Kristin Battles the Bots

Rudy Ray Moore, master of the obscene, rhyming insult/threat died yesterday in Akron, Ohio at age 81. Who? Dolemite, muthafucka.

Over at Blogtown, PDX…

With the impending financial collapse of the anti-Bush tchotchke market, bumperstickered Subaru owners and political punsters everywhere are going to be wondering: what’s next? Luckily, this guy right around the corner from the Mercury office has a lawn full of ideas. Check out his house on 19th and Irving:

That’s a John McCain flag made from a Depends and – who’s that in the wheelchair at the b…

From Gizmodo

Chris Matthews and the CNBC crew did their best to report last night’s vice presidential debate between Biden and Palin, but it appears that a rogue squadron of mavericks was able to sneak into the shot with a VP write-in of their own. I can’t speak for anyone else here, but if an internet meme gets elected to office, I’m so moving to Canada—for real this time. [Fark]

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At Core77…

Frank Kozik’s brightly colored toy smoking rabbit for Paul Budnitz’s Kidrobot typifies the intersection between graphic design and product design. Is it a product design, graphic design, or art? Perhaps it is simply a masterful exercises in anti-form, since its shape needs to be serve more as a canvas than a standalone product. Steven Heller and Lita Talarico’s The Design Entrepreneur: Turning…

Over at Portland Mercury: Blogtown, PDX

A horde of incognito Transformers disguised as gargoyles are lying in wait–ready to take over downtown Portland. Need evidence of my shrill Michael Bay-fueled conspiracy theory?

Exhibit A

As seen above Jake’s Grill.

]]> https://braintoast.com/asides/television-without-context/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:42:26 +0000 https://braintoast.com/?p=229 Paul Neave’s Neave TV has ruined my plans for being productive this afternoon. Random clips without context are surprisingly fascinating. So far…cavemen, helicopters, and robots.