June 29, 2003
Tech tip for the Memphilterati
If you are one of those people who have yet to realize that Mozilla can make your surfing much, much easier (and Pop-up free!) and insist on using Internet Explorer, you should at once go and grab the new Google Toolbar 2.0 beta. Besides being a handy Google search bar, it blocks pop-ups in IE 5.5 and above. Now if Google could implement tabbed browsing to IE, it would have a similar feature set to the Mozilla of a year ago.
June 27, 2003
AAAARGHHHH!
Here's a little preview of how I will be spending the afterlife.
Eggfusion. More profiteering from the Egg Board
Just when you thought they had run out of places to print advertisements, a laser printing technique for eggs is devised providing 39,960,000,000 more. (via Rebecca Blood)
Harvard Graduation Speech and Song
By Will Ferrell. This is just wrong on so many levels: insulting an alumnus and sitting president, using the word "turd," singing Dust in the Wind. Then again, this speech is pitch perfect.
June 26, 2003
The Mondrian Machine
Make compositions like Mondrian with just a couple of clicks.
Quote of the Day
"You can’t say no to a man with a hand grenade, can you? "
-The ever-quotable Salaam Pax
Asian Prince
Looking for a meaningful relationship? Check out the Asian Prince.
June 25, 2003
Quote of the Day
According to [ Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud ] Abbas, immediately thereafter Bush said: "God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the elections will come and I will have to focus on them."
-Ha'aretz, June 26, 2003
June 23, 2003
RobFaucette.com, Featuring Sky Farmer
The real purpose of this post is perhaps of somewhat questionable motive for this blog, but nonetheless a site worth visiting remains RobFaucette.com, the home page for a good friend of mine from high school in Chattanooga. He is gathering things and funds in prepartion for a move out West (L.A. bound) to attend Otis College.
He has several painting galleries to browse online. I really like his Warhol-esque style and I'm sure he'd love getting some more visitors to see his art! You can get framed prints for a small donation, or purchase other original works. Also featured is a collection of MP3's from his CD "Mockingbird" (acoustic, folkish songs) which has many songs that tie in to various paintings. Mixed media is good for the soul!
I think the strange pics in the Chief Zounds section are from an annual outdoor play his friends put on each year (in which he evidently plays Sky Farmer). No known video of the events is thought to survive.
June 21, 2003
Little Daddy!
Harrison Elijah Woods showed up today, about 8 weeks ahead of schedule. Elizabeth woke up with some soreness in her side and went to the doctor. Turns out she had developed eclampsia (pregnancy-related high blood pressure and liver problems) and needed to get the baby out ASAP. Within a couple of hours, Eli was born. Both mother and baby are doing fine, although the little guy is likely gonna hang out in NICU for a few weeks. I am headed back to the hospital right now as I had to come home to get all of the stuff we had neatly set aside in preparation for an orderly birth. I will provide an update when I get a chance, but that may be a few days. This is absolutely the craziest, happiest summer solstice I ever recall.
June 20, 2003
Quick! Hide Big-Red!!!
A game that takes us back to days gone-by. I made it to level five. Is that steve or giappino passed out on the floor?
First, the widget. Now, the bubbles.
rneff3 pulled back the curtains on the mystery of the widget. Science has now answered the age old question: Which way do Guinness bubbles go? (via MeFi)
Hulk v. Terminator
Popular Science breaks it down for us. While physics may suggest that the Hulk is stronger, Slate says, "HULK B-a-a-a-a-d!"
Cook Like Tako the 8-Legged Freak!
8Legged.com is a neat site which can teach you how to cook like an octopus. Each episode tackles various meals such as exotic birds, cows, cookies, pumkin flan, etc. Combine Flash interactive Clicktoons with a spattering of real cooking information (allbeit for novices).
Check out Deed Fried Live for the cooking show episodes. Handy links appear as icons at the bottom as the show plays, and random information is listed in the left column. All in all, a good start for a site that could actually teach you a thing or two in the kitchen!
June 19, 2003
Shane for Sheriff
The title pretty much speaks for itself.
I love porn.
(Be sure to scroll down to the bottom, where an entertaining picture awaits. Oh, you thought the first one was enough?)
Acid for tots
Move over Teletubbies, there's something creepier.
Thanks to Brian. Working hard at the office!
Quote of the Day
"Ah, enough about the fish. I wish I'd never said anything about it."
-Zalmen Rosen, New Square, NY, as quoted in Eating Well magazine.
Thanks to Bunra for finding this quote.
The Museum of Anti-Alcohol Posters
Soviet Era War-on-Alcohol Propaganda
June 18, 2003
Quote of the Day, or , Maryville Mayhem!
"Everyone else involved was impressed by the whole activity. It was a very positive event.''
-Harry Sharrer, Pastor of the Forest Hill Baptist Church in Maryville, Tennesee, responding to a lawsuit he is about to lose.
June 17, 2003
The sincerest form of flattery
In the spirit of the Drudge Report, a couple of imitators take Mr. Drudge's concept in a slightly different direction.
3" x 3" Canary Yellow Canvas
Lots of people sketch on post-it notes. Some people share those sketches on the web.
June 16, 2003
Now that you mention it, I think Satan may have eaten my homework, too...
"At the time, Latimer blamed the ensuing controversy on Satan, adding, 'Our elders have thoroughly investigated the matter, and they support me completely.'" Quote from an article in the Commercial Appeal reporting that Jimmy Latimer had stepped down as pastor of Central Church after admitting to an 'improper' relationship with a church employee.
It's Official: Clock-philter
For those of you who are still looking for additional ways to keep time, might I suggest another internet clock? The cable clock.
June 15, 2003
This is not a war.
(It's love) Kottke's silent film about the on-again, off-again love affair between George Bush and Jaques Chirac. Here's the movie. Here's the background.
You can relax El Destructo
The Hatfields have signed a truce with the McCoys, so at least that's one less thing you have to worry about.
June 13, 2003
Wal-mart v. Netflix
The folks in Bentonville know a good thing when they see one. They also know how to undercut it. I have never used Netflix, but I know folks who swear by it. If you use the Netflix service, at what price would you switch to Wal-Mart? In other business news, the Memphilter Brand® Herve! T-shirts have sold a staggering zero units. Of course, since they are sold at cost, I am not sure this business plan has legs, anyway. In short, get 'em while they last!
Y2Khai!
Turn yo speakaz up! Y2Khai is in the hizouse byatch! He's not too politicially correct, but what gangsta is? Khai sure is fly! WOW! Not appropriate for uptight work environments.
June 12, 2003
Mull the Skulls
Reportedly the oldest known human fossils found.
Quote of the Day
"The RIAA is the Recording Industry Association of America. It is not the Recording Industry and Artists Association of America. It says its concern is artists. That's true, in just the sense that a cattle rancher is concerned about its cattle. "
-Lawrence Lessing, Stanford Law Professor.
June 11, 2003
Cool mouse-driven clock
This is not as cool as the one I posted here while back with the hands writing on paper, but still fun in its own way.
Smithsonian my ass!
Holy Crap! Just when I thought there weren't already enough fun things to around town , here comes the Portland Alien Museum. And this ain't no bull.
June 09, 2003
The New UK Accord Ad
Perhaps you should view the ad first, before you read the full description. I did, and was quite amazed afterwards when I found out some of the details.
Click here to see a State-side streaming copy of the ad (req Flash 6).
(Here is the original UK website for the ad.)
And here is the description I was given:
The New Honda commercial in the UK.
Very important that you understand: There are no computer graphics or digital tricks in the film. Everything you see happened in real time exactly as you see it.
The film took 606 takes. On the first 605 takes, something, usually very minor, didn't work. They would then have to set the whole thing up again. The crew spent weeks shooting night and day. By the time it was over, they were ready to change professions.
The film cost six million dollars and took three months to complete including a full engineering the sequence. In addition, it's two minutes long so every time Honda airs the film on British television, they're shelling out enough dough to keep any one of us in clover for a lifetime. However, it is fast becoming the most downloaded advertisement in internet history. Honda executives figure the ad will soon pay for itself simply in "free" viewings (Honda isn't paying a dime to have you watch this commercial!).
When the ad was pitched to senior executives, they signed off on it immediately without any hesitation --including the costs.
There are six and only six hand-made Accords in the world. To the horror of Honda engineers, the filmmakers disassembled two of them to make the film.
Everything you see in the film (aside from the walls,floor, ramp, and complete Honda Accord) are parts from those two cars.
The voiceover is Garrison Keillor.
When the ad was shown to Honda executives, they liked it and commented on how amazing computer graphics have gotten. They fell off their chairs when they found out it was for real.
Oh, and about those funky windshield wipers, on the new Accords, the windshield wipers have water sensors and are designed to start doing their thing automatically as soon as they become wet. It looks a bit weird in the commercial.
June 07, 2003
Long Live ______! Down With ______!
Fill in the blank !. Here's mine. Here's everybody else's.
June 06, 2003
Optomistic?
It's Friday afternoon, work is about to let out for the weekend, and we're all feeling pretty good about life and the future. Suckers!
Monobrow
Welcome to Monobrow.com, akin to Mullet Madness, which lifts another unpopular hair style to new heights. I quote from the site:
"If eyes are the windows to the soul, then monobrows are the curtains."
Perhaps the IsThisYou? site has a hidden star as well.
June 04, 2003
The '80s Tarot
You see, it's funny 'cuz they got Pee Wee Herman, Dexy's Midnight Runners, and Morris Day on tarot cards. I knew Corey Hart was gonna be in this deck before I even saw his card, and, although I really don't know much about tarot, I was sure Robert Smith would be the death card. Right again!
June 03, 2003
Cruise Missile building, the Home Depot way
Just last week, El Destructo suggested we should buy a cruise missile to complement our "pre-owned" aircraft carrier. But why buy when you can do it yourself? I am not sure if this guy will be able to pull it off, but I am sure to check back to his construction diary to mark his progress. Having said that, I am sure Jesse James could build one. And I bet the guy that built Evel Knievel's Skycycle could, too.
Quote of the Day
"When I had my last colonoscopy, they let me watch it on a little TV, and it was far more entertaining than Brown Bunny. "
-Roger Ebert, New York Post
June 02, 2003
Quote of the Day
"While Rudolf remained on the FBI's Most Wanted List, his brother videotaped cutting off his hand with a saw in a Florida garage for law enforcement officers to show his support and his outrage with the investigation. This indicates to some that the family Rudolf grew up in is dysfunctional."
-Kathy Lore, NPR news, reporting on the capture of Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolf
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