Stray Thought of the Day - The American Dream

When Joe the Plumber becomes Joe the Politician.

On Obama's 30 minute video

OK. Last burst of fire. US and the world will see who the new president will be next week.

1984 Guide To Computing

(via Neatorama)

Computability with Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows, with all the eighties icons like Reagan, Wargames, and Boy George.

That's around the time I started with Computers. Nostalgic.

Japanese Diving Lemmings

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Video is most definitely doctored (with a title 'Fake It!') with that many professional divers. Nevertheless, it's still a captivating piece of work.

Technorati tags: music, video, japanese, choreography, diving

Scraps And Morsels 20081029

• Cynical-C Blog - » You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away

  Nice song from the Beatles.

• Top 10 Gibberish Car Names - Autoblog

  Touareg is not gibberish. It's actual the name of a tribe that lives in the Saharan desert.

• I.Z. Reloaded: Online Refreshments: Vaginal Cleansing: A HowTo

• Who's behind the "Wassup 2008" Obama ad? Not Budweiser.

  Duh!

• Link Between Physical and Emotional Warmth: Hot Cup of Coffee Makes Perfect Stranger More Attractive

  Huh?

On How To Take A Bath

Beer in bath water? I'd rather drink it!

Technorati tags: how-to, bath, video

Organic Car Air Freshener?

Found this today. And the smells are suppose to last over 45 days...

Technorati tags: funny, image, car, freshener

Scraps And Morsels 20081028

• From Microsoft to Google Chrome (image)

  Funny take on the origin of Google Chrome's icon.

• MySpeed Adjusts Online Video Playback Speed

  Watch all flash videos (YouTube included) at speeds from 0.3 to 3.0 with this add-on.

• Speed Camera Pranks: The Muppet's Animal Caught Speeding, Driving Police Crazy

  British car on German Road with the Muppet Animal looking straight at the camera. Guess the Germans does not appreciate this British humour.

• Street View for Spain

  Can't wait for Singapore's Street View. Should be coming soon after those the camera vehicles from Google has taken their shots.

How Are You Dude-ing Today?

Appears on Sunday's Funnies. Link

Technorati tags: funny, comics

Scraps And Morsels 20081027

• Cynical-C Blog - » The Vet Who Did Not Vet

  Getting hooked on the US Election.

• Biden Tells Fifth Grade Reporter What VP Actually Does (VIDEO)

  At least Biden knows what a VP actually does.

• The 5 Reasons Luke Skywalker Is a Complete Idiot

  I've always thought that he's a wimp. Now I know.

Homer Every Day

Homer Every Day from Noah K. on Vimeo

AC/DC Rock N Roll Train - ASCII music video in Excel

Download the Excel here.

Since I do not have Micro$oft Office installed, I tried to open the Excel file with OpenOffice 3.0.

It didn't work on OpenOffice 3.0 even though Excel Macro is supported. Darn.

Neither did it work on my backup Excel Viewer. Bummer.

Technorati tags: AC/DC, music, video, excel

Scraps And Morsels 20081026

• Working hard?

  Or hardly working?

• Skiving Aussie fingered on Facebook

  If you call in sick, don't update your facebook.

• Sarah Palin Film Re-enacted: Ricky Gervais & Thandie Newton

  Surprisingly a good script for pron.

• Happy Birthday, United Nations: 10 Fun Facts About the UN

• How to turn a computer monitor into a mirror.

  Unbelievable.

• House Optimized for Cats and Dogs

• Really Abstract Stickman Cartoons

  Stickman humor.

Wassup 2008 - Eight years later

This updated version cracked me up, although it carried serious message.

Here's the original.

Technorati tags: wassup, 2008, parody, beer, commercial

On Leftovers From Steam Boat

Thought of the Day:

In Japan, the nutritional (after the vegetables and meat are dipped) soup base is added to rice to be consumed so nothing is left to waste.

Over here, I supposed they will be dumped.

Your Astrological Sign May Not Be What You Think It Is

(via J-Walk)

Here's the updated zodiac that compensated for earth's wobble since 600 BCE.

Capricorn - Jan 20 to Feb 16
Aquarius - Feb 16 to Mar 11
Pisces - Mar 11 to Apr 18
Aries - Apr 18 to May 13
Taurus - May 13 to Jun 21
Gemini - Jun 21 to Jul 20
Cancer - Jul 20 to Aug 10
Leo - Aug 10 to Sep 16
Virgo - Sep 16 to Oct 30
Libra - Oct 30 to Nov 23
Scorpius - Nov 23 to Nov 29
Ophiuchus - Nov 29 to Dec 17
Sagittarius - Dec 17 to Jan 20

I'm a Ophiuchus. What?

Find out why your astrological sign may not be what you think it is.

Technorati tags: LiveScience, zodiac, update, earth, wobble

SNL's with CNN's 'Magic Map'

Hilarious.

On Gmail for Mobile 2.0

Google has just released version 2.0 of Gmail's mobile application for Java-enabled phones. Now it supports offline mode and switching between different Google Mail accounts (including Google Apps Mail).

Composing an email offline makes the application more useful. Email file attachment is one more missing feature to complete Gmail for the mobile platform. And I still waiting for the offline Gmail on my desktop browser. Come on Google, you are almost there.

(screenshort from a Nokia E61i)

Technorati tags: google, mobile, email, gmail, 2.0, java, phone

Woman arrested for killing virtual reality husband

Kill your online husband? You get charge with hacking instead of homicide. Classic!

Common Craft Show - Phishing Scams in Plain English

The latest Common Craft Show. Phishing Scams in Plain English.

Just love these plain English shows from Common Craft.

Technorati tags: common craft, shows, plain, english

On 9 Must-Have OpenOffice Extensions

(via makeusof)

I have been using OpenOffice exclusively for almost 2 years. Much have changed since with the Office suite getting better all the time. With these OpenOffice extensions, it keeps getting better. Like Firefox extensions vs Internet Explorer's add-on, additional features should be added to the program instead of the operating system.

Technorati tags: openoffice, extensions

Scraps And Morsels 20081022

• Understanding Real America in Wasilla | The Daily Show

  Brilliant.

• Finance: Credit Crisis Explained as an Antarctic Expedition

  They should call it a buyout instead of a bail out.

• RSS Adoption at 11% and it May Be Peaking

  With Twitter and Facebook, somehow it's not surprising. For someone like me spending 2 hours on Google Reader daily, it's indispensible.

• Melamine risk spreads, to chocolate sex spread.

  Kinkiness at a cost.

Blogging dead?

Wired certainly think so. (Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004)

Zoli thinks that the new model like Twitter can be part of the recession business model. (Twitter and Yammer – Growth vs. Revenue)

That's when I found I.Z.'s post on Tweet What You Spend.

Suddenly I am thinking applications that bridges social, mobile, and desktop. Whether it is business or personal, I do think that will be the end of blogging. Just like TV does not kill the radio.

Technorati tags: blogging, dead, twitter, business, personal, model, mobile

On Divisive Politics of the US Election

The parallel with The Daily Show and Olbermann. Same message from both the fake and real news. (both via Cynical-C Blog)

Cynical-C Blog - » The Daily Show on Divisive Politics

Cynical-C Blog - » Olbermann on Divisive Politics

Technorati tags: news, parallel, The Daily Show, Olbermann, devisive, politics

Muslim McCain Fans Confront Intolerance At Rally

They should have muslim McCain supporters in all rallies to confront idiots like these.

Technorati tags: muslim, mccain, fans, rally, confront

Chimpanzee rides Segway

 

Smart chimp. Learns how to avoid obstacles in the end.

Technorati tags: chimp, segway, video

Monitor Web Sites with and RSS Feed with Firefox

(via How-To-Geek)

With Update Scanner (firefox extension), I can now finally monitor web sites (without RSS) changes on my Firefox browser when they happen instead of visiting them regularly. Why some web sites does not support RSS is beyond me. In any case, Update Scanner also works for sites that support RSS. Great for those who just wants to monitor a couple of sites and does not want to mess around with a RSS reader.

Technorati tags: monitor, web sites, no rss, firefox, extension

Mark Wahlberg - SNL Humor

Mark Wahlberg backstage at SNL. What a good sport he is.

For those who missed had it, here's the original skit from SNL.

Technorati tags: mark, wahlberg, good, sport, snl, humor, video

Vice Magazine - A LADY WHO IS A UROLOGIST

 Confession of a female urologist.

Darn interesting read I must say.

Wall Street Banker's Payout

$70 billion payout, or 10% of the bailout money. Seriously disgusting.

Buckypaper - 10 times lighter and 500 times stronger than steel

 

Buckypaper. Silly name, huge potential. Here's demo video.

Technorati tags: buckypaper, material, strong, steel

Read this backwards

 

Technorati tags: funny, images

If The Bible Had Comments

(via CollegeHumor)

Technorati tags: weird, funny

Palin at SNL - Video

Finally, Palin as Palin at SNL. I don't see what this will achieve for the election as they are still making fun of her.

Technorati tags: palin, snl, video

On Hedge Fund Manager's last message

At least we know someone who got rich from this financial disaster. But read on, it's not as disgusting as you think.

...I will no longer manage money for other people or institutions. I have enough of my own wealth to manage...

link

Scraps And Morsels 20081018

• Doonesbury Slams Palin

• The 18 things you need for your computer.

• Ever wondered what space smells like?

  Fried steak and hot metal say scientists.

• Discounted Hitman

  Joke of the day.

• Au revoir, Magny-Cours: 2009 French Grand Prix cancelled

  Mon Dieu! No more F1 on any French speaking territories in 2009.

• Disco tune Stayin' Alive could save your life

  An aptly song with a beat to perform CPR with.

• The Museum of Online Museums

  Virtual museums, in the comfort of your web browser.

Moby's new retro eye candy video - Ooh yeah

Yeah!

Technorati tags: moby, retro, eye, candy, video

Scraps And Morsels 20081016

• YouTube - John Cleese on Sarah Palin

  The funnier Palin. Classic!

• Getting Out of a Speeding Ticket

  Didn't see that coming.

• The 6 Most Disastrous Uses of Work Email Ever

• First Look: OpenOffice 3.0, office suite

  OpenOffice. Now the only suite that is running consistently the same way across multiple platform.

Women of Parkour

An intro to Parkour. I had always thought that Parkour as a movie stunt. Didn't know it is actually a sport.

Technorati tags: parkour, women, video

On Muji Chronotebook

 

Muji Chronotebook, currently the best paper day planner.

It’s the simplest manifestation of what a day planner is all about: time on paper. The clocks occupy a small amount of space on the page and rest is completely flexible. You can write in your own dates at the top of each page, and you can treat the rest of the space like a blank page.

I'll be heading to the my local Muji store later to get my own.

Technorati tags: day, planner, muji, chronotebook

A Bride For 5 Days. She's sick. Cancer.

5 days later, she died. And I am having tears in my eyes right now.

Katie Kirkpatrick, 21, held off cancer to celebrate the happiest day of her life. Katie had chased cancer, once only to have it return-to clog her lungs and grab hold of her heart. Breathing was difficult now, she had to use oxygen. The pain in her back was so intense it broke through the morphine that was supposed to act as a shield. Her organs were shutting down but it would not stop her from marrying Nick Godwin, 23, who was in love with Katie since 11th grade.

Link

Technorati tags: bride, katie, cancer, wedding

On Google - Things to do

Simple instructions (some with videos) on getting things done with Google.

Technorati tags: things to do, google, uk, instructions, simple

The Hire - Star

Hilarious Short Film Featuring Madonna....... - video powered by Metacafe

Clive Owen and Madonna, in this hilarious short  film (BMW Ad) by Guy Ritchie.

Technorati tags: driver, star, bmw, commercial, clive, owen, madonna

Scraps And Morsels 20081013

• Hearing Aids

• Happy Dogs - Miss Cellania

  LiveLeak user biggles9 returned from 14 months in Iraq to a big greeting from his two dogs.

• All that money you've lost — where did it go?

  Ever wonder if who else profited from this financial crash?

• The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s

On Man From Mars

(via prydwen)

So real it's scary.

Scraps And Morsels 20081011

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

• Wedding Ring Oopsie

  Big Opps!

• Guy Pisses On Electric Fence

  Dumb ass.

• Progress Bars

• Howard Lindzon » Too 'SMALL' To Fail!!!

• 10 American Financial Meltdowns in the Past Century

  Including this one in 2007-

OpenOffice 3.0 - Available Now

(via Download Squad)

No need to wait till Monday. You download it now. Will be checking out the new features over the weekend. Already it looks better then version 2.0.

Technorati tags: openoffice, version 3.0, office, alternative, free, software, download

A blogging houseplant?

Pink Tentacle has all the information on how to set one up.

Technorati tags: technology, artistic, blogging, plant, weird, japanese

Boys and Girls - A Web Book

A web book (with sound) about choosing if and when to have sex. Love the Scottish accent.

Technorati tags: web, book, audio, boys, girls, sex, help

Work It Out - Video

Great performance.

Technorati tags: Crutches, dance, street, performance

James Gunn's PG Pron

Nailing Your Wife | Girls | SPIKE.com

For people who love everything about pron, except the sex.

Scraps And Morsels 20081008

• Iron Man rocks on Flickr

  My Hero!

• The 8 Phases of Dating - By Matthew Inman

• Latin Returns From Dead in School Language Curriculums

  Vere?

• The Hobo Days: Behind The Grubby Faced Facade

  Celebrities' days as a Hobo.

• The party's over for Iceland, the island that tried to buy the world

  Iceland, with a population of only 320k.

On Every Google Homepage (In Reverse)

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Every Google Homepage (Reverse). From July 2007 back.

Technorati tags: google, homepage, timeline, reverse

Swatch 007 Villain Watch Collection

 The Swatch 007 Villain Watch Collection. Cheaper than 007's Omega, and cooler too!

(via OhGizmo!)

Technorati tags: swatch, 007, villain, collection, watches

Waking Up Your PC To Run Tasks

I was pleasantly surprised that you can wake your PC up from standby or hibernation mode to perform tasks using the standard XP or Vista's Task Scheduler from the Control Panel. Make sure that you have 'Wake the computer to run this task' checked.

If you need more control of the tasks, example to hibernate after the task is completed, or to do it via batch files (command line), then the WakeUpOnStandby program will do the job better.

(via Lifehacker)

Technorati tags: standby, hibernate, tasks, wake, up, pc, scheduler, control panel, software, program

Scraps And Morsels 20081006

 

• Hit by a Particle Accelerator Beam | forgetomori

  Not dead, but no superpowers either.

• Has Microsoft lost it?

  Rejected by Yahoo!, outgunned by Google and humiliated by Apple, Microsoft is fighting for its very survival?

• The Nation - Who You Callin’ a Maverick? - NYTimes.com

  The true meaning of a Maverick and the wrong usage by Palin.

• Top 10 Everyday Things People Do To Ruin Their Cars

• 100 Skills Every Man Should Know – DIY Advice - Popular Mechanics

  Really?

SNL VP Debate Video

I guess they have to work harder for this week's parody video in light that the actual VP debate is so scripted and boring.

Technorati tags: parody, snl, vp, debate, video

How much data is a Petabyte?

CERN's LHC will eventually need to record up to 15 Petabytes a year with 100,000 processors.

So how much data is a Petabyte? As the hard disk market is inching it's way into the terabyte range (1024 Gigabytes), a Petabyte is you guess it 1024 Terabytes. That is some big mother of a storage space.

Technorati tags: CERN, LHC, Petabyte

Sarah Palin's Debate Flow Chart

(via BuzzFeed)

Does she have a flowchart for everything?

Technorati tags: sarah, palin, flowchart

Evil Twin Standoff - When the good one is just as bad

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Technorati tags: evil, twin, standoff, funny, video

Real World Atlas

(source: telegraph.co.uk)

With 17 different views of the same world.

Technorati tags: real, world, atlas

Scraps And Morsels 20081002

• So Comfortable You Could Fart? - Featured Video on BuzzFeed

  What a stinker!

• God prefers Atheists?

  You bet.

• Amazon.com: The Bush Boom: How a Misunderestimated President Fixed a Broken Economy

  I guess Jerry's book won't be selling anymore, evar!

• You CAN see Russia from here!

  On an island called Little Diomede.

• Top 7 Most Cliché Stock Images Used in Web Design

  And yet we are still seeing it all the time.

On Linux Linspire Time to set MS on Fire

Here's the original lyrics from The Doors - Light my fire.

You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn't get much higher
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire, yeah
The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire, yeah
You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn't get much higher
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire

Technorati tags: linspire, ms, parody, video, the doors, light my fire