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Comments: (6)2007-02-27
Watch where you park in Japan... You do not want to get towed.
Comments: (0)2007-02-26
Yes! The next iPod firmware update will support album-flipping like in iTunes.
Comments: (6)2007-02-26
Damn it! The best fake porn movie title I ever came up with, "The Legend of Teabagger Vance," is an actual movie. NSFW
Comments: (2)2007-02-26
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Gobler Toys: weird retro toys... The archive is easier to navigate.
Comments: (1)2007-02-26
Japanese people sure love footage captured with a High-speedo camera.
Comments: (0)2007-02-25
Video clip: Zeroes (a parody of the TV show Heroes.
Comments: (4)2007-02-24
I've replaced the thermal paste between my CPU and cooling block (of my water cooling kit) with Arctic Silver 3. I'm not sure what temperature my CPU was running at before, but now it hovers around 29° C. A quick search reveals that it's normal for an Athlon XP to operate at 65° C. I think I'm going to give overclocking a whirl in a few months (close to when I'm ready to buy a new computer).

Does anybody have experience with that?
Comments: (1)2007-02-23
Retarded patents. Pictured: the arm mitten.
Comments: (0)2007-02-23
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Music video! Zombie babes wash your car: Fashion Freak by Naked Ape. Thanks, Brian!
Comments: (0)2007-02-23
Pulp typography: the audio of the "What does Marsellus Wallace look like" bit in Pulp Fiction illustrated by animated typography.

Far better than it sounds.
Comments: (7)2007-02-22
We are all going to die when the chimpanzees take over the world. You maniacs!
Comments: (1)2007-02-22
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Rock Me Tonight (by Billy Squier.

Buster: "The pansy prancing is awesome."

Yes it is, Buster, and thanks for the link.
Comments: (0)2007-02-22
I haven't visited explodingdog.com in a long time, but I'm fixing that mistake. Here's a good one.
Comments: (0)2007-02-22
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Scrubs is an excellent show. One of the "bit" characters (The Todd), apparently, has his own site. Thanks, Artoo.
Comments: (0)2007-02-22
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Bill and Steve, sitting in a tree... Caption:

Steve: "It's this big."
Bill: "Really? That's huge!"
Comments: (7)2007-02-22
According to The Onion, the Ghost Rider movie sucks.
Comments: (1)2007-02-22
Windows Vista transformation pack: make Windows XP look like Windows Vista's Aero theme. It seems to do a good job except it doesn't blur what's behind transparent bits, which is a shame.
Comments: (6)2007-02-21
Hi ladies, have you ever wanted to meet a guy that cOuld give you the best of boTh worlds, you know what I mean....like attractive enough to turn a few heads yet "boy next door" enough to know not to take love for granted.....rich enough to own his own house and cars yet poor enough to cherish the little things in life like a sMile or a kiss.......active enough to hAve a toned athletIc body yet lazy enough to just cuddLe on the couch on those cold rainy days.....mature enough not to bother playing any head games yet playfull enough to endulge in your every fantacy, and last but not least someone who knows to always treat his girl like the rare treasure that she is. Now if you always wanted to meet someone like this I have some good news for you...you just did, so how about letting him meet you? If you received a smile from me and it said "message me" or "can I see your backstage" it's NOT because I'm cheap, saddley (after waisting several credits) I have found that ALOT of women are on here just to fool around and are not realy interested in meeting someone. This way I'll know your serious and I will be more than happy to re-emburse you on our first date. Besides.....I think a lifetime of love, passion and happiness is worth a $1.35 don't you?

I shit you not.
Comments: (0)2007-02-21
I didn't realize the Mac vs. PC ad campaign was recycled.
Comments: (7)2007-02-20
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Music Video: What What (In the Butt) by Samwell.

Samwell's MySpace Page

It will be stuck in your head forever.
Comments: (1)2007-02-20
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A search of my archives reveals a sad lack of references to this "Russian Roulette for Kids" game.
Comments: (2)2007-02-20
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Scambaiting is a real art form. Here's a video of 419 scammers recreating Monty Python's dead parrot sketch.
He's pining for the fee-ords!
Comments: (1)2007-02-19
Microsoft is a sore loser. Steve Ballmer says Vista isn't selling because of pirates. How about because it's basically Windows XP that looks nicer and annoys the shit out of you?

I'll admit, though: the image management system is really nice. But there's no way I'd buy a system with Vista on it at the moment.
Comments: (0)2007-02-19
Hugh Flynn (Composer) creates music that is like garbage for your ears. As you may know, garbage goes in garbage cans, so try to imagine how upset you'd be at having a rotten banana peel going into your ear. You've just pictured the effect of listening to music by Hugh Flynn (Composer).
Comments: (0)2007-02-18
Instructional video: What To Do With Your Dead Hooker.
Comments: (9)2007-02-17
I was chatting with Nick about religion, and he had the following to say, which I feel is an excellent starting point for interesting conversation:
I find it odd that in a time where personal freedom, personal choice, and personal responsibility is so highly emphasized, there is a tendency to forget that Christians, Muslims, or whoever are personally responsible for their actions. Instead it's (indirectly) insinuated that the Bible and/or Religion somehow controlled them and forced them to be hateful.
Comments: (0)2007-02-17
Das OOntz! Long weekend Sundays, DJ Dervish spins industrial at New City. Tomorrow night: February 18th, is one such long weekend Sunday. I'm going: let's get some people out there!
Comments: (8)2007-02-17
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Pictures from The Nick Perreault / Hot Panda / The Dudes show on February 16, 2007 at the Starlite Room. Sadly, I ran out of batteries just after The Dudes came on stage.

MySpace links: Nick Perreault, Hot Panda.

It was my first time seeing Nick play live with his band. He kicked a lot of ass, as did Hot Panda. Maghan: I love what you do on "It's Worth 8 Cents".
Comments: (3)2007-02-16
I've talked about wacky names before, but it turns out there's a Wikipedia entry with lots more. My new favourite:
Depressed Cupboard Cheesecake
Comments: (7)2007-02-16
Apparently, the Earth is not moving. Modern cosmology has a religious anti-Bible agenda. Also, nut-jobs can't make web pages.
Comments: (0)2007-02-16
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How clean is your CPU fan? This is from my old work computer.
Comments: (0)2007-02-16
Video: Robocop vs. Terminator. This is pure dork spooge material.
Comments: (0)2007-02-16
Tragic PS3 advertising. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!
Comments: (2)2007-02-15
Just a quick reminder of Nick Perreault's performance at the Starlite Room tomorrow.

Also, what's going on on Saturday? I could party.
Comments: (0)2007-02-15
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Bam! Check out this awesome 80s hair and makeup. I bet she's got great reflexes. She could catch a whole flock of seagulls in that hair. I wonder what her name is... She looks like a Roxanne. Getting paid to get pictures taken of you? Why, that's money for nothing. I wonder if she's a foreigner or if she wears her sunglasses at night.

I've gone too far. Some would say I'm in the danger zone.

Damn it!
Comments: (0)2007-02-14
Hewlett-Packard company secrets. I like how if you insist you have an extended warranty, they have to provide support.
Comments: (0)2007-02-13
HD-DVD and Blu-Ray copy protection is now officially worthless. Didn't take long. Who gets hurt by copy protection? The companies that spend money developing it.
Comments: (1)2007-02-12
Rally car racing has got to be the most exciting racing you can watch.
Comments: (0)2007-02-12
A British documentary on supermarket food (part 1) (part 2). Each part is about 49 minutes long.
Comments: (11)2007-02-12
The Bible sure is moral:
I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?
If someone well-versed in the Old Testament could chime in on interpretation of the Bible, that would be great.
Comments: (6)2007-02-12
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LEGO Millenium Falcon. Only $680 CAD.
Comments: (2)2007-02-12
Statistics are useful: this article proves how dangerous bread really is:
Research on bread indicates that:

1. More than 98 percent of convicted felons are bread users.
2. Fully HALF of all children who grow up in bread-consuming households score below average on standardized tests.
3. In the 18th century, when virtually all bread was baked in the home, the average life expectancy was less than 50 years; infant mortality rates were unacceptably high; many women died in childbirth; and diseases such as typhoid, yellow fever, and influenza ravaged whole nations.

4. More than 90 percent of violent crimes are committed within 24 hours of eating bread.
5. Bread is made from a substance called "dough." It has been proven that as little as one pound of dough can be used to suffocate a mouse. The average American eats more bread than that in one month!

6. Primitive tribal societies that have no bread exhibit a low incidence of cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, and osteoporosis.
7. Bread has been proven to be addictive. Subjects deprived of bread and given only water to eat begged for bread after as little as two days.
8. Bread is often a "gateway" food item, leading the user to "harder" items such as butter, jelly, peanut butter, and even cold cuts.
9. Bread has been proven to absorb water. Since the human body is more than 90 percent water, it follows that eating bread could lead to your body being taken over by this absorptive food product, turning you into a soggy, gooey bread-pudding person.

10. Newborn babies can choke on bread.
11. Bread is baked at temperatures as high as 400 degrees Fahrenheit! That kind of heat can kill an adult in less than one minute.
12. Most American bread eaters are utterly unable to distinguish between significant scientific fact and meaningless statistical babbling.

In light of these frightening statistics, it has been proposed that the following bread restrictions be made:

1. No sale of bread to minors.
2. A nationwide "Just Say No To Toast" campaign, complete celebrity TV spots and bumper stickers.
3. A 300 percent federal tax on all bread to pay for all the societal ills we might associate with bread.
4. No animal or human images, nor any primary colors (which may appeal to children) may be used to promote bread usage.
5. The establishment of "Bread-free" zones around schools.
Comments: (0)2007-02-12
The Top Gear crew gets attacked by rednecks by painting slogans offensive to the citizens of Alabama on each others' vehicles.
They've shot their own sign... what are they going to do to us?
Comments: (0)2007-02-11
Apache has been upgraded. If you notice anything broken, let me know.
Comments: (2)2007-02-11
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Oh, med students...
Comments: (2)2007-02-10
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Duck Hunt! NSFW ads.
Comments: (2)2007-02-10
Can you believe this shit? In Washington State, it may become a legal requirement to provide proof of procreation if you're married. They also want to make the act of having a child with someone legally equivalent to marriage.
Comments: (0)2007-02-09
Catch 33: chase after numbers with your mouse.
Comments: (1)2007-02-09
Snack Cakes! That is all.
Comments: (0)2007-02-09
Coming soon: a brain scanner that reads your intentions.
... I'm going to sit at home and ogle the ladies in the Victoria's Secret Catalog! <EEERK> ... Sears Catalog. <DING!> -Moe
Comments: (0)2007-02-09
Video of a woman doing what looks to me like a smoker's workout.
Comments: (1)2007-02-08
Amazing pool tricks on a tiny pool table. Do your ears a favour: turn off the sound.
Comments: (0)2007-02-08
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Many moons ago I heard about Richard D. James (Aphex Twin) embedding images in his music. Here's a collection of spectrograms of Aphex Twin tunes.
Comments: (13)2007-02-08
What's wrong with my car? The dealership doesn't know and has already made me buy a new battery, which did nothing. When I try to start it, I get a "spang" noise.
Comments: (0)2007-02-08
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Are you tough to wake up? Try the time bomb clock for a good dose of morning panic!
Comments: (0)2007-02-08
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Learn how to dance like a white guy. It worked for me!
Comments: (0)2007-02-07
No Net Neutrality in Canada? Or as non-Newfie Mike says, "fucking Harper".
Comments: (0)2007-02-07
Mac vs. PC spoof ads. I like the gaming one where the Linux machine pops in. "I am root!"
Comments: (3)2007-02-06
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On the latest episode Heroes, George Takei plays Hiro's father.

His limousine's license plate reads NCC 1701.
Comments: (11)2007-02-06
The best Mac vs. PC commercial yet. I had my first Vista experience today. It sure does look pretty, but what they say is true: it asks you for confirmation before it does anything. I double clicked on "setup.exe" on the Office 2007 CD. What does Vista do? It asks me if it's OK to run setup.exe. Not a good first impression.

Anyway, this "I'm a Mac / I'm a PC" ad pokes fun at Vista for this very fault, and damn if it isn't funny.
Comments: (1)2007-02-05
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Memory Express has an Acer 26" monitor on for $869.95. I call it "Big Bertha". Luckily, my video card (Radeon 9800 Pro) actually pulls off 1920x1200.
Comments: (0)2007-02-04
Ever wonder why great big camera lenses are so expensive? This video from Canon shows you why.
Comments: (8)2007-02-01
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This is such a retarded story... A bunch of LED devices created to promote Aqua Teen Hunger Force created a bomb scare. T-shirts are available. Photos of the LED sign had the "middle finger" edited out. This is just retarded, people!

Here's a video of the guys responsible taking advantage of the press to perform some improvised sketch comedy. The material itself is really lame, but their tenacity and the fact that they're angering the press is really funny.
Comments: (0)2007-02-01
Ricky Gervais on nursery rhymes
I never worked out what the moral of Humpty Dumpty is. I can only think of "Don't sit on a wall if you're an egg."
Comments: (0)2007-02-01
So, Vista has some voice recognition capability built-in. Unfortunately, someone can give you a sound file (on a website or whatever) that when played through your speakers will execute commands if you have voice recognition enabled.

Microsoft recommends turning off your speakers / microphone...