Young Einstein - a reminder for steampunk lovers

It does not generally gets on lists of steampunk movies. However, Young Einstein (1988) can be rightfully considered a great genre movie, as it provides a hilarious alternative history of the Fin de siècle science and its top personalities.

You don't need to be well-versed in physics to enjoy this masterpiece by the Australian artist Yahoo Serious, but this comedy will provide much added value if you are.

Star Trek: More Video Fun

A number of humorous Star Trek-references have recently surfaced, besides the Monty Phyton and the Holy Grail parody. Some are direct references such as All-Ages Kirk/Spock Archive, and some deal with Star Trek content as part of other issues, like the "White and Nerdy" video by Weird Al Yankovic (quiz!).

But these outsiders have serious competition by none other than the series themselves. From Captain Picard singing the Alphabet of Love, to a whole documentary piece devoted to humor and bloopers, hosted by William Shatner:

Monty Python Meets Star Trek

Monty Python Meets Star Trek is hilarious, awesome video clip (via Goode Th!ng), based on

• a beloved song from the Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and
• assorted episodes from Star Trek, the first series.
  

Tom Weller, a Humorist (Website Review)

Website review first published in Macedonian by Vreme daily
(#677, 31.03.2006), also reprinted on Site of the Day blog.

The website of the humorist Tom Weller serves as example of achieving excellent effect using simple design and good content.

The website contains a front page and internet-versions of his two books: Minims (1982) – with aphorisms and cartoons, and a link to abridged content of Hugo winner Science Made Stupid (1985) put online by a fan.

In his books--which may be considered a parody to the Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time or Carl Sagan's Cosmos--Weller explains the "life, universe and everything" in a style similar to Douglas Adams' take on science fiction, and Larry Gonnick's take on history.

The website also contains several recepies and goofy links, which supplement the comic impression.

All content is work-safe, with the exception of the fact that in some browsers the loading leads to loud quacking, because a sound file is embedded in the code, using relatively obsolete methods. The duck or goose, mascot of the site, is appropriately included as favicon - another good practice example.

About the website

Updating: indeterminate
Speed: fast
Functionality: good
Code: HTML
Design: text-based
Navigation: standard
Search: not included
Keywords: not included in source code
Public counter: not included
RSS/Atom: none
Google PageRank: 5/10
Language: English
Address: www.tweller.com