Onion's Atlas
From kottke.org:
Our Dumb World is an atlas of the World presented by The Onion. It manages to inform (poorly) and entertain at the same time. About the US, "The Land Of Opportunism":
The United States was founded in 1776 on the principles of life, liberty, and the reckless pursuit of happiness at any cost -- even life and liberty.
Our Dumb World is an atlas of the World presented by The Onion. It manages to inform (poorly) and entertain at the same time. About the US, "The Land Of Opportunism":
The United States was founded in 1776 on the principles of life, liberty, and the reckless pursuit of happiness at any cost -- even life and liberty.
Ascii Star Wars
Open 'Terminal' from your utilities folder in OS X (or any comparable command line utility) and paste in this code:
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
Toshiba to show 512GB solid-state drive at CES
"Toshiba said Wednesday that it will showcase a 512GB solid-state drive at the Consumer Electronics Show next month and begin shipments in the second quarter of 2009.
The drives achieve a maximum sequential read speed of 240MB per second (MBps) and maximum sequential write speed of 200MBps. This is roughly the same read-write speeds offered by Samsung on its 256GB SSD." Source
wahooo..... these will be great in future laptops!!
The drives achieve a maximum sequential read speed of 240MB per second (MBps) and maximum sequential write speed of 200MBps. This is roughly the same read-write speeds offered by Samsung on its 256GB SSD." Source
wahooo..... these will be great in future laptops!!
Bogus Qantas engineer sent to jail
"A PATHOLOGICAL liar who faked his way into an aircraft engineer's job with Qantas has been sentenced to a maximum three years and five months in prison. Timothy Leslie McCormack posed as a licensed aircraft engineer for almost 10 months before his deception was discovered in July 2007." Source
Surely Qantas is at fault of not properly hiring staff.
Sucked into the idiot all the same.
Surely Qantas is at fault of not properly hiring staff.
Sucked into the idiot all the same.
GFC: Nothing compared with EFC
The Global Financial Crisis will be nothing compared with the Environmental Financial Crisis.... alas, our Australian Government isn't doing enough:
Big emission cuts ruled out
Genericism
One of my favourite blogs (BoingBoing.net) posted this pic of a Louis Vuitton shop window display in Dublin featuring the CCTV motif. Then in the comments on the blog post people around the world said they had seen the same display in their respective city. I've also seen it in Sydney. Does it make the display less compelling? Does it make the product and marketing message more generic and less clever? And why are those handbags $800? Hmm, meditate on this, I will.
Claire Danes; Gucci
Go Claire!! She rocks in Romeo and Juliette and Stardust ... and others of course.
Which...is what makes time travel possible
How to make a huttlet puppet
This one's for you, Paulie.
Jabba the Hutt's baby son Rotta is often called "Stinky" by Ahsoka Tano. But he might be called Squeaky once you finish with this fun Clone Wars craft. Using sturdy fabric, old socks, embroidery thread and a squeaker toy, you can make a fun toy for your dog or cat!
It's easy to make, plus it's fun! Just follow the instructions below!
No Reeves for Speed 3
Na-Na-Nu says:
"I don't know if they are going to make another one, and if they are it won't be with me…honestly!"
Maybe Sam Worthington will do it. He's in everything else.
Venice is f**ked long term
Might be marketed as the "romantic city", however, I just think they have a small water problem.
Source
Source
Gerry is talking shit
RETAILER Gerry Harvey is warning some of the stores in his Harvey Norman empire will close during the next six months because of the economic slowdown.
Nice one Gerry. Using the economy as the reason to cut less profitable stores that you have been wanting to shut down for the past 2 years. You are still making heaps of cash.
"We're looking at closing not a lot of stores, but some stores between January and June (2009),'' Mr Harvey told ABC Radio.
But he also admitted the retailer was looking to open new stores as well.
SourceNice one Gerry. Using the economy as the reason to cut less profitable stores that you have been wanting to shut down for the past 2 years. You are still making heaps of cash.
Another one bites the dust.......
This is starting to not be funny at all!!!
Is this the economy or were newspapers headed this way anyway??
Is this the economy or were newspapers headed this way anyway??
US media giant Tribune files for bankruptcy
SourceMP tries to sell photo of protestor burning himself alive
Did you read about the silly MP who tried to sell the photo of the protestor who was going to burn himself alive?
I like this reader comment about the MP the best:
Looks like he got burnt....
Speed 3?????
From AICN:
Seems There's A New SPEED Project Zooming Around Out There...And It May Not Be A Remake!?!?
Merrick here...
In some elusive past I can't seem to access with search engines, we heard rumblings that Fox wanted to drag the SPEED franchise out of retirement;. Do two films constitute a "franchise"?.
It was generally assumed this would be accomplished via re-imaginings, remakes, and so forth - 'cause that's pretty much the way stuff like this shakes out these days.
However, an AICN reader sent us a brief message (adequately contextualizing how he came across the following information), offering a tantalizing clue as to how Fox wants to get up to SPEED again. And...it may NOT be a remake?
I should probably give said informant a code name, but I'm too frickin' tired to think of one at the moment. Sorry about that...nothing personal.
Here's what his message said:
There's a scriptment floating around that reintroduces Jack Traven. So the studios are hoping to get Keanu back on board.
For those who've forgotten (or never cared enough to remember), the "Jack Traven" character originated by Keanu in the first film did not appear in SPEED 2; Reeves was replaced by the relentlessly bland Jason Patric (starring in a new role).
While it's impossible to quantify the boneheaded lameness advanced by SPEED 2, I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the first film. Do I want to see another SPEED? Not really. But I hope they use the original movie as a stylistic/tonal template if this moves forward.
I'm seeing a pattern here: Keanu as Klatu in Fox's DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL remake. Keanu (theoretically) returning as Jack Traven for SPEED. And now Fox is talking about a new APES film? Keanu as CAESAR? You know it...
This is just a thought/suspicion...nothing more. That I know of, at least.
Seems There's A New SPEED Project Zooming Around Out There...And It May Not Be A Remake!?!?
Merrick here...
In some elusive past I can't seem to access with search engines, we heard rumblings that Fox wanted to drag the SPEED franchise out of retirement;. Do two films constitute a "franchise"?.
It was generally assumed this would be accomplished via re-imaginings, remakes, and so forth - 'cause that's pretty much the way stuff like this shakes out these days.
However, an AICN reader sent us a brief message (adequately contextualizing how he came across the following information), offering a tantalizing clue as to how Fox wants to get up to SPEED again. And...it may NOT be a remake?
I should probably give said informant a code name, but I'm too frickin' tired to think of one at the moment. Sorry about that...nothing personal.
Here's what his message said:
There's a scriptment floating around that reintroduces Jack Traven. So the studios are hoping to get Keanu back on board.
For those who've forgotten (or never cared enough to remember), the "Jack Traven" character originated by Keanu in the first film did not appear in SPEED 2; Reeves was replaced by the relentlessly bland Jason Patric (starring in a new role).
While it's impossible to quantify the boneheaded lameness advanced by SPEED 2, I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the first film. Do I want to see another SPEED? Not really. But I hope they use the original movie as a stylistic/tonal template if this moves forward.
I'm seeing a pattern here: Keanu as Klatu in Fox's DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL remake. Keanu (theoretically) returning as Jack Traven for SPEED. And now Fox is talking about a new APES film? Keanu as CAESAR? You know it...
This is just a thought/suspicion...nothing more. That I know of, at least.
Space ace
Do you guys ever look at the space shuttle and go, 'How the hell does that thing fly?'.
Oh, you don't? Oh.
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