November 2005
11 posts
"Sue me, 'Ali G' tells Kazakhstan"
If you haven’t seen the Ali G movie and/or show, you should. :)
“ALMATY, Kazakhstan (Reuters) — A British comedian who uses a boorish, sexist and racist Kazakh alter ego called Borat to poke fun at interviewees has responded to a legal threat from the Kazakh authorities by satirically welcoming the move.”
Car Tip: Find out what's wrong...
The dealership will charge you like $60 to find out what’s wrong if it’s not under warranty. Next time you’ve got a CEL (Check Engine Light), just go over to Autozone or any other major car place and have them scan it for free! You don’t even have to buy the part from them if you don’t want to.
I was just there. :)
Radiohead, remixed: Me and This Army from Panzah...
Every Radiohead song you wish had a different beat, now does. http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/23/radiohead-remixed-me.html
Animated Walk-Signals
“A civil engineer in Taiwan has created the first-ever moving green man, who actually moves and energetically ‘walks’ in place while the signal is green, and this traffic light image has become a popular icon in Taiwan and overseas.”
Pretty cool. http://www.flickr.com/photos/arthur_chapman/3337256870/
Follow-up on Rocky Mountain Radar Products...
(See original post.) One of their passive radar scramblers… I was shocked to find out that it actually works! However, the signal is so weak that it only scrambles if it’s within around 2 feet of the radar gun/system. I’m sure their other products work just as poorly, but I cannot say since they haven’t been tested.
In light of this, someone needs to amplify that and make...
It's too soon for XBox 360...
Here’s what’s going to happen:
The XBox 360 will be released here in November 2005.
Mid/Late-2006 we will see the Playstation 3 and Nintendo Revolution. They will both be hot sellers for the holiday season.
Microsoft will realize that their product is old news, and release a Black (light-metallic) version of it like the original XBox, possibly of aluminum. People will buy that...
mobile17 turns 500,000.
Today, the site had its 500,000th request. To 1 million we go.
Jamiroquai is back!
If you’re not familiar, they had that kind of annoying song back in the late 90s “Virtual Insanity”. Well, here’s their new album called “Dynamite”, with the single “Seven Days In Sunny June.”
Today I decided to play the lottery.
Let’s see, 10 tickets, times $2, = $20. That’s it?
Ticket #1: D’oh, this is so rigged. Ticket #2: Woo-hoo, I just won $10. Maybe I’m not such an idiot! Ticket #3: D’oh. Ticket #4: D’oh. Ticket #5: D’oh. Ticket #6: D’oh. Ticket #7: D’oh. Ticket #8: D’oh. Ticket #9: Woo-hoo, $5. Ticket #10: Woo-hoo, $5.
OH THE IRONY! Well, I guess I can...
GoldenEye Source
What’s hot: These guys are creating a Half-Life 2 version of GoldenEye… a very popular game (especially in terms of multiplayer mode… I miss it to this day) for the Nintendo 64.
What’s not: They’ll probably get sued pretty soon for using the GoldenEye name. D’oh!
http://www.goldeneyesource.net/
Either way, I’m really excited for these guys and hope they...
Don't Buy "Rocky Mountain Radar" Detectors.
When I researched detectors for my car, I took a very passive approach. I Googled for “best radar detector” and the like, and came up with a few products by Rocky Mountain Radar, or “RMR”. These products reportedly detected, but also scrambled radar and laser guns used by traffic cops. Okay, so I bought one from Buy.com back in May.
The detector portion of this device has...