Archive for February, 2006

February 18th, 2006

but my kid likes it?

Boing Boing: Bad Samaritan family won’t return found expensive camera
Bad Samaritan family won’t return found expensive camera
A woman lost her camera on holidays; the family who found it decided not to return it because their child liked it so much. Now, that’s parenting.
what the hell?
I read the post about the stolen camera and they said [...]

February 18th, 2006

rent a cop says no more porn

Boing Boing: County Homeland Security Officers Try To Police Porn, Fail
“Here’s a story in today’s Washington Post about two Montgomery County Homeland Security officers who try to police porn at a public library. After one patron is targeted and asked to step outside, the librarian resists. The police are called and the only ones ushered [...]

February 15th, 2006

listening to…

My taste in music has a huge range, and here is some stuff that i have been listening to lately…
Anna Nalick - Breathe (2 AM) (was on Grey’s Anatomy the other day)
Something Corporate, always a favorite

Cavanaugh Park
Globes and Maps
Konstantine

Paperface apparently disbanded, but I bought the CD before that happened, but you can still listen to [...]

February 14th, 2006

research paper

after a hilarious conversation with my roomate, i decided that I was going to write a paper on my findings.
A Holistic Approach to Repetitive Touch Based Medicine in American Youth Pop-Culture.
Or, “The cootie shot”

February 13th, 2006

barbie birthday

Daily Rotten: Weird News
Feb 13 1959
The first Barbie Doll is introduced by Mattel in California.

February 13th, 2006

they work underground?

Overheard in New York: The Voice of the City - Fashion Week Concludes on an iNote
Woman #1: Wow, everyone is wearing their iPod. I only wear mine to the gym.
Woman #2: Well, if you have a commute, it is good to take it with you.
Woman #1: Really, so it works underground?
Woman #2: Yea, it even [...]

February 12th, 2006

QOTD - thanks jerry!

Wikiquote:Quote of the day - Wikiquote
“Life is what it is, and you take what’s handed, and you work as hard as you can, and hopefully you’ll be successful, but I just don’t spend too much time worrying about that.” ~ Jerry Springer
I suggested that quote!!!! (on wikiquote) cause today is Jerry’s birthday

February 10th, 2006

one minute vacations

quiet american
Surely you can spare a minute to clean your ears? Take a one-minute vacation from the life you are living.
One-minute vacations are unedited recordings of somewhere, somewhen. Sixty seconds of something else. Sixty seconds to be someone else.
peaceful, really tranquil sounds from all over, plus he has field recordings from all over the world, [...]

February 10th, 2006

those funny Brits

Google Local - Billingley

via Digg 

February 10th, 2006

happy story for little woman

37-pound woman delivers healthy boy - Women’s Health - MSNBC.com
Eloysa Vasquez, 38, suffers from Type 3 osteogenesis imperfecta, a disorder that makes bones soft and easily broken. Her tiny, distorted body left little room for a fetus to grow and Vasquez suffered two miscarriages before doctors at Stanford University’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital delivered her [...]

February 8th, 2006

How to become l33t

How to become l33t (Linux Reviews)
How to become a l33t person, a status that will bring you friends, glory, money and most importantly the funding to buy lots and lots of boxen and give you access to what you want whenever you want
a step by step guide
hilarious

February 7th, 2006

still not in america

towleroad: Police: Robida a “Desperate Man”
Jacob Robida, the 18-year-old New Bedford man who attacked three men at Puzzles Lounge and fled cross-country with a female companion, ultimately killing her and an Arkansas police officer, left a note at his home indicating he would do something violent. Authorities do not know whether he left the note [...]

February 6th, 2006

having solved all other problems

Iran cuts trade with Denmark: Iranian minister - Yahoo! News
Iran has cut all trade ties with Denmark because of the publication of satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, Iranian Commerce Minister Massoud Mirkazemi was quoted as saying by the Iranian student news agency ISNA
honestly, dont they have anything better to do ?

February 6th, 2006

fluid dynamics

Awesome video from some company that makes i guess CG fluid dynamics algorithms, while its not extremely relative to well, anything, its still cool to watch
Flowline

February 3rd, 2006

not in america?!

Proceed at your own risk: THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN IN AMERICA
Remember, an eighteen-year old boy looked another person in the face and sliced them with a machete or similar weapon. An eighteen year-old child, high school-aged CHILD looked people in the face and then shot through their faces last night when he “realized” he was in [...]