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Saturday, July 15, 2006
I can't wait til A finally equals A....
LFB has a surprisingly decent blog... and the latest news on the Atlas Shrugged movie for those interested.
Site Mods
Just a quick announcement... gravatars have been enabled in the Haloscan comments. If this gets to be annoying, the feature will be disabled, but until then.... happy posting.
Friday, July 14, 2006
Finland Rules
Finnish artists Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen collected the pet peeves and angst-ridden pleas of people in Helsinki and then composed this choral work around the list of complaints. While many of the complaints are universal to western urban life ("Tramline three smells of pee," "Bullshitters get on too well in life," "Christmas season starts earlier every year"), many of the complaints dive deep to the heart of the Finnish soul ("Our ancestors could have picked a sunnier place to be," "In the public sauna they never ask if its ok to throw water on the stove," "Old forests are cut down and turned into toilet paper, and still all the toilets are always out of paper," and most importantly, "We always lose to Sweden in Hockey and Eurovision"). But all the complaints end with the timeless refrain of all humanity, It's Not Fair.
Yeah, they're my peeps. via WMFU's Beware of the Blog
Finnish artists Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen collected the pet peeves and angst-ridden pleas of people in Helsinki and then composed this choral work around the list of complaints. While many of the complaints are universal to western urban life ("Tramline three smells of pee," "Bullshitters get on too well in life," "Christmas season starts earlier every year"), many of the complaints dive deep to the heart of the Finnish soul ("Our ancestors could have picked a sunnier place to be," "In the public sauna they never ask if its ok to throw water on the stove," "Old forests are cut down and turned into toilet paper, and still all the toilets are always out of paper," and most importantly, "We always lose to Sweden in Hockey and Eurovision"). But all the complaints end with the timeless refrain of all humanity, It's Not Fair.
Yeah, they're my peeps. via WMFU's Beware of the Blog
Thom Yorke solo album available for listening
"The Eraser shows how fine a line there is between Kid A-like brilliance and derivative mediocrity. I just never thought that the first person to corrupt Kid A's visionary foray into electronic pop would be Thom Yorke."
UPDATE: Watch Yorke perform "The Clock" and "Cymbal Rush" on The Henry Rollins Show, then watch Andy Dick make fun of Thom Yorke.
"The Eraser shows how fine a line there is between Kid A-like brilliance and derivative mediocrity. I just never thought that the first person to corrupt Kid A's visionary foray into electronic pop would be Thom Yorke."
UPDATE: Watch Yorke perform "The Clock" and "Cymbal Rush" on The Henry Rollins Show, then watch Andy Dick make fun of Thom Yorke.
Carney doesn't like big business
Free-taco-night fan and suspected Buchananite Tim Carney just released The Big Ripoff, a new book that claims to take us "deep inside the insidious, incestuous relationship of big business and even bigger government." You can watch him lecture a Heritage Foundation audience here.
Free-taco-night fan and suspected Buchananite Tim Carney just released The Big Ripoff, a new book that claims to take us "deep inside the insidious, incestuous relationship of big business and even bigger government." You can watch him lecture a Heritage Foundation audience here.
Preview the Screw-on Head pilot
Via M&C: Watch the full pilot of The Amazing Screw-on Head, a new Sci Fi show from Mike Mignola, the creator of Hellboy. Features the voices of Paul Giamatti, David Hyde Pierce and Molly Shannon, among others.
Via M&C: Watch the full pilot of The Amazing Screw-on Head, a new Sci Fi show from Mike Mignola, the creator of Hellboy. Features the voices of Paul Giamatti, David Hyde Pierce and Molly Shannon, among others.
Sharpen your skills
Thanks to The International Private Investigators Union (IPIU), you, too, can have access to specialized knowledge on subjects such as mantrapping:
"Man, by virtue of his habits, can be incredibly easy prey. Read about the Costa Rican bridge trap, Afghan tank fall, Oregon helicopter trap, Jamaican shark net, South African wire whip trap, German head chopper, and many others. Includes the do’s and don’ts of a successful mantrap, rarely seen traps for urban environments, the benefits of fake traps, and much more."
Thanks to The International Private Investigators Union (IPIU), you, too, can have access to specialized knowledge on subjects such as mantrapping:
"Man, by virtue of his habits, can be incredibly easy prey. Read about the Costa Rican bridge trap, Afghan tank fall, Oregon helicopter trap, Jamaican shark net, South African wire whip trap, German head chopper, and many others. Includes the do’s and don’ts of a successful mantrap, rarely seen traps for urban environments, the benefits of fake traps, and much more."
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Derka derka Mohammed jihad... SLEPKO!!!!???!!! Ka-boom.
At first blush, this Slate article about the Islamic fundamentalist hatred of the "Rotarian Menace" seems laughably absurd.... but then when you remember that Nick Slepko is a Rotarian... well, it pretty much explains everything. (via Hit & Run).
At first blush, this Slate article about the Islamic fundamentalist hatred of the "Rotarian Menace" seems laughably absurd.... but then when you remember that Nick Slepko is a Rotarian... well, it pretty much explains everything. (via Hit & Run).
Who needs religion?
"A universal mystical experience with life-changing effects can be produced by the hallucinogen contained in magic mushrooms, scientists claim today.
"Forty years after Timothy Leary, the apostle of drug-induced mysticism, urged his hippie followers to 'tune in, turn on, and drop out,' researchers at Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, Maryland, have for the first time demonstrated that mystical experiences can be produced safely in the laboratory. They say that there is no difference between drug-induced mystical experiences and the spontaneous religious ones that believers have reported for centuries. They are 'descriptively identical.'"
"A universal mystical experience with life-changing effects can be produced by the hallucinogen contained in magic mushrooms, scientists claim today.
"Forty years after Timothy Leary, the apostle of drug-induced mysticism, urged his hippie followers to 'tune in, turn on, and drop out,' researchers at Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, Maryland, have for the first time demonstrated that mystical experiences can be produced safely in the laboratory. They say that there is no difference between drug-induced mystical experiences and the spontaneous religious ones that believers have reported for centuries. They are 'descriptively identical.'"
"The future of policing in America"
"The tiny drone will be able to provide law enforcement officers with a bird's-eye view of just about anything. It's intended to find lost hikers, skiers, surfers, children, elders, and more. It can also be used in hostage situations and other violent standoffs in rural or urban areas and to surveil fleeing crime suspects.
"Privacy advocates worry that a drone could peer too far into private lives because cameras could intrude on citizens through windows and into backyards. Law officers say it is more cost-effective than a helicopter."
The contractors involved should consider re-naming their companies if they want to prevent people from thinking they're on an episode of Lost:
"Known as 'SkySeers,' the drones were designed by Octatron, a subsidiary of Chang Industries, a defense contractor in southern California."
"The tiny drone will be able to provide law enforcement officers with a bird's-eye view of just about anything. It's intended to find lost hikers, skiers, surfers, children, elders, and more. It can also be used in hostage situations and other violent standoffs in rural or urban areas and to surveil fleeing crime suspects.
"Privacy advocates worry that a drone could peer too far into private lives because cameras could intrude on citizens through windows and into backyards. Law officers say it is more cost-effective than a helicopter."
The contractors involved should consider re-naming their companies if they want to prevent people from thinking they're on an episode of Lost:
"Known as 'SkySeers,' the drones were designed by Octatron, a subsidiary of Chang Industries, a defense contractor in southern California."
"Virginia is for Lovers" slogan soon to be updated
"State officials want to make it easier for water lovers to find relief by building a floating restroom.
"The buoyed bathroom would be like a barge away from shore, said Anne Smith, a consultant with the Virginia Department of Health's Marina Program.
"'They could just park and get in.'
"Connie Barbour, a long time fisherman and an owner of Long Bay Pointe Bait and Tackle in Virginia Beach said he doubts that people would do that.
"Keeping the water clean is a priority, Long Bay Pointe's Barbour said, though he's not sold on the floating commodes. Many smaller vessels have portable toilets, he said, and parks and marinas provide toilets.
"In a hurricane, someone would have to pull the floating facility to shore, he said.
"'That would be the last thing you'd want flipped over,' he said.
"And, Barbour said, 'you'd be surprised how many people would get seasick trying to get in one of those places.'
"'We would try and locate it somewhere that didn't have a lot of current and wave action to try and minimize that,' [Smith] said."
"State officials want to make it easier for water lovers to find relief by building a floating restroom.
"The buoyed bathroom would be like a barge away from shore, said Anne Smith, a consultant with the Virginia Department of Health's Marina Program.
"'They could just park and get in.'
"Connie Barbour, a long time fisherman and an owner of Long Bay Pointe Bait and Tackle in Virginia Beach said he doubts that people would do that.
"Keeping the water clean is a priority, Long Bay Pointe's Barbour said, though he's not sold on the floating commodes. Many smaller vessels have portable toilets, he said, and parks and marinas provide toilets.
"In a hurricane, someone would have to pull the floating facility to shore, he said.
"'That would be the last thing you'd want flipped over,' he said.
"And, Barbour said, 'you'd be surprised how many people would get seasick trying to get in one of those places.'
"'We would try and locate it somewhere that didn't have a lot of current and wave action to try and minimize that,' [Smith] said."
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
A trio of video links from Todd:
George Washington by Cox and Combes
Bob Log III's Boob Scotch - Warning: Involves lots of... Scotch
and finally a link that doesn't make me feel dirty: Breakdancing Transformers
George Washington by Cox and Combes
Bob Log III's Boob Scotch - Warning: Involves lots of... Scotch
and finally a link that doesn't make me feel dirty: Breakdancing Transformers
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
PoF Haiku-Cinema
Inspired by this random post, I thought it might be fun to have a pointless haiku comment contest. So let's have at it:
Step 1. Pick a movie, any movie (preferably a bad one).
Step 2. Write a Haiku about it.
Step 3. Post it in the comment section below.
Step 4. Rinse and repeat.
Best entries go in the PoF quote-bin.
Step 1. Pick a movie, any movie (preferably a bad one).
Step 2. Write a Haiku about it.
Step 3. Post it in the comment section below.
Step 4. Rinse and repeat.
Best entries go in the PoF quote-bin.
I love the net-mockery of Sen. Ted Stevens that has arisen in response to his "the internet is made of tubes" ramble. Just more proof that the goons running the country are completely out of touch with reality. Here's a helpful graphic and an MP3 remix of his remarks.
Monday, July 10, 2006
Ordinarily, I'd tag this with a "going to hell for laughing remark," but since Rosie O'Donnell is really retarded and only pretending to have Down's Syndrome, I'm pretty sure it's ok to laugh.
Where the shadow puppets roam free...
Knowing my fondness for the short-lived series, Firefly, the follow-up film, Serenity, and my occasional bouts of Tudyk-mania, Alec sends along a link to this recent bit of Whedonalia: Serenity, the RPG. And for future reference, in my metaverse, Wash will not die in some arbitrary-existential-bullshit-non-plot-furthering-unfunny-ruin-Meredith's-movie-kind-of-way, but lives forever and ever in a world filled with bad Hawaiian shirts, toy dinosaurs, and 70's cop mustaches.
Knowing my fondness for the short-lived series, Firefly, the follow-up film, Serenity, and my occasional bouts of Tudyk-mania, Alec sends along a link to this recent bit of Whedonalia: Serenity, the RPG. And for future reference, in my metaverse, Wash will not die in some arbitrary-existential-bullshit-non-plot-furthering-unfunny-ruin-Meredith's-movie-kind-of-way, but lives forever and ever in a world filled with bad Hawaiian shirts, toy dinosaurs, and 70's cop mustaches.
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