The best nonsense on the Web and various other gimcracks and gewgaws.
8.06.2004
Yoga Kitty
I don't understand yoga, nor do I try it, but this website makes yoga awesome. It's called
YogaKitty and it's all about doing yoga with your feline companion, or more accurately, it's all about "Purr-fect Yoga." Check out the videos for the ultimate in awesomeness. For even more fun, watch the videos as dubbed in Japanese. It's not serious, so don't go expecting to do downward facing dog with Mr. Bigglesworth, but do go for some great videos. (via
Little Ray of Sunshine)
Taste the Secret
What could be better than a cheeseburger and a shake? What about a cheeseburger in your shake. Mmmmm, that's idea behind
Meat Shake. Started in 1961 under the name "meat-juice," it's a lovable liquid created from leftover bits of discarded beef from the slaughter house. Sounds delicious, doesn't it? No, it doesn't, but it's kind of funny. So go check out the website and enjoy all that Meat Shake has to offer, even if the product doesn't actually exist. One of my favorites is the Meaty Mobile:
Come and get a Meat Shake, have one today.
You can get a Meat Shake served up your way.
Why should you have a Meat Shake? Ask me, you may.
'Cause a Meat Shake would be good for you!
Yaaaay! (via
waxy)
8.05.2004
The new batmobile in action
Anyone who's excited about the new Batman movie knows what's up. Those of you who aren't excited, should get excited.
Batman Begins is set for release sometime next summer and it looks amazing. But you don't need to take my word for it. Take a glimpse at some footage of
the new batmobile in action. Looks like some kids snuck into the lot and shot a few minutes of the batmobile driving around. But it's well worth the peek. Check it out.
BugMeNot Browser plug in
Damn it feels good to be a gangster. A real gangster never registers for content. He fills in fake information at the New York Times and Washington Post. He boycotts sites that think they are too good for him. But now he has a new weapon in the fight against annoyances. It's called the
BugMeNot extension and it's compatible with Mozilla and current Firefox release. Basically, when you get to a site and it tells you to register, all you have to do is right click, and select "BugMeNot" and the extension hits
BugMeNot.com and fills in a valid user name and password for you. Easy as pie. If you don't have
Firefox, this is the perfect reason to get it, and it's 500 times more secure than Internet Explorer and generally kicks ass. But if you don't want to switch, you can still get log in info from BugMeNot, it just takes longer. Anyway, this is too good to keep under wraps. Damn the man! Save the Empire!
8.04.2004
Lemming
I might be the only one out there who will appreciate this, but that never stops me from posting anything, so here goes. Back in the early '90s, there was a game so simple and yet so prolific that I played it for hours at a time. It was called Lemmings, and it was glorious. Well, now there is a version you can play
at workon the Web:
DHTML Lemmings. It is just like the original, except a little clunkier, but still fun. If you ever enjoyed the originals, then I suggest you check it out now, my funk soul brothers and sisters.
CIA Asks Bush To Discontinue Blog
"In the interest of national security," reports the
Onion. "President Bush has been asked to stop posting entries on his three-month-old personal web log." I haven't read the
Onion since they started charging for their archives, but this one came through and it made me laugh. I hope it makes you laugh too:
CIA Asks Bush To Discontinue Blog. (via
waxy)
8.03.2004
This is extremely scary
Want that new computer, but just don't have the scratch? Try
Googling for credit card numbers. It's more than a little bit frightening, and less than pleasing, but there they are on google. Lots and lots of other people's credit card numbers. Make sure one of yours isn't on the list.
Radiohead: Creep
Hey, we all wish we were special, right? But we're all creeps. So, in that spirit you should check out this
cool video for Creep. It's apparently based on characters from
Low Morale, which I am not familiar with, but you don't need to be to enjoy the video. But if you're interested:
Low Morale is a series of animations portraying one mans struggle to cope with the soul-sapping, will-to-live-draining, life-force mugging, morale crushing experiences of work.
I'm sure you can relate.
Will Ferrell - A message from White House West
Okay, so
Anchorman wasn't funny. That's okay, we love Will Ferrell anyway, especially now that he's doing Bush impressions. Say what you will about our political system, but anytime that comedy is involved, I think we're all winners. So get the lead out and take a look at this new piece from ACT:
A message from White House West.
8.02.2004
Good News for Booze Hounds
Drinking may in fact make you smarter. At least that's what the UK's
Telegraph reported on Sunday:
Alcohol sharpens your brain. According to a study that was to be released today, "those who even drink only one glass of wine a week have significantly sharper thought processes than teetotallers." But what's even better is that "those who downed the equivalent of half a bottle of wine or two pints of beer a day scored best of all." Hey, I've been touting this news for years now. Weed out the weak brain cells so the strong ones can survive and propagate. But now science has finally proved my genius. I tracked down what I think is the actual study:
Whitehall II Study which states on page 16:
We found that consuming small amounts of alcohol had a protective effect on heart disease and cognitive function. . . . The benefits of alcohol are more strongly experienced by those who prefer to drink wine, but are also found for those who drink beer or spirits.
And that's all I have to say about that.
GenieCorp
This is one of the best viral marketing pieces I've seen for a book. I don't know anything about the book, but the campaign is so good I might buy it anyway, unless you want to buy it for me. Anyway, the site gives a cool view of bio-engineered pets/appliances in the 2032,
check it out. My favorite is the LhasaMopso, "Super absorbent fur can handle even largest spills! Make your floors sparkle! Will not get up on furniture!"
TEAM AMERICA
Is this movie going to be awesome? Is it going to be awful? I'm betting it will be more awesome than awful, but to tell you the truth, this is the first I've heard of it. So, without further ado, from the creators of South Park, in their first full length marionette adventure, I give you
TEAM AMERICA. And someone out there, give me the scoop. I'm the boss, need the info. I got
this info off of yahoo.
Peasant's Quest
I did it, I just beat
Peasant's Quest, the newest fun adventure game from the folks at Homestar Runner. It's an awesome game and as you can probably infer from the title, it's just like Space Quest or King's Quest, except about a peasant. And it's a Homestar Runner product, so there are lots of fun things to find and use, like when "launching Q-Baby." So, I suggest you take it for a spin. I had fun with it. I beat it. I'm a winner. I was still short 16 points, but let's see if you can do better. Enjoy!
Did U.S. News get cool?
It's a stodgy magazine that generally doesn't talk about many things I'm interested in. Of course, I really only care about video games and candy, so what do you expect. But just when you give up on the damn thing, it goes and surprises you. Who knew that they would be so cool as to write about
craigslist.org? Well the did, so take it for a read and check out this story:
How do I love craig?