When one is an insomniac like me, you tend to see the worst that TV can offer. From the cheesiest commercials about stock market trading, to infomercials about sex toys (the word Fleshlight is something that I can never unlearn), it's all there, a smorgasbord of craziness.
But Cheaters is just a cut above the rest. For a sampling:
Hell yea. Was that awesome or what. "Whatchoorunninfor?" Hilarious. Why can't C-SPAN be like this?
Firefox finally released its version 2.0 browser. I've been using Firefox since it came out, and it's WAY better than Internet Explorer. It's a bitch to design a website around, but it's a damn good browser.
Features:
Tabbed browsing. Firefox popularized tabbed browsing, enabling multiple Web sites to be viewed as separate tabs contained within a single browser window, and improving people’s efficiency by helping them better organize their desktops. In Firefox 2, tabbed browsing has been further improved with the addition of individual close buttons on each tab, enhanced tab navigation features, and a session restore system that automatically restores previously-open windows and tabs when a new browsing session is started.
Spell checking. Modern Web sites are increasingly complex with the rollout of new, rich Internet applications, such as word processors, spreadsheets and blogging tools. Inline spell checking in Firefox 2 automatically checks for spelling errors and suggests corrections as users interact with Web sites, bringing a common desktop feature to the Web.
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Identity theft protection. In addition to its award-winning safeguards for blocking drive-by installation of spyware and unwanted pop-up windows, Firefox 2 helps protect users from identity theft by quickly informing them when they surf to a questionable Web site. To protect users’ privacy, Phishing Protection is active by default with a local blacklist that updates hourly, rather than sending information to an external online service. An enhanced mode is available where users may optionally elect to have Firefox check the validity of Web sites with a third-party Web service, such as Google, prior to loading the site. Phishing Protection provides warnings, advice and guidance when Firefox encounters a Web site that appears to be fraudulent or malicious.
I have always disliked the long illegible URLs that a lot of websites generate as a link. TinyURL solves that. The End. What'd you expect, a novel?
Anything you say to me gets Meissner'd back to you.
The Meissner Effect is basically “when a superconductor is placed in a weak external magnetic field H — the field penetrates the superconductor for only a short distance λ, called the penetration depth, after which it decays rapidly to zero.”
Aaaaaaand there it is. Michael Jackson finally realizes his destiny. His she-nis finally found its purpose. With North Korea's nukes and that Yankees' pitcher who piloted the plane straight into an apartment building, it's nice too see that we can always depend on Michael Jackson's chicanery.
Related:
For $1.65 Billion. Owcha Magowcha. I can honestly say, I don't even have $1.65 in my wallet right now.
I wonder what happens now to Google Video. Or YouTube for that matter. On one hand, Google effectively eliminated the competition by buying out the owners' stocks. On the other hand, Google Video IS Google's web 2.0 video service. What about branding? What about competition? This isn't China, Google. YouTube competed well with Google video, and the audience was better off with the competition.
Oh well, that's why I don't even have $1.65 in my wallet.
Today, on Yesterday's Box Office Hits, Today we view the vivaciously vindicating vlubbity vleep vleeh voltes v volcano volvo vienna sausage, V for Vendetta.
I know it's been months after the moo-V was released. But it has been quite the annoying experience watching a movie lately at the theaters. Selfish parents, bringing their kids to an R-rated movie, stupid teenagers making out in the back row. If it wasn't a crime to scream "Fire!" in a movie theater, I would have just for some peace and quiet.
Anyhoo.
V for Vendetta was a good, fast paced movie. The story was quick, the plot was tight (meaning, not a lot of plot holes, especially for a comic book movie), and Natalie Portman was spot on and Agent Smith had the best soliloquy as usual. Maybe because his delivery was dry and eloquent.
But as always with the Wachowski Brothers, the movie came off as pretentiously preachy and self absorbed. Remember on that Friends episode where Joey buys an encyclopedia volume "V" and Joey had nothing else to discuss except topics that began with that letter? Well, imagine that, but on five cups of espresso, and then poked with steroids. My goodness, when they pick a theme, they sure don't fuck around, do they?
About the catchy rhyme, here's the full version:
Remember, remember, the 5th of November
The Gunpowder Treason and plot ;
I know of no reason why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes,
'Twas his intent.
To blow up the King and the Parliament.
Three score barrels of powder below.
Poor old England to overthrow.
By God's providence he was catch'd,
With a dark lantern and burning match
Holloa boys, Holloa boys, let the bells ring
Holloa boys, Holloa boys, God save the King!
Hip hip Hoorah !
Hip hip Hoorah !
A penny loaf to feed ol'Pope,
A farthing cheese to choke him.
A pint of beer to rinse it down,
A faggot of sticks to burn him.
Burn him in a tub of tar,'
Burn him like a blazing star.
Burn his body from his head,
Then we'll say: ol'Pope is dead
I am currently at Harlingen, TX for the labor day weekend.
As expected, the drive was excruciatingly long. Six hours straight of just staring at US-59 as it weaves through Texas. I am pleasantly surprised that Harlingen is not the city that I expected it to be. It's very different from Houston.
Details about the trip later.
Geebus. That picture gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Brrrr. Why am I itching all over all of a sudden?
Google is turning out to be quite the nifty shopper.
Writely has been relaunched by Google as a free online word processor, which promises MS Word functionality, tag organization, PDF output, online collaboration.
An interesting function, is that you can directly post to your blog from Writely. Seeing as I don't blog too much, the impact is lost on me. I'm more interested in the portability of this little site, along with the ability to write PDF's.
It has also been reported that other functions include or involve unicorns and faeries and glitter sandwiches. That is yet to be verified, but with Google, you never know.
"Sky News' Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt said he had been told the threat was imminent and those arrested were mainly young, British-born Asian men."
This is probably one of the most jarring Garfield comic strip series that I have ever read. It is a flash movie, so be prepared to read and absorb as much as you can while it flashes by. Here is the Wikipedia entry.
Seriously. Goosebumps everywhere. Ugh. Thanks, BoingBoing. You *sure* made my day!
[via Boing Boing]
The Mullet in various languages and cultures:[#]
- The Argentinian term is Cubano, in reference to the alleged popularity of the haircut among Cubans.
- The Brazilian term is Chitãozinho e Xororó, in reference to the singers who started using this haircut in Brazil.
- The Chilean term is chocopanda in reference to the ubiquitous public transportation Chocolito Panda ice-cream sellers wearing such haircut. It is also called a "Zamorano", after Iván Zamorano.
Nananakam means "craving" in Filipino. You don't really need it, it's impractical to get it, there's really not a whole lot of it around you, but you want it anyways. You won't starve, but any other substitute doesn't really quite cut it. Pregnant women (as opposed to, you know, pregnant men. Really, isn't that a bit redundant?) crave too, but there's a different word for that. This word can be used to describe anyone who's just hungry for something specific.
The point of this post, and I do have one, is to assemble a list of Filipino foods that I crave, that is not readily available and mostly because I'm too lazy to make them. A five food item wishlist that I would like to have at my disposal, as easy as I could get to it back home.
