There's nothing quite like an ignorant bigot.
Duh!
Showing newest 47 of 54 posts from January 2009. Show older posts
Showing newest 47 of 54 posts from January 2009. Show older posts
Deja Vu? 1984 was not too long ago.
If you don't know the film or the George Orwell book, shame on thee. T-Shirt available here. Use code buildabear08 for 15% off (expires soon).
Titanic report - Americans are selfish a-holes
Well, kind of. As you can read below, and here, more Britons died because they respected the whole "women and children first" thing, while Americans did a George Costanza and legged it to the lifeboats. Interesting.
After examining the economic and social backgrounds of the 2,200 passengers and crew onboard the fated ocean liner, University of Zurich economist Bruno Frey and colleagues from Queensland University of Technology found that the Britons on board were 10 percent less likely to have survived than all other nationalities.
The researchers suggested that good manners, or noblesse oblige, might have had something to do with that in the rush for the lifeboats, the Swiss news agency ATS reported.
Their as yet unpublished study concluded that social norms such as women and children first do survive in the kind of situation found on board the British liner for nearly three hours after it hit an iceberg.
But they also found that Americans had a higher survival rate than all the others when the Titanic sank in icy Atlantic waters.
What came first? The package or...
So they design this gadget to help you open those awful plastic packs. Then they seal the thing in one of those awful plastic packs. Is someone slapping their forehead right now?
This is awesome!
It's called the I/O Brush. It paints with patterns, including moving images. Stellar.
Domino's Pizza says people will eat anything.
Well, it's a report from The Onion, but I believe it.
Domino's Scientists Test Limits Of What Humans Will Eat
Breaking news shocker; Hannity the hypocrite
No, say it ain't so. Sean Hannity at the Bunny Ranch in Nevada? Him and Rush Limbaugh can suck a fat one. Sorry if you like them (I'm not apologizing, I just feel sorry for you).
Get your Barack Obama multi-pose doll.
Monopoly facelift?
Not really. It's a piece of student work, done by Andy Mangold, a student studying Graphic Design at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Somebody give this guy a job please.
Great deal on cleats for anyone over 8ft tall.
Seriously, size 18? Put this guy in goal. Or maybe he should take up water skiing. Then again, if it's true about size, maybe he should take Ron Jeremy's place.
How creative is your employer?
This one from ad agency BBDO in New York. Brilliant. (click image to enlarge)
The lighter side of Obama's Inauguration.
The first is from CNN. It was quickly pulled. Wonder why?
This one from an Australian rag.
The getaway vehicle?
Nuff said really.
And check out 400 front pages from newspapers around the world here.
Media buyers; know the plot before you buy space.
From Battlestar Gallactica. Oh dear. The lyrics are the final blow.
Ad comes in after 2 mins.
I fell in love with a Lego video
Excellent. Just...excellent. (It's The White Stripes if you didn't already know).
A fond farewell to a childhood idol
You'll only know if you grew up in England. Tony Hart has died, aged 83. He was an inspiration to millions, me included, and will be missed.
WHAT THE HELL is this thing?
It crawled out of a sewer in Russia. Looks like that thing from Alien...only tougher.
First shot of the Hudson crash
Kudos to the pilot. No fatalities in something that could have been tragic. I hope he gets honored for that kind of skill. (click image to enlarge).
Congrats John. 10 years of The Daily Show.
Here's Mr. Stewart from back in the day. See a bunch more right here.
Jesus shows you how to cut fruit with cards
No kidding, that's his poker name. A pointless skill, but fun to watch.
Size comparison of Sci-fi's most famous space ships
Well, with one very notable exception. Where the hell is the Death Star? Maybe it couldn't fit on the page. (click image for supersized version). If you're a real geek, click here for more in-depth size analysis.
The 25 best Bushisms
You know them well. (via Slate.com)
1. "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."—Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004
2. "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."—Greater Nashua, N.H., Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000
3. "Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"—Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000
4. "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country."—Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004
5. "Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican."—declining to answer reporters' questions at the Summit of the Americas, Quebec City, Canada, April 21, 2001
6. "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.''—Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001
7. "I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. And what's best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the secretary of defense."—Washington, D.C., April 18, 2006
8. "See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda."—Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005
9. "I've heard he's been called Bush's poodle. He's bigger than that."—discussing former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, as quoted by the Sun newspaper, June 27, 2007
10. "And so, General, I want to thank you for your service. And I appreciate the fact that you really snatched defeat out of the jaws of those who are trying to defeat us in Iraq."—meeting with Army Gen. Ray Odierno, Washington, D.C., March 3, 2008
11. "We ought to make the pie higher."—South Carolina Republican debate, Feb. 15, 2000
12. "There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again."—Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
13. "And there is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm sorry it's the case, and I'll work hard to try to elevate it."—speaking on National Public Radio, Jan. 29, 2007
14. "We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers."—Houston, Sept. 6, 2000
15. "It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet."—Arlington Heights, Ill., Oct. 24, 2000
16. "One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures."—U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 3, 2000
17. "People say, 'How can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil?' You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say I love you."—Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002
18. "Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness."—CNN online chat, Aug. 30, 2000
19. "I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend."—on the prospect of visiting Denmark, Washington, D.C., June 29, 2005
20. "I think it's really important for this great state of baseball to reach out to people of all walks of life to make sure that the sport is inclusive. The best way to do it is to convince little kids how to—the beauty of playing baseball."—Washington, D.C., Feb. 13, 2006
21. "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."—LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000
22. "You know, when I campaigned here in 2000, I said, I want to be a war president. No president wants to be a war president, but I am one."—Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 26, 2006
23. "There's a huge trust. I see it all the time when people come up to me and say, 'I don't want you to let me down again.' "—Boston, Oct. 3, 2000
24. "They misunderestimated me."—Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000
25. "I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office."—Washington, D.C., May 12, 2008
Zimbabwe; a sign of things to come?
This is the $100 billion note, which would buy you roughly two loaves of bread. People in Zimbabwe are carrying around wheelbarrows full of money to go shopping.
This, from an article on money.co.uk:
Poverty stricken Zimbabwe is currently struggling with an unprecedented economic crisis. Almost 80% of its population is unemployed, its currency is dropping in value by almost 100% a day and inflation is running at a staggering 231million%. As a point of comparison, the official rate of inflation in the UK, the Consumer Prices Index, currently sits at 4.1%.
Hyperinflation has become such an issue that few are trading in the nation’s official currency. US dollars and South African rand have instead been adopted as a more viable alternative.
Even the government have acknowledged the futility of the Zimbabwean economy and in September licensed over a thousand shops to sell goods in foreign currency. Everything from food to fuel, property and mobile phone credit can now be bought with non-Zimbabwean funds.
Standing ovation as Heath Ledger wins Golden Globe
Two questions though; why is Tom Cruise so happy? And why is Robert Downey Jr. so pissed off?
Coin sticking and the aftermath
So, this guy glues hundreds of Euros (a 1 Euro coin is about $2) to the street. Not surprisingly, the public really wants 'em.
Killer iPhone apps.
Or iTouch. Either way, they're cool.
iSteam
Lightsaber Unleashed
Crayon Deluxe
Bloom, by Brian Eno.
Cubix
More cowbell!
Crazy lighter
ACME Lie Detector
Ocarina
Tap Tap Revenge
Wendy's training videos from the 80s
Raptastic.
And if you can handle it, the complete training vid in 2 parts.
And people wonder why Apple shareholders are freaking out.
One year makes all the difference. It even turned him completely gray. 
Ann Coulter caught in a lie by Al Franken
She takes something completely out of context and STILL tries to back it up.
My Top 10 Google predictive search results
It's a simple game, you should try it sometime. Start to type in a phrase and see what Google gives you based on previous searches. Here are my favs. (Click image to enlarge).
Ann Coulter is...
How long does...
Bill O'Reilly is...
How to get...
I'm going to get...
Is there...
Britney Spears is...
I want to...
Why...
And my absolute favorite...
Is...
Unlikely comic-book adaptation.
Although it may have more of a plot than most movies produced in the last 10 years. Think about it Hollywood. 
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