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Wed - January 25, 2006Deep Squirrel MysteriesSome of the classic Foamy episodes have suddenly
gone missing over at Ill Will. In something that is probably
not a
coincidence, the cuts that have given up the ghost are ones from before the
sudden appearance of the "suitable content" disclaimer. Recent episodes that
appeared with the disclaimer already in place
("Exotic
Chocolates",
"Hatta's
Rant") run just fine, but classic
episodes ("Small, Medium,
Large",
"Foamy's Rant
IV") all suddenly crap out after the
first half-second or so. No explanations have been forthcoming from the Foamy
camp at this time.
Posted at 01:52 PM Read More Mon - January 23, 2006The Heart And Soul Of Death MetalNew
Strong Bad email! Three words: Decay, Despair,
DeLouise.
Posted at 12:39 PM Read More Mon - January 16, 2006Still Burninating After All These YearsTrogdor
turns 3 today. There is a link to the original cartoon at the end,
but if you are a newcomer, this whole thing won't make much sense unless you
watch the original first.
You're welcome. Posted at 02:54 PM Read More Thu - January 12, 2006Tue - January 10, 2006KodesexSo our friends at Kodesex have come up with a
line of apparel that helps you advertise what kind of sex you are
into or what kind of partner you are looking for. Fine. Now - while
I haven't decided if this is hilarious (some of the icons are pretty funny) or
actually useful - I
do know
that they have nowhere near the level of granularity that the average person
wants in their search. Take a quick look at any online personals and you will
quickly realize that nobody just wants "someone for oral sex" ... they want "a
jewish partner with shaved pubes for bondage during oral" or whatever. The
problem here is that each item of clothing only has
one icon
(even though some designs have room for 3 or 4) so to properly advertise
yourself, you need to get (once again, completely for example) the "spanking"
shirt, the "voyeurism" shoulder bag, the "bondage" cap, and "anal sex" travel
mug.
On the other hand, this just may be a really clever marketing ploy to sell multiple items. Hmmm. Oh - and I bet at least one sucker ends up getting one of the mouse pads as a gift and their friends conveniently not telling them what the pattern actually means. Office hilarity ensues. Posted at 03:35 PM Read More Sat - January 7, 2006Anybody Home?There have be no updates of any sort on the
Homestar Runner site since December 5. One whole month, plus a day or two. Is
the project dead? Mail to the boys is remaining unanswered. Does anyone know
what is going on?
Posted at 11:20 PM Read More Fri - January 6, 2006The Number You Have Dailed ...Apparently, there is now a firm who will sell you the call
records for any telephone number, without all of the legal niceties
that they are always have to go through on Law And Order. Who needs subpoenas
and court orders? The Bushies don't seem to need them to eavesdrop on
law-abiding American citizens, and now it seems that
nobody needs them to find out who you are calling.
Constitution and privacy laws be damned, I guess. Tell me again what these
"freedoms" are that the U.S invasion and suppression of Iraq is supposed to be
protecting ...
Posted at 01:12 PM Read More Thu - January 5, 2006Hey! Free Porn At Target!This sort of
thing probably happens all of the time ... some mope buys a "new"
hard drive or memory card or whatever, and there is junk on it from someone
else who
bought the thing and returned it. Hell, Future Shop used to take hard drives
out of new computers and replace them with smaller used ones, and then sell the
new drives for a profit, and got caught for the same reason - accidentally
forgot to wipe the drive and left porn on it for the hapless dupe who bought the
thing.
But when you read the quotes from the "victim" in this story - scarred for life, trauma, what about the kiddies - you can be sure of two things: 1 - She talked to a lawyer before she talked to the press. 2 - Target is looking at a seriously honking big lawsuit. Posted at 08:46 AM Read More Fri - December 30, 2005Foamy!It takes a squirrel to come up with such a succinct
description of the taste of a nipple. Enjoy.
Posted at 10:10 AM Read More Mon - December 26, 2005UghJust in case you were thinking that the warmth
and generosity of the holiday season was some sort of valid indicator of the
human condition, this little tale is a concentrated dose of everything that
is wrong with people. Un-fucking-believable.
Posted at 08:56 AM Read More Tue - December 20, 2005Intelligent Yes ... Design, Not So MuchSo it turns out that not
every
judicial and law-making type in the U.S. of A. is a simply a brainless
mouthpiece for the bible-thumping brigade. At least one guy, thankfully, still has the ability to think.
Kudos.
Posted at 01:26 PM Read More Get FunkyThe New York Times seems to think that Animal
Crossing : Wild World goes beyond being simply an insanely engrossing game and
is treading into the realm of social commentary.
Well, hey, you could do worse ... I think K.K. Slider has just as much (if not
more) credibility than a bloated record-label
parasite.
The only musicians who oppose free distribution of their recordings are ones who have no more creativity to draw on and instead suck the life out of other musicians by starting their own record labels (Metallica, come on down!) ... I would side with Billy Bragg and a singing dog over the RIAA bloodsuckers and weasels any day. Go, K.K. Slider, Go! Posted at 12:47 PM Read More Mon - December 19, 2005"Super" ManMeanwhile, the producers of the new
Superman
movie are having some problems with fact that the new Man Of Steel is a a little more "super" than
most. Okay, a
lot more
super. Apparently Brandon Routh's schlong is so huge that the filmmakers are
going to have to "erase" his Giant Package Of Doom with digital
postprocessing.
Super. indeed. Posted at 08:41 AM Read More Thu - December 15, 2005Foamy!What
happens when new-age wiccan dorks mix with Santa? It doesn't quite
live up to last year's Christmas festivities, but it still beats "A Very Elmo
Christmas."
Also, it appears to be the debut of a "viewer advisory" in this particular genre. Did somebody get sued? Posted at 07:44 AM Read More Bill Rules, George DroolsThere are a lot of things that make me grumpy.
This is not a secret. However, there are a few things that
do make
me happy, and someone taking the time to point out that G.W. Bush is a complete and utter moron is
always way up there on that particular list.
Posted at 01:11 AM Read More Mon - December 12, 2005The Demon PhoneToday's
Penny
Arcade tugs at the heartstrings of every geek
who has ever had the
delightful
experience of doing phone support for a family member. If you are
not familiar with this particular social interaction, suffice to say that the
already-tiny fuse of the average techie is shortened to microscopic lengths in
this situation.
I think I actually made my mother cry during one of these interactions ... Posted at 05:01 PM Read More Mon - December 5, 2005Thu - December 1, 2005Foamy!This is cheating, kind of ... a
re-broadcast of last
year's Christmas
episode. However, it
is
pretty fucking funny, and all will be forgiven if the new Christmas episode (to
be released in two weeks) is even half as good. Enjoy.
Posted at 02:37 PM Read More Mon - November 28, 2005Business 101Great piece in Business Week about the corporate culture
at Google, and how the unavoidable cadre of suits and management
drones are second class citizens, subservient to the geeks and the techs who
really
run the place. This is the main reason that Google makes veritable shitloads of
money ... they just get
it.
This angers all of the other corporate androids on the planet ... an army of drones in cheap haberdashery who would dearly love to see Google fail and prove that suits are somehow less than completely useless in today's business world. Don't hold your breath. Posted at 07:54 PM Read More Tue - November 22, 2005Tuesday Morning Time WasterLotsa games. Some lame, some mildly
entertaining, all very nicely drawn with an actual sense of style. Poke around,
you might find something you like.
Posted at 04:07 AM Read More Mon - November 21, 2005Torture Plane ReduxSo the CIA's torture planes are back in the news,
and this time the Canadian government may or may not be implicated in
the shenanigans. It is far from "news" that the CIA uses a shadowy
network of civilian planes to transport hapless detainees to sites where they
can be conveniently run through the mill away from prying eyes and legal
niceties. But it is pretty huge news if the jerks in Ottawa are in on this.
That is still up in the air - the only way we
might
get answers is if one of the opposition parties has the balls to bring it up
during the election. The squirming at that juncture would be delicious to
watch.
Posted at 09:04 AM Read More The Good SamaritanWhen I see some weenie ordering a "decaf" I
always take a few moments to mock them and call them names. While it may
appear
that I am being a sanctimonious asshole, I am really just doing them a favour.
You're welcome. Posted at 08:51 AM Read More Thu - November 17, 2005Mon - November 7, 2005Thu - November 3, 2005Tue - November 1, 2005Homestar HalloweenThere was much sadness this weekend when it
seemed that The Brothers Chaps had - for the first time in living Homestar
memory - failed to deliver a new Halloween short. The sadness has been replaced
with slightly belated joy, however, as it turns out that the 'toon was there,
and the new menus simply hadn't loaded. So rejoice, one and all, and partake of
a brand new extra-creepy Homestar Runner adventure - this time
with a "pick your own path" twist.
As always most of the fun comes from trying to guess the costumes. I got everyone except Coach Z, who's choice of attire was not entirely obvious on the first viewing. Posted at 05:27 PM Read More Tue - October 25, 2005Thu - October 20, 2005Wed - October 12, 2005Bombs AwayThree different readers were kind enough to send
this bit along ... details of a new ad campaign in Belgium that is designed to
"re-sensitize" people to the terrors and reality of war. The shock value is, shall we say, considerable.
Posted at 12:34 PM Read More Thu - October 6, 2005Foamy!A somewhat
strange entry as we move towards Halloween. No word on what might
have happened to Lewd
Lingerie.
Posted at 05:06 AM Read More Wed - October 5, 2005Say CheesePhotoshop image manipulation is nothing new, and
pretty much every Mac geek out there has sparked up the path tool, close-cropped
something, and dropped it into a picture for cheap laffs. However, recent
surveys have revealed that virtually everyone who has a windoze box either (a)
doesn't know that this sort of thing can be done, or (b) wouldn't have clue one
how to
find the
pathing tools, let alone use them.
The upshot? The average "Dude, you're getting a Dell!" computer owner doesn't have the ability to work some wizardry with photos, even if they desperately need to do so. Case in point - your mom, dad, wife, or husband is in the can doing hard time, and you want to send out Christmas photos. What to do? Capitalism to the rescue, of course. For a low, low price of ten dollars Friends Beyond the Wall will take your visiting room photo from the pokey, crop you and your loved ones into a canned background, and give you the image for your special holiday cards. Really. Now your relatives don't have to know that your mate is doing time for murder one - as far as they know, you are both skiing in Aspen and shooting schnapps with the locals in front of the fire. Posted at 03:37 AM Read More Thu - September 29, 2005New Strong Bad EmailIf you are a rabid Strong Bad fan and
must see
each and every email, take a peek at the latest entry. On a scale of
1 to 10, though, it rates a "whatever" and you might want to save yourself the
click. It's up to you.
Posted at 09:33 AM Read More Mon - September 26, 2005Anthrax For Fun And ProfitAt the risk of falling into a thematic rut here,
I feel obligated to point out that this has
bad idea
written all over it.
Posted at 03:34 PM Read More Keep swimmingUPDATE:
Includes link to reference of sea lion anti-personell
project.
This pisses me off on so many levels. Someone should be made to die a lingering and painful death for having the arrogance and gall to conscript animals into shit like this. Despite the objections voiced by the Navy on this, I have no trouble at all believing that they would do something as vile as fucked up as this. They tacitly admit to corrupting dolphins for mine hunting, ship protection, and item recovery - despite the blurb on their FAQ page saying that they never have and never will use trained dolphins - and it would not be a stretch to accept the existence of another "Marine Mammal Systems" project that just happens to be under everyone's radar. Interestingly enough, there was a previous "marine mammal" project that was specifically anti-personnel in design, and anecdotal evidence points to the sea lions in the original system being replaced with dolphins. So you can probably take anything the Navy says here with a couple of thousand grains of salt. Have I mentioned lately that I like animals and pretty much hate people? Posted at 09:40 AM Read More Thu - September 22, 2005Wed - September 21, 2005Yahoo Mail BetaThere is an "all-new" Yahoo Mail coming down the
pipe soon - the feature sets have been shown, and the press releases have been
flying. If you are the sort of person who gets off on being the ultimate early
adopter, then you might want to put your name in as a beta tester. There is no
official sign-up or invite for B-suckers yet, but if you surf on
over to this page, you can dump your name into the bucket for
consideration when the time comes. Enjoy.
Posted at 09:44 AM Read More Thu - September 8, 2005Foamy!"Every one
of your orifices is a potential gold mine!"
Oddly enough, the concept of buying used underwear is huge business in Japan. Years ago the Nartia airport I saw a vending machine that would dispense a used (and unwashed!) pair of panties, complete with a bio and photo of the supposed former teenage owner. Used teenage panties are hot commodities for traveling businessmen - apparently they are used in late-night hotel jerk-off sessions. I don't know if those machines are still available, however - technology changes everything in Japan, and this is no exception. Last month's book pick, "Personal, Portable, Pedestrian: Mobile Phones in Japanese Life", included anecdotes about teenage girls who use the text functions of their phones to set up "compensation dates" with businessmen. For a fee they will meet the travelling sariman for tea and flirting, and slip the guy a pair of their panties at the end of the date in exchange for a chunk of Yen. Truly, it is a different world. Posted at 06:15 AM Read More Tue - August 30, 2005Happy BirthdayOne of the first of the "little guy" browsers,
Opera, is 10 years old today. That is a serious lifespan for a product that
fights in a market dominated by a couple of 800-pound gorillas - especially for
a product that costs actual money when the gorillas are free. To celebrate, the
Opera gang are giving away free registrations for as long as the birthday party
lasts.
Posted at 11:44 AM Read More Mon - August 29, 2005Mmmmmm ... coffeeIf anything in these pages that you are reading
right now interests you, there is a
very
good chance that you like coffee. Nay, that you need coffee. There is
also a
very good chance (should you be in this particular group) that other people
people - those not in tune with the Geek Way - beak at you about your coffee
consumption.
You can now officially tell those people to go jump. Coffee is the new health food. Yeah. Posted at 06:04 AM Read More Fri - August 26, 2005Same old, same old ... sortaThere have been rumours of a new and particularly
virulent new virus once again being spread via Mircosoft. The rumours are true.
Posted at 07:26 AM Read More Thu - August 25, 2005Science? What's that?Something serious for a change - a
fabulous little op-ed piece from the BBC that discusses the death of
science in the United States and how the decline is driven by the Bush
administration's willingness to subvert and ignore scientific fact in order to
pander to the religious right. A must read.
Posted at 10:03 AM Read More Wed - August 24, 2005Sync this!I am guessing that Ashlee Simpson won't be touring Turkmenistan anytime soon ...
Posted at 01:55 PM Read More Wed - August 17, 2005StinkymeatThe year was 2001. It was a simpler time ... an
innocent age of black & white palms, wired networks. and Stinkymeat. We
followed the progress of the original
Stinkymeat
Project with rapt attention ... logging in day
after day to follow the progress of one of the great scientific initiatives of
our time.
Now, after a long hiatus, the original Stinkymeat documents are back, in an easy to follow form. Relive the thrill of discovery one more time ... Posted at 11:09 AM Read More Tue - August 16, 2005iBook frenzySchool officials in an economically disadvantaged
county in Virginia thought that they would do the local scruds a favour by
selling them used iBooks from the school system at the bargain price of $50.
There were 1000 of the none-too-gently-used laptops for sale, but more than
12000 of the county's fine and upstanding citizens showed up at the NASCAR
racetrack (insert your own hilljack joke here ... really, this is
too
easy) looking for their piece of the bargain iBook pie.
There was a line at one time, and people had been in it for hours (some choosing to piss their pants rather than lose their spots) but when the gates opened the line turned into a mob which turned into a chair-swinging hillbilly melee. As they say in the news biz, pictures at 11. My favourite quote: "I took my chair here and I threw it over my shoulder and I went, 'Bam' ... They were getting in front of me and I was there a lot earlier than them, so I thought that it was just," he said. Posted at 03:58 PM Read More Thu - August 11, 2005Foamy!Once again, a new
episode with Germaine and Foamy. Was it worth a two-week wait?
Probably not. Is it better than no Foamy at all? Damn straight.
Posted at 07:41 AM Read More Stuff on my catThere is a strange new niche in blogs ...
specifically, photo blogs of things submitted by users. The lastest find?
"Stuff On My
Cat". Really.
Posted at 06:01 AM Read More Mon - August 1, 2005Holiday Diversion #3Round out your time-wasting Monday with a blast from
the past - Monkey Lander! Always an office classic ...
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