Names

If you’re going to rock, you need a hardcore band name. Doogie Horner offers this flowchart: Source: Comic Vs. Audience

Jan 23
2009

Peter Griffin Lives!

Since relaunching January 20th, the most searched for item on the site is “Peter Griffin” — by far. On the last incarnation of HAINSWORTH.COM, I had posted an article with the photo shown here, after stumbling across it on the Intertron. Surely it’s a Photoshop job. I don’t think this guy’s name is Peter Griffin, [...]

Sep 15
2004

The Power of the iPod Isn’t Under the Hood

I’ve spent a few days playing with my new toy, the iPod portable MP3 player from Apple. I’m really impressed with how powerful it really is — and that surprises me.

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