Dragonball Movie Piccolo Revealed

When I heard that James Marsters (Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) will play Piccolo in the upcoming Dragonball movie, I hoped against hope that the Namekian villain would be the one spark of geek cool in that ocean of Hollywood fail.

With this photo of Marsters as Piccolo, that last hope just flew out the window. Goodbye, reptilian demon lord. Hello, generic alien lord.

Six Degrees of Separation Now Three

Technology is making the world a smaller and smaller place. A new study commissioned by European telco O2 says the traditional six degrees of separation have been reduced to three. A whopping 98% of the respondents bridged the gap through the Internet or their mobile phones.

Congratulations. You are now three degrees closer to Kevin Bacon.

(Via JC Cuneta.)