Blogadilla.com: The Tijuana of the Internet » nerol someones http://www.blogadilla.com The Tijuana of the Internet Sun, 15 May 2011 02:02:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 2006-2007 blogadilla@gmail.com (Blogadilla.com: The Tijuana of the Internet) blogadilla@gmail.com (Blogadilla.com: The Tijuana of the Internet) posts http://www.blogadilla.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Blogadilla.com: The Tijuana of the Internet » nerol someones http://www.blogadilla.com 144 144 The Tijuana of the Internet Blogadilla.com: The Tijuana of the Internet Blogadilla.com: The Tijuana of the Internet blogadilla@gmail.com no no *Sigh*, The Hassles of Jumping Through Life’s Little Hoops… http://www.blogadilla.com/2009/01/16/sigh-the-hassles-of-jumping-through-lifes-little-hoops/ http://www.blogadilla.com/2009/01/16/sigh-the-hassles-of-jumping-through-lifes-little-hoops/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:47:13 +0000 nerol someones http://www.blogadilla.com/?p=2287 After watching this, you won’t have much reason to complain about those hassles.

Unless, of course, you’re concerned about the sheer idiocy of dim-witted Americans everywhere… Honestly! What in the name of ANYTHING did he think was gonna happen!?

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The device is apparently an absolute necessity for life on the International Space Station, whose occupancy will double in bladders next year – since we have no other pressing concerns at the moment. On a more serious note, I’m sure there are prospects for this technology to have a huge impact in the developing world, where access to water is a serious concern, but we can only hope that there will not be too many severe blockages to getting this technology downstream.

As for any sneek peeks as to what the technology looks like… no such luck. On the other hand, we’re sure you remember the last time a ton of money was flushed down the toilet on a pee-drinker.

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…bust a nut at a convenience store near you!

(thanks Chris!)

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“In a presentation late last week at the Director of National Intelligence Open Source Conference in Washington, Dr. Dwight Toavs, a professor at the Pentagon-funded National Defense University, gave a bit of a primer on virtual worlds to an audience largely ignorant about what happens in these online spaces. Then he launched into a scenario, to demonstrate how a meatspace plot might be hidden by in-game chatter.”

 

 Aside from the fact that this story comes straight out of a National Lampoon’s script, Noah somehow manages to find humor in the fact that Washington security types are seriously worried about what goes on in the subverisve WoW.  He ends with this choice quote:

“Toavs, for one, believes that spies will have to spend more time in virtual worlds like WoW, if they want to have a hope of keeping tabs on what goes on inside ‘em. Which means, some day soon, we might find secret agents in World of Warcraft, along with the druids and orcs and night elves.”

Beware ye computer geeks: behind every warlock and druid there might just be a fed…  

]]> http://www.blogadilla.com/2008/09/16/government-concerns-about-world-of-warcraft-as-terrorist-breeding-grounds/feed/ 2 Bay Area Music Video Makes Splash at DNC http://www.blogadilla.com/2008/09/08/bay-area-music-video-makes-splash-at-dnc/ http://www.blogadilla.com/2008/09/08/bay-area-music-video-makes-splash-at-dnc/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:10:06 +0000 nerol someones http://www.blogadilla.com/?p=1991 Continuing on my election kick, check out “We Need a President (It’s Obama!)” from Bay Area artist Eklectyk, and members of the Napalm Clique.  The viral video caught on pretty quickly with local media and blogs, and the video’s director even had a request for a copy from Oprah at the DNC.

 

]]> http://www.blogadilla.com/2008/09/08/bay-area-music-video-makes-splash-at-dnc/feed/ 0 The Election Season Makes An Easy Target http://www.blogadilla.com/2008/09/08/the-election-season-makes-an-easy-target/ http://www.blogadilla.com/2008/09/08/the-election-season-makes-an-easy-target/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:03:21 +0000 nerol someones http://www.blogadilla.com/?p=1988 Regardless of political affiliation or affinity, plenty of people are interested in making political statements – especially in the middle of a Presidential campaign (go figure!).

As for me, I’m more interested in hilarity, and the following video from The Daily Show is damn funny. If you don’t have an uninterrupted 3:28 minute block, go straight to the 2:17 mark, where the comedy kicks into high gear. Otherworldly irony available at 3:17 minutes:

“Freedom of choice? That’s different than being pro-choice.”

(from Dee)

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Which is the harder question to answer:

Could a cute puppy do a passable job as Attorney General?

At this point, could Alberto Gonzales find work as a cute puppy stand-in?

]]> http://www.blogadilla.com/2008/09/05/look-alike-of-the-week-7/feed/ 1 When Colossal Boredom Meets Creativity (and a Brain for Physics) http://www.blogadilla.com/2008/09/03/when-colossal-boredom-meets-creativity-and-a-brain-for-physics/ http://www.blogadilla.com/2008/09/03/when-colossal-boredom-meets-creativity-and-a-brain-for-physics/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:24:07 +0000 nerol someones http://www.blogadilla.com/?p=1966 Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to Fantastic Contraption where you are challenged to build a vehicle out of a few parts to move an object from one point to another. Created by Colin Northway with music and art by James Mark and Sarah Collins, respectively, the challenges start our easy but get difficult and interesting pretty fast. One avid workplace engineer reports that this is the most addictive online game he’s ever played.

This is flash freeware, but users have the opportunity to support the game’s designers and try user-created levels. Give it a shot and let us know what vehicles you create!

(Thanks VJ!)

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Apparently stateside media has noticed how popular Human Tetris is on YouTube, and has decided to create an American version. Annnnnnnnnd, true to form, the name will be simplified for what I assume must be a huge swath of American audiences who don’t know what Tetris is. Ladies and Gentleman, allow me to present Fox’s Hole in the Wall.

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