Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Intermission

Docus about:

Bill Hicks


Life Of Brian


Thats all for now, medialeeches.

Friday, January 26, 2007

Puppets

The Muppets, by Jim Henson are pretty cool. Of course we were brand-fed with it by propagandistic child-indoctrinator Sesame Street (or Sesamstraat if you live near me). That pinballmachine producing some number still haunts me to this day, as do the various news episodes of Kermit the Frog (or Kermit de kikker). And lets not forget Bert & Ernie, they are in my head forever too, talking about glasses of water. Jim Henson is personally responsible for all of this. All the puppets I have seen in my life were either handcrafted by mr Henson, or at least operated by him. For this reason I am still quite confused about things like the muppet show. So praise be upon him, and by him I mean that Henson guy.













Friday, January 19, 2007

My biggest achievement yet


I always dreamed of being original. Of thinking up something which doesn't already exist. But even this post is not original. It is very hard to think of something good which is not already all over the web. Now some time ago I thought of a word. I think its a very good word, and initially I used it as a searchterm for something I was looking for. But there were no matches. The word didn't exist. But it just seemed so unlikely and counterintuitive. The word is obviously useful, but apparently not every likely thing ends up being used even in such a redundant system as the world (or at least what google catches of it (and equating this with the world is another matter for which I must seek professional help)). Enough about me... judge for yourself.

The word.

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Neotenic Weapons



Even as they say a cute tooth has rational roots, scientists admit they are just beginning to map its subtleties and source. New studies suggest that cute images stimulate the same pleasure centers of the brain aroused by sex, a good meal or psychoactive drugs like cocaine, which could explain why everybody in the panda house wore a big grin.
Referencing this article.

Let me just hook you up with some primo-quality QTness.

CuteOverload. Watch out, this is some hardcore cuteness!!! They show everything!! You have been warned.

Cute Rats. Yes the ones without the bubonic plague.

Cute Cats.

Cute Dogs.

Cute Humans
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Cute Birds.

Ok, first time is free, the next nose close to eyes is gonna cost you!

Wikiality




The Wikipedia is a fabulous phenomenon. Just a basic call: Write down what you know, and how you know it. The consequences are people improving on each other, and a huge amount of knowledge which is open source. Just so you know, I think its great. It certainly has its disadvantages, but I so much enjoy to clicketyclick through it, finding lists and references and weird facts and things.

Here is Colbert on Wikiality (on onegoodmove.org) Here is the actual wikiality site.

A wikipedia spoof.

Some lectures about wikis and Wikipedia.

Wiki Faqs

Where rejected wikipedia-articles go to die.

A category of unusual articles.

A Wiki blog (basically an extended version of this post)

And of course a list of all wikipedia articles lacking sources. Just to remind you: Help Wikipedia! Become a legitimate source!

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Mr BA

Mr T, the T-man, BA Baracus, actor, wrestler, educator, angry person.














I think that should cover that subject.
Oh wait, mr T also fights against everything!

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Unwasted time is wasted time


Games, who hasnt played one? They are a part of human life. Just like aids. To name something inappropriate. But in all fairness... isnt aids just a game of tag with keeps? Anywhat, I made this post to put something down about pc games and how to find some good ones. Not really about aids at all actually. Dont know why I mentioned it.

Metacritic pc game list.

This lists all types of pc games ranked by the average score of multiple professional reviews. Quite a nice top-list.

Wiki Video Game List List.

Wikipedia has a nice list of lists about video games, listing a large variety of categories. For more broad-browsing and exploration.

Wiki Cooperative games list.
Another wiki list of coop-games, to play with instead of against each other.

Gamefaqs.
Here you can find all the walkthroughs, cheats, userreviews, and lists, even an enormous list of gamerelated top 10 lists.

Gamespot.
A good game-site with good reviews and video-reviews. Which are good.

Isohunt
and btjunkie, to download the torrents for games (remember, if you like it, please steal it from an actual store!). Here is Azureus, with which you can download the actual games using the torrents. Of course everything can be downloaded in this way, even the kitchen sink.

Of course, if you have played all these games, you can always get a life.

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Charlie Rose

Charlie Rose is an interviewer who has his own show on PBS. He is pretty good, interested and intelligent. But most of all, his program is an hour with some of my favorite people.

The Charlie Rose Google Video Section (or CRGVS as I like to call it (but dont)).