Blogadilla.com: The Tijuana of the Internet » fansites 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 » fansites 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 Lebowskifest – San Francisco http://www.blogadilla.com/2008/06/18/lebowskifest-san-francisco/ http://www.blogadilla.com/2008/06/18/lebowskifest-san-francisco/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:27:54 +0000 timbotron http://www.blogadilla.com/?p=1611

Finally! Lebowskifest is coming to San Francisco Sept 5-6th, 2008!

Tickets go on sale June 27th, 10AM PST.

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“Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil” (Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin) – perhaps one of the funniest shows ever to air on [adult swim]. Already done with its first season, and perhaps already done with its last season – it looks like [adult swim] may not pick “Lucy” up for a second season. Perhaps because it is a little too controversial at times: DJ Jesus (the second coming) and his love interest Lucy (the Daughter of the Devil) live the 20-something hipster life with their friend Judas, while Lucy’s father makes regular attempts to overtake the world. Plus a never-ending supply of priest jokes.

The credits of “Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil” are funnier than an entire season of “Family Guy.”

Watch some: “Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil”

Or buy some: iTunes link

]]> http://www.blogadilla.com/2008/06/11/1566/feed/ 0 Throw Me the Idol http://www.blogadilla.com/2008/06/04/pre-columbian-booby-trap-kit/ http://www.blogadilla.com/2008/06/04/pre-columbian-booby-trap-kit/#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:03:17 +0000 timbotron http://www.blogadilla.com/?p=1512

And speaking of Indiana Jones – no home is safe from looters and grave robbers without the ancient Mesoamerican booby trap kit: one idol drops plastic spiders on unwary looters, the other shoots darts from its eyes.

Bonus Round: The Chachapoyan Fertility Idol pencil cup and the Ark of the Covenant business card holder.

Super-Mega Bonus Round: The Crystal Skull Adventure Projector (man I wish I was making this one up).

All of these can be found at The Indiana Jones Shop.

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Head over to BarackObamaIsYourNewBicycle.com for randomly generated, positive sentences (often with a geeky tinge) about Barack Obama that are amusing even if at times non sequitur. A few amusing ones that were just generated for me:

  • “Barack Obama wanted you to have some cupcakes.”
  • “Barack Obama followed you on Twitter.”
  • “Barack Obama picked you up at the airport.”
  • “Barack Obama carries a picture of you in his wallet.”

OK, OK, moderately funny and definitely bizarre, but like so many other web phenomenons, this site’s success has brought along its fair share of copycats, my favorite of which has got to be HillaryIsMomJeans.com. The site’s format is nearly identical to Barack…Bicycle.com, but instead of Pro-Obama phrases, HillaryIsMomJeans contains non-sensical negative Hillary-phrases.

It’s not that I hate Hillary, or even that I think what makes this site funny is about being negative to Hillary, but rather, identifying with the things other people seem hate. Hillary Clinton just happens to be a vehicle for this hillarity. A few choice phrases I’ve come across so far are:

  • “Hillary folded the map wrong.”
  • “Hillary always says ‘Knock, Knock’ when she enters your office.”
  • “Hillary asked you to pick up her drycleaning.”
  • “Hillary did not make lemonade out of lemons.”

So, the question is whether these are subliminally effective. I’d say very likely. It might be easy to just laugh at the ridiculousness of such a proposition, but at the same time, it’s so easy to click through the phrases on these sites, that one can’t help chuckling, and ultimately leaves the site with a slightly more positive feeling for Obama, or in the latter case, a negative sentiment toward for Hillary, for things she didn’t even do.

I’m waiting now for JohnMcCainIsYourGreatGreatGreatGreatGreatGreatGrandfather.com.

(via Eliot)

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Each day, Max and his gang of Oompa Loompas over at Tumblr pour through the series of tubes that is the Internet and find awesome, old media content that I personally could never find on my own. The programming schedule roughly breaks down as follows:

  • Mondays: ’60s
  • Tuesdays: ’70s
  • Wednesdays: ’80s
  • Thursday: ’90s
  • Friday: ’00s
  • Saturday/Sunday: ????

Today, for instance, check out the throwback to Gilberto Gil, from 1967. The video quality may not always be great, but the material Max comes up with certainly is.

Gilberto Gil - Abelson.Tumblr.Com

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The best part of making your own Alien costume: wearing it in public.

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]]> http://www.blogadilla.com/2008/01/18/greedos-gangsta-ebonics/feed/ 0 The Pencil Thing is Covered http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/10/25/the-pencil-thing-is-covered/ http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/10/25/the-pencil-thing-is-covered/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:02:19 +0000 timbotron http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/10/25/the-pencil-thing-is-covered/ It’s good to know someone out there has this base covered:
Bob Truby’s treasury of brand name pencils.


(via Notcot)

]]> http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/10/25/the-pencil-thing-is-covered/feed/ 0 Guns Don’t Kill People, Chuck Norris Kills People http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/09/14/guns-dont-kill-people-chuck-norris-kills-people/ http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/09/14/guns-dont-kill-people-chuck-norris-kills-people/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:50:33 +0000 timbotron http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/09/14/guns-dont-kill-people-chuck-norris-kills-people/ I know this may be stale for many of you, but it is still funny as hell: Chuck Norris Facts.

•“The chief export of Chuck Norris is Pain.”

•”There is no theory of evolution, just a list of animals Chuck Norris allows to live.”

•”There is no chin under Chuck Norris’ beard. There is only another fist.”

•”When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.”

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(via Scott)

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