Friday March 31, 2006
While we’re talking about firepower…
(Newest addition to my screensaver folder)
While we’re talking about firepower…
(Newest addition to my screensaver folder)
Archive for March, 2006
“The explosion scheduled for June 2 at the Nevada Test Site is part of an effort to design a weapon that can penetrate solid rock formations in which a country might store nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction.”
Just for the record, that’s 700 tons of raw power, baby. Fuck you and your impervious WMD shelter.
Thought i’d ring the week out on an uplifting note.
“Whatever happens, we shall remain stupid.” — Flaubert
“The explosion scheduled for June 2 at the Nevada Test Site is part of an effort to design a weapon that can penetrate solid rock formations in which a country might store nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction.”
Just for the record, that’s 700 tons of raw power, baby. Fuck you and your impervious WMD shelter.
Thought i’d ring the week out on an uplifting note.
“Whatever happens, we shall remain stupid.” — Flaubert
I think the chocolate sprinkle doughnut I just had made me extra-selective today. Oh well, here goes.
Things in Baghdad are really bad. Riverbend tells us that an Iraqi news channel recently informed all residents that, unless security forces are accompanied by coalition forces, then they are not required to comply with their orders. How sketchy is that? So if some rampaging security forces kick down your door, then what?! Terrible.
Non-Army issued body armor is no longer allowed for US troops. This decision comes just six months after the Pentagon said they’d reimburse troops for such purchases. It doesn’t seem like this decision is going over too well amongst the ranks, and hopefully it won’t be accepted or put into practice. Nevermind that we shouldn’t be in Iraq in the first place - if we can’t provide armor for these guys, then even strapping a few empty coffee cans onto your chest should be allowed!
Photoshop Phriday is pretty good this week - Literal Magazines.
I think the chocolate sprinkle doughnut I just had made me extra-selective today. Oh well, here goes.
Things in Baghdad are really bad. Riverbend tells us that an Iraqi news channel recently informed all residents that, unless security forces are accompanied by coalition forces, then they are not required to comply with their orders. How sketchy is that? So if some rampaging security forces kick down your door, then what?! Terrible.
Non-Army issued body armor is no longer allowed for US troops. This decision comes just six months after the Pentagon said they’d reimburse troops for such purchases. It doesn’t seem like this decision is going over too well amongst the ranks, and hopefully it won’t be accepted or put into practice. Nevermind that we shouldn’t be in Iraq in the first place - if we can’t provide armor for these guys, then even strapping a few empty coffee cans onto your chest should be allowed!
Photoshop Phriday is pretty good this week - Literal Magazines.
Thursday March 30, 2006
Well, I don’t want to jinx it, but so far today is going damn well. First, I woke up to bright sunshine, just before the alarm clock went off. Flick on the radio - Jill Carroll has been released. After about 100 days, her captors decided to let her go. She never knew where she was, and was in a room with a window you couldn’t see through. Then, on my way in to work, I hear Abramoff has been sentenced to 70 months in jail. Not bad, not bad. The final highlight thus far was when I learned we’re no longer going to be using this “quality assurance” software suite that everyone here hates! Every quarter, we have to give updates on projects, goals, and all this crap… but no more! (My boss and I had turned it into a 5-minute ordeal by now anyway, so not a big deal.)
Outrage has been officially registered thanks to the Britney Spears statue. You know the one - where she’s on a bear skin rug, about to blast out her youngin’. Now that I’ve spoken with a couple people about this, I discovered that the same question always comes up… “why don’t they show the view from behind??” And what a view it must be. The linked article says it shows the baby’s head crowning. Never fear, for I’m sure we can count on the Internet to help us out, after April 7th, when the statue goes on display.
Long live the 9/11 conspiracy. If you’ve seen the Loose Change video, then I’m sure you have at least a few questions as to what was going on that day. Whether you buy any or all of it, you have to admit the whole thing reeks of conspiracy. Here’s a nice long article that I don’t have time to read right now. It seems pretty well-written though.
Howard Kaloogian is running for Congress in California. In order to show them dumb lib’rals just how well things are going in Iraq, he traveled there, and then posted a picture of a typical flourishing Baghdad neighborhood on his website. So what’s the problem? The picture was taken in Turkey. Check out this Metafilter post to read all about his mishap. (He’s since taken down the picture.) Oh, and here’s a parody of what someone thinks Howard would have liked to have taken a picture of. Fantastic.
I just couldn’t take it anymore. The loud-ass chime that plays when you start up a Mac is fucking obnoxious. If you agree with me, perhaps you could benefit from this software.
Well, I don’t want to jinx it, but so far today is going damn well. First, I woke up to bright sunshine, just before the alarm clock went off. Flick on the radio - Jill Carroll has been released. After about 100 days, her captors decided to let her go. She never knew where she was, and was in a room with a window you couldn’t see through. Then, on my way in to work, I hear Abramoff has been sentenced to 70 months in jail. Not bad, not bad. The final highlight thus far was when I learned we’re no longer going to be using this “quality assurance” software suite that everyone here hates! Every quarter, we have to give updates on projects, goals, and all this crap… but no more! (My boss and I had turned it into a 5-minute ordeal by now anyway, so not a big deal.)
Outrage has been officially registered thanks to the Britney Spears statue. You know the one - where she’s on a bear skin rug, about to blast out her youngin’. Now that I’ve spoken with a couple people about this, I discovered that the same question always comes up… “why don’t they show the view from behind??” And what a view it must be. The linked article says it shows the baby’s head crowning. Never fear, for I’m sure we can count on the Internet to help us out, after April 7th, when the statue goes on display.
Long live the 9/11 conspiracy. If you’ve seen the Loose Change video, then I’m sure you have at least a few questions as to what was going on that day. Whether you buy any or all of it, you have to admit the whole thing reeks of conspiracy. Here’s a nice long article that I don’t have time to read right now. It seems pretty well-written though.
Howard Kaloogian is running for Congress in California. In order to show them dumb lib’rals just how well things are going in Iraq, he traveled there, and then posted a picture of a typical flourishing Baghdad neighborhood on his website. So what’s the problem? The picture was taken in Turkey. Check out this Metafilter post to read all about his mishap. (He’s since taken down the picture.) Oh, and here’s a parody of what someone thinks Howard would have liked to have taken a picture of. Fantastic.
I just couldn’t take it anymore. The loud-ass chime that plays when you start up a Mac is fucking obnoxious. If you agree with me, perhaps you could benefit from this software.
Wednesday March 29, 2006
“Alright, so it was a mosque we attacked. But we didn’t know!” The US military has changed their tune, slightly, with regard to the anger-inducing attack reported yesterday. Rumsfeld is still trying to spin it or cover it up somehow, saying there were munitions found, and other military accounts suggested that corpses were moved in to the mosque to give the appearance of a US slaughter. As was said yesterday, either way it’s too late to quell the anger of Iraqis.
I’ve heard from some people that this Saturday will be a big day for Apple. Not just because it’s their 30th birthday, but because they are going to make some kind of announcement. Now, it could just be some flashy new product, but others are making pretty outlandish suppositions. Like this one, which makes me laugh - Will Apple Adopt Windows? Clearly, this was written by a PC user who underestimates Apple’s ingenuity. Some more ideas are listed here. Personally, I’d say if any cross-platform relations are going to take place, it’s going to be that Apple will release a version of their OS that can run on any PC.
ITMFA. Seriously.
A while back, Easy Star records released Dub Side of the Moon, an all-reggae version of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. They are now making Radiodread, a reggae version of OK Computer! I happen to have bought their prior release, and it was very well done. I can see this one being similarly awesome.
Controversial Christian Faction Believes Jesus Was Nailed To Two Parallel Pieces Of Wood. Well now, that changes everything!
Art:
Weird cartoony stuff by Marc Ngui.
Sand on a lightbox?
QWERTY car.
Echanos - if you want a pair of riding boots, Amazon’s having a big sale today. These are pretty sweet, and heavily discounted.
“Alright, so it was a mosque we attacked. But we didn’t know!” The US military has changed their tune, slightly, with regard to the anger-inducing attack reported yesterday. Rumsfeld is still trying to spin it or cover it up somehow, saying there were munitions found, and other military accounts suggested that corpses were moved in to the mosque to give the appearance of a US slaughter. As was said yesterday, either way it’s too late to quell the anger of Iraqis.
I’ve heard from some people that this Saturday will be a big day for Apple. Not just because it’s their 30th birthday, but because they are going to make some kind of announcement. Now, it could just be some flashy new product, but others are making pretty outlandish suppositions. Like this one, which makes me laugh - Will Apple Adopt Windows? Clearly, this was written by a PC user who underestimates Apple’s ingenuity. Some more ideas are listed here. Personally, I’d say if any cross-platform relations are going to take place, it’s going to be that Apple will release a version of their OS that can run on any PC.
ITMFA. Seriously.
A while back, Easy Star records released Dub Side of the Moon, an all-reggae version of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. They are now making Radiodread, a reggae version of OK Computer! I happen to have bought their prior release, and it was very well done. I can see this one being similarly awesome.
Controversial Christian Faction Believes Jesus Was Nailed To Two Parallel Pieces Of Wood. Well now, that changes everything!
Art:
Weird cartoony stuff by Marc Ngui.
Sand on a lightbox?
QWERTY car.
Echanos - if you want a pair of riding boots, Amazon’s having a big sale today. These are pretty sweet, and heavily discounted.
Tuesday March 28, 2006
Rival Shia groups are aligning themselves agains the US, due to a recent attack on a mosque. US troops say they didn’t believe it was a mosque, but rather an insurgent base of sorts, but it appears that is unimportant to the Shia groups outraged by the occupying forces.
An autistic guy created an entire city in his head - meaning, an artificial history, streets, culture - you name it. This is fascinating. Learn about Urville.
“Eww, get your hands off of me, David!” That’s what you get for making the worst music on earth, jerky.
Want an electric guitar, but don’t want to spend over $30? Here you go.
Most of the time, rollerblading pretty much sucks. However, take a look at this guy doing the longest rail slide in history! Seriously, this is just totally insane.
Rival Shia groups are aligning themselves agains the US, due to a recent attack on a mosque. US troops say they didn’t believe it was a mosque, but rather an insurgent base of sorts, but it appears that is unimportant to the Shia groups outraged by the occupying forces.
An autistic guy created an entire city in his head - meaning, an artificial history, streets, culture - you name it. This is fascinating. Learn about Urville.
“Eww, get your hands off of me, David!” That’s what you get for making the worst music on earth, jerky.
Want an electric guitar, but don’t want to spend over $30? Here you go.
Most of the time, rollerblading pretty much sucks. However, take a look at this guy doing the longest rail slide in history! Seriously, this is just totally insane.
Monday March 27, 2006
Takeaway and I went down to see the Calgary Flames play the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday. Our precious Flames lost 3-2, but it was a good game. It just so happened we were seated in a row with probably 6 other Flames fans, so rest assured any slip-up on behalf of Columbus was mocked and rubbed in the faces of everyone around us. After the game, the lads in our row had us back to their hotel for a beer, and we waited downstairs until the Flames came back. These cunning gentlemen had prior knowledge of where the players were staying, and understandably got rooms there. So, I got to meet some of the stars, got my picture taken with some, and got to shake Jerome Iginla’s hand. By then, I had forgotten about the loss entirely.
On Saturday, Takeaway and I played at a wedding ceremony, which was pretty interesting. We were up on the balcony, blissfully oblivious to the progression of bride’s maids and groomsmen below us - which meant we had to cut one song in half! We made it through, and everyone says it was fine, so that’s good.
In renewing the Patriot Act, Bush insured that he is officially above the law, and even above the responsibilities the executive branch was to have in the revision. You gotta hand it to these guys - they find new ways of bending the most basic rules of our government all the time.
The memo that proves Bush and Blair were going to war whether WMDs were found or not has been released by the New York Times. Hmm.. why is no one surprised to learn this?
The truth is, Saddam had plans for a type of WMDs - or more specifically, Camels of Mass Destruction. Documents outlining Iraq’s plans to halt US forces clearly show that suicide camel bombings were being arranged, among other things. That’s freakin’ embarassing.
Scientists uncovered a skull that could be the “missing link”, in northern Ethiopia. This article popped up at a weird time for me, because just last night I was watching some dramatization of early hominids on TV, chuckling at the “prehistoric language” and poor acting. Then I started wondering.. is there still a missing link? It all seems pretty obvious, but without incontrovertible proof, we’re still going to hear arguments that the earth is 6,000 years old and shit.
Artificial images of our real planet. Some of these are really cool.
Two hats:
Poop (aka Swirl Turd, or “ST” for short.)
Megaphone
I want both.
Modified Sydney train sign. The man using the trash is pretty great.
Takeaway and I went down to see the Calgary Flames play the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday. Our precious Flames lost 3-2, but it was a good game. It just so happened we were seated in a row with probably 6 other Flames fans, so rest assured any slip-up on behalf of Columbus was mocked and rubbed in the faces of everyone around us. After the game, the lads in our row had us back to their hotel for a beer, and we waited downstairs until the Flames came back. These cunning gentlemen had prior knowledge of where the players were staying, and understandably got rooms there. So, I got to meet some of the stars, got my picture taken with some, and got to shake Jerome Iginla’s hand. By then, I had forgotten about the loss entirely.
On Saturday, Takeaway and I played at a wedding ceremony, which was pretty interesting. We were up on the balcony, blissfully oblivious to the progression of bride’s maids and groomsmen below us - which meant we had to cut one song in half! We made it through, and everyone says it was fine, so that’s good.
In renewing the Patriot Act, Bush insured that he is officially above the law, and even above the responsibilities the executive branch was to have in the revision. You gotta hand it to these guys - they find new ways of bending the most basic rules of our government all the time.
The memo that proves Bush and Blair were going to war whether WMDs were found or not has been released by the New York Times. Hmm.. why is no one surprised to learn this?
The truth is, Saddam had plans for a type of WMDs - or more specifically, Camels of Mass Destruction. Documents outlining Iraq’s plans to halt US forces clearly show that suicide camel bombings were being arranged, among other things. That’s freakin’ embarassing.
Scientists uncovered a skull that could be the “missing link”, in northern Ethiopia. This article popped up at a weird time for me, because just last night I was watching some dramatization of early hominids on TV, chuckling at the “prehistoric language” and poor acting. Then I started wondering.. is there still a missing link? It all seems pretty obvious, but without incontrovertible proof, we’re still going to hear arguments that the earth is 6,000 years old and shit.
Artificial images of our real planet. Some of these are really cool.
Two hats:
Poop (aka Swirl Turd, or “ST” for short.)
Megaphone
I want both.
Modified Sydney train sign. The man using the trash is pretty great.
Friday March 24, 2006
When Dick Cheney travels, he’s not as demanding as other celebrities…. But he is specific. The Smoking Gun tells us that he requests caffeine free Sprite, decaf coffee, the temperature set to 68 degrees, and - get this - all TV sets tuned to FOX News. It all makes sense now.
Madeline Albright casually dismisses the Bush administration’s tactics.
Wow - I just noticed, the rest of the articles I’m posting about are all related to animals.
The biggest largemouth bass ever to be caught was unfortunately not counted as the world record because it was foul-hooked. Man, would you look at the size of that thing?! You can tell the guy is struggling to hold it up like that, too. Apparently, that very same fish has been caught and released before, and has now reached world record status. The last time the record was broken was 73 years ago.
A 250-year-old tortoise has died. Thought to be the world’s oldest, it once belonged to a British military officer stationed in colonial India! Incredible.
A real Firefox??? No, but this is quite funny.
When Dick Cheney travels, he’s not as demanding as other celebrities…. But he is specific. The Smoking Gun tells us that he requests caffeine free Sprite, decaf coffee, the temperature set to 68 degrees, and - get this - all TV sets tuned to FOX News. It all makes sense now.
Madeline Albright casually dismisses the Bush administration’s tactics.
Wow - I just noticed, the rest of the articles I’m posting about are all related to animals.
The biggest largemouth bass ever to be caught was unfortunately not counted as the world record because it was foul-hooked. Man, would you look at the size of that thing?! You can tell the guy is struggling to hold it up like that, too. Apparently, that very same fish has been caught and released before, and has now reached world record status. The last time the record was broken was 73 years ago.
A 250-year-old tortoise has died. Thought to be the world’s oldest, it once belonged to a British military officer stationed in colonial India! Incredible.
A real Firefox??? No, but this is quite funny.
