I’ve been pretty pumped for the theatrical release of Miami Vice ever since i read about it 6 months ago. So, in preparation of the movie’s release this weekend, i had been watching episodes of the first season of the Miami Vice TV show. That, and listening to Jay-Z’s and Linkin Park’s Numb/Encore every [...]
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The title is quote from Rodney Dangerfield, and it completely appropriate for this clip of an insane game between the Senators and the Flyers.
Check it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQmMRipmWi0
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All of us have seen the little puzzles you have to fill out in order to leave a comment or register for some service (they are called captcha’s). They’re used to deter computer programs from leaving spam in comment sections and other nasty stuff. It actually stands for “completely automated public Turing test [...]
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I read this here from Bob Sutton:
A couple years ago I was talking the Institute’s (Palo Alto Institue of the Future) Bob Johansen about wisdom, and he explained that – to deal with an uncertain future and still move forward – he advises people to have “strong opinions, which are weakly held.”
Charteuse continues on [...]
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I’m a huge cell phone fan. I probably buy 2 new phones a year. But at the same time, i’m very picky. I need the interface to be easy to use but yet powerful. I like to text a lot and keep LOTS of addresses. I actually bought a Razr earlier [...]
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It was announced last week in Tivo’s latest FCC report that the long awaited Series3 is coming “soon” Mostly it’ll be an upgrade for users who want to use Tivo with the cable HD signal. I love my tivo and have been hesitant to upgrade to HD, a) because i’m waiting for flat screen prices [...]
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I’ve come across these two four funny videos about Star Wars.
In order of funniness, i’d go: 1) Robot Chicken, 2) Ask a Ninja, 3) Gnarls Barkley video, 4) Vadar Sessions. Checking em out:
Robot Chicken
This is a great scene of the Senator taking a call from Vadar after the Death Star is blown up. There [...]
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The was a post (here) about how watching the awesome TED speech by Majora Carter (which i posted about a month ago) reminded him of another project committed to green spaces in the inner city; Guerrilla Gardening, people who go and garden in neglected public spaces, without permission but with love, generosity, and humour.
The Guerrilla [...]
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I’ve travelled around quite a bit over the past few months and come across various policemen in different places. I have to say that some of their equipment is pretty funny. Check these two out:
New York’s Version of the Batmobile
In the US’s Gotham City, there’s now a sweet new vehicle roaming the streets. [...]
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It is largely thought that my Minnesota Timberwolves got one of the best players in this week’s draft, selecting Randy Foye in the seventh pick.
The Sports Guy column recounted the way that Minnesota came across that 7th pick.
It’s April 19, 2006, the final day of the season. The Celts have the sixth-worst record and plays [...]
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