Oh Boy!
“Rolling Stone” reports on what it calls 'Bush's Most Radical Plan Yet,' a three-sentence proposal tucked away in the federal budget that "would enable the Bush administration to achieve what Ronald Reagan only dreamed of: the end of government regulation as we know it." [
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Norway woman convicted for rape
OSLO, Norway (Reuters) -- A Norwegian court has sentenced a woman to nine months in jail for raping a man, the first such conviction in the Scandinavian country that prides itself for its egalitarianism.
The 31-year-old man fell asleep on a sofa at a party in January last year and told the court in the western city of Bergen he woke to find the 23-year-old woman was having oral sex with him. [
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He's either Gay or has a bitchy girlfriend.
NIN Sadness
So not only did we not get tickets to the show, some scalper grabbed our money and ran whil epretending to sell us tickets.
It was a Sad NIN night. Hopefully, when I see hem sunday, things will be better.
Look!!! It's Onyx and Piper!!!
Really Crazy Here
Work is nuts-o today, and being that I will be at Coachella Tomorrow and Monday, I guess I have to play with people here instead of have fun blogging.
Hopefully I will make my weekend even more crazy and go to NIN at the warfield tonight as well!
What's On Jesus' iPod?
Protest anthems, Zeppelin, gospel, classical and, of course, Nine Inch Nails. And, yes, Jesus does P2P
You know he has one.
You know it's the big 60GB model, loaded, flawless and gleaming and radiating a strange liquid ethereal glow and couched in a beautiful custom rainbow-colored biodegradable case made of clouds and eagle feathers and wine. [
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Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of Adobe’s ‘FAQ’ Regarding Their Acquisition of Macromedia
Florida Governor Signs Deadly Force Law
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) - Florida Gov. Jeb Bush signed a new anti-crime law on Tuesday that allows people to kill in self-defense without first trying to flee.
Supporters say the law is a logical extension of common law that allows homeowners who fear for their lives to use deadly force to defend themselves from an intruder in their homes.
The new law expands that doctrine to include people in public places who feel threatened and could be subject to death or great bodily harm. [
more]
Well, it happened. Actually, I'm kinda surprised the supreme court doesn't have a problem with that.
Well, Here's Your Trouble Right Here, Sir...
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Doctors found around 50 maggots in the ears of an 84-year-old Thai man after he went to hospital complaining of an itch.
Wednesday's Nation newspaper said Anan Temtan, who lives in the tsunami-hit southern resort island of Phuket, had used cotton buds to relieve the itching, but had scratched so hard his eardrums ruptured and started bleeding.
"We believe flies might have gone inside his ears to lay eggs, which hatched into larvae and caused the itching," said Somsak Nonthasri, the doctor who treated him.
Somsak, who used tweezers and a small suction device to remove the maggots, said Anan would be kept in for observation for a while to make sure no more eggs hatched.
Wal-Mart Unveils Customized Music CDs
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is now offering customized music CDs for its online customers. The world's largest retailer launched the new service Tuesday. [
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Ghost concert to revive music of the past
Paris - Music lovers in North Carolina are due for a strange treat next month.
They will hear two piano virtuosi in concert... but both musicians are long dead.
The music will be played on a grand piano that has been specially programmed to give a note-perfect, live rendition of ancient recordings made by Alfred Cortot in 1928 and Glenn Gould in 1962.
"The piano will replicate every note struck, down to the velocity of the hammer and position of the key when it was played," the British weekly magazine New Scientist reports in next Saturday's issue.
The key to the phantom concert lies in the transcription of the scratchy recordings into a high-resolution version of MIDI, the standard format for encoding music for computers. [
more]
Hubble Hubbub
April 24 was the 15th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope's launch, an event that also helped launch the current renaissance of astronomy and astrophysics. The ESA's Hubble homepage has put up a bunch of cool stuff in celebration. [
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Hibernation-On-Demand
Researchers have managed to achieve a state of induced hibernation in mammals - a first step in actualizing cold sleep capsules for long space journeys or buy needed time to treat the critically ill. [
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Confessions of a Superhero
OK, so I need to not read this at work or it will be my whole day. Some dude is doing his blog as a superhero and it's making me cry it's so funny. [
check it out]
Here a Sample:
I’m getting a Mac
January 12th, 2005
OK, so this new Mac Mini thing is great. I mean it is sweet and sexy and just awesome. I gotta get one. You know, crime fighters have a whole lot on their plates to be futzing around with spyware and viruses and such, and as evil empires go, Microsoft is just on this side of a bald head and cat....
So I’m thinking of switching everything over to OS X and Apple hardware. Plus, how bad would it look to defeat Dr. Fiend and then everyone finds out it’s him with the iPod, not me. How embarrassing would that be?
Oh, and remember kids, don’t steal music.
Reminder: Serenity Trailer up at 1:00 on Apple's site
As you may have noted a few days ago
on Kevin's blog:
Joss Whedon announced on the official Serenity fan site that the first trailer for the upcoming film based on his short-lived Fox series Firefly will be available April 26 at 1:00 p.m. PT on Apple's movie trailer page, and will hit theaters April 29.
Re: Some Streaming Love
That'd be control-click on the Mac. Or you could <gasp> use a two button mouse and right click.
STAR WARS Heading to a Galaxy on the Small Screen
In Indianapolis over the weekend at a fan convention, George Lucas announced that Lucasfilm is making plans for two new TV series that would continue his STAR WARS epic.
The first project Lucas told the crowd would be a 3-D animated half-hour show that expands on the Cartoon Network's CLONE WARS.
He went on to reveal that his company is also working on a live action series that would focus on the supporting characters in the STAR WARS film series.
Lucas also revealed that the company is working on a spinoff live-action series that would focus on some of the supporting characters who've been introduced in the various movies.
Both shows would be set during the time between SITH and A NEW HOPE.
Exceptional Whale Fossil Found in Egyptian Desert
CAIRO (Reuters) - An American paleontologist and a team of Egyptians have found the most nearly complete fossilized skeleton of the primitive whale Basilosaurus isis in Egypt's Western Desert, a university spokesman said on Monday. [
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There's a gnarly picture of this guy
here.
Cassini Finds Organic Material on Titan
PASADENA, Calif. - A close flyby of Saturn's big moon Titan by the international Cassini spacecraft revealed an upper atmosphere brimming with complex organic material, a finding that could hold clues to how life arose on Earth, scientists said Monday. [
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Some Streaming Love
I added a flash player there on the groove area. It'll let you play the song without downloading it, and it won't force you to leave this page, so you can listen while you read! (This is pretty much what I intended for this section anyway)
I'll keep the link on the titles so you can feel free to go download it if you want to. (Right click and choose "Save Target As" for windows people - not sure what you Mac only-have-one-button-on-your-mouse people do... :-) )
Going Grey
In honor of the blog getting old, I thought it was time to show it's age by going a little grey.
Actually, I just plain got tired of the channging colors thing. It slowed the blog down and I have enough stuff on here to do that on my own. Plus, as the Bradys would say "When it's time to change, you've got to re-arrange..."
I'll be continuously doing updates for a while so you may want to check back. Also, if you see a change that annoys you as a user, let me know and I'll see if your gripe warrants a re-think. It's a delecate balance between what I want as the owner and what the user thinks is pleasing.
The Cubes
LOL! So you can make little office cubes for your little office people toys. This is pretty cool. [
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Smell and taste what's on your screen
Trisenx has created a device called the
Scent Dome that allows users to smell products sold online, or create and e-mail their own scents. There are different scent cartridges for different purposes, or you could customise your own. You use it by plugging it into the serial port of your PC and installing their Senxware software.
If this sounds familiar to you, you might be thinking of the Kaori Web System, another scent dispenser for computers. Created by K. Opticom, the server sends the attached scent diffuser a signal to release the appropriate scent, prepared beforehand, to match what you are currently viewing online. (Via
CNetAsia.) Or you might be thinking of Telewest Broadband's
ScentMail. Plug in their version of a "scent dome", and you can send and receive special codes via internet that translate into specific smells. The diffuser sprays them into the air around the PC.
Any one of these, IMO, are greatly preferable to the
TasteScreen, especially considering what dust-magnets monitors are. This USB device, with 20 plastic flavour cartridges, is mounted on top of your monitor, and drips controlled quantities of flavouring down the screen, coating it with a thin film of liquid. (Via
CNETAsia.)
Tru Calling Got the Axe Again.
I'm not a huge fan, although the show is good if you are vedging and it shows up in front of you. It's kind of interesting to seee Faith from Buffy trying to be a good guy, which she doesn't pull off very well, IMHO.
Anyway, the reason I bring this up is the rather amusing way that cinescape puts it:
HOLLYWOODLAND - Tragedy struck the world of genre television last week when TRU CALLING was run down and killed by a cross-town bus driven by Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie.
WTF?
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian who became a man to marry a female relative was dumped after the surgery, a newspaper reported Monday.
Twenty-nine-year-old rubber tapper Kuttiyamma, born with both male and female genitals, had been in love with the relative, Laura, 25, for 15 years before having surgery to become a man and change her name to Binu, the Hindustan Times reported.
But Laura became engaged to another man and Binu is suing her for breach of trust after spending 50,000 rupees ($1,150) on the sex change in southern Kerala state.
"She had agreed to marry me after the surgery," the paper quoted Binu saying in the petition. "I took loans to pay the hospital bills."
Laura's fiance has since backed out of the wedding after hearing of Binu. The paper did not say how Laura and Kuttiyamma/Binu are related.
Clear Lake Photos Up on Yahoo
Clear Lake Group
Originally uploaded by Lbc42.(If you click here, you'll be taken to Flickr - if you want to see them all, check Yahoo)
Are you ready for french-fried fuel?
Diesel engines can run on just about anything, including used cooking oil. An entire industry is emerging to provide brave 'biodiesel' pioneers with the ingredients for petroleum-free motoring.
[more]
20% of police disk space occupied by porn
Technicians cloned the entire police email system on a particular day last November... The evidence uncovered in this way found 327 staff who had 5000 sexually explicit images [and videos] stored on computers. Those staff with images described by Commissioner Rob Robinson as abhorrent and 'shockers' include a superintendent, three inspectors and about 40 women officers or civilian staff... None of the pornographic images involved children, although the commissioner said one case involved bestiality... Mr Robinson admitted that the pornography haul took up 20% of the police computer storage capacity. [
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Bizarre Adolf Hilter LiveJournal Mood Icon Set
HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Woman in Wendy's Finger Case Arrested
Woman in Wendy's Finger Case Arrested
The woman who claimed she found a finger in her bowl of Wendy's chili last month has been arrested, the latest twist in a bizarre case about how the 1 1/2-inch finger tip ended up in a bowl of fast food.
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Anna Ayala was taken into custody late Thursday at her Las Vegas home. She was arrested on a warrant alleging grand larceny and attempted grand larceny, Las Vegas Police Sgt. Chris Jones said. [
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Sony To Launch Game Exchange
Sony plans to launch an online marketplace where fans of its multiplayer games can buy and sell virtual artifacts, a practice it previously discouraged, C|net's News.com site reported. The Station Exchange site, announced Wednesday by Sony Online Entertainment, apparently comes in response to the growing underground market for such items. [
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Snipes Sharpens Blade for New Line
Wesley Snipes has sued New Line Cinema, writer-director David Goyer and Toby Emmerich, executive producer of BLADE: TRINITY in a wide-ranging federal lawsuit "seeking more than $5 million in damages."
Snipes "alleges that in violation of his contract, the director, screenplay and supporting cast of BLADE: TRINITY were forced on him. He also claims he's still owed a portion of his fee and that he was harassed and defamed because of his race."
In additoin, Snipes "blames Goyer for the critical response to the film, citing reviews describing Goyer as a 'disastrous choice' and calling the film a "bloody mess.'"
1.4 million records stolen from retailer
Shoe retailer DSW says customer records at 108 stores were stolen. [more]
Experts Solve Mystery of Unpopped Popcorn
Eat your way to the bottom of almost any bag of popcorn and there they are: the rock-hard, jaw-rattling unpopped kernels known as old maids.
The nuisance kernels have kept many a dentist busy, but their days could be numbered: Scientists say they now know why some popcorn kernels resist popping into puffy white globes.
It's long been known that popcorn kernels must have a precise moisture level in their starchy center — about 15 percent — to explode. But Purdue University researchers found the key to a kernel's explosive success lies in the composition of its hull.
Unpopped kernels, it turns out, have leaky hulls that prevent the moisture pressure buildup needed for them to pop and lack the optimal hull structure that allows most kernels to explode. [
more]
New Foamy
Foamy doesn't lke smurfs or Queer Eye apparently... [
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BTW, Happy 4/20 everyone!
Wal-Mart partners with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to create "Acres for America" Conservation Program
Close up of Area 51/Groom Lake taken by the IKONOS satellite
Double take
So I'm driving down the freeway yesterday and I look over and see this on the side of a truck:
I did a double take. Yep - that's really what it says...
This raises some questions, obviously, so I checked it out. Wow - what a great idea - they are a service that helps with weed and brush mitigation on farmland in a natural way.
" Our livestock are utilized primarily for fuel mitigation and star thistle eradication, although they have also gained quite a reputation for brush reduction projects."
and
"Goats R Us is hired by homeowners, private land managers, and public agencies to graze sites ranging from neighborhood yards to 30,000 acre ranches."
That's very cool.Anyway,
here's their site.
Area 51 via GoogleMaps
How to get there:
1. Type 'Rachel, NV' into Google, select Google Maps, go to 'satellite'
2. Zoom out three levels until you see several white splotches (salt flats, I presume)
3. Double click on the salt flat that's now along the left edge, an inch or two below the Zoom bar
4. Zoom back in a few levels
Interesting. Note: you can't zoom in very far from there before you get blocked.
SWAT Monkey! a Natural for a Television Show
Send in the SWAT monkey.
It's not an order police commanders are accustomed to giving, but that could change if an Arizona police department follows through on a proposal to train a capuchin monkey for high-risk police operations.
A Special Weapons and Tactics veteran from Mesa, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix, has researched the possibility of landing a $100,000 federal grant to fund a pilot program to train one monkey. [
more]
Mall Won't Allow Teens Without Parents
Every kid knows hanging out with Mom or Dad can be kind of a drag. Kids who want to spend time at the Pheasant Lane Mall on Friday or Saturday nights might not have a choice.
In response to recent "disorderly and disruptive" incidents, mall security two weeks ago started distributing fliers outlining the mall's "general code of conduct," according to mall Manager Ginny Szymanski.
From 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, mall security guards now stand outside two entrances to make sure anyone under 16 has a parent or someone over 21 with them. [
more]
Wireless Internet access about to go extra 5 miles
Intel, AT&T and other corporate giants are throwing their weight behind a new wireless Internet service powerful enough to send a signal more than 5 miles. [
more]
Register for Comic Con now!!!!
Those of you who are going and haven't registered should do so today. Literally. If you do, it's $50 for all 5 days. If you do after tomorrow it's $55, and after June 20 it's $65 and you don't get to go to preview night, which is, IMHO, totally worth it. [
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Japanese health-conscious fridge
A range of Japanese "vitamin home electronics" devices - from a lamp which helps form Vitamin D to an air purifier that spreads Vitamin C- is trying to meet the demands of health-conscious consumers.
Mitsubishi Electric has launched a fridge with a tiny box which creates orange LEDs that promote photosynthesis in the greens stored in the fridge. The orange light creates chlorophyll in vegetables, making them look greener after several days in the fridge. The company found that after three days vitamin C rose by 10 percent in broccoli sprouts, compared with a 25 percent drop in conventional fridges, and the vitamin was 14-16 percent higher in cabbages after three days.
But the fridge will not be exported for now, as Mitsubishi Electric doubts other countries have the same market as Japan where consumers are health conscious and mostly urban, making fresh daily vegetables harder to obtain. [
more]
This Rules! If you don’t know how to say it … just Point It!
I give you Point It, the Taverler’s Language Kit. This book is full of illustrations that will help you out whenever you are having trouble communicating in a foreign language. From now on, you will just need to point at the picture representing what you are so desperately trying to communicate. Point It has proven to be really useful and is being used by UN peacekeeping forces, Olympic athletes and speech therapists.
Idiots try to explode pet rabbit
Two lifeguards who taped an explosive to Lucky the rabbit before tossing her into a lake apologized Wednesday before a judge sentenced them to jail and 30 days of community service. Lucky's former owner, Nick Sigmon, 19, and his friend Paul Collins, 21, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of animal cruelty charges for taping an M-1000 - a firecracker with the power of a quarter of a stick of dynamite - into Castro Valley's Lake Don Castro on July 13. The explosive failed to detonate. After pulling Lucky from the lake, the defendants debated trying again but decided against it, authorities said. East Bay Regional Park District police were called after pictures of the incident wound up on the Internet. [
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What an idiot that guy was....
A woman bit off the tongue of her alleged rapist and then gave it to police as evidence, Free State police said on Friday. Captain Veronica Ntepe said the 32-year-old woman from Mahlatswetsa, near Excelsior, was woken up on Thursday night when a man broke into her bedroom at around 11pm. While allegedly raping the woman, the man forced his tongue into her mouth. 'This was the gravest mistake he made. The woman bit (off) the front part of his tongue,' Ntepe said. The man immediately ran away. The woman called the police and handed over the piece of tongue... The 23-year-old man, from Mahlatswetsa, will face charges of rape and house-breaking.
Photo Confusion
So, apparently there's been some level of confusion about the photo situation. I have set up some rules of thumb:
1) If you see a picture on the blog, it is *NOT* from Yahoo photos.
2) If you can click through a picture, and it was taken by me, it is from Flickr. I only use this to show stuff on my blog. Yahoo doesn't allow direct linking or have a cool litttle thumbnail viewer thing. Go ahead and click through to see a larger image, but it's probably one of a bunch that you can find at Yahoo.
3) If it's a random photo posted of something else, it is either offsite, or posted through Hello - it's just there for you to look at.
4) Yahoo is the definitive place to actually see any photo taken by me. If you want to see all the pictures I took somewhere (like all of tha garbage photos for example), always click the "Noelle's Photos" link on the sidebar.
I probably have confused you even more, but people keep telling me that they tried to click on pictures and get sent to Flickr and can't find the rest of the photos.
For those of you who are now going to ask why I don't just put *everything* on Flickr, I have a couple answers:
1) There's 30-something albums and hundreds of photos and I simply don't have that kind of time.
2) I am not sure I even have all of them electronically anymore - yeah, I know I could download them from Yahoo, screw off, I'm still not doing it.
3) Most Importantly: Anything I put on Flickr will show up in that feature thumbnail thingy - I don't want that. I want that to be a showcase of pics that I like a lot and want up there.
Ok, hope that makes things more clear. Basically:
Go to Yahoo, if you are interested. The link is always there for you.
Seeking Real-Life Spy Tech Master 'Q'
Get out the rocket launcher camera, brandish your acid-shooting fountain pen and stick on your fake third nipple.
Her Majesty's Government has a job for you.
Britain is advertising for a new chief executive officer of the Government Communications Center -- the spy gadget lab boss known to James Bond fans as "Q." [
more]
Top Court to Hear Appeal on Hallucinogenic Tea
The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether the federal government must allow the U.S. branch of a Brazilian-based religion to import a hallucinogenic tea for use as a sacrament.
The high court agreed to review a U.S. appeals court ruling that said the government could not prohibit the sacramental use of the tea because of a 1993 religious freedom law. [
more]
This
weekend kicked my ass
Wow. Good thing I'll be going to clear lake for a weekend of enforced relaxation next weekend before I go to the insanity that is Coachella the following one!
I have to get better at saying "no".
Researchers: Early Universe Liquid-Like
New results from a particle collider suggest that the universe behaved like a liquid in its earliest moments, not the fiery gas that was thought to have pervaded the first microseconds of existence. [
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Mission Accomplished: Star Wars tickets achieved
Interested parties can get themselves to Century 22 since tickets are now on sale. The party will be at Century 22 for the 7:20 showing.
This will probably be the last movie that I make sure to get opening night tickets for and make a big deal about. I do love the rush of the crowd being all hyped, but I'm gettin old, man. This one seemed like a really great one to go out with a bag for.
Note to self: do not take laptop in bathtub...
So I am sitting here, surfing, trying to have the first chill evening in for-friggn-ever, and I think "wow, I should have a bath."
Suddenly, I am torn. Finally, I have time to cruise around the internet for a decent amount of time, *OR* take a solid bath. The thought occurs to me:
The laptop is portable, I could just set it on the edge....
Yes, I suddenly hear my own words coming back to haunt me: "That's natural selection for ya."
Mental note: bathtubs and electricity don't mix, and since *I AM* Murphy's law, that doesnt seem like a good idea.
Yeah, I had better get to bed early tonight.
5 inventions to change your life
Forget space age technology. It's the little things that matter, like the foolproof corkscrew. [
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The iPod is on the list...
Level Up: SoulCookie
Kevin's blog ate the medpack it found, beat up a few more monsters and manged to level up.
Check it out.
<insert Transformers noise here>
Still pondering a re-vamp if this blog, but not sure what direction I want to go in. I need to do some significant research and learning on my end - look for subtle changes in the near future.
Man Catches Fire During Surgery
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Seattle police launched an investigation on Friday to determine how a patient undergoing emergency heart surgery caught on fire at a local hospital in 2003.
The male patient, who was not identified, went up in flames after alcohol poured on his skin was ignited by a surgical instrument. [
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Seems to me that they have figured out how it happened...
Hillary Clinton Talks About Re-Election
ALBANY, N.Y. - She is leading in the polls for her party's White House nod in 2008. Republican Newt Gingrich ranks her as a formidable presidential candidate. Longtime critics are amassing money and manpower to derail her political career. [
more]
I can't wait to se how this goes...
Holy Crap of the day! Adobe to buy Macromedia for $3.4B
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Computer document company Adobe Systems Inc. said Monday it agreed to buy multimedia software firm Macromedia Inc. for about $3.4 billion in stock, in a move designed to extend its lead in the market for creating and distributing digital documents. [
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Sweet - Dreamweaver just became a whole lot cheaper for me.
Lesbian Caketopper
Says the picture description: "Not exactly sure why Disney is selling this item. It doesn't serve a real purpose. It's not a picture frame and not a collectible. The best I can tell is Disney has decided to come out in favor of gay marraige and has decided to start producing these caketoppers for woman to woman ceremonies."
Officials Heighten Duck Security at Summit
U.S. officials bolstered security on Thursday for a duck nursing eggs near the White House to protect her from demonstrators at a global economic summit beginning on Friday. [
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Zoo Wants Chimpanzee to Stop Smoking
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African zoo is trying to persuade its star chimpanzee to kick a bad smoking habit.
Charlie, a grown male chimp and the Bloemfontein Zoo, has been picking up cigarettes thrown to him by visitors and smoking them -- a habit he probably picked up by observing humans, zoo officials told the SAPA news agency on Thursday. [
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Re: This is the most Fucked up thing I have seen in a long time
Yeah, ok, it's a hoax - it's pretty obvious that he wouldn't do it, but:
A) He is still claiming he's going to kill the bunny
B) People have still given him like $25K
C) It's still a really messed up thing to do
Re: This is the most Fucked up thing I have seen in a long time
Woman smushed under own car
"A young mum was run over and killed by her own car - after broken parts sparked a freak chain reaction. Alison Taylor's Peugeot 405 wouldn't start so she got out and banged the engine with a hammer. But the blows triggered the broken starter motor and because the keys were still in the ignition, the engine started. The handbrake should have stopped the car lurching forward - but that was broken as well, an inquest heard. Even then the momentum of the car would not have been enough to cause a problem. But Alison, 36, tried to steady herself and accidentally grabbed the throttle cable. As her elderly mother watched in horror the car sped over her, killing her instantly." [
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Sweet: The Zombie Scenario Survivor Test
I guess Carl prepared me well...
Armed and DangerousCongratulations! You scored 88%!
You made it out, alive and well supplied. You probably even kept most of your party alive too. You know what to look for, what to take, and when to just run. You even feel a strange inkling to go back. If you did, you'd probably do just fine.
My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people
your age and gender:
You scored higher than
95% on
survivalpointsLink:
The Zombie Scenario Survivor Test
This cannot possibly be right
This is the most Fucked up thing I have seen in a long time
OK:
Dude has website.
Dude has cute bunny.
Dude is threatening to kill bunny and eat him on June 30th if people don't give him 50K.
Nope, it's not illegal, it's his rabbit. And nope, he's not going to be commiting animal cruelty, he's going to take it to the butcher shop.
Still. Jesus Christ. That's messed up.
http://www.savetoby.com/What adds to this is, ok, it's his rabbit and people eat them all the time. People have actually donated nearly 25k to him to save the bunny. Yes, it's *really messed up* that he is doing this, but all they are doing is encouraging this sort of behavior.
Speaking of, I am going to eat the kitten on July 4th if you all don't give me 50k ;-)
New twist on finger found in chili
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld Share Beetles Honor
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld can now also be called bushi, cheneyi and rumsfeldi, or simply slime-mold beetles.
Two former Cornell University entomologists named three species in the genus Agathidium after the U.S. leaders, Cornell announced on Wednesday. [
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Cigarette Lighters Banned From Airplanes
WASHINGTON - Starting Thursday, air travelers will have to leave their lighters at home. Unlike guns, knives and other dangerous items that a passenger cannot carry aboard but may stow in checked bags, lighters are banned everywhere on a plane. [
more]
I'm ooooooooooooooooooold
This morning I heard "Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains and "Spoonman" by Soundgarden on my classic rock station.
This makes me so sad.
JETSONS Still Flying Toward the Big Screen
The big screen version of THE JETSONS is still in the works. It is being reported that Sam Harper has written a draft of the script for the live-action JETSONS' feature film. Adam Shankman is set to direct. Denise Di Novi will produce.
Rumor has it that Warner Bros. is looking to cast Steve Martin as George Jetson.
The film will be a mix of live-action and CGI. It is currently scheduled to come out in 2006.
TCM Tomorrow!!!
Check groovetickets if you want to go - there should still be some left. Alhough I do have to warn you that the doors *open* at 10, and there's 2 opening DJs - and it's a school night. *sigh* The things I do because I love the Crystal Method...
Friday is gonna kick my ass.
Closer
So I watched Closer tonight before a huge dinner out with Kingman foks. It was good. It has the most sex in any movie I have ever seen without showing it even once. I don't usually go for movies where realtionships are the centertheme, but this one was worth it. Anyway, worth a netflix if you have a slot in your queue.
Now I am off to watch alias and get some sleep.
HK studies high rise mausoleum
Hong Kong is famous for the skyscrapers that dominate its skyline. Now a new type of high-rise home might be needed.
Local authorities are considering building high-rise structures to house the ashes of the dead, because they are running out of space. [
more]
Ok people, I am saying it here and now, when I die, burn me up and throw me out the window somewhere pretty while you are all out on a vacation somewhere. Seriously, this is just stupid.
Craig's List Meet Google Maps
So that's what they mean when they say, "synergy." Scrape Craig's List and plot the results in Google Maps. Very cool. [
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High school establishes snitch fund
Using revenue from its candy and soda sales, Model High School [in Rome, Georgia] plans to pay up to $100 for information about thefts and drug or gun possession on campus... Under the new policy, a student would receive $10 for information about a theft on campus, $25 or $50 for information about drug possession, and $100 for information about gun possession or other serious felonies. [
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Well, that's capitalism for ya. I predict a rise in false accusations at that school.
DUDE. This is just awesome. Stolen head allegedly destined for bong
"A 17-year-old Morrisville youth was being held on $100,000 bail after police said he raided a tomb in a cemetery and removed a head from a corpse... when [police] went to Morrisville Cemetery and investigated, they found that someone had broken into a tomb, broken open the casket and removed a man's head... Nickolas Buckalew, 17, later was arrested and charged with unauthorized removal of a dead body. He pleaded innocent to the crime. Police believe they have a strong case against Buckalew because remains and evidence were found in a silo near the suspect's home... Court documents said the suspect allegedly talked of using the man's head as a bong or a pipe for smoking marijuana." [
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I never cease to be amazed by people...
WTF? From CNN Money: Jesus, the talking doll version
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - A talking Jesus doll is due to go on sale in May, along with versions of Moses, the Virgin Mary and David, as a teddy bear maker tries to find a market with churches and religious families.
The foot-tall Jesus doll will be able to recite five Biblical verses at the push of button on its back, while the Moses doll will recite the Ten Commandments. The Mary doll will recite a long Bible verse. [
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Re: The big move
Well, I tried - but somehow emailing to the blog address didn't work. I guess I could have tried sending to Flickr but that seemed excessive to show you a standard cube with a half wall on the outside ;-)
But, oh boy, do I have plans for the cube. I am waiting to see about getting hired so as not to jinx it, but when it is really mine, I intend to make it truely a playpen! (I wonder if they have really big mobiles...)
Re: The big move
My new cube already has a title: The playpen
I think a nick like that calls for some cameraphone snapshots! ;-)
Lifting the Lid on High-Tech Toilets
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is coming clean about its filthy toilets, first hosting a world toilet summit and now about to hold its first ever toilet exhibition which will lift the lid on new technology. [
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Cannibal, Prosecutors Launch Rival Appeals
KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) - A German cannibal and prosecutors launched rival appeals at Germany's top criminal court Wednesday against his manslaughter conviction for killing and eating a willing victim. [
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The big move
Today, I am getting moved from my own private row (Idaho) over one to the cube next to Gary (my boss). There's good an bad involved with this, but the one thing I dig is I will be the only one with an outer cube wall, which I will set my computer up to face out from. This means no more sneak attacks!
My new cube already has a title: The playpen
Outlaw Laid Low by Short Fuse
TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania's most wanted man fought off special police and eluded capture for years only to blow himself up while fishing with dynamite, police and newspapers said Friday.
Dubbed the "Last Cowboy" in northern Albania because of his gunfights with the law, Riza Malaj, 34, failed to accurately gauge the length of the fuse as he tried to blow up trout. [
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Garbage Photos Up! (on yahoo if you are interested)
Dude - check out what Esther sent over today - The latest trend in piercing
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OMG!!!!! 'Mentally ill' dad chops daughter up
A 37-year-old "mentally ill" man has been arrested for chopping his three-year-old daughter to pieces using an axe, Limpopo police said on Thursday. [
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Politician Urges Golf with Cane Toads
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australians in the country's Northern Territory should start smashing cane toads to death with golf clubs and cricket bats in a bid to stop the spread of the toxic creatures, a government politician urged Monday. [
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Woman Charged in Road-Rage Apartment Ramming
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - A woman has been arrested after she rammed a car into her neighbor's apartment in an apparent fight over a loud television, Canadian police said on Thursday.
The Penticton, British Columbia, woman got into her 1985 BMW after becoming upset with her neighbor and drove the car across the lawn and through some patio furniture before the vehicle hit the side of the building, police said.
There were no injuries in the incident that took place late on Wednesday, although the neighbor and a friend were inside the building watching television at the time of the crash. The vehicle received only minor damage.
The 36-year-old woman, whose name was not released, was being held in jail pending a court appearance.
You know, I know exactly how she was feeling. Man, that was stupid, but you gotta give her points for pure balls on that one.
First Convicted Spammer Gets 9 Years
LEESBURG, Va. - He was once considered among the top 10 spammers in the world, using the Internet to peddle pornography and sham products and services like the "FedEx refunding processor," prosecutors say. Convicted in the nation's first felony case against illegal spamming, Jeremy Jaynes, 30, on Friday was sentenced to nine years in prison for bombarding Internet users with the junk e-mails. [
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hat's just F'in rad. It makes me have hope for real justice in the world.
Sunday, bloodly Sunday
Sunday will be filled with work (man, am I racking up billable hours), errand, cleaning, and a Garbage concert, which I am VERY much loking forward to. Garbage is one chick bandn that just rocks the shit out of whatever venue they are in. I dig it. Hoping to bring back some photos.
Zak's Birthday
Rolled into Oaktown last night to have some food, drink,and fine conversatin with Zak and friends fr his birthday. We had a spectacular time. I met tons of people I had heard about, drank 3 pitchers of Sangria between 3 people, and got to chill with some old friends I hadn't seen in well over 8 years. It was good times.
We're having a Birthday dinenr for him down here next Saturday if anyone is interested in going. La Milpa at 6:30 on Sat. Let me know by weds so I can include you in the reservations.
Prince Charles, Camilla Parker Bowles Wed
You know, I have no idea why I care, but somehow this just makes me smile. I am hapy that the royal family pulled it out on this one and letthe man marry the woman he loves. Seriously, they are a token institution anyway. I am happy for them. Not sure WTF is in that woman's hair, but her dress is very beautiful and totally appropriate. [
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U2
Ruled.
Damn Fine Show. Bono is truly a force for good in the world.
Ther stage was insaine, I don;t even know how o convey it's coolness - maybe a picture would be a good idea...
They let in cameras, even though the tickets said no, but I had been a good little fan, and only brought my cell phone and my palm, both of which have cameras in them. Hopefully, I will have some pictures up soon, and possibly even a video. :-)
BlogPulse
So my boss showed me a very cool toy for searching posts on blogs:
BlogPulse. Looks like you can even do trend reports on search terms if you want. That's pretty cool.
Dublin
I think it's funny that Dublin does look exactly like Ireland right now, but not anything like Dublin.
Thief Hopping Mad After Stealing 25 Left Shoes
OSLO (Reuters) - A thief who stole 25 shoes got a little less than he or she bargained for after realizing they were all for left feet.
The robber threw away the haul in disgust after breaking into a car in the Norwegian city of Bergen and finding a case full of women's shoes -- but no pairs. It belonged to a salesman who traveled with only one shoe of each type.
So they searched the house of the woman who found the finger in her Chili
They didn't say what they found, but it was suspected that the finger was that of her dead aunt's.
Ok, that's just gross. Not only did you stick a dead person's finger in your mouth to hopefully sue Wendy's, but it was your dead aunt's. What the hell is wrong with people???
Bush Boo'd at Pope Funeral
I heard on the radio this morning that when Bush was shown on the big screen at the Pope's funeral, he got boo'd.
That's rad.
Restaurant Chain Removes Pope John Paul Busts
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Diners at Italian-themed U.S. restaurant chain Buca di Beppo can no longer enjoy their meals in the presence of the late Pope John Paul II. [
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Lame. So they think eating under pictures of fat women's butts is not offensive, but having a dead pope in the room is a problem?
Fend Off Dementia with Sex, Crosswords and a Run
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Sex, cryptic crosswords and a good run could help ward off dementia and other degenerative conditions by stimulating new brain cells, an Australian researcher said Thursday. [
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Magnetic Termite Mounds
Ok, one more..
So I'm flipping around and I come across Aminal Planet. They are doing the extreme animal architecture countdown (who thinks of these things???). Anyway, #1 is magnetic termite mounds. They are flat, huge mounds that termites in Australia build that face North. When the sun comes up or down, the shady side is 40 degrees cooler than the side to the sun. Since they are super thin, when the sun is at full force at noon and is directly overhead, the don't absorb much heat at all.
This is genius. To top it off, the termites are blind and do the whole thing based off of their sensitivity to the earth's magnetic fields. What a trip.
Here's a bit of info and a photo.
Ok, goin to bed
Maybe this will be the first time in 6 days I have gotten to sleep before 3:30. It's amazing that I can still understand English at this point.
re: Another Random Link
Just had a sec to look at this...
Thanks, Wendy, for sending me back to Homestar. We posted about it a VERY long time ago (like when the blog first started), but it's always good to get reminded to go back.
My pumpkin last year was strongbad. Paduan's was Trogdor (the burninator). Go look in the photos section, I bet you'll crack up at it now - and were probably really confused about what the hell I was doing at the time....
Rad... I need to fully explore the site too. Keep posting these, I need to be told to stop loking at weird news articles every now and then!
DUDE! LIVE ACTION MECH WARRIOR!!!!!!
So. Much Work.
Ya, so I have been busy. Working all the damned time - at work and at home. Luckily, I appear to be close to done - or at least getting more reasonable thanks to loading my largest client's new site tonight. Still have stuff to do, but hopefully it won't be nearly as insaine as it has been.
In the upside, I earned well over $1200 in the last week, and probably a couple more before I am done. These clients are ogoing too so that's a nice source of a couple hundred a month if they keep a nomal stride.
Well, toys are paid for at least. :-)
I don't know if I could have done this if I didn't have my latop. I have no idea how I lived without it. I couldn't stand being trapped in my office for that long, and all that wrk I did in bed wouldn't have happened. I love posting to the blog from the comfort of my couch! :-D
Hopefully I'll be back to normal shortly.
Managed to stay home all day and still work through until midnight
*sigh*
Basically, I just got to sleep in. Still did like 8 hours of work...
Some seriously abridged LOTR
This is pretty great - dude gives a summary of teh books with some bad info for all of those campers out there that are doing their homework from internet searches.
Mis-information is fun!
Jailed 'Killer' Freed After Wife Turns Up Alive
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese man jailed and badly beaten for his wife's murder has been freed after she turned up not only alive but with another husband, domestic media said on Monday, revealing a brutal arbitrariness to China's legal system. [
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Law Expands Right to Kill in Self-Defense
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) - People in Florida will be allowed to kill in self-defense on the street without trying to flee under a new law passed by state politicians on Tuesday that critics say will bring a Wild West mentality and innocent deaths.
The Florida House of Representatives, citing the need to allow people to "stand their ground," voted 94-20 to codify and expand court rulings that already allow people to use deadly force to protect themselves in their homes without first trying to escape.
The new bill goes further by allowing citizens to use deadly force in a public place if they have a reasonable belief they are in danger of death or great bodily harm. It applies to all means of force that may result in death, although the legislative debate focused on guns. [
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Wow - I have no idea what I think about that. Part of me thinks that's very good, and part of me, the one based in reality and cinicism, says "holy shit, that's bad."
Who loves the remote?
Who loves the remote?
Another Random Link
This one is pretty cool! My friend, John, recommended it, saying "I can't believe you haven't seen it, Wendy. It's so you." There's a ton of stuff here. If you'd like to get started in some sort of logical order, try going to the "characters" section first. Watch the one about Homestarrunner (main chacter) and Strongbad (best loved character). Then, try some "sb emails." I highly recommend these two:
techno and
games. If you have a lot of time, try playing some of the
video games.
At home today
Had a migrain when I woke up so doing some work from home and sleeping - email or call cell if you need me.
Will Wright wows GDC with new Sim
SAN FRANCISCO--On the final day of the Game Developers Conference, Will Wright's "Future of Content" presentation contained a special treat for the bursting-beyond-capacity audience.
The treat was an extended demonstration of his next game, called Spore--a sim that allows the players to control life on all conceivable scales--an emergent and beautiful simulation game that ranges from the cellular level all the way to the galactic level.
The game allows the player to begin with developing a creature as a cellular entity and eventually creating a creature with more sophisticated brain functions, which will change the nature of the game to a more RTS-type game (he cited a particular favorite of his, Populous), where players will control herds of creatures. Once you upgrade the "hut" around which the creatures centralize, the game changes into what he called "a simple version of SimCity" where the player manages technology and interacts with other cities that have sprung up around the world.
He demonstrated how the player can eventually purchase a UFO to travel between planets--and eventually star systems--to populate, conquer, or simply observe. Particularly impressive was the game's emergent gameplay and seemingly infinite possibilities for playing creatively--two qualities that define Will Wright's celebrity status in game design. [
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WTF of the day: N.C. Cities Want to Sue Over Public Records Requests
(03/20/05 - RALEIGH) — North Carolina cities and other government agencies are pursuing the authority to sue citizens who ask to see public records. [
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I don't even understand how this is possible.
Holy Crap!
So when Google unvieled it's neat-o 3D mapping technology, I jokingly asked if they could please provide a video clip of me driving from one destination to the other so I would know the landmarks.
Well, they did the next best thing.
Satellite photo.
Seriously.
I am sitting here looking at a satellite photo of my apartment and directions *on the photo* from SJC. Damn, that's REALLY cool.
Ok Yahoo, please look into transporter technology, because that's the only thing that's going to beat this.
The article:
Google Feature Incorporates Satellite Maps
SAN FRANCISCO - Online search engine leader Google has unveiled a new feature that will enable its users to zoom in on homes and businesses using satellite images, an advance that may raise privacy concerns as well as intensify the competitive pressures on its rivals. [
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Tip to all: Now would be a good time to remove any contraband plants from your backyard. The government has had this technology forever, but now your *MOM* has it.
Bush Admin has good plan? Eh? What's happening? Oil Platforms May Be Used for Fish Farms
NEW ORLEANS - Thousands of oil and natural gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico could be converted into deep-sea fish farms raising red snapper, mahi mahi, yellow fin tuna and flounder, under a plan backed by the Bush administration.
For years, marine biologists and oil companies have experimented using the giant platforms as bases for mariculture, but commercial use of the platforms as fish farms never got off the ground because of the federal government's reluctance to open up the oceans to farming. [
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So. Damned. Tired.
Worked pretty much solidly all weekend with a 4 hour break to play D&D. Stayed up way too late doing work and thinking about work and basically breathing work.
Hopefully, I will be able to pay off the laptop pretty quick though....
Sin City
Saw Sin City last night. It was actually *really* well done. It was by far the best interpretation of exactly what a comic book looks like that I have ever seen. The story line was good, and also done in a very comic books sort of way. I was impressed.
Oh and Elija Wood is by far the creepiest individual on the planet now.
Now I get to work all weekend to pay for all of these toys
But I am thankful that people are sending me enough work so that I can!
Yet Another New Toy
For some reason, I was offered a huge chunk of the money if I wanted to get the
Zire 72 GPS kit from Palm, which inclides a Palm and GPS unit, plus every known map of the universe - and I mean this thing will tell me where I can to the dentist on Mars.
The Palm itself has a 1.2 megapixel Camera, which throws prety hi-res images, as well as an MP3 player, etc in it. The beauty of the whole thing is that it syncs with my yahoo stuff so I don't have to maintain another database of stuff to accomodate it. Nice. Oh, and it matches my phone, which matches my camera, which matches my laptop.
Anyway, it's really fun, the GPS talks to me and tells me "Turn around when possible!!" when I have missed my turn. That's pretty cool.
Protective Measure or Blanketed Loophole? You Decide
Ok, maybe I am paranoid now, but after the patriot act, this seems a bit shady:
Bush Order Allows Isolation of Those with Bird Flu
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush issued a directive on Friday allowing authorities to detain or isolate any passenger suspected of having avian flu when arriving in the United States aboard an international flight. [
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Some Random News
ABC will air The Muppets' Wonderful Wizard of Oz on May 20, TV Guide Online reported.
Native American Tribe to Launch Own Tobacco Brand
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Native American tribe in Washington state is preparing to make and sell its own brand of cigarettes at a fraction of the cost of mainstream brands in an effort to diversify its income for tribal members. [
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Google Doubles E-Mail Space
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A year after unveiling a free e-mail service with a full gigabyte of storage, Google Inc. is doubling the capacity of each account and plans to keep bumping up the limit in the future.
Once the upgrade takes effect Friday, Gmail users will be able to store up to 2 gigabytes of e-mail and attachments for each account. Even more capacity will be made available after that as it becomes feasible, the company said.
"Our goal is to make sure storage is no longer an issue for Web mail users," said Marissa Mayer, Google's director of consumer Web products. [
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Well, I just looked, and I have 1489 MB of storage now on that account. The 2 gigs I have with yahoo + that is just kinda crazy.... Anyway, they also added a load of new features including free POP access, which is very cool. [
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Mash Up
This morning we has "block rockin' beats" (Chemical Bros) with "1985"(no Clue) with "In Your House" (Audioslave) with "Call Me" (blondie)
