Sunday Contingency

Roger Ebert starts subscription service

2010-03-10T12:01:00.000-05:00

If you didn’t see it last week, Roger Ebert has started a subscription service, The Ebert Club, to try to make a little money off of this here internet. For $5 a year it seems reasonable, though if you are considering going to Ebertfest it is a must. Ebert Club members will get advance notice of ticket sales and Ebert will host a member only meet-and-greet at the festival.

Wired Reread

2010-03-09T23:11:00.001-05:00

Recommended reading: Wired Reread, a look back at the Wired Magazine of the mid-to-late 1990s. It affords a view of where the tech world was then — often humorous in hindsight — and possibly insightful comparisons to the present.

A Thousand Words

2010-02-25T09:27:00.001-05:00

I think this photo is a good representation of at least 50% of the internet.

[via 9gag.com]

Even Juggalos Need To Be Kept Informed

2010-02-22T20:04:00.005-05:00

Not any worse than a good sized proportion of what's on cable right now. Headphones required if you are at work.

Youtube:Juggalo News

[via videogum]

Evan Bayh

2010-02-15T19:35:00.001-05:00

Bow Chicka Bow-ow

2010-02-10T22:12:00.003-05:00

Worst porn soundtrack ever. NSFW!

Te/en s/ex or/gy - XVIDEOS.COM

[via horkblog]

Late Night

2010-02-05T02:25:00.004-05:00

Bored enough to type.

Just finished watching the latest Sherlock Holmes movie. Entertaining! I'm a sucker for Robert Downey Jr., but regardless of his performance it was a fun watch.

I was thinking about doing another screen shot/"what I run on my desktop" post. But I have everything on auto-hide now, so it would end up just being a wallpaper post.

I'm out of beer and craving chicken fingers.

A few blocks from where we lived in Terre Haute, there was a diner that would stay open 24 hours on the weekends and deliver food in the area. I wonder if it's still open?

I don't know how to conclude this post!

Top 5

2010-02-03T13:47:00.004-05:00

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-31)

via Last.fm Tumblr on 2/3/10

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

How To Report The News

2010-01-29T06:52:00.001-05:00

Charlie Booker explains:

YouTube - Charlie Brooker - How To Report The News''

[via Triumph of Bullshit]

EXTREME!!!!

2010-01-28T23:31:00.004-05:00

Seeing the WTF Extreme Athlete Michael Vick ~~doll~~ action figure at the bar tonight reminded me of this. [Gah, took me three tries and a change of image services to get this right. Sorry if this shows up multiple times in your feeds.] Oh yeah- read right to left.

No one is dolphin safe.

Gaining Vertical Space

2010-01-28T09:04:00.003-05:00

For some time I’ve been using the Greasemonkey script Google Reader Absolutely Customizable to gain some additional space at the top of my browser screen on my notebook. Here’s how Google Reader has looked in my browser up until today.

Now with the addition of the Hide GUI Bars extension(hat tip Lifehacker), I’ve gained the additional space from my customized menu bar and the status bar. I’ve used tool bar hiding scripts and extensions before, but found them wanting. I like Hide GUI Bars hide/unhide hotkey, the status bar replacement when hovering over links, and it's tab bar behavior when new links open in the background. I also like how it turns off momentarily when you open a new tab with ctrl-t, so I don't lose any of the functionality of my highly customized menu bar.

So here’s how Firefox looks now when browsing Google Reader:

Much better. Highly recommended, especially for those of you with netbooks.

One More Thing

2010-01-27T21:25:00.001-05:00

I can’t wait for HTML 5 to solve this problem.

Image liberally taken from Engadget, obviously.

iPad

2010-01-27T19:20:00.001-05:00

I didn’t really pay attention to the iPad announcement today. Seems nice enough. Nothing I’d consider getting anytime soon, but I’m sure it will do well enough for Apple. Here’s a funny picture for the detractors out there.

From what I’ve seen it’s a big ass iTouch, yes? Which is a device I’ve thought would be nice to have, don’t get me wrong. But I thought the new tablet would be much more like a, dare I say, “real” computer, instead of a computing device. Though I’m not surprised they went for the iPhone OS.

I was surprised at the price points- cheaper than I expected on the low end, but about what I expected for the “full” version on the high end. I like the idea of the no contract 3G service too. It’ll be interesting to see the sales numbers broken down by device after a year or so.

Top 5

2010-01-26T09:44:00.006-05:00

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24)

via Last.fm Tumblr on 1/26/10

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

One Shot

2010-01-14T14:30:00.004-05:00

Shot by Emmanuelle Chriqui starring Baron Davis. I think this stems from some project by Reebok, but whatever.

Baron Davis-One Shot

Beijing 2: In Case of Nuclear Boogaloo

2010-01-08T18:30:00.000-05:00

Turns out that Mao constructed a second Beijing underneath the first as a shelter for the entire city in the event of a nuclear war. Explore some of the remnants of the underground city at Vice.

Mods

2010-01-08T14:20:00.000-05:00

Here’s another post from the drafts archive. A couple funny game mods. The first is for Left 4 Dead, changing the models for the the infected(zombies) into Teletubbies.

And this one is a new game for Team Fortress 2. One team spawns as prop pieces of the environment, and has a bit of time to hide. The other team consists of exclusively Pyro characters. They then have a couple minutes to find/kill all the props.

One Time / Blue

2010-01-07T20:46:00.001-05:00

This one time... from Nelson Boles.

Trichrome Blue from Lois van Baarle.

Picture Blogging

2010-01-07T19:32:00.001-05:00

A few photo blogs I discovered over the past year:

Iconic Photos is a blog of, well, iconic photographs with a few paragraphs of explanation

The Impossible Cool, coolness in black and white.

Take the Impossible Cool, subtract the ladies and add clothes, and you get Nerd Boyfriend.

SCA: Ur Doin It Rong

2009-12-21T20:47:00.000-05:00

[Pic via English Russia]

Found this in my drafts folder. The original post date was in June. Not sure why I didn't post it then.

Royksopp

2009-12-20T15:35:00.000-05:00

Just a heads up that Royksopp has all their videos available on Vimeo.

Get Your Modern Retro Gaming On

2009-12-20T11:29:00.000-05:00

3D Dot Game Heroes. I seriously doubt I’ll have a PS3 by the time this comes out, but this game is going on my “get around to playing it someday” list. It’s like the original Zelda, in 3D, but keeping the original pixel size. Here’s the U.S. launch trailer:

The original trailer highlights the game’s graphics much better. Skip the first 30 seconds of introduction to get to the good stuff.

Scheduled for release in May 2010 for the PS3.

Browser Tricks

2009-12-19T17:08:00.000-05:00

A few old and new links.

Scroll Clock

Waves(requires Chrome/Safari)

Browser Pong(requires HTML 5)

Panic Face King

2009-12-19T12:54:00.000-05:00

I was telling the guys at the bar about this on Thursday. Part of a Japanese TV show, a man is led to believe he is in the midst of a sniper attack. Funny?

Terrifying Sniper Prank on Japanese TV

A Useful Thing

2009-12-19T08:52:00.000-05:00

I think this is neat: the Tool Band-It. Maybe too late for for the holidays, but still. It’s a “As Seen On TV” product, so you might find this in your local CVS or wherever.