This entry was originally posted on October 28, 2006 @ 9:27pm, but I just noticed it was marked as Private. Therefore, I’m changing the timestamp so it’ll appear back on the top.
Budlight Radio Commercials (from FuzzyWuzzy) – If you’re looking for the Bud Light “Real Men of Genius” or “Real American Hero” radio spots, you’re in the right place. I’ve been collecting these spots for a few years now and it’s grown quite a bit in size and user base. These commercials are funny! He also has a bunch of interesting video clips on his site.
How to prank a Telemarketer (from RayAlome) – an awesome recording Tom Mabe did to scare the crap out of the telemarketer.
Crave TV: 20-inch Laptop on the London Underground (from /.) – How practical is owning a 20-inch laptop? We lug Dell’s massive XPS M2010 from one side of London to the other using the tube and bus. Our PC editor braves the stares of strangers, and the constant risk of mugging. Some of his fellow Tube travellers seem quite shocked by the experience. Check out the video by clicking above and read our full review of this obscenely huge Dell laptop here. Funny video of using the new Dell 20″ laptop in London.
Ugly baby – a live performance by Stephen Lynch on the Carson Daily Show. The song is hilarious!
Waiter, there’s a fly on the wall (from Cari) – Waiter, as the anonymous narrator of this extract from http://waiterrant.net calls himself, has changed details to protect the privacy of his customers, and keep them coming to his upmarket New York Italian restaurant, alias The Bistro. Since April 2004, his weblog has been building into a situation comedy of life in and around a restaurant – its owner and staff, motley customers, the local homeless guy who shows up at the window, or the woman neighbor who stepped out naked on the street — but for a towel — on a dare. This is a waiter who’s been working on trying to publish some of his works. The stories he writes are actually quite interesting.
U.S. casino magnate gives Picasso’s dream the elbow – Picasso’s famed “Dream” painting turned into a nightmare for Las Vegas casino magnate Steve Wynn when he accidentally gave the multimillion dollar canvas an elbow. Wynn had just finalized a $139 million sale to another collector of his painting, called “Le Reve” (The Dream), when he poked a finger-sized hole in the artwork while showing it to friends at his Las Vegas office a couple of weeks ago. I first heard this story from Derek. Did you know that Steve Wynn owns not only the new Wynn casino in Las Vegas, but the also the trio from Ocean’s Eleven – MGM Grand, Mirage, and Bellagio.
Not it! Mass. elementary school bans tag – Tag, you’re out! Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they’ll get hurt and hold the school liable. Recess is “a time when accidents can happen,” said Willett Elementary School Principal Gaylene Heppe, who approved the ban. There are 2 problems here. Parents who are idiots for trying to sue the school for every little thing and school staff for not knowing better and are afraid of parents. There’s doesn’t appear to be such a thing as “common sense” in American culture. At least we’ve lost a lot of it. If I trip on the sidewalk, I don’t sue the city for not making the sidewalk safer. I blame myself for being clumsy and remind myself to be careful next time. The problem with American mentality is we always think we’re right and we’re never at fault.
Evolution – A very well done ad to show what is wrong with today’s image of beauty. I applaud Dove for doing this. There was a news article just a few weeks back stating that the Spanish fashion show or pageant was going to ban any women who are under a certain BMI because expression of beauty should not be telling girls to be super skinny.
No wonder our perception of beauty is distorted
Every girl deserves to feel beautiful just the way she is.
Get involved at campaignforrealbeauty.com
retrievr (from /.) – working on top of flickr, retrievr utilizes a sample drawing you provide and tries to match images similar in representation. The few I tried were pretty close.
pacmanパックマン (from Cari) – Pacelman. Pacman for Excel. And other games that run within Excel. I haven’t personally tried these as allow unknown scripts run in MS Office applications isn’t something I do.
Home sweet home meet the chocolate igloo – Four Italians have constructed what they believe is the world’s first full-sized chocolate igloo but they have yet to solve an age-old problem. It still melts. Yummy! I’ve always had a dream of swimming in a chocolate river after I read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Now I can dream about living in a chocolate house!
1K Project II (from MS newsgroup) – 1000 cars racing at the same time – Trackmania Sunrise 😀 Made by Blackshark. Ever wonder what cars would be like if they were like liquid?