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New U.S. Military Helicopter Too Beautiful To Use In Combat | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source

Morey the Sled Dog - iReport.com We were arguing that the video was fake or not. It can’t be a fake, just look at the dog’s face: you can’t fake that look of dumb + happy + amused.

Will it blend Chuck Norris?

More domino experimentation

Unwrapping gifts, part 2

Unwrapping gifts, part 1

Ball of Ice

PJ experimenting with domino races

Happy Birthday Jesus (via Lurchlee )

There’s nothing that says “I love you” to a woman like a diamond. Nope, not even the words “I love you.”

Burger King travels over 20,000 miles to find people who have never heard of the WHOPPER and perform the world’s purest taste test. If there is such a thing as a Whopper Virgin, then I am probably a Whopper Crack Whore, because all of my life I have preferred the Whopper over the Big Mac. This is skewed because McDonnald’s was not widely available in Puerto Rico until I was in college, so until I was 19 or so the Puerto Rican burger market was ruled by Burger King and Wendy’s. Even funnier is that I lived my last three years of college in an apartment building that had a BK on the ground floor, and the exhaust from the kitchen blew into our courtyard. After a week living there, the last thing you want to do is eat a burger. I did not eat there for probably my last two years living in that building. Along the same lines, in the Army we had BK’s on base, but no McDonnald’s. The Army and Air Force use a consolidated PX, so in Germany both Army and Air Fo...

Assassin’s Creed: fear of heights

Jedi Dog Wars: The Puppy Menace (via miljencofilms )

airtraffic (via wiredautopia ) Every airline flight over a 24-hour period, compressed into 72 seconds.

How To Poop - English Subtitles (via mattpatches )

Blackbird SR-71 EDF by Speedbirds (via neil4rc ) Nick used some of the photos that I took of the SR-71 at the Smithsonian annex in Dulles while doing the research for this model plane.

I understand the logic of hyping up the Black Friday sales, but isn’t there a way to keep the competitive spirit and the thrill of getting that one good deal but without risking customers and/or employees getting hurt? Here’s how I would do it: 1. Break the Black Friday flyer into zones. Any customer that walks into the store before a given time, say 7 AM, gets to pick a fixed amount of items from each zone. For example, only one console from the consoles zone (this keeps people from buying all of the 360s or all of the Wiis in one shot). Other zones may be more liberal, say up to 5 DVDs under $5, etc. 2. Setup the line just like an airline or bank line. 3. One person, 18 or older, per household. 4. One hour before the store opens, each person in the line gets a card with the discount codes for the sale. You can’t check out without the card, and the card won’t give you the sale prices unless you stay within the quota, plus there will be non-sales caps. 5. Hi...

Flip Video Ultra test: Fallout 3

CSI Miami - Endless Caruso One Liners (via stewmurray47 )

Saved By Zero Kills (via sguy23 )

There is a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying into Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hand, saying that they’re going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-New York

Attractive Girls Union Refuses To Enter Into Talks With Mike Greenman

First the Puppy Cam, now the Hamster Live!

The puppy cam that wrecked havoc on geek productivity this afternoon. DO NOT WATCH PUPPY CAM unless you have at least two hours available!

When engineers own a dog

Khaaaaaaaan! (via agrumpysnoozer )

Happy Birthday, PJ!

Glenn Beck presents the Obama National Anthem (via GlennBeckVideos ) Trolling is delicious.

Unbelievable McCain Vs. Obama Dance-Off (via ThaOgStylez )

Hitchcock’s Ninja Cat comes closer without moving (via juury ) Thanks to Paul for showing me this.

I am in awe.

John McCain Accidentally Left On Campaign Bus Overnight

Was There Too Much Sex And Profanity In The HBO Presidential Debate?

Stevie Wonder - Superstition live on Sesame Street (via RSLweblog ) Thanks Paul for showing me this.

After reviewing his client’s income, assets, and personal budget Tuesday, Morgan Stanley financial adviser Henry Dalton determined that Jason Hutchinson, 43, could make the best use of his portfolio by dropping dead at the age of 62. Financial Planner Advises Shorter Life Span | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source

Obama’s Citizenship: I Invented The Internet (Ep. 6: October Surprise) (via illuminatitv ) I love how much hell one can raise in just 36 hours of video post production.

LittleBigPlanet (Thats Little Big Planet) For the PS3!! (via Shiranui16 ) This has to be the craziest thing I have seen in a video game in ages.

PJ, Mario and the Princess

SNL’s take on the Vice-Presidential debate. It is getting to the point that I almost can’t tell who is governor Palin and who is Tina Fey.

The Senate’s financial rescue plan may have a better chance of passage because it’s padded with pork that may be tasty enough to get reluctant House members to bite. Spoonful of pork may help bitter economic pill go down - CNN.com

The Count Censored (via CanonD265 ) Just a few cleverly placed beeps make the Count sound extraordinarily dirty.

If your elementary school textbooks could talk (NSFW). Thanks to Paul for showing me this!

Space X Falcon 1 (Flight 4) (via SpaceFlightVideos )

Bob Marley - Dem Belly Full (but we hungry) (via Zionlivity )

So Long and Thanks for all the Fish (via Fihshsticks ) I can’t trust an animal that is more intelligent than the average human (same reason I distrust cats). If you are still not convinced, read this: Dolphins Evolve Opposable Thumbs, ‘Oh, Shit,’ Says Humanity

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - Shaft (via notator9 ) You damn right, brother.

Lancaster, Ca Musical Road by Honda, W.Ave K past 60th West (via 2kidsA2Z ) There are grooves on the road that, if hit at 55 MPH, play the William Tell overture :-)

Paper Airplane

Purple

Jam Session (via myjaxon ) This is Ian with his dad Jesse. Ian is PJ’s second most favorite subject in Youtube (his favorite subject is himself, no surprise there).

traffic in India (via caps74 ) This is for Karla.

Pink Floyd - Echoes with Space Odyssey Part 3 (via JamesTurnerMusic )

We have always been at war with Eastasia “1984,” by George Orwell.

Thomas and Friends Same video, but in much higher resolution and less codec slaughter.

Thomas and Friends This is the low resolution version. Youtube really slaughters videos with their transcoding.

Test Video

Then I started getting that sick feeling in my stomach — the one where you start to realize how good the Democrats are at losing elections. As much as I dislike the Clintstones, I have to admit that Hillary and Bill would not be letting themselves get bitch-slapped around by the Repubes the way Obama is. Real Dan Lyons Web Site » Blog Archive Obama has become O-boring «

This is an upcoming product that is trying to exist parallel to the Amazon Kindle, but without trying to make itself too big a target for Amazon to crush it. The device doesn’t have a name yet, and so far it looks promising: It’s as big as a sheet of paper Battery time measured in days, not hours Touch sensitive screen Open formats Very thin and light Sturdy screen If they can pull it off, it will bring competition to the Kindle, even if only in mindshare, which is always a good thing for us consumers.

Some tortures are physical And some are mental, But the one that is both Is dental. Ogden Nash

Jon Stewart at The Daily Show discusses the Sarah Palin Gender Card.

May He Poop? (an Indian music video translation) (via Ben174 ) May he poop on my knee?

Multitasking

Crazy Indian Video… Buffalaxed! (via buffalax ) I have no words that can describe this.

Dell computers are great for porn (via Scooby22b )

Samurai Fail (via failblog )

Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach that person to use the Internet and they won’t bother you for weeks. Unknown

The issue here is that you’re trying to treat the symptom instead of the problem. The symptom is that you guys are tight on money. The problem is that you have too much debt versus income. Dave Says - September 1, 2008

Don LaFontaine: The Voice (via TWilk ) Don passed away on Monday afternoon. He was 68.

They probably won’t get much sympathy from their hard-pressed fans, but America’s stars of stage and screen are being forced to give up one of the traditional benefits of their celebrity status: private jets. The soaring price of aviation fuel, which is now twice the cost of a year ago, is adding tens of thousands of dollars to the cost of a typical flight, prompting members of Hollywood’s élite to think the unthinkable and ground their personal Gulfstreams. Hollywood A-listers forced to mothball their personal jets - Americas, World - The Independent Like we say here in Virginia: “tough shit.”

Generous George’s

Kelele!

Since NOLA is about to get smacked again, here’s a little Led Zeppelin: When the levee breaks

And now, for something completely different

Will It Blend? - iPhone3G (via Blendtec ) I am dedicating this Will it Blend? to my new iPhone 3G, and to Ivette’s migraine.

Tiddy Bear (via dustinsucks )

A black shoe and a brown shoe

Beta. Software undergoes beta testing shortly before it’s released. Beta is Latin for “still doesn’t work. Author Unknown

johanna (via baterflai ) I woke up from my nap with this song stuck in my head. As soon as I started the video I remembered it was a strong anti-appartheid anthem.

PJ watching himself on Youtube

The Fab Four - Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (via growlyman ) I got this song stuck in my head since I saw Across the Universe. The Across the Universe version is very original (and more than a bit freaky). I couldn’t find a real Beatles video, and the only clips from the movie sucked, so I started looking for covers. The best one is by the tribute band The Fab Four.

Koi Pond for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.

The only cure for writer’s block is insomnia. Merit Antares

boomtown rats _ dont like mondays (via noCoffee ) What I really hate about MY Mondays in particular is the large amount of time spent on troubleshooting instead of writing new code. There’s always something broken. There’s always a customer demanding attention. By the time I am done with the firefighting drills, most of the morning is gone. And on top of that, I still ended losing half my afternoon troubleshooting my own stupid project! Grr.

The Police - So Lonely (via policevideos ) I was actually looking for Shambelle, but that song was a “B” side and the only available videos are jam sessions plus one douchebag adding a heavy metal solo on top of it.

Balloon Animals

(the) Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price. Vince Lombardi

99 Red Balloons

PJ as a railroad engineer

PJ re-discovers Project Gotham Racing

9 Marbles, ha ha ha ha ha

Santana - Soul Sacrifice (Woodstock 1969) (via TheDormouse ) Another representative performance. I like this set in particular because Mickaël Shrieve (the drummer, youngest performer at the Woodstock 1969 festival) pretty much steals the show from Carlos Santana.

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat. Sun Tzu

PJ the couch (futon?) potato

PJ and Grandma

Bob Marley - redemption song acustic (via Henrshy ) This is the most representative performance I have seen from Bob Marley.

Sometimes it pays to stay in bed in Monday, rather than spending the rest of the week debugging Monday’s code Dan Salomon

Mister Rogers the Clown (via nebunie ) Were you scared of clowns as a child? I never cared much for them, but now as an adult I keep running into people telling me how they were terrified by clowns.

Nick Drake - Day is Done (via mouthfuloflead ) Nick Drake is one of the most obscure members of the “Rockstars that Died Young” Club.

Dolores had no hobbies, made no contribution to society and rarely shared a kind word or deed in her life. I speak for the majority of her family when I say her presence will not be missed by many, very few tears will be shed and there will be no lamenting over her passing. Dolores Aguilar, 1929 - 2008

New Elmo (via verapj ) Really crappy test video with PJ and his new (and annoying!) Elmo.

Deep Purple - Space Truckin’ - New York 1973 (via stever1957 ) I caught myself singing this song aloud while wondering why half of my customers decided to spend the afternoon driving me crazy.

Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday

“Make me smile,” by Chicago .

Time is the longest distance between two places. Tennessee William

This is probably the one Jefferson Airplane song that I love to hate the most.

ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE. HAL-9000

It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. Mark Twain, Christmas greeting, 1890

I’m sorry Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that. HAL-9000

The Sopranos: “Pussy the fish” scene (via deggis4 ) I am watching this episode right now, it is arguably the most popular episode in the series.

THE HOLLIES - He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother (via lmj22 ) Wikipedia has a fascinating entry explaining this song, its origins and connections to popular culture .

Procrastination is suicide on the installment plan Unknown

Beatles - How to Play Martha My Dear, Part 1 (via pianojohn113 ) I can’t get this song out of my head, I am even dreaming of playing it myself, and I don’t even play piano!

Sleep is a symptom of caffeine deprivation. Author Unknown

“I Am Rich” Guided Tour (via NPomerleau )

“One of these days I’m going to cut you into little pieces,” by Pink Floyd. This is a live piece, performed at the amphitheater in the ruins at Pompeii .

The Rise And Fall of Twitter

karlaakins : Quiin is All-Write Best insurance against PJ writing on our walls, he would use those Magna Doodles until he wore them down. And the writing behavior is almost identical, except PJ also drew a lot in his. By the way, I am 37 and I can’t write as legible as Quiin.

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. Henry A. Kissinger

James Randi exposes Uri Geller and Peter Popoff (via RationalResponse ) This is a very entertaining video, I remember the Uri Geller bashing since I was a kid, but this is the first time I see the case laid out in this way.

I just read this great science fiction story. It’s about how machines take control of humans and turn them into zombie slaves! … HEY! What time is it?? My TV show is on! Calvin (Bill Watterson)

Happiness is a warm gun, momma.

Pentagon’s Unmanned Spokesdrone Completes First Press Conference Mission! Money quote: “The spokesdrone will field questions deemed too dangerous for a human press secretary, whose career could be irreparably damaged by answering them. ”

What makes stupidity really insufferable is that it is forever in action…idiocy knows no rest. Unknown

Here’s your sign , buddy. Thanks to Paul for showing me this.

In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language Mark Twain

Eating bacon doesn’t make you unhealthy. Being a fat bastard makes you unhealthy. onomatopoetic , in reply to “Ham and bacon keep us healthy,” claims meat firm. At last, advertising we can believe in .

karlaakins : faildogs : Dog credit: Random Good Stuff That borders on the cruel. At least the poor thing got to eat them at the end. Try that with a cat and it will scratch out one of your eyes on your first attempt.

I don’t know what your childhood was like, but we didn’t have much money. We’d go to a movie on a Saturday night, then on Wednesday night my parents would walk us over to the library. It was such a big deal, to go in and get my own book. Robert Redford

Total eclipse of the sun, from 27,000 feet up.

Sometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts. William S. Burroughs

The U.S. auto industry passed another bleak milestone Thursday as Chrysler stopped writing leases on new cars and trucks, marking the end of an era that allowed many drivers to enjoy cars they probably couldn’t really afford. Leasing takes a lashing as Detroit cuts costs - The Driver’s Seat- msnbc.com

Han, mah bukee, keel-ee caleya ku kah. Wanta dah moole-rah? Wonkee chee sa crispa con Greedo? Jabba the Hutt

We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein

Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy, by Queen.

John Mayer gives his dad mac tech support. It could be worse, his dad could still be using windows. Found at Real Dan Lyons .