I’m mailing this one in, so you get a classic edition of links I’ve visited. But first, a note from management:
So there.
And now, a musical interlude…
And, watch out, kids. China’s arming a new fighting force:
Here’s what every parent things when they get the new kid home:
Another video, with animated t-shirts. Yeah, there’s a sentence.
So there you have it. My cheap and easy way out of actually blogging for the night. Enjoy!
See you tomorrow.
Yes, kids. In lieu of anything really substantive, here are some links for you to enjoy.
Can you name a band with some Star Wars takeoff? Check these out.
This one’s mostly for Jenni, but I do enjoy good design too. And a good looking book is really pretty.
If you enjoy LOLCats and their ilk, you might like this spoof of them.
Americans love to use things they don’t understand…Simply because it becomes mystical if they can’t explain or easily understand it. Thus, here’s a site dedicated to the misuse of Oriental characters.
Nerdboyfriend. Just look and laugh. And move on. It’s embarrassing how many of the pictures I have actually seen/wanted to look like at some point or even tried to look like.
In the age of Twitter, this is kind of entertaining…
There was some brouhaha about some Photoshopping faux pas in the news the other day. Here’s a site that compiles them.
Just one phrase for this: Oh dear God…
So there you go…Contribute your faves in the comments!
See you tomorrow.
As has been mentioned, Jenni’s a big fan of the new Doctor Who series. Ok, the new ones that the Beeb have had on now for 4+ seasons. I mean, really big fan. Would abandon me to live in the TARDIS. Would probably view time travel as cool simply because she could do it, if she were in the TARDIS. That sort of thing.
So, in one of the few slow moments I had today (basically toward the end of my working lunch), I found this and immediately thought of her.
Well, foolish me. I IM’d her the link to the page. And now it’s her Mother’s Day present.
“What?” You say? “You’re showing her what she’s getting? Won’t that spoil the surprise.”
Yeah. Almost eighteen years later, and she still hates surprises. Best avoided. Hates surprises like slugs hate salt. Or Republicans hate terrorists. Or Michele Bachmann hates reason. Jenni hates surprises unless she doesn’t know it’s coming at all. For instance, her main Christmas gift this past year sat completely unnoticed and unmolested virtually in plain view on the bottom shelf of my desk. Right next to hers. In the Amazon box that it was shipped in. For almost a full month. Not…A…Clue.
That was one of the best surprises I’ve had. A gift she loved, and I didn’t need to worry about her finding it, because it was right there.
This one was different. She’s never begged for anything before. Or at least not in so many terms. And the thing is, I’m not really sure why.
So yes. Sometime soon, she’ll be getting the action figures with really big feet.
Surprise!
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Changing topics…
A while back, I put a link in for the “Benny Hillizer,” a cute little website that adds the Benny Hill theme song to YouTube videos.
You remember it, you say? Perfect. Well, that was before I had videos up on YouTube…
So, go to the link above, and copy and paste in this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-uhGveixjM
Give it 20 seconds or so to really get funny. Patrick has now been “Benny Hill-ized.”
Bon Appetit.
See you tomorrow.
Yes, kids. I dutifully uploaded the new main page at 6 a.m. today, so you’re all set if you head on over to www.lathropworld.com. Not much there yet, but there will be. Patrick’s got some content that should be there tomorrow, and I’ve got a couple of things coming by the end of the month, too.
So, on to other things.
This is why you’re fat. No, wait. That isn’t anything disparaging, really. It’s a site. And outside of the sheer “who the hell thought of that?” factor, it just makes you scratch your head and laugh. Like the corn dog pizza or the Oreo.
Speaking of fat…Have any of you seen the Bacon Explosion? Bacon wrapped in sausage wrapped in bacon. Then barbecued. Outside of the fact that I think I have just found Hannah’s perfect food, this begs the question of just what has our society come to when it’s got to invent something like this? Isn’t there some starving village somewhere missing a pig right about now?
Okay. Enough food. Google street maps captured a samurai battle. Is there anything Google can’t do? The only thing I wonder, though, is why is it in Pennsylvania? I’m really starting to think that these “finds” were all staged by Google themselves just to drive up traffic.
This one just brought back childhood memories. I remember up until about third grade having “civil defense” drills where we would head to the basement of school, ball ourselves up with our heads and knees next to the wall and our poor exposed youthful asses dangling in the hallway wind. No one ever said it was in case the Russkies nuked us, but we all knew. But to the article: something tells me the dude on page two won’t make it very long behind the blonde and the tree. And the chart on page four leaves me scratching my head: as Joe American is planning to build his subterranean fallout shelter, is he really going to think “well, gee, I think I live about 2,000 feet from an important center that probably is going to be a primary target. So I should make the walls 22 inches thick.” I mean, really? Put that in the average back yard, and you’ll be left with about four square feet of space for the family. Now mom and dad like each other well enough to stay that close for a while, but the kids?
Finally, in a slightly naughty turn, XKCD comes through again with a definition of “bases.” And by that, we mean the kind you had when you were dating, or really when you were a 7th grade boy talking with other 7th grade boys. We had no idea either.
So there you go.
Tomorrow gets all wonky work-wise…I’ve got to be in from 11 p.m. to 2 or 3 a.m. for a network reconfiguration, then back again at the usual time to fill out the rest of Friday. So I’m planning on grabbing sleep when I can Thursday night and early Friday morning. I’ll try to post the memory tomorrow (if I can remember one–I’ve been waiting WEEKS to say that!). But it might end up being late.
See you tomorrow!
In the guise of an entry that actually has a point, I give you a bunch of web links. Enjoy!
A few people saw this at work and were aghast. Texting really costs cell providers nothing or next to nothing? Who knew??? Gee, you mean there are companies out there that would charge money for a service that costs them almost nothing? You mean they’d actually want to turn an obscene profit?
Something the world never knew it needed until now: A cloth physics simulator. Kinda fun playing with, though. Like a cat toy.
Speaking of cats, and not a sign the world is going to hell…
Just because YouTube isn’t useless enough…You can “Benny Hill-ify” any YouTube video. Not sure you’d really want to, unless it speeds it up and adds half-naked women. Wait. Did I just write that out loud? Actually, I tried it out on a few completely unrelated videos, and it fit with almost all of them.
It’s comforting to know that there are people out there who want to make sure that the TV show “House” is medically accurate. As long as no one is checking up on me to make sure my troubleshooting at work is technically accurate, I’m good with that.
Speaking of medicine, everyone wants an “I love microbes” cake, don’t they? (Courtesy of one of Jenni’s favorite sites.)
‘CCO radio shows it’s true colors, deciding that “live and local” is merely a marketing ploy and otherwise is pure BS. I know that the radio biz is tough, and for a myriad of reasons, people can be let go in a heartbeat, but this is just wrong. As someone who thought seriously about getting into radio for a long time, I’m glad I didn’t, but it just sours the whole business. When I was working nights, there were two radio stations that would blast through the walls to my radio. One was ‘CCO, and Al Malmberg had one of the most fun shows I’ve ever heard. Going to a canned show out of St. Louis is just stupid. Doesn’t a market of this size merit something better from it’s most powerful heritage radio station?
Okay…Deep breath…
From the gastronomic side, something everyone needs: sauce dispensing chopsticks! With my luck, I’d shoot a mouthful of soy sauce right at the start of the meal and wouldn’t have anything left.
Need help converting to metric? XKCD has a helpful guide today (some questionable language). My favorite? “-40°C: spit goes ‘clink.’”
Here’s the memo that went around the White House to prepare for the transition later this month.
Cancel the red alert: Steve Jobs isn’t dying. But on the upside, MacWorld this week is in danger from a death ray developed by open-source zealots. I especially love the line that says “Apple Enthusiasts are sporting their armored Powerbooks and reflective laptop bags at the MacWorld expo this week.” But really the whole article is a riot. I just love the Weekly World News…
And finally, the big sign today that the world is going to hell: yes, Franken won, or has appeared to have won. But Coleman sues! No, at this point, neither of them really deserves it. Oh, and on a side note, there are 20 professional staffers (usually permanent DC residents–a family friend was a long-time staffer 20 years ago before retiring, and I’ve met and talked to a few other staffers in the past, so I do have some knowledge here) who have been locked out of Coleman’s office because he isn’t a senator right now. How fair is that to them?
So there you go. Digest this one.
See you tomorrow!