Tuesday, January 6, 2009

North Is..⇡

the enemy’s gate is down.

Ana Marie Cox on the 5 Biggest Losers in Politics

Posted under Life

I love Ana Marie Cox. No suprises on this list, but Ana Does try to give a variety of angles of analysis on the story. I find that proressive bloggers tend to give creedence to a greater variety of opions on any given subject than both regular journalists and conservative bloggers.

Super Pii Pii Brothers Brings New Play To Your Wii

Posted under Life

According to the Japanese text on the box “Super Pii Pii Brothers promotes good bathroom skills and allows women to experience for the first time the pleasure of urinating while standing.” What we say is that virtual peeing is damn fun!
The number one question on my mind is will Leisure Suit Larry be able to [...]

Are You Smarter Than A President, a GOP VP Nominee, and Tween Star?

Posted under Life

John Hodgeman: TED, Maddow, and The Daily Show

Posted under Life

John Hodgman has one of the most unique styles of dry humor out there in the mass media. He pokes fun at what Jerry Seinfeld calls “small world” humor, and what everybody else calls “Seinfeldian” humor; couch pillows, ice cube trays, airport security, and the like. While most comedians simply point out the way things [...]

Snowzilla Rains on Scrooges Parade

Posted under Life

I’m so happy that somewhere out there, someone was able to spite their neighbor with a snowman. This is what the holiday season is all about.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Someone has told the city of Anchorage what it can do with its cease-and-desist order to prevent Snowzilla - the giant snowman - from rising up again [...]

Graph of Rambo Kills by Movie

Posted under Life

Sarah Palin: McCain’s Biggest Mistake Was Shielding Me From the Press

Posted under Life

From Human Events: (yes, the site where that bat-shit crazy 23% go fr their news)
GIZZI: What was the biggest mistake made in the ’08 campaign?
PALIN: The biggest mistake made was that I could have called more shots on this: the opportunities that were not seized to speak to more Americans via media. I was not [...]

Do You Think the Mayans Knew About Solar Wind?

Posted under Life

First, the back story on the whole 2012 “Doomsday” idea that everyone is obligated to mention when the Mayan civilization comes up in casual conversation, usually like this:
Me: “Man, i wonder if the Mayans would be any good at video games.”
Everybody: “The Mayans predicted the world would end in 2012″.
Me: “i’m so impressed with your [...]

Jared Diamond at TED

Posted under Life, Video

Dear Nintendo, Hire This Man

Posted under Technology, Video

Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote
Just think about how awesome games like Call of Duty, Time Crisis, Metroid, and Metal Gear Solid would be. Even those boring targets floating in the air were exciting to watch.

American’s Too Dumb for Digital Switch?

Posted under Life

I was reading the NYT this morning and i stumbled across a not-all-that-surprising piece of information: the digital transition might be a complete failure thanks to the utter incompetence of the general public. Kind of reminds me of all those people who can’t locate the United States on a map
According to surveys conducted by the [...]

New Look Under Construction.

Posted under Life

Please bear with us while we make the transition. I think you’ll like it. :)
-adam

A Commercial So Good That You’ll Forgive it For Being a Soulless Ad Campaign

Posted under Music, Video

I’m usually one of those people who hates the feeling of being advertised to. Not because i hate ads or consumption, but because ads are just so uncomfortably pervasive in our culture. I’m never really sure if im looking at art or “art”. This commercial however is so creative, and the idea is perfectly executed, [...]

Ever Since Obama Was Elected, All My Parties Are Like This

Posted under Music, Video

David Elsewhere Heineken Commercial

A ShamWow Parody Video That is Actually Funny

Posted under Video

If you do a search for “infomercial” on YouTube, you will find hundreds of infomercial parody videos. Nearly all of these parodies, however, are totally witless, completely unfunny, and an utter waste of time. That is why I was surprised to come across a parody of the ShamWow commercial that actually made me laugh.
videos after [...]

There Are More Slaves in the World Today Than Any Other Time in History

Posted under Life, Politics

Just picked this up from Foreign Policy. I’m floored by this.
Most people imagine that slavery died in the 19th century. Since 1817, more than a dozen international conventions have been signed banning the slave trade. Yet, today there are more slaves than at any time in human history.
And if you’re going to buy one in [...]

Give This Man an Oscar

Posted under Images, Life

The Only 12 Widgets You Need

Posted under Life

From MacYourself.com:
Most Dashboard widgets are useless pieces of crap. With that said, a good widget can be both fun and useful.
1.) iStat Pro
The ultimate widget to get an overview of everything that’s going on
with your Mac. At a glance you can check your CPU & RAM usage,
available hard drive space, network status & speeds, internal
temperatures, [...]

Obama Hearts Science

Posted under Green, Life, Politics, Technology, Video

Obama is giving the science community something we’ve been desperately clawing at over the last eight years: an ear for the sciences. It will be amazing to see what the first pro-science administration can do in today’s ultra connected world. I mean come on, YouTube has been around, why has Bush done ANYTHING with it [...]

It’s About Time: Lizard People and the FSM invade the MN recount

Posted under Life, Politics, Video

Watch as grownups - and government officials - discuss lizard people and the FSM for 9 minutes. it’s a fine moment in American democracy. remember, there is a senate seat on the line.
Back Story: apparently ‘Lizard People’ and ‘Fly Spaghetti Monster’ are the Chuck Norris equivalent in of ironic humor when it comes to write [...]

Life

Super Pii Pii Brothers Brings New Play To Your Wii

According to the Japanese text on the box “Super Pii Pii Brothers promotes good bathroom skills and allows women to experience for the first time the pleasure of urinating while standing.” What we say is that virtual peeing is damn fun!
The number one question on my mind is will Leisure Suit Larry be able to [...]

Life

Are You Smarter Than A President, a GOP VP Nominee, and Tween Star?

Life

John Hodgeman: TED, Maddow, and The Daily Show

John Hodgman has one of the most unique styles of dry humor out there in the mass media. He pokes fun at what Jerry Seinfeld calls “small world” humor, and what everybody else calls “Seinfeldian” humor; couch pillows, ice cube trays, airport security, and the like. While most comedians simply point out the way things [...]

Life

Snowzilla Rains on Scrooges Parade

I’m so happy that somewhere out there, someone was able to spite their neighbor with a snowman. This is what the holiday season is all about.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Someone has told the city of Anchorage what it can do with its cease-and-desist order to prevent Snowzilla - the giant snowman - from rising up again [...]

Life

Graph of Rambo Kills by Movie

Life

Sarah Palin: McCain’s Biggest Mistake Was Shielding Me From the Press

From Human Events: (yes, the site where that bat-shit crazy 23% go fr their news)
GIZZI: What was the biggest mistake made in the ’08 campaign?
PALIN: The biggest mistake made was that I could have called more shots on this: the opportunities that were not seized to speak to more Americans via media. I was not [...]