Some time between noon and the end of the working day, this blog registered its 100, 000th hit. In the grand scheme of things, this is probably a piss in the ocean. Fittingly so, I feel absolutely nothing at all.
Wonder cure for that pain in the neck
May 30, 2009
Vertical traction kit with door strap assembly and head halter
Any wonder why this thing is discontinued?
J.J. Abrams on the Magic of Mystery
April 25, 2009Love this sentiment from JJ Abrams’ feature article in the latest issue of WIred.
Think back, for example, to how we used to buy music. You would have to leave your apartment or house and actually move your ass to another location. You’d get to the store, where music would be playing on the stereo. Music you may not have heard before. Perhaps you’d ask the clerk what it was and she’d send you to a bin—those wooden containers holding actual albums or CDs—and you’d look through it, seeing other album covers that might catch your eye. You’d have a chance to discover something.
But wait, you say, iTunes gives you the chance to browse! To that I nod, concede the point, and say, “Bullshit.” Those little icons you scroll past mean almost nothing to most of us. Why? Because we didn’t get on the train, brave the weather, bump into strangers, and hear music we didn’t choose. In other words, we didn’t earn the right to casually scan those wooden bins. Lately I go to Amoeba Music in Hollywood just to watch people flip through albums. It’s a lost art.
The Missing Link – Hairless Chimpanzee
April 16, 2009
Ok, this is just plain creepy! A hairless primate reminding us how close we are to our simian friends on the evolutionary ladder.
The guy who invented CPR
April 12, 2009Wise words from Peter Safar, the guy who gave us the “Kiss Of Life”.
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND…………. ZOMBIES
April 11, 2009
Finally! Someone has had the balls to not only rethink but publish a re-imagining of the English classic “Pride & Prejudice”. Respect is due to one Seth Grahame-Smith who dared to toy with the whole English Lit fraternity. In his version, Elizabeth Bennet and her merry sisters are a gang of bona fide undead-slayers who are not averse to kicking ass. A sample of what is in the book :
“Mr. Darcy watched Elizabeth and her sisters work their way outward, beheading zombie after zombie as they went.”
What is there not to love?
Zany chess set designs
April 9, 2009
Never have been a big fan of chess, too brainy and stiff for my short attention span. Having gotten that out of the way, the design and innovation of the chess sets pictured in the link below is just out of sight. I especially like the Simpson set.
