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
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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.
I can help explain it to her, privately, if she wants.
Natalie Portman refused to play an emotionally conflicted nun in new movie Doubt because she didn't "understand celibacy".
Rock on
This is an article from the Herald about the car in Wgong that got hit by a rock.
Check out the car ad at bottom right which says "you'll fill it with more than just stuff". Yeah, like rocks.
Insane
The Burj Dubai on November 7, 2008 - the tallest manmade structure in the world, despite being still incomplete. The skyscraper stands at 707 meters (2,320 ft), with 160 floors and growing, and is scheduled to be complete by September of next year.
Film companies sue iiNet 'for allowing piracy'
"The Australian film and television industry has launched a major legal action against one of Australia's largest internet service providers for allegedly allowing its users to download pirated movies and TV shows.
haha - next they will be suing Telstra for allowing people to discuss crime on the phone?! Or Xerox for allowing people to photocopy a copyrighted book. What a bunch of dickheads.
The action against iiNet was filed in the Federal Court today by Village Roadshow, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, Disney and the Seven Network.
Mark White, iiNet's chief operating officer, said the company did not support piracy in any form but it could not disconnect customers just because the movie industry claimed they engaged in illegal downloading." Sourcehaha - next they will be suing Telstra for allowing people to discuss crime on the phone?! Or Xerox for allowing people to photocopy a copyrighted book. What a bunch of dickheads.
THE assorted thoughts of Gerry Harvey...
THE assorted thoughts of Gerry Harvey, as told to the fund manager Matthew Kidman in his new book Master CEOs.
On Archer Capital buying his Rebel Sports "The people who bought it paid a very high price for it. I think there is always a fair chance that it will come back on the market one day and I will be able to buy it back again."
On Coles "Now Wesfarmers has it and you would have to say it's not a long-term prospect in its current form as a conglomerate and it will have to be broken up. The expertise to run it is just not there."
On giving to charity v creating jobs "You could go out and give $1 million to a charity tomorrow to help the homeless. You could argue that it is just wasted. They are not putting anything back into the community. It might be a callous way of putting it, but what are they doing? You are helping a whole heap of no-hopers to survive for no good reason. They are just a drag on the whole community. So did that million you gave them help? It helped to keep them alive but did it help our society? No. Society might have been better off without them but we are supposed to look after the disadvantaged and so we do it. But it doesn't help the society. That is not to say we don't give money away to charities."
Harvey, with an estimated fortune of $1.6 billion, on going broke "I still have a fear about going broke. I always think about it. If someone retires and they have $2 million, I think: how could they retire? They would be in a nursing home with everyone treating them like shit. You see it all the time. I go to nursing homes and I see the people being treated like shit, and a lot of the time I think they deserve it because they must have known this would happen. They end up going on the old age pension. That scares the shit out of me."
On what happens if he goes under a bus "I could leave right now and go away for three months and realistically it would make no difference. If I disappear Kate [Page, his wife] takes over.
On owning a Chevy Impala as a 19-year-old "It showed to a degree that I was a bit of a show-off."
On former business partner Keith Lord "He was fanatical. [He was] a f---ing nut."
Source
On Archer Capital buying his Rebel Sports "The people who bought it paid a very high price for it. I think there is always a fair chance that it will come back on the market one day and I will be able to buy it back again."
On Coles "Now Wesfarmers has it and you would have to say it's not a long-term prospect in its current form as a conglomerate and it will have to be broken up. The expertise to run it is just not there."
On giving to charity v creating jobs "You could go out and give $1 million to a charity tomorrow to help the homeless. You could argue that it is just wasted. They are not putting anything back into the community. It might be a callous way of putting it, but what are they doing? You are helping a whole heap of no-hopers to survive for no good reason. They are just a drag on the whole community. So did that million you gave them help? It helped to keep them alive but did it help our society? No. Society might have been better off without them but we are supposed to look after the disadvantaged and so we do it. But it doesn't help the society. That is not to say we don't give money away to charities."
Harvey, with an estimated fortune of $1.6 billion, on going broke "I still have a fear about going broke. I always think about it. If someone retires and they have $2 million, I think: how could they retire? They would be in a nursing home with everyone treating them like shit. You see it all the time. I go to nursing homes and I see the people being treated like shit, and a lot of the time I think they deserve it because they must have known this would happen. They end up going on the old age pension. That scares the shit out of me."
On what happens if he goes under a bus "I could leave right now and go away for three months and realistically it would make no difference. If I disappear Kate [Page, his wife] takes over.
On owning a Chevy Impala as a 19-year-old "It showed to a degree that I was a bit of a show-off."
On former business partner Keith Lord "He was fanatical. [He was] a f---ing nut."
Source
luxo jnr
Now that Luxo Jr. is 22 years old, he's interested in more than just chasing beach balls around.
The real winners
Obama spent $239 million just on TV ads. McCain spent $132 million.
Wish I owned a TV network.
How much was spent on everything else?
How Bout Ghostt Mutt - now featuring the political opinions of ITF.
Historic Day.... Go Obama!
With a bit of luck, America and the world might see some real change with Obama.
"Those scrawny little arms"
Yes, Arnie really did say this:
"Every year in March I come here to organize the Arnold Classic, which is all about building the body and pumping," Schwarzenegger said.
"That's why I want to invite Senator Obama because he needs to do something about those skinny legs. I'm going to make him do some squats.
"And then we're going to make him do some biceps curls to beef up those scrawny little arms. But if he could only do something about putting some meat on his ideas.
"Senator McCain on the other hand is built like a rock. His character and his views are solid."
Arnold Schwarzenegger criticises Obama over his skinny legs
(Can someone find a video of this?)
"Every year in March I come here to organize the Arnold Classic, which is all about building the body and pumping," Schwarzenegger said.
"That's why I want to invite Senator Obama because he needs to do something about those skinny legs. I'm going to make him do some squats.
"And then we're going to make him do some biceps curls to beef up those scrawny little arms. But if he could only do something about putting some meat on his ideas.
"Senator McCain on the other hand is built like a rock. His character and his views are solid."
Arnold Schwarzenegger criticises Obama over his skinny legs
(Can someone find a video of this?)
ILM Halloween Party invite
Spiteri settles for six-figure sum
Dumped Nine Network reporter Christine Spiteri is glad the case against her former employer is over and so is the Federal Court justice who approved the six-figure settlement.
Dumb Australia Internet filtering policy
I thought this was a joke, but it's real, and it's coming to an Australia near you:
"No opt-out of filtered Internet
Australians will be unable to opt-out of the government's pending Internet content filtering scheme, and will instead be placed on a watered-down blacklist, experts say."
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