If you’ve never seen Ask a Ninja or Doogtoons, you can get the best of both in this YouTube video. Ask a Ninja is one of the funniest bits on the ‘net; you should check it out.
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Woo hoo! Holland FTW!
Via Darren Barefoot (one of the better blogs on the Web, IMO), comes news of Goldman Sachs handicapping the World Cup. Holland is an 8.0% chance to win (fifth in the Goldman Sachs rankings). They do so need to win. Voetball! Go KNVB!
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40% of American adults play video games
Under what is quite possibly the stupidest headline ever written by Wired (“Who Shall We Kill Tonight”) is the story about the AP-AOL Games poll that showed 40% of adult Americans play video games. Now, aside from the obviously vested interest in inflating that number, why is this such a surprise? The article’s example is a 29-year-old graphic artist, someone who would spend a considerable amount of time on a computer and would be drawn to that platform for entertainment. And, at 29-years-old, squarely in my generation, this gamer is someone who, like me, probably grew up during the high-points of gaming to date: Commodore, Atari, SNES, Doom and the advent of online gaming. We’re a generation weaned on video games and the generation that brought those games and platforms into the homes of our families.
The really interesting point in this article, which I’m not certain was correlated in the poll, was the amount of TV that this group watches. I know I share the feelings of the illustrative quotee in the Wired story when she says: “I watch less and less TV. I turn it on and the shows are just idiotic[.]” Every $REALITY_SHOW_N that pops up is one more nail in the coffin of my advertiser-funded television viewing. Even the news is idiotic, with placed ads, no objectivity, and the integrity of a ruble.
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Remember this story in the next week
Barry Bonds is one homerun away from tying Babe Ruth for all career homers. It couldn’t have happened to a bigger asshole. Bonds is the epitome of everything wrong with baseball: inflated salary, no respect for team or teammates, alleged drug use, and a dick to fans.
Case in point, HR 713. It’s the perfect story for a ball player. Air Force serviceman buys $20 ticket ($20?!?!?) and catches HR 713. Air Force serviceman gets into news conference and asks Bonds if he would sign the historic ball. Bonds says nothing (to his credit, last year he would have said “no”). He does take a photo with the guy, but only if the serviceman will sign a (what? a what?).. That’s right, a waiver for Bonds’ reality TV show. Hmm, wonder what motivated Bonds to do the photo op?
He’s going to get the record (with no star by it either) and there’s nothing that can stop him. It’s too bad, baseball used to have some class.
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OMG, Teh Funneh!
I know it’s a complete cliche to link to The Onion, but damn is week’s issue funny.
NASA Announces Plan To Launch $700 Million Into Space
Can we get the writers from The Onion to hook up with Stephen Colbert and produce some sort of Ubersarcastic Media/Current Affairs Boffin with which to lay waste to all legacy media systems? Please?
Of course, there’s always the classics.
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Question to My Chelsea/Ann Arbor Readers
Anyone know of a salvage company in the area? I’m looking for old, solid, wooden doors and some angled steel with mounts (to be used as legs for a table). Email or post in the comments.
Thanks!
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Dear US Press Corps
The reason everyone in the blogosphere loves Stephen Colbert’s presentation at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner is because we’re laughing, with him, at you. A comedian just took you to task for not doing your job. Might be something in that you should look into.
See it on YouTubeSalon has a full-length but poorer quality video
up as well.And, of course, a torrent of a high-quality video.
Seriously, if you don’t understand why this speech is so important, I’ll bet you have a “W ’04” sticker on your vehicle.
UPDATE: YouTube has removed the video’s at the request of C-SPAN.
UPDATE the second: It’s now up on Google Video, this time with C-SPAN’s permission.
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Things you can never find when you need them
- Keys to the safe
- A spare keyboard
- 3D glasses
- Time
- Something quick for dinner
This list brought to you by this post.
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I Didn't Know UoM had an Exchange Program with UCLA
The anti-Coke fantasy continues, this time in California. Unfortunately, there’s actual news coverage over there so they don’t look like the righteous Crusaders they appear as in this clime.