ORIGINALLY AIRED: 3/3/2005
The Onion, Tricia Helfer, Mia St. John
Episode #5037
| Non-stop Click Action: Enter the World Mouse Clicking Competition, now! (TSS Battle of the Kevins: Kevin R. had 92, Kevin P. had 118.)
Before There Was Longhorn: Read these wacky code names from exciting Microsoft development projects. You'll yearn for Panther even more. We Saw That Spielberg Movie, Too: Microsoft’s teddy bear prototype looks—and functions—suspiciously like the one in A.I. |
| Actress Tricia Helfer visited to talk about her role in the Sci Fi Channel’s new, revamped Battlestar Galactica. When the show was first announced, fanboys across the internet voiced their disapproval of this remake of the “classic” series of the late ‘70s. But lo and behold: It’s a much better show. Tricia plays “Number 6,” a Cylon android who may or may not be totally evil—though she is unquestionably the show’s designated “hot” Cylon, regularly seducing the hapless human, Dr. Gaius Baltar. “I want the audience to have some sympathy for her—so I can pull the rug out from under them,” she said. “I’m not the girl next door, but there is some vulnerability to her.”
We’ll have a web-exclusive interview with Tricia tomorrow. Until then, you can visit her own site, TriciaHelfer.com, or the Sci Fi Channel’s official Battlestar Galactica site. Spacecast.com also has a good BG page. |
| Joe Garden, writer for leading fake-news resource The Onion, helped put together our stories for today’s Feed. Coincidentally enough, all of his stories were fake. But one story in today’s Feed was true. Can you guess which one it is?
1. Yahoo! has announced a “Soul Search Engine” to help people find inner peace on the web. 2. Solid Snake questioned the purpose of existence after his umpteenth death, resurrection. 3. An industrial designer has created a series of cyber augments for cute little critters. 4. Microsoft has patented ones and zeroes because it’s not making enough money. Why, it was number three! Visit the Augmented Animal Project: www.auger-loizeau.com We’ll have a web-exclusive interview with Joe Garden tomorrow. Until then, get all your fake news at TheOnion.com or Joe’s site dedicated to his effort to host the Late Show in 2009, Votejoegarden.com. |
| Do you really need to buy a USB rubber ducky thumb drive? These days, thumb drives are so cheap, you might as well make your own wacky drives. We bought a slew of them at Amazon.com, cracked open the cases with an X-ACTO blade, and jammed them into all sorts of ridiculous items with some hot glue. The resulting silly thumb drives proclaim to one and all: “We’re so interesting, we won’t settle for run-of-the-mill USB thumb drives.”
Here are a couple of the ones we made:
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FEATURES
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Ten Minutes with Joe Garden
The Onion writer talks about the fine art of reporting fake news. |
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Ten Minutes with Tricia Helfer
Number 6 from the new Battlestar Galactica doesn't want to be just another "robot chick." |
RELATED LINKS
> Battlestar Galactica star Tricia Helfer's official site
> LAN Party guest and pro boxer Mia St. John's site
