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Area Grandmother Tries Indian Food

maalesh — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:44:35 +0000

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”)

Full episodes of the Daily Show

maalesh — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:50:31 +0000

… 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.

the Fall

maalesh — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:46:05 +0000

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

Watch WWDC 2008 Keynote in 60 seconds

maalesh — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:27:36 +0000

Let’s just get to the point, shall we:

http://www.mahalodaily.com/2008/06/10/md139-steve-jobs-wwdc-keynote-in-60-seconds/

Having a bad day and need to vent?

maalesh — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:23:21 +0000

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

New digital audio format on the way?

maalesh — Sun, 25 May 2008 17:41:13 +0000

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

Tracey Ullman doing Hellen Mirren

maalesh — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:18:41 +0000

… an impression, that is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQtqHwkTxWM&feature=related

and here she is as Judi Dench:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj8vfnTE1jI&feature=related

What indian lyrics sounds like in English

maalesh — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:51:15 +0000

… I couldn’t even finish watching it the first time around, because I was in tears:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw

Texan protesting amnesty for illegal immigrants argues that anyone who can’t master English doesn’t deserve to live in America.

maalesh — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:43:22 +0000

5 psych experiments that prove humanity is doomed

maalesh — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:21:56 +0000

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