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TED* (*Not affiliated with Wyld Stallyns)

2008-06-21T09:46:00.004-04:00

If this doesn't give you a bit of perspective and mayhaps even light a bit of a fire under your corpuscles...well then I suppose you're already engaged in a form of palliative care.Also available by following this link.rock.m$

A Tad Bit of Tidbits

2008-04-14T16:17:00.003-04:00

I've been playing with a wii recently - not mine, it belongs to the place I work for actually, I've just been testing things and whatnot. But I came across this video, which mentions some fun stuff worth checking out. His webpage is a treasure trove of awesomeness.The video stuff, and TED, also have brought to light this little nugget of global community. An interesting idea. I'm curious to

Cretaceous Creature Capers

2008-02-24T07:55:00.005-05:00

The hills are alive with the sound of ancient carnal preponderant ponderings. It would seem that there is a certain amount of dino-love in the Saharan air with the discoveries of two new meat chompers - Old Hidden Face and the Fierce-eyed Dawn Shark (see supposed saurian superficies). Couple that with the discovery of Beelzebufo, the devil frog that ate baby dinosaurs, and this has been a good

Coupons d'Etat

2008-02-05T13:48:00.002-05:00

So last summer, as you may recall, the FCC made a decision to switch television to an all digital broadcast format and sell off the current TV broadcast frequencies - read about it here. The end result is people who watch TV without a digital signal - i.e. no cable box/satellite - will have to purchase a digital converter.Awesome, now you've got to drop $60 for crystal clarity on your 13 inch

An Epoch-ormic Growth

2008-01-29T16:28:00.001-05:00

It would seem as though we've left our sticky little fingerprints on the proverbial jar of Boysenberry preserves.rock.m$

Carcassoidal Viscerotropes for Culture Vultures

2008-01-25T15:57:00.001-05:00

Quick and dirty - for all of you undecideds out there, here is a rascally little feller that can help give you a better sense as to where you fall in terms of Presidential candidates. Be mindful of the fact that all candidates are on this list, including those that have or will soon drop out. Or mayhaps you're in the market for a bizarre little blog, updated a bit more frequently than this

Here I am. Rock You Like a Hurricane.

2008-01-08T15:56:00.002-05:00

Am I lame, or just busy? Or just busy being lame? Any way you slice it I haven't put much up in a bit, though I've certainly thought to myself, "Ooh, I should write something about this," on more than one occasion, which in itself makes me a bit lame. Anyway, in all it's simple self explanatory glory: 5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kid Do (though there are actually more than 5 for all

Rehashing Regimental Regalia

2007-10-10T17:17:00.000-04:00

With the inception of the '07-'08 NHL season so recently upon us I've been neck-deeping myself in hockey as of late. With this new season is also ushered in a new epoch of sweaterdom. This has prompted some teams to make logo changes as well. Some are good - yay Washington...relegate teal to ridiculous football teams - some bad - boo San Jose...relegate orange to ridiculous football teams.In

Six Degrees of Expatriation

2007-09-29T14:08:00.000-04:00

So let's take a second and give nod to Matching Tie and Handkerchief by playing a little news-cycle word association football.Let's start with a random story from our neighbors to the north - Canadian sex toy parties are on the rise! (There's apparently a reason the CFL featured both the Rough Riders and the Roughriders!) From there we launch to another kind of party...the Cuddle Party!At a

Money Talks, Orphans Stutter

2007-09-22T21:41:00.001-04:00

So among other things, I've been reading a lot recently about advertising to children - in terms of both the ethical issues as well as the approaches taken. While staring into the dubious abyss that is Kidscreen Magazine I came across this wacky little cartoon from June of '07:Awesome.Also feel free to peruse one of the reasons that universities have Institutional Review Boards - Wendell

Der Uber Autobahn

2007-09-12T21:06:00.000-04:00

I recently decided to venture into the realm of Buckaroo Bonzai, a delightfully cultish cinematic experience from days gone by. One of the major plot points involves traveling through a mountain via the use of The Oscillation Overthruster. Essentially this is what two supra-adequately named germane German scientists, Günter Nimtz and Alfons Stahlhofen (from the University of Koblenz! Koblenz!

G-funk: Where Rhythm is Life and Life is Rhythm

2007-09-02T06:30:00.000-04:00

I was out and about in a local purveyor of media media, as in entertainment in more than one medium, where I began to wander through the CD section. I chanced upon Art Garfunkel's latest attempt at avoiding a 9 to 5. Now whether or not the album is even any good matters not to me, although I will say this; while Artie-baby may have the chops to carry a tune, I equate his solo vocalizings to a

Gamboling

2007-08-30T09:36:00.000-04:00

So I was on the internet machine reading about Fidel Castro's advice for the Democratic party when what do I happen to see as a story headline? Man loses top of his head in brain operation. I'm sorry, what? It turns out that the Maytag repair man hasn't been to the Rhineland since the Treaty of Westphalia (I realize the historical inaccuracy there, but you try coming up with something about

Underwhelmed by Overlappings

2007-08-22T21:09:00.000-04:00

So despite all the recent activity swirling around Kookie Ookie, I'm more focused on the virtual ven diagram of news surrounding China and the FDA. So China just got caught with their lead painted squarepants around their ankles. The FDA just approved a pretty strong antipsychotic for kids 'n teens. And just where do they meet? Counterfeit toothpaste.Can you say Nord-tastic?rock.m$

A Typical Saturday

2007-08-11T16:24:00.000-04:00

People often ask me why I am the way I am. I really have no definitive answer for them, but I thought perhaps if you took a look at how I've spent the "online" portion of my Saturday.Reading about traumatic brain injury(T.B.I.), including the following de-luscious excerpts:-First, defining T.B.I.Traumatic brain injury is an insult to the brain...-In reference to Coup-Contrecoup Injury,This

Open Access to Wail on Cherry Axes

2007-07-31T17:38:00.000-04:00

So the verdict is in and open-access is sort of the phrase that pays. Whomever wins the 22 MHz of the soon to be auctioned off broadcast spectrum will not only have to allow users to connect with any device or software, but will not be able to slow down the connection speed of competitors. A 10 MHz chunk will also be sold to a non-profit for emergency broadcast usage. In fact it basically

Bizarre Foot Dragging

2007-07-31T11:22:00.000-04:00

An update to my previous post There Are no Strings on me.What? A crazy delay? Didn't see that one coming. S'okay, Kev-o thinks better with a full tummy. Pity he isn't Team Kevin Martin.rock.m$

There Are no Strings on me!

2007-07-31T10:41:00.000-04:00

What could be a monumental decision in the realm of modern communications will, barring any sort of bizarre foot-dragging, be made by the end of today. To preface, the 700 MHz broadcast frequency (yes, the same frequency that our modern little TV sets use) will soon be going up for auction as broadcasters make the push into HD. Google has promised to make a $4.6 billion bid as long as the FCC

Peddle Powered Cheat Machines

2007-07-25T21:11:00.000-04:00

Here's a thought...why doesn't cycling just make doping mandatory to the point of psychotically morbid and turn each race into a literal survival match; an unnatural selection, if you will. At this point you've got a shorter list of those who aren't cheating. An excerpt from a fun little SI.com article that touches on the recent events.German rider Patrick Sinkewitz crashed into a spectator

Pistol Grip Pump on my Lap at All Times

2007-04-05T01:11:00.000-04:00

If you don't own at least a dozen Rocket Fishing Rods by the end of the month then Al Qaeda wins.rock.m$

Preposterous Patriarchal Powder Pull

2007-04-04T23:57:00.000-04:00

If you haven't heard by now Keith Richards is the most fantastic person ever, literally. In a recent interview with NME Richards describes his experiences with strychnine laced dope and and snorting his father's cremated ashes.I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn't have cared, he didn't give a shit.It went down pretty

The B-lo Down

2007-03-29T00:57:00.000-04:00

Well the results are in, Buffalo is the cryinest sports town ever. The Sabres bring tears of joy while the Bills, tears of pain. The Buffalo Silverbacks, however, confuse everyone to tears with their baffling multi-zoological referencing name/logo.The Silverback, native to only the Western New York Region, is the most ferocious of the “tiger” family.-Silverbacks websiteWhat the hell?

A Cross Promulgation Re: Cross-Marketing

2007-03-08T01:29:00.000-05:00

At first I wasn't going to write anything, just make a snarky comment or two while watching tv (as I am oft prone to do) however with the ceaseless and inescapable barrage of a particular advertisement I feel as though it is my civic duty to take some sort of action...for the sake of the children.No doubt that you have by now seen Burger King's new commercial "The Rut Cracker Suite" where The

Icing on an Already Tasty Cake

2007-03-01T01:02:00.000-05:00

There are times in life when things get good and then on closer inspection they end up out of this world good. For example, the CBA is expanding into Atlanta and the new team was slated to be called the Atlanta Krunk. That's pretty effin' crackerjack if you ask me. But wait, it turns out the team decided to pay homage to a fallen athletics program by renaming the team the Atlanta Krunk