Wonderful stuff from the Onion:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/area_grandmother_tries_indian_food
This kind of reminds me when I took a bowl of hummus to a party in DC back in the early 90’s. One of the guys referred to it as “lesbian” food. (no hon .. that’s pronounced “Lebanese”)
… now available online:
http://www.hulu.com/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart
The show isn’t as viciously funny as it used to be - but is one of the few things on TV that is watchable.
If you’ve seen “the Cell”, you know of the creative genius of Tarsem. That movie got panned - but had some truly stunning visuals. “The Fall” is his new release, and looks like it would be worth watching on the big screen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaoxB-eLHQ8
Let’s just get to the point, shall we:
http://www.mahalodaily.com/2008/06/10/md139-steve-jobs-wwdc-keynote-in-60-seconds/
Feed a coin into this vending machine, and it will pulverize a piece of china for you:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/06/vending_machine_provides.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890
A new audio standard (.MT9) being proposed offers the listener the option to control the volume of certain instruments via a 6-channel equalizer. This would be especially useful for karaoke fans, but I would be more interested in using it as a training tool to analyze guitar parts, or just simply mute them so I can play along. You can do this now with MIDI interpretions of existing songs, but midi tends to sound too artificiial even when played through high-end sound cards.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/05/133_24597.html
… an impression, that is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQtqHwkTxWM&feature=related
and here she is as Judi Dench:
… I couldn’t even finish watching it the first time around, because I was in tears:
If you ever took Psych 101, you’ve heard about these. The most notorious one is Milgram’s experiment, which showed the degree to which we are conditioned to obey authority figures.
As a result of these experiments, psychological research involving volunteers, must go through a rigorous review by a board to evaluate how participation can affect the volunteers’ well-being and self-esteem.
http://www.cracked.com/article_16239_5-psychological-experiments-that-prove-humanity-doomed.html
