J and I caught Predators last weekend and it was awesomely bad as expected.  I won’t give away any details, but I will say that there is one fantastic death scene that seemed to cause the entire theater to gasp.

I’ve always been a sucker for scifi b-movies and the Predator films are no exception (yes, even the AVP movies). Unsurprisingly, I’ve found this chart to be right up my alley and I’m sure my fellow Predator fans will enjoy it too.

(Click to view large.)

Via GeekTyrant.

I have never heard of Very Small Array before, but after browsing through just a few pages I immediately added it to my Google Reader. Chock-full of interesting charts, graphs, maps, and illustrations, the blog is right up my alley.

Currently, it is running a series of NYC maps that display the most common type of restaurants by zip code based on The Village Voice Restaurant Guide.

As much as I love Manhattan, it is clearly evident that the outer boroughs have much more diversity, with the restaurants to prove it!

Via Laughing Squid.

P.S. — People are always asking me what the best Korean restaurants in Manhattan are. My answer to them: there aren’t any. All the Korean restaurants, including the ones in Korea Town (and perhaps especially the ones in Korea Town), are too “Americanized” for my tastes. To find the best, authentic Korean restaurants, you must venture out to Queens or even…gasp…New Jersey!

I don’t care what anyone says. Super Mario Bros 3 is the best Mario game of all time, hands down.

And while this instructional graphic takes some of the fun out of the game, it’s still pretty impressive to say the least. (Click to view large.)

Via BuzzFeed.

The New York Times Magazine has posted beautiful photographs of the all the balls used in the World Cup, starting from 1930!

And here I thought they were still using the black pentagons, white hexagons ball circa 1970. That just goes to show how much I know about soccer.

We all know that Apple is not a fan of Flash and is in full support of HTML5 replacing the ubiquitous multimedia platform.

(Although I’m not a big fan of Flash myself, I don’t get Apple’s argument against Flash for not being “open” when their products are some of the most closed, proprietary out there. But that’s just me.)

Well, just what the heck is HTML5 and what’s so great about it? Being a web developer, I feel like I have been reading and studying up on HTML5 for decades. And while I can take hours writing a post to try to explain it to you, I found something better: a kickass infographic.

Via TheBlogIsMine.

P.S. — Don’t you just love infographics? I love how they’re THE trendy element on the web today. And if you’re truly a fan of visual data representation like myself, check out The Visual Miscellaneum: A Colorful Guide to the World’s Most Consequential Trivia by David Mccandless. J got it for me for Christmas, and I love it!