I nearly forgot my favorite one! It’s my favorite because it references what is quite possibly going to be the greatest sci-fi film ever made, but it’s the simplest possible sprite. It’s a grey box, for crying out loud. Brilliant.

The clothespin sculpture, by Claes Oldenburg, which can be found in Philadelphia.

The spear that pierced Jesus’ side: The Lance of Longinus. 

More likely, considering context, the weapon from Evangelion.

Anonymous asked: Another great easter egg: On TV Forecast's iTunes page, one of the screenshots is highlighting an episode of Lost named "The Incident". (TV Forecast is developed by Matt Comi, same as The Incident, in case you didn't know).

Nice!

From “Dave”:

Hint: mimes playing tennis. :)

Never seen it, but from that hint I’m guessing Dave suspects “Blow-up.”

UPDATE: Dave says “It’s Blow Up, of course! Neven says about 50% of the time it’s his favorite movie ever.”

Does knowing Neven personally constitue cheating? Hmm…

samelawrence asked: "Per Aspera" isn't Latin for "To the Stars". It's the "Through Hardship" part. Might want to edit that post.

Whoops! Thanks! I think that’s probably what the other guy meant, too.

Anonymous asked: Love the site, but you've got the "per aspera" reference the wrong way round: "ad astra" is "to the stars".

Yeah, I inverted the translation, following the way it was written in the wikipedia entry.

Just got a hot tip from you know who that I should look up the film titles on this marquee. I’d heard of “Puma Man” and even seen it as a kid on Saturday afternoon theater. I had no idea that “Eegah!” and “Red Zone Cuba” were also real movies. Guess what all three have in common? The crew of the Satellite of Love have been subjected to all three.

A two-fer. Hanso’s on the left - Alvar Hanso, founder of the Hanso Foundation, who funded the DHARMA Initiative. 815 on the right. That’s not just a street address, it’s also a reference, no doubt, to Oceanic Flight 815 from Los Angeles to Sydney.

No doubt short for Neven. I’d like to see what he’d do with a real brick wall and can of spray-paint, and more than 40 pixels of space.