August 2008
Watchchriscantwell:
S.E.X.Y. R.O.B.O.T.
I haven’t been sleeping, so I shot this around 2 a.m. using Photobooth and 75 feet of aluminum foil.
You, sir, are an evil genius!
“We have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast...”
– President Dwight D. Eisenhower
July 2008
My New Favorite Onion Headline Ever →
Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet
“Al Gore—or, as he is known in his own language, Gore-Al—placed his son, Kal-Al, gently in the one-passenger rocket ship, his brow furrowed by the great weight he carried in preserving the sole survivor of humanity’s hubristic folly.”
Here's a way to solve every budget issue we...
mikehudack:
spytap:
I’m going to tell you how to solve every budgetary issue we currently have including the national debt, budget defecits, and even tax issues. Are you ready? Here it is.
Get the fuck out of Iraq and immediately cut military financing by 66% so we can’t make the same mistakes again.
Done. And we can even cut taxes.
That’s a lovely plan. As long as you don’t think that...
Rockets agree to send pick, Greene, Jackson to... →
mundy:
Please start a brawl. Please start a brawl. Please start a brawl. Please start a brawl. Please start a brawl. Please start a brawl. Please start a brawl. Please start a brawl. Please start a brawl. Please start a brawl. Please start a brawl. Please start a brawl. Please start a brawl. Please start a brawl. Please start a brawl. Please start a brawl. Please start a...
Here's a way to solve every budget issue we...
I’m going to tell you how to solve every budgetary issue we currently have including the national debt, budget defecits, and even tax issues. Are you ready? Here it is.
Get the fuck out of Iraq and immediately cut military financing by 66% so we can’t make the same mistakes again.
Done. And we can even cut taxes.
A new Ten Commandments for modern society, or "Let... →
I’m really impressed by this, and it saddens me that the immediate thought that people bring to this new idea is “pagans and satanism.”
Waitress: What would you like to drink?
John Caparulo: Can I have a Coke?
Waitress: Oh, is Pepsi okay?
John Caparulo: Is Monopoly money okay?
themusic:
Keith Richards and Mick Taylor,...
“I’ve never seen anyone so roundly criticized for such grievous offenses as...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/opinion/29herbert.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Steve Jobs health condition is private
mikehudack:
bijan:
The NYT and others can’t get enough of the Steve Jobs story.
Is he sick? Is he well?
I don’t believe he needs to disclose his health status publicly. It’s none of our business. Shareholders & Apple’s board need to decide if he’s doing the best job for the company or not. And at this time, no one that could do it better. End of story.
I saw this on Slashdot earlier:
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A brief note
Remember: Despite what you may think at the time, drilling through your skull will NOT excise the demons.
It can, however, get you off of that conference call sooner.
jstn:
The thing is, I have always loved Third Eye...
Wireless HD gets a new standard effort →
WatchI know I’ve got to be so late to this party, but I absolutely fucking love this video.
“…Years from now anthropologists will discover surveillance tape of traffic...”
– Excerpts from my old blog, Pt. 1
Patton Oswalt's graduation speech to his former... →
I’m a sucker for inspiration hidden in comedy, and I really do think there’s an abundance of both in this speech.
Watchmen trailer. →
Watch it. Honestly. Wow.
Pulled. NM
“This film is brilliant and has no equal in the realm of comic book movies. It is...”
– Aintitcool News (via peterwknox)
Uhhh, wow.
(via mikehudack)
Words alone cannot describe my excitement for this film.
Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And... →
(via Reddit) Yeah, the Onion pretty much nailed this one all the way back in 2001. It’s scary and sad how accurate this article turned out to be.
themusic:
The Go! Team - Get It Together
I...
“The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.”
– Mark Twain (via insomniatic)
WatchI wish I was this good/cheeky. I love harmless bizarre stuff like this.
“Oh, a storm is threatening, My very life today; If I don’t get some...”
– The Rolling Stones
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themusic:
Petra Haden, Don’t Stop Believin
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Must have missed this the first time around →
Student gets threatened with expulsion, death threats, and national news media saying he is guilty of a hate crime for…taking a eucharist wafer out of the church. Quote of the article is when Bill Donahue claims the kid is “taking the Body of Christ hostage…”
jstn:
It makes me sad that it’s never sushi time.
I disagree. I feel like it’s always potentially sushi time.
WatchMy sheer love for this show cannot be expressed in words alone. Perhaps I could pantomime, or make up an interpretive dance, but words alone fail.
Things that make my decisions more difficult →
A (more) ecologically friendly Lotus Elise. Same drivetrain, same frame structure, but built with with sustainable materials and a couple solar panels. This also takes 70 pounds off of its already miniscule weight, making it faster and more fuel efficient in the process. (Via Autoblog)
Interesting article on digital VS analog revenue... →
The ever-intelligent Liz Gannes weighs in on the recently released Lehman Brothers report on entertainment revenue streams in the coming years.
An example of my fundamental complexity/neurosis →
Every time I read an article like this one I simultaneously think to myself A) How cool it is that I live in this time period and can witness such fundamental changes in human interaction and communication! If the Semantic Web comes into being it will be a huge shift in the landscape of even the most established players! and B) Hasn’t anyone seen The Terminator? Come on people!...
The Dumbest Generation: Author Responds
chriscantwell:
So today there was an LA Times article about a new book entitled The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future, or Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30.
I posted about it earlier this morning, and how I felt it comes off a little antagonistic and negative in the whole Millennial / Digital Generation debate.
I wrote the author, Mark...
Heat Map of US Gas Prices →
It’s really sad that they need a higher top end variable just for us CA folks. (via Digg)
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Serendipity
As my office overlooks a rather crowded intersection in Beverly Hills, I oftentimes find myself, in rare moments of downtime (or while on hold) peoplewatching. Peoplewatching in Los Angeles is an interesting thing - as well as a complete misnomer - as there are far fewer people who walk anywhere (including just down the block) compared to those who drive. So in many cases my version of...