Links posted in July 2004
July 30, 2004
Vacation in Dubai - Look at these pictures! I mean, you've seen resorts in the Caribbean and so forth, but there is just no comparison. The scope of these resort/hotel projects is extreme, but the money to fund them has to be entirely unimaginable.
no link. Today GMcD & I heard someone on the radio say that using the word "co-ed" to describe a female college student is sexist. huh.
Neither of us had heard this before. Anyone else ever hear of that?
Know the Mahna Mahna song by the Muppets? Think it must just be a nonsensical song that Jim Henson thought up one late night? Well, not exactly. See, it's actually the theme from an X-rated "documentary" about wild life in Sweden named Sweden: Heaven or Hell. You can read all about the composer of this song and many others, Piero Umiliani. Finally, go ahead and listen to the original version to see how close the Muppets came!
July 29, 2004
Interesting urban legends
Now, since i am usually the most gullible friend anyone has, ever, i am elightening myself and others with some SNOPESing.
Wacky Names Given Babies!
Bush Pays for Funeral!!
Nobel Not Awarded to Mathematicians Due to Infidelity!!
Clinton Failed to Track Down Bombers!!!
Tours for the Whole Family!
So relevant to Reid's story:
Chernobyl tour - visit the site of the worst environmental disaster in history.
(Ecological / extreme tourism)
8:00 Depart Kyiv. Two-hour ride northwards to the border of the "exclusion zone". The area is 214 km in perimeter.
10:00 - 13:00 Pass the checkpoint "Dytyatky" and enter the "exclusion zone". Visit to the site of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant - an enterprise once employed more than 5000 staff. Observe object "Sarcophagus"- concrete-and-steel shelter covering radioactive masses and debris left after the explosion. Experience the peace and quiet of the ghost-town Prypyat - all 47.500 inhabitants had to abandon their homes the next day after the accident. Explore the deserted apartment blocks, schools, hotels, kinder gardens.
13:00 - 13:30 Lunch (the quality of food is guaranteed).
13:30 - 14:00 A briefing conducted by a specialist of the governmental agency "Chernobylinterinform". Get answers to your questions about the accident, current ecological situation and the future of the exclusion zone.
14:00 - 16:00 Visit to the site of contaminated vehicles. Thousands of tracks, helicopters, armoured personnel vehicles are so soaked with radiation that it is dangerous to approach. Visiting Opachichi and Kupovate villages. Meet the self-settlers, elderly people living in the exclusion zone.
16:00 Leave the exclusion zone
18:00 Arrive Kyiv
DEAR SIR / MADAM
,
I AM GEORGE WALKER BUSH, SON OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH, AND CURRENTLY SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MET NEITHER IN PERSON NOR BY CORRESPONDENCE. I CAME TO KNOW OF YOU IN MY SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE A VERY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION, WHICH INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF A HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO AN ACCOUNT REQUIRING MAXIMUM CONFIDENCE.
No link, but try this:
While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the ground and make small clockwise circles with it. Now take your right hand and draw a 6 in the air. Pay attention to what happens to your foot.
July 28, 2004
This is, in fact, what you get when you fight a stranger in the Alps.
July 27, 2004
Chernobyl Biker a Hoax?
well, i don't know if everyone remembers the woman who raced through lands surrounding Chernobyl or not, but i wanted to forward that to some friends and found that the
website was down, as in gone, but apparently because she has her own domain name:
http://kiddofspeed.com/
oh and in case the link in the title doesn't work, try Chernobyl Biker a Hoax?
hmm? evidently every pro baseball and football player is a better athlete than armstrong.
Fahrenheit 9/11 in Crawford That's right! Michael Moore and Alamo Drafthouse will be hosting a viewing of Fahr 9/11 in Bush's backyard, AKA Crawford, TX. If you have never been to a Rolling Roadshow, suffice it to say that they are "tizzzzzight". NOte: This is short notice because said event is July 28, Wednesday evening and price is way cheaper than usual at $8.
Pilgrim's Pride
- P.E.T.A.
I guess this is one of the reasons Reid is a tuna-eating vegeterian.
Wait a minute, Reid ate chicken at Trudy's a while back. Then again, that was not her fault.
thanks guys for the e-mails. you made this old broad feel good (I am so old now that I can actually use that word).
Urine-rehydratable MRE's for the army . Just don't do it, you know, every day because it could give you kidney damage.
July 26, 2004
Google Reveals New Search Formula - Google announced a revamped search results ranking procedure to combat complaints that results were becoming less relevant due to commercial sites gaming the current system.
steven seagal - "songs from the crystal cave”, steven seagal’s much-awaited first album, has been released exclusively in france on may 18th, 2004.
The Shitty Tipper Database!
Tipper's Name: John Kerry
Restaurant: Chart House
Total bill / Tip amount / Percentage: $262.60 / $0.00 / 0%
Washington's Top 50 Political Contributors in 2003-04 - Figures are based on contributions reported to the Federal Elections Commission and state Public Disclosure Commission as of mid-July.
DHTML Lemmings - Hi! Welcome to DHTML Lemmings! This is a remake of LemmingsTM all written in javascript.
TODAY is also a special day, for similar reasons. everyone, email jenny sobeck to wish her a happy birthday, after you have done the same for snake.
July 25, 2004
Today is a very important day, you'll get a gold star if you know why.
July 23, 2004
Pass the Volvic!
Cyrkam Airtos - Sticky.
Brother, Can You Spare A Job? - Originally a "Best Animation" finalist in MoveOn.org's "Bush in 30 Seconds" contest, the commercial spot has been expanded to a seven minute short cartoon that tells the rest of the story of Melvin McBean and his family's struggle to make ends meet in Bush's economy.
Do's and Don'ts
- Neurotically Yours
"Please, as far as he is concerned, anybody that has their nipple pierced is a damn whore. A DAMN WHORE."
July 22, 2004
An Evening At Kerbey Lane - STARRING (In Alphabetical Order): Ben Bowes, Kristy Cravey, Lisa Cravey, (Professor) Todd Ditmire, Gilliss Dyer, Nathan Harrison, Tai Soler, and Fernando Enrique Ziegler.
What's That Stuff? - Ever wondered about what's really in hair coloring, Silly Putty, Cheese Wiz, artificial snow, or self-tanners? C&EN presents a collection of articles that gives you a look at the chemistry behind a wide variety of everyday products.
Butt-Nate-A-Thon Trailers - video invitations for the epic ButtNateAThon, XMFC's annual movie marathon, are up. (more details here)
Carlos Delgado's quiet protest of 'God Bless America' "It takes a man to stand up for what he believes. I am not pro-war; I'm anti-war," he said. "I'm for peace."
July 21, 2004
What if you were born anosmic?
- If you can't smell, that surely can't be as bad as congenital blindness or deafness, right? Well, this author certainly thinks so but people who develop anosmia through accident tend to be extremely depressed. The sense of smell is intricately linked to memory, and I have long told people that the most evocative memories for me have always come from smells. I often permanently link certain products and smells to certain people after the first few chances at association (just ask Laura and Melanie).
On the other hand, you could work under the fume hood all day. And think of all the dirty diapers you could change...
Dodge's Vagina Emblem - "Anyway, I ask you how 'macho' a Dodge Ram can be when their emblem is basically the female reproductive system with nostrils."
Rice To Hear Plans For Intelligence Overhaul
- National security adviser Condoleezza Rice is expected to hear proposals for sweeping changes to U.S. intelligence agencies when she meets with two top members of the 9/11 commission Wednesday.
"The document will be published for sale in bookstores for $10. It will also be available online and through the Government Printing Office."
July 20, 2004
42 Percent Of Americans Pee In The Shower - Urine trouble now. According to a new survey, at least four out of every 10 Americans pee while taking a shower.
July 19, 2004
The Lighter Side Of Trach Life - Below are some funny pictures of tracheal cannulas. Most of them use the Montgomery cannula.
New Details Surface
by Paul Simms.
Vice President Dick Cheney cursed at Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, in a confrontation on the Senate floor while members were having their annual group picture taken earlier this week. . . . According to [an] aide, Mr. Cheney . . . responded with a barnyard epithet, urging Mr. Leahy to perform an anatomical sexual impossibility. — The Washington Times.
Ika - The Calamari Wrestler - A Japanese movie about a wrestling calamari. To watch the trailer click on the second to last link on the right side.
Tokyo On One Cliché A Day - Seth Stevenson, a regular contributor to Slate, spent two months in Tokyo on a media fellowship from the Japan Society.
Japan Cliché No. 1: Wacky Foods
Japan Cliché No. 4: Capsule Hotels
I have a few questions for everyone. (BTW, this hypnotic ad banner was found on the Merriam-Webster site).
Firstly, I'd love to hear your guesses as to what this woman is saying by reading her lips. My first go is "F&*k da gey-ser!" (first word as she turns to her left). Secondly, how fast would all of you graduate students in the audience like to get your degrees?
We've all seen the Bush Regime card deck which plays off the Iraq's Most Wanted deck. That's the first step towards being a true collector of Bush-related playing card memorabilia, but if you're ready to take it to the next level why not try the W Deck (some thumbnails not safe for work), a collection of vintage pin-ups and erotica with his head spliced in. My particular favorite SFW entries are Flyboy here and Fur Lovin'.
This story isn't nearly as entertaining as Flip's post but it is most certainly bad times.
July 18, 2004
As you may have heard, I got a cat. A month ago. Here are some "comments". Remember, a picture tells a thousand words....
I've been almost evangelical in trying to convert people into true believers of the BBC sitcom The Office. The show, which has won a passel of awards including 2004 Golden Globe for best comedy, is maddening because each of the quirky characters is hilarious and yet entirely true-to-life. The situations are not bizarre or Seinfeldian but the tension of walking the line of social graces in an office environment makes for some of the funniest comedy I've seen in a long time. It is more than worth renting the DVDs that have just been released.
If you're already an Office fan, you might enjoy knowing that Gervais (who plays David Brent and co-wrote the show) and Merchant (co-writer) are Saturday afternoon DJs on a London digital radio station. Luckily, the station has kept all of their bits alive and streamable, and the best of them are pointed to from this page. In addition to G&M, their producer Karl Pilkington is on the show and suffers great heaps of hilarious abuse at their hands. "Sharing advice on getting rid of worms" is a particularly good clip.
July 16, 2004
Found Porn -- publicly available stuff that someone actually thought was innocent. (More or less SFW.)
There's another will-probably-lead-to-nowhere probe into Bush's military career. I started reading about reactions to the probe on MetaFilter, but I had to stop when I started laughing too hard at this helpful fellow from Austin. He offers to pick up the records on his way home and gives helpful hints about why the answer won't be found here.
July 15, 2004
Here's a hobby for you. Your canvas is plywood. Your medium is gum, and your color palette comes from mixing cinnamon Trident with Grapelicious Hubba Bubba. While you're at it, focus on portraits of Hollywood blondes. If you don't believe what you're seeing, look at picture one to see how far they've come.
July 14, 2004
This Land - A Parody of Woody Guthrie's "This Land". Starring: George W. Bush and John Kerry.
Winnegago Man
- This link will be pointless if you don't have the sound on. Which one of you showed me this? For some reason Flip comes to mind.
"Listen, I got to give a clue now. I don't want anymore bullshit at anytime during the day...from anyone, that includes me. This is going to be very hot and it is going to be very unconfortable for everybody. I don't want anybody yelling. We get anybody yelling around here or anymore today and the shit is going to hit the fan."
I am glad to see that he follows his own advice.
update
- senate rejects move to ban same-sex marriage.
"Sen. John McCain of Arizona broke forcefully with President Bush and the Senate GOP leadership Tuesday evening over the issue, taking to the Senate floor to call such a constitutional amendment unnecessary -- and un-Republican."
There was a great story in Wired a few months ago that I wanted to share with others besides Carl. It also dovetails with a lunch conversation I had today regarding wireless security at internet cafés. I was saying that I wanted to find the AIM sniffer described in this article to do the same trick that lovelorn fellow does (i.e. find out the username of a cutie and randomly IM'ing her out of the blue). At the time I read it, I couldn't find such a program on the internet, but with time all things come to pass. I'll report on the program's success next time I spend an evening at JP's or the Green Muse.
Movies!
Some movies for this weekend:
1. The Paramount Theater Series is showing Tim Burton movies on Friday and Saturday, Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands. I'll probably go on Friday.
2. If you missed Red vs. Blue last Friday like I did becuase it was sold out, it's playing again this weekend at the Alamo Village up on Anderson.
July 13, 2004
MoveOn.org Sign a petition at MoveOn.org in support of marriage equality. Details are murky, but supposedly Congress will soon vote on an amendment defining marriage at the federal level, and we all know that could never be good.
July 12, 2004
Miss Muffy was the hottest effing shyte back in the day.
Miss Muffy and the Muff Mob, Episode 3 . Eat your heart out, Strawberry Shortcake!
Miss Muffy and the Muff Mob, Episode 2 . Be sure to play the game first, then go view the videos....
I forwarded along an email from PJ containing this expose on the "wimpster" without realizing that AE is a better place to put it. Anyway, now everyone can read about the true intentions of the nice hipster boy that you met at the Emo's show the other night, as told by Bust Magazine.
Apparently, if you're listening to Ennio Morricone, producing all sorts of mix-CDs, and going to lunch with your ex-fiancee, some girls have a problem with you. They just don't know...
Free "Cheat Commandos" T-shirts.
And string bikinis.
The annual salaries of UTexas Physics professors. Plus how much their endowed chairs are worth.
Miss Muffy and the Muff Mob.
"One Saturday evening, while I was tuned to a public access channel on Manhattan cable, the screen suddenly lit up with a montage of performers cut to a lounge disco theme song that rang out, "On The Stairway to Stardom, you'll see tomorrow's stars today!" A spellbinding parade of guests followed, whose performances stunned and amazed me. A young, confident, sweat suit wearing comedian, Al Villa, commanded the stage with a long stand up set. Lucille Cataldo in her black leatherette jumpsuit, gyrated while belting out a medley-as-song-as-showtune ode to her hairdresser. An elderly rubber faced funny man, Don Costello (a Stairway to Stardom regular, I would later learn), did a swivel hipped, lip synch rendition of the Sesame Street's "Mah-Na-Mah-Na"."
A tribute, with many clips, to The Stairway to Stardom. Please be sure to watch Melissa Ann Ledwon's tap dance routine -- it will change your life forever.
July 11, 2004
Wizard People, Dear Readers
From the Austin 360 story:
The result, "Wizard People, Dear Readers," Neely's narration of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," full of expletives and exaggerated wordplay, has garnered national attention. With screenings at the New York Underground Film Festival, the Boston Underground Film Festival, recognition in The New York Times and tours in Chicago and Seattle on the way, Neely has found audiences for what he originally intended as just a tape for friends. The 2 1/2-hour spoof is devoid of background music and full of deliberate ignorance.
I can vouch for this. We did it last night, and it was riot, in a juvenile way. I had a blast. The link goes to a place where you can download the MP3 files and do this on your own, or at the Alamo, . . . or in RLM 6.10whatever!
Particle physics is indirectly helping to restore very old recordings.
Due to the age and advanced decrepitude of early vinyl and wax recordings, they are subject to increasing damage every time they are spun to be read with a stylus or laser. The answer is to hold the disk still and spin a camera. Thankfully, now that the top quark has been discovered and we're done with high energy physics, we can focus our attention on other pursuits such as this.
actual audio recordings: can you tell which is memorex and which isn't?
July 10, 2004
Have you been hoping to listen to Air America, the liberal minded alternative to Rush and the gang? There's no better place to start than an interview with Jon Stewart (19MB mp3) on the O'Franken Factor show.
I knew a family once that had a very old dog. They had to clean out her anal glands regularly or they would gum up and get all infected. As bad as that sounds, my feeling is that administering an enema to a cat must be millions of times worse.
Fetish for technogeeks - The 1GHz processor on this OQO puts my sad little wireless pocketpc in the dustbin of history.
Ahh
14 H 33 - Guesdon Races Ahead Of Peloton
Frederic Guesdon (FDJ) has attacked the peloton, but it's not in an attempt to catch Dekker and Marichal, rather it's to say hello to his family who live 10km away from today's race route.
14 H 35 - A Kiss & A Hug... And Back To The Peloton
Guesdon has stopped to say hello to his wife and kids and has now clicked into his pedals again and rejoined the peloton. Oh, ain't life in Brittany sweet?
In the old days of the tour, they would stop and swim, drink wine, and dine in cafes along the route.
July 09, 2004
Reflectoporn - I was describing this site once to some people (I have since forgotten who) and now here is the post as promised. To circumvent Ebay posting rules and to "reward" hawk-eyed shoppers, some people have been known to take pictures of their reflective merchandise while in the nude. Many people would look at the pictures and never notice, but if you look closely...No one knows if the first guy (in the tea kettle) was purposeful or just a nudist that didn't realize, but it's a great idea.
omg fan boy!!! lol
Cheryl Tiegs and Uma Thurman are Democrats, while Jaclyn Smith and Ricardo Montalban are Republican. See more Political Donations by People you Want to Have Sex With...
Apologize to a cow. I signed this, but I'm not really sorry, I just thought it was cute.
July 08, 2004
Nicknames
- "...btw did you come up with a cute nickname for me? I'm thinking snugglebear for you.. or maybe woogiewoogieboo.. or pumpkin cakes?"
Lisa and I were talking about nicknames the other evening and right away I thought about Everybody Loves Raymond. Ray has a tendency to call Debra by different nicknames, usually something relating to fruits or foods. First word to come to mind at the time was dingleberry, but then I realized that was not a fruit and it was not flattering. Yeah...Lisa was not too happy about that one.
So...hmm,,,I guess I need some help coming up with a nickname for Lisa. Any suggestions?
July 07, 2004
The Alamo downtown is showing Red vs. Blue this week on Thurs/Fri/Sat with the creators in attendance and some Halo playing before the movie on the big screen. Anyone want to go? (Thursday might be out for me since I have summer league from 7 to 10.)
One of Conan O'Brien's writers on the moustache: "It's an exercise in not being insecure. During the moustache phases, when I ran into someone I would think: 'Act like the moustache is normal for you. Be a moustache guy. Don't talk about it.' But the moustache felt like a friend I had to introduce. A dark, unattractive friend who would often tell people what I ate earlier that day (especially if it was something granular)."
July 06, 2004
The National Marriage Project at Rutgers University always has interesting stats in their State of our Unions reports. The survey of heterosexual men aged 25 to 34 finds that 53% of the respondents indicated they are not interested in getting married any time soon. Furthermore, 22% percent agreed with a statement that "marriage just isn't for them".
The "non marrying kind" gave telling responses to other questions vs. the "marrying kind". (62 v. 30%) agreed that "if you marry, your biggest concern would be losing your personal freedom" and (29 v. 6%) are more likely to say that they do not want children. They also tend to be more non-religious (that's kind of a *duh* stat). The average age for college-educated men to get married is now 27 as compared to 23 in 1970.
I would have liked a further breakdown along the lines of high school v. college v. graduate level education. What do those of you that are unmarried and un-engaged think? Do you see yourselves getting married at some point (any point?) in your lives? Can you see yourself forever single (or just co-habiting with someone)?
July 05, 2004
Whores , all of you.
The Shark Tank - sysadmins vent their favorite tales of computer luserhood.
July 04, 2004
Happy Fourth of July everyone!
July 03, 2004
"Here's a fun game... First, look up the most popular and critically-acclaimed books, movies, and music on Amazon. Click on "Customer Reviews," and sort them by "Lowest Rating First." Hilarity ensues! It's the Amazon.com Knee-Jerk Contrarian Game!" -- Reviews from customers who hated the White Album, The Wizard of Oz, or The Great Gatsby.
July 02, 2004
Coverage of the Third Annual Big Lebowski Fest . Why wasn't I informed? There will be another in NYC this August. (From the Sports Guy's Links page.)
Saddam Hussein
, during his deposition, was in fact playing a secret game of Roshambo. (a story told in words and pictures)
"HEY, CRY ME A RIVER, DUDE. IT'S NOT MY FAULT YOU DON'T KNOW TIGER HAND"
July 01, 2004
Henry Rollins smaller brother was apparently who i worked with as an undergrad for my REU project. he used to wear glasses. he was rad, though, even if he did study condensed matter.
the phone - by aooa.
It's about time Cecil mentioned the "wet spot" - long before the cock mobster, Paul Barman, I might add.
"My dandy voice makes the most anti-choice granny's panties moist. . . You can sleep in the guest cot, I'll sleep in the wet spot." -M.C. Paul Barman
a journey through bodie ghost town - photo gallery by ray soemarsono.