Admit it, nerds, you secretly want to be an avatar from the movie "Avatar". OK, maybe not, but at least you can now procrastinate for a few minutes and Avatarize Yourself. Simply upload a picture, select emotions, characters, backgrounds and you are good to go. Enjoy!

(Thanks, Dave!)

Previously on BC:
Yearbook Yourself - Link
South Park Create-a-Character - Link

digg 365 - digg labs

As Digg Turns 5, SF Mayor Declares Today "Digg.com Day" - TechCrunch

Turn Movie Ratings Into a Game with Flickchart - Mashable

Twitter Used for Saving a Life - WebDoctus

25 Hilarious WiFi Network Names - Holy Taco

Cisco Moves Closer to Tandberg Acquisition - GigaOM

USAF Confirms New Secret Stealth Plane - RQ-170 - Gizmodo

Apple Releases Power Mac and Xserve Updates - The Foundation

ReloadEvery Keeps Web Pages Refreshed on a Schedule - Lifehacker

Apple Is Said to Be Close to Buying Music Start-Up - NYTimes.com

Lego ads - Make My Mood

Greg Rutter's Definitive List Of The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet Unless You're A Loser Or Old Or Something - Link

Maker Faire Detroit 2010 - Make

Gizmodo has spotted R2-D2 in the highly popular prequel Star Trek. It looks like the scene when the Enterprise trails behind the other Starships when warping to Vulcan and are surprised by wreckage when finally reaching the planet.

I've seen the movie both on big and small screen, but hadn't known about the R2-D2 cameo. I may have to watch it again.

Link via [Yahoo! Buzz Log & The Nerdery]

Ever wonder why HAL sang the song "Daisy Bell" as he was shutting down in '2001: A Space Odyssey?' Here's why:

It turns out that the choice of 'Daisy Bell' was a tribute to the IBM 704, which, thanks to the brilliant programmers at Bell Labs, became the first computer to sing, way back in 1962. The popular ditty from the late 19th century was chosen by geniuses John L. Kelly, Carol Lockbaum, and Max Mathews as part of a demonstration of speech synthesis. Before he'd penned the film's namesake novel, author Arthur C. Clarke, who also co-wrote the screenplay, paid a visit to a friend at Bell Labs. There, Clarke was treated to a performance by the IBM 704, and later, inspired by what he'd seen, reproduced it in the dramatic death scene of HAL 9000.

[via Switched]

Musician, actor and comedian Tim Minchin gives us a synopsis of the cult film Donnie Darko.

I cannot wait for this film to come out. "Let the wild rumpus start!"

Made famous by the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", the home of character 'Cameron Frye' is up for sale for $2.3 million. 

In the movie, an angry Cameron Frye sends his father's rare Ferrari through its glass walls and into the woods.

"There's been a lot of interest in it already," says Sudler Sotheby's International Realtor Meladee Hughes (no relation to movie director John Hughes). "It's spectacular inside. It's like living in a tree house."

The pavilion contains a wall of memorabilia dedicated to the movie, including pictures of actors Matthew Broderick and Alan Ruck taken during the filming, Hughes said.

The owners were avid car collectors and the space is still used for special car events, such as a Ferrari Club meeting held there last weekend.

John Hughes, who still lives on the North Shore, has been informed that the house is for sale but so far they have not heard from him.

Any takers?

Link + more photos (via Sopheava de Lumiere)

Speckyboy Design Magazine has posted 21 movie posters recreated with Lego.  You can view all 21 posters (along with the original posters)  through the link.  Enjoy!  Link (via Geekologie)

(Thanks, Jodi!)

Here is an interview in which Leonard Nimoy discusses the origin of the Vulcan Salute.

Hey you guys!  After 20 years, the Goonies have reunited for a special 20th anniversary edition of Empire.  Wow, 20 years?  Do I feel old or what!

Goonies Reunion Video - Link (via Sopheava de Lumiere)