I accidentally fired up iMovie over the weekend and was greeted with a welcome screen that featured skateboarding. It’s the first time I’ve launched it after upgrading to Mavericks. Curious that the last version of iMovie was called iMovie 11, and this one is called iMovie 10. Mini mavericks review after the jump.

Popeye has been around since the late 20’s. I swear the soundtrack on some of those old animated cartoons are just 15 minutes of solid mumbling. Here are three appearances of Popeye on a skateboard, from present day back to 1979.

I have no idea who Oi! Jacko Gym was, but near as I can tell by this picture, he must have been some sort of middle aged, weight lifting Sting impersonator from Australia. He’s not content to just ride a skateboard, he’s got to lift weights at the same time. The box commands you to “Do your push-ups with Jacko.” Can I just skip them instead? Also, I’m not so sure about the “Make & Do” booklet. It sounds like some sort of toddler potty training record. It looks like he may have been the Australian mascot for Energizer.

Random birthday cake I took a picture of in 2011 at the bakery my wife worked at when she was in high school… in the 80’s. Would have been a good one for ole GVK’s birthday last month, but it’s kind of stale now. Then again, so is he… Nice of the miniature cake police to cordon off the area with emergency barricades to contain the radical action.

Here’s a short video with some behinds the scenes action on a Nyjah Huston photoshoot for GQ Magazine. I haven’t actually seen a copy of the magazine in some time, but if the web site is any indication, it looks like it’s turning into People magazine, not very sophisticated. If you watch the video on Youtube you will literally get bombarded with overlays asking you to subscribe, like and share videos with your friends, as if they are targeting an early teen audience. It’s totally at odds with their public image, and a little bit like the old SNL Newsforce skit. I can’t show you that skit, you’ll need a Hulu Plus account, but you can watch the Nyjah Huston video without popups after the jump. He looks really comfortable, like he could have a career fallback option in fashion.

– Thanks to Sarib Khalsa for the tip.

A Simon Woodstock interview coming on Friday. He won’t be rehashing his whole career, rather focusing on some clowning around. To get you in the mood, here’s an old Fisher Price puzzle of a clown on a skateboard, circa 1992. Perfect!

Interent trolls or skateboard trolls? Skateboarding trolls on the internet.

Light Goes On is a combination of long exposure photographs (light painting) and stop action animation made by Darren Pearson. Clever beyond belief. Watch it after the jump.

[Source: DP Preview] – Thanks to Glenn Corpes for the tip.

I was cleaning my house the offices of Skate and Annoy over the weekend. I found a ton of SASE requests for stickers stuffed away in various mouse holes, some… very old. The stack you see does not include the 10 or so that I found after I took this photo. So, much to the annoyance of my mail carrier, your stickers are on the way. The selection is dwindling. I think it’s time to make some new ones.

Sorry for the unannounced blackout this week, but I decided to do some major overhauling in the back end of the site so I could make some improvements down the road. If you’re pissed, just remember, it was in the Terms of Service agreement that everyone had to mail me with a dollar when you agreed to look at Skate and Annoy. Features (eBay Watch and GVK) as well as Reviews are still down, but it won’t be that long. And the good news is Neil is working on another Ebay Watch.

In the mean time: Expect a few bugs and some broken links here and there. No need to let me know about it yet, I’m still working in the background.

UPDATE: Features (eBay Watch and GVK) are back up. Reviews still down.

The graphic for this post is from 2010 when we switched designs. Nostalgia. I think it’s time for a new look here again.