Archive for September, 2008
links for 2008-09-30
YouTube – McCain Palin Couric Interview 9/29 Haha! We GOTCHA Palin! We took your quote out of context. Haha! We're evil reporters! (tags: video politics) YouTube – Mythbuster Adam Savage drunk on a treadmill Freakin' hilarious. Fast eyes will also notice Adam has "The Dark Knight.mov" sitting in his Movies folder. (tags: video funny) President…
links for 2008-09-29
The Cab Ride I’ll Never Forget | Zen Moments (tags: inspiration) Hands on with some surprising $80 night vision goggles (tags: fun wishlist) House votes down massive bailout measure – Economy in Turmoil- msnbc.com "The legislation… would have allowed the government to buy bad mortgages and other rotten assets held by troubled banks and financial…
links for 2008-09-27
"so disbarred" – Twitter Search Jack Thompson, the insane former lawyer that was against mature video games, is the inspiration for a meme of stupid lawyer jokes. Sweet. (tags: funny)
links for 2008-09-26
Clusterf#@k to the Poor House – Dive of Death | The Daily Show | Comedy Central Jon Stewart highlights the startling parallels between the economic bailout and the war on Iraq. Scared out of my mind. (tags: money politics tv) octopus pie :: a brooklyn drama Hehehe. I hate people that still wear their Livestrong…
links for 2008-09-25
Head of Skate – Ricky Van Veen's GET EXCITED Matt Damon: "It's like a really bad Disney movie. The hockey mom from Alaska… is the president. She's facing down Vladmir Putin using the folksy stuff she learned at the hockey rink. It's absurd." (tags: movies humor politics) iminlikewithyou "[Aqua Hoops] is perfect when having a…
links for 2008-09-24
Best of Mother Earth: 1996 McDonalds Hamburger Karen keeps a burger from 1996 to show people what McDonalds is trying to feed you. (tags: food) badjoke33 – Hooray Beer Peesalot: "If you play a recording of someone saying "HOORAY BEER!" backwards, it says… "HOORAY BEER!" For those with QuickTime, you can hit Ctrl + Left…
Ingrid Michaelson – Be OK Review
Ingrid’s new album So it seems that I’ve been put on the list of people to notify if there’s any interesting news related to Ingrid Micahelson. All because I blogged about attending her fabulous gig in Seattle. Not that I’m complaining, I love her music to bits. So our girl from Staten Island has a…
links for 2008-09-23
YouTube – Barack Obama: Reforming Washington No smoke or mirrors. Obama lays out what he wants to change. This gives me a political boner. (tags: politics video) Without further ado: Reverie « Vincent Laforet’s Blog (Quicktime required) HD video show with a Canon EOS 5D MKII. Looks great but I don't think I'll ever want…
links for 2008-09-22
Brand New: Badass Pony I just love the colors. It screams, "new hotness." Chrome is out, car people. (tags: cars art) Casey Pugh // Technologistioner Check out the colorful bar on the side. This is fun and just brilliant. (tags: art) YouTube – How the markets really work This is so very British. The wobbly…
links for 2008-09-19
Nedroid Picture Diary – Excuse Me, Sir. You Dropped These Rhymes Beartato is my favorite. I want him in plushie form. (tags: comic humor) Fifty People, One Question: Restored on Vimeo Wow. (tags: video art) Are You Worried About Today’s Economy? ∞ Get Rich Slowly (tags: money)
links for 2008-09-18
YouTube – Kassie Kicks Monsters Ass Ohhh! The moment of revelation is so adorable. (tags: parenting video) iminlikewithyou – Just a note before I start Great opening slide. (tags: funny) Knight Rider’s KITT Stolen in Toronto | The Movie Blog Wow, that happened fast. (tags: cars video) Inside Obama's Emails | The Onion – America's…
Full Body Films
This blog isn’t sponsored in anyway whatsoever (I’m lying, today’s episode was brought to you by the letter ‘F’), but I like to give shout-outs now and again. I’m a humble consumer and I’m pretty happy when a seller does that little bit extra for me. This is a big part of why I love…
Worldview
WNYC’s Radiolab is a radio show and podcast that has introduced me to the ideas of godless heathens. Ok, well, Radiolab is a show that covers a different topic every week that relates to science, philosophy or the human experience. It’s complicated to explain but at its core are Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, two…
links for 2008-09-16
Cats don't care – (idiot comics) (tags: cats comic funny) Psychology Today: The Creative Personality Wow. An amazing list of characterisitics exhibited by creative people. Very cool. (tags: art inspiration) Lights & Sirens – Parkland man who was mauled by puppies dies (tags: crime) Twitter is Penis Surprisingly clever. Takes tweets, makes them anonymous and…
links for 2008-09-15
The Margins of Error: John McCain Gets BarackRoll'd Yay. (tags: humor video) Saturday Night Live – Palin / Hillary Open – Video – NBC.com Obvious but well executed. (tags: video tv politics humor)
links for 2008-09-12
September 11, 2001 | The Daily Show | Comedy Central Don’t watch this, I’m bookmarking this just for myself. Jon Stewart’s opening of the show on that day. (tags: inspiration video america) zefrank.com: ..||.. The debut of “Pump That Area”, a long time ago. It picks me up and puts me back down gently. Amongst…
links for 2008-09-11
God Bless America on Flickr – Photo Sharing! Free Medium Fries (tags: photo america) Hot Beef Sundae – Boing Boing Why? (tags: food photo)
links for 2008-09-10
:: JustPressPlay :: – Metallica: …And Bargains For All The text is hilarious. (tags: photo humor) Leah McElrath Renna: For God's Sake, Get on Message! Ten Tips for the Obama Campaign I agree. The Democrats are letting the Republicans get to them. Go back to rallying behind Obama's persona and credentials. Ignore the blatant lies…
Lipstick
DILO Sep 07 – Lipstick by Auntie P My head is swimming. But I’m going to try to talk about today’s political attacks. And I’ll most likely be wrong because I’m stupid enough to get my news from the internet. I don’t know how journalists write about this crap for a living. No wonder they…
San Francisco Bay
The two of us napped on the sand at Chrissy Field. We were surrounded by all the magical goodness you could want from life: deliciously fine sand, the sun beating down, a cool ocean breeze and an abundance of happy dogs out with their owners. The Golden Gate Bridge watched over us, quietly counting the…
links for 2008-09-06
Safety of the Large Hadron Collider – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The first high-energy collisions are planned to take place on 21 October 2008. Print out this page and seal it a time capsule. After the apocalypse, new civilizations will dig it up and chuckle at the irony. (tags: science)
links for 2008-09-05
Keith Olbermann Apologizes For RNC's Graphic 9/11 Tribute (VIDEO) The video is shameless. (tags: politics) Bellen! » Archive » Trapped! How every man wants to die. (tags: comic humor) A Softer World: 349 ASW is more often brilliant than its not. This one made me smile because of the cheeky exclamation mark but it also…
links for 2008-09-04
Tubbypaws – Ceiling Cat Papercraft This is so brilliant. I love the internet. (tags: fun cats) Attacks, praise stretch truth at GOP convention – Yahoo! News Jim Kuhnhenn of the Associated Press tears apart some of the attacks recorded at the GOP convention. (tags: politics) The Love Rug on Flickr – Photo Sharing! Imagine all…
links for 2008-09-03
Relatively rich "At one time we worked hard so that someday we wouldn't have to. Today, the more we earn, the more we work, since the opportunity cost of not working is all the greater." Isn't this crazy? How do we re-educate ourselves to settle for quality over quantity? (tags: money) Welcome to The Postal…
links for 2008-09-02
Diary of a Mad Overlord: What the Zero G experience is really like Wow. This makes me want to go! (tags: fun) Talking Points Memo | The Palin Meltdown in Slo-Mo Wow. News travels fast. I guess, being an unknown forces all your skeletons out of the closet very quickly. (tags: politics)