Naturally the election came up in conversation. Trying to be even-handed and polite, the Brits said something diplomatic about McCain’s campaign, expecting Bush to express some warm words of support for the Republican candidate.
Not a chance. “I probably won’t even vote for the guy,” Bush told the group, according to two people present. “I had to endorse him. But I’d have endorsed Obama if they’d asked me.”
Remember when the Internet killed GAP’s new, awful logo? Here’s a refresher. And here’s a fun idea about what the creative meeting was like.
If you read nothing else about alcohol, make sure you read about the science. Remember, the science.
Gingrich would like to remind everybody that that marriage is between one man and one woman whom you abandon riddled with cancer on her hospital bed while you fuck the shit out of your mistress whom you later marry and cheat on with a third woman while screaming with Godly moral outrage about the infidelities of the president.
Bill Gates talks about this latest endeavor, eradicating polio around the world. My favorite quote however, is where he states the vaccine-autism link is an ‘absolute lie.’ I’ve never really listened to him speak for that long, but he is very well spoken. Maybe not as good as Steve Jobs, but better than what I had perceived he would be. Anyway, here’s the clip:
And lastly today, this is scary first, because of the oppression of expression (and bloggers) and two, because it is a reality that in some areas, certain ethnic groups have limited rights.
Quick update for everyone. First up, the Last Supper…from Star Wars nerds?
I’m taking away points for not having blue milk on the table.
And speaking of Star Wars, watch this awesome VW commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55e-uHQna0
Morgan Spurlock is trying to reimagine Times Square with no ads. But really, it’s a lot of work. But I imagine some of the touched up images will become ads themselves with creative use of the textures.
I am, also really excited about this game:
And speaking of awesome video games, I am so incredibly excited that this is coming out in five days (I had no idea!):
Google has a new project that uses a Street View type interface, but instead, goes through art galleries. I’ll be checking it out later.
First he didn’t understand how the tides work, now he’s confused about the moon. More proof (like we needed any) that Bill O’Reilly is a fucking retard. And I use that phrase out of respect to Stephen Corbert’s wishes. One of the people in the comments hit it spot on though:
The difference between O’Reilley and a scientist is, the scientist says, “I don’t know, let’s find out.” and O’Reilley says, “I don’t know, therefore God must have done it.”
This might be the coolest idea for a soap dispenser ever:
I like that it not only saves you money and is better for the earth (no plastic containers for liquid soap that is mostly water anyway), the soap will throw off it’s scent into the air, doing double duty!
I think I’ve always known it, but music, does in fact, make you happy. And now it’s been proven!
I never really thought to add smoking and reading, but, someone else did.
Last year, the Westboro Baptist Church picketed outside of Twitter. because God hates messages that are 140 character or less…or something. But they got rick-rolled!
Check out some other awesome signs here. I love when nerds counter-protest!
This is amazing! Apparently, doctors in the U.K. have been able to bring about brain activity on a man in a coma who was declared brain dead, and now they can ask him simple questions. Amazing!
Gamespy has a list of the 25 worst stock video game photos, check them out here, and below is a favorite:
Making a website or some other pursuit and need a dummy image? Here’s a dummy image generator, pretty handy when you need it.
Have I told you lately how much I want this? Really, this would be awesome right next to a Lost Orchid Station sign. Dorkiest garden ever!
It’s from last year, I believe from when Facebook once again screwed up their privacy settings, but check out this history of media scares.
Okay, that’s it for now, I think. Catch everybody soon!
Hey everybody, couple big updates on the way, starting with this one. I’m going through a whole bunch of stuff, so some will be a bit old, but all still really cool! Hope you enjoy!
Did you know that you can use bacon to track the economy? Yeah, we might use bacon for too much at this point.
Are you concerned about genetically modified food? You shouldn’t be, we have blenders that will hep us test them! Slate explains.
Want to make your own laundry detergent really cheap? Here’s a recipe. I’ve heard good things about this, but have yet to try it.
I’ve always says that the internet can (and usually is) a force for good. And 4chan proves me right once again:
This is old news, but good nonetheless, now it’s legal to “jailbreak” your phone. You know, the one that you own!
Once tablets get more and more popular, we’ll see this more often, which I’m sure would make it easier to keep menus updated, as well as save a lot of paper:
Need a primer on the whole Glen Beck is trying to swindle his viewers out of money out of greed and stupidity? Check it out here.
Anne Rice isn’t a Christian anymore! I guess I would care if I ever read any of her stuff. But her reasoning is sound I suppose, but I would always say find a church that fits you. They’re out there.
I finally got the tote bag I was waiting for (I saw them, but they weren’t for sale yet), and it is a Leave No Trace bag (how fitting). Here’s a fun mockumentary about why plastic bags aren’t exactly great for us:
Overdressed for the occasion, a man who not only lacked the mandatory skanky hoodie but was all spiffed up in a white dress shirt and slacks made an extremely literal beer run at an Alliance Road stop ’n’ rob. That is, he snabbed an 18-pack of The King of Bland Beers and scurried out the door.
But then we find that sometimes they are written as limericks!
A car parked ’twixt striping of blue Had nothing whatever to do With handicapped access Cops thought what it lacks is A ticket, and also a clue.
That’s it for now, but I’ll try to be back later in the week with some more. Have a great one!
And I’m back! Enjoy some of this awesomeness as I continue to go through my e-mail, back logs of links and find all kinds of stuff from around the Net for you to enjoy:
Lifehacker takes you through the steps to disable Places on Facebook. As with anything regarding privacy on Facebook, the steps necessary are long and involved (or at least, longer and more involved than they should be), but I did them this afternoon, so they aren’t impossible.
Did you know that the Old Spice man wants to be a superhero? Check out his transformation here:
I came cross a new blog, Better Book Titles. A personal favorite (and what has turned into my white whale):
(It’s really Infinite Jest, which I have started and gotten about 100 pages in at least four times now…)
A Chinese mall has a new “rage center” where women can go in and smash items that were going to be thrown out anyway. Pretty cool if you ask me.
This article is just blowing my mind a little bit:
Intel announced Tuesday that it had made the first chip that sends and receives information using beams of light…And the company expects to make one eventually that can transmit a laptop’s hard drive in one second and the entire printed collection of the Library of Congress in less than two minutes.
One of the designers of the U.S. State Quarters has released a couple parodies, including this wonderful one of New Jersey:
China is planning huge buses that run on rails (so I guess it is a mix of light rail and bus) that cars can drive underneath. Amazing:
There is a Star Wars convention coming up in Orlando. Even though I’m a huge nerd, I didn’t know about this. But most importantly, they are giving away custom cereal! I really want the Admiral Ackbar cereal, but I’m afraid it’s a trap. Check out Greedo’s and Raisin Han, too!
Not a picture, but it was an awesome video. More reasons why I love Rep. Grayson!
An Anglican church in New Zealand has some awesome billboards, including this one which I absolutely love:
Here is the other one I’ve found from them:
Did you follow along with the Old Spice one day social media blitz? It was pretty awesome, but I loved reading about how they pulled it off. Sounds tiring, but worth it!
You know what will make you feel better after all that depressing news, fun movies about the Arenas! First off, this awesome tribute, set to music from The Chronicles of Narnia:
And now, a time-lapse of the building of the Consol Center:
And also to make you feel better: just remember, you could be at home (or the DLLCC) playing the Furry Card Game. I kid you not. Click over if you dare, and have some mind bleach on hand.
Here’s my first part about Star Wars: Did you know when The Empire Strikes Back was coming out, there was a special 1-800 line you could call to get “hidden” messages from the characters?! And that it was so popular it broke AT&T?! Now you can listen to them, and I suggest you do!
I can’t believe I’m about to write this sentence: but I think I’ve found something that was made worse by the addition of lightsabers! I know, hard to believe, but why mess with what is perfect already:
Have you met Gary and Elaine? They live in a catalog. Go check it out!
Andrew Sullivan links to an awesome quote from tinfoiler:
“When my son Hunter asked me why it was okay for Bristol Palin to have a baby before she was married, I told him that God has special rules for special people. God knew that Bristol could become very rich from having a baby, so He granted her a pregnancy. Since she is the daughter of Sarah Palin, and the name Bristol Palin can be rearranged to spell “Orbit Plans” she is pretty much an angel, at least by the official bible definition. And that pretty much makes her son like a Jesus, technically speaking. This is just more proof that the blessed Palin family has wonderful and holy plans for true Americans. After explaining this to my son, he told me that he wanted to be sex-educated at a public school so that he could have a Jesus baby too. I smacked him in the mouth and told him that sex education is only for liberals and atheists. As good Christians, we should be ashamed of sexuality and our bodies, unless you are chosen by God, like Bristol Palin,”
Woot! was bought by Amazon, and as amazing as that it, it pales in comparison to the letter sent to the Woot! employees, I really think that this actually went out. Knowing Woot! it just seems to fit. Here are some of my favorite quotes:
Other than that, we plan to continue to run Woot the way we have always run Woot – with a wall of ideas and a dartboard. From a practical point of view, it will be as if we are simply adding one person to the organizational hierarchy, except that one person will just happen to be a billion-dollar company that could buy and sell each and every one of you like you were office furniture.
Q: Where can I get one of those vuvuzelas? A: Are you even paying attention?
They’re not looking to have their folks come in and run Woot unless we ask them to, which incidentally you can do by turning off the bathroom lights and saying the word “Kindle” three times; a helpful Amazon employee will appear in the mirror.
Q: Is Snapster leaving? A: Are you kidding? He’s out the door about ten seconds after that check clea- that is to say, Snapster will continue as Woot.com CEO, just like before, and the rest of our staff’s not going anywhere either. Woot and all ourvarious sites will continue to be an independently operated company full of horrible, useless products and an untalented jerkface writing staff, same as it ever was.
And finally today, I would just like to brag a bit. Ginny over at That’s Church asked for a motivational poster, and I happened to have a few free minutes (I was off of work that day), so I quickly threw one together and sent it over. If you don’t read her blog, you really should ,nothing else makes me laugh on such a consistent basis, and she cares so much for Pittsburgh it hurts sometimes (why we love her!). I of course, complain that I wish I had more time, things I would change, but as my friend said, “shush!” Here’s the post, and here’s my work:
