Google, Before The Internet Existed
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008Recently discovered in Google’s basement, the origins of the company in 1960, before the Internet existed. Please allow 4-6 weeks for results.
(Image/parody from Fury.com)
Lots of Boogers
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
(photo: Associated Press)
South Korean firm RNL Bio commercially cloned the late pit bull terrier “Booger” for only $50,000. Yahoo! News link
I don’t really care about this - I just wanted to post something with “Booger” in the title.
(via Angie)
The Story of a Young Watermelon in Love
Monday, August 4th, 2008Check out this great, original stop-action music video from Dan Meth, producer of The Meth Minute. If you haven’t seen any of his stuff, be sure to head over to ChannelFrederator.com:
(via Joanie)
All Hail Dorothy!
Friday, August 1st, 2008
(photo from Associated Press)
Gibson Cook broke into a landfill - suspicions are that he was trying to steal copper for sale/recycling. He got stuck under a trash bin. Yahoo! News link
(via Angie)
Woo-Hoo, Show Us Your Goods!!
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The Beijing Summer Olympics are just around the corner, and that means one thing: the humiliating process of testing female athletes to see if they are male.
About 1 in 20,000 women have complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) - where they are genetically male (XY), but their body has problems recognizing testosterone (and other androgens) and thus they have physically developed as women (this has been rumored of actress Jamie Lee Curtis, but never formally verified).
None of these tests, to date, have revealed a man posing as a woman. However, in 1985, Spanish hurdler Maria José Martínez Patino discovered that she was born with a Y chromosome (XY), instead of another X (XX) - that she is genetically male and has AIS.
Though genetically male, these women have female physiology - and their genetic makeup shouldn’t actually provide any greater physical advantage.
So, how should the line be drawn this year?
Should it really matter?
(via Angie)
Look-Alike of the Week
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Bert N’ Ernie N’ Kid N’ Play
Rubber Duckie Bonus Round:
Zombie Bert and Ernie by Killer Napkins.
(Thanks Angie N’ John!)
Biznert & E-Slice Bring Gangsta Rap to Sesame Street
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Ya gotta love all these mashups of old video and new music– in this case Sesame Street just got a whole lot funkier:
(via Producer Laura)
Cake Wrecks
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
What’s Cookin?
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
If you have the money and you’re cool, you have polished granite countertops in your kitchen.
Another interesting new trend: granite can contain high levels of radioactive uranium.
“It’s not that all granite is dangerous . . . but I’ve seen a few [granite countertops] that might heat up your Cheerios a little.” - Stanley Liebert, the quality assurance director at CMT Laboratories.
(via Angie)
Talula Does the Hula
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
(photo by Kirk Aeder)
A New Zealand judge made a 9-year-old child a ward of the court so he could change her name to something normal.
Her given birth name: Talula Does the Hula.
Apparently this case is not unique; previous New Zealand examples include: Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy, Number 16, Bus Shelter, Violence, and (a personal favorite) Sex Fruit.
What happened to naming your kid something normal like Kal-el, Zowie, Piper Maru, Jett, Gaia Romilly, Sage Moonblood, Justice, Christopher Sargent Shriver, Essenz Astral, Hopper, Tatum, Brawley King, Zola Ivy, Frances Bean, Saffron Sarah, Tito Joe, Prince Michael, Alchemy, Phoenix Chi, Fifi-Trixibelle, Pixie, Satchel, Calico, or Guggi Q. Hewson?
(via Angie, via Yahoo! News)
Elvis Has Left the Parthenon
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
(image from DailyMail)
For Sale in October at Bonhams Auction House:
The item is an ancient Roman marble “acroterion” - a decorative bust from a sarcophagus, tomb, or tombstone. It is expected to fetch £25,000 - £30,000 in the October auction.
*And this is the awesome pompadoured, sequined, lambchoped, fat Elvis.
(via DailyMail, via Susan)
David Blaine Blows Your Mind
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008A nice David Blaine street magic spoof (and proof that he hides cards in people’s asses - language NSFW).
(via Travis)
I <3 P2P
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008Recently seen at a Blockbuster Video near you. I hear the alternative spray painting option was “I <3 Netflix.”
(courtesy of Liz!)
To Everyone Offended by the Obama New Yorker Cover
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008If you were one of the many who was outraged at the New Yorker for their recent cover with Barack and Michelle Obama, check out David Horsey’s spoof McCain National Review cover. The sad thing, though, is that the stuff about McCain is actually true and not just satire like with the Obamas!
(Thanks for the heads up, Eliot!)
New Media Douchebags: Us
Friday, July 11th, 2008New Media: helping me to complain to more people with less effort.
By: KommonKraft / CinnamonPants
(via Cindi)
Friday, July 11th, 2008
“Just look at this obviously innovative design . . . I am so thrilled just thinking about how I get to touch this.”
(via Angie)
That’s what she twittered.
Friday, July 11th, 2008
Man’s Best Friend, When You Feel Like It
Friday, July 11th, 2008
When Makeup and Post-It Notes Collide
Friday, July 11th, 2008
ColorOn Pro eye makeup sticker-thingies.
Warning: Do not confuse this with Colon Pro (thanks for the clarification, Nix).
(via Kate)
Living the Stereotype
Friday, July 11th, 2008
This is Troy.
He is 39 years old.
His wife’s name is Paige.
They have three kids.
They live in Alabama.
Troy is a Republican Attorney General.
Troy has been very outspoken against homosexuality.
Paige recently caught Troy having sex with his male assistant in their bedroom.
Way to live the stereotype, Troy.
(via Susan, de la Wonkette)