Two morons

Here's a hockey fight between two morons, who should have been boxers, one of which has a mic on. Enjoy.

Apple phone info from a "trustworthy" source

He thinks he knows things about the iPhone. The says that the only thing that’s keeping it back are carrier agreements. According to him, the phone will be CDMA for the higher bandwidth. It will have Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR. $275 and $335 will be the prices for the 4gb and 8gb models respectively. Also, there will some form of .Mac application suite on it. Moreover, zirconium will be the material that the phone is made out of. Zirconium is lighter than titanium. Finally, there will be a landline version as well. Voice recognition will play a bigger role and the name will not begin with an “i”.

I know, I know. Here we go again. I really hope Apple finally announces this damn thing at Mac World in January just so I can stop posting about it (and buy one).

This little bit of incite comes from Leo Laporte's KFI radio show. I can't say if it is true or not, but the pricing sounds better than we had previously been told. Plus I don't have anything made out of Zirconium. I can walk down the street with my phone and people will say, "Hey, nice phone, what's it made out of?" To which I can reply, "Zirconium, now back away peasant."

Leo.am

Last ever daily Foxtrot

Foxtrot.com

I are the Hulk

Actually I'm equal parts Hulk and Spider-Man, but I'm sure the anger pushed that one over the top. What Superhero are you? Take the Superhero Quiz.

Best Christmas ever

Christmas became XXX-mas for a 14-year-old Layton boy who discovered hard-core pornography on a video game he received as a gift.

Kolton Mahoney was shocked when he put the Madden NFL 07 game in his new Xbox 360 console Christmas day and an explicit image popped up on his television screen.

"This is definitely not Madden," he said recalling his first thought after seeing the image.

This kid may have been the first person ever to complain about free porn. You can tell the internet has spoiled the "iPod Generation" when porn is so readily available that accidental porn isn't exciting to a 14 year old boy. When I was 14 this would have been cause for some serious celebration.

Standard.net

Mac OS X start up sound volume control

StartupSound.prefPane is the software which controls the volume of the startup sound of your Macintosh computer. StartupSound.prefPane mutes the startup sound without changing the output volume setting. And StartupSound.prefPane limits the startup volume so that it may not become loud even if you make the output volume louder.

Here's a handy little app for those of you who want to turn off (or up) the classic Mac startup sound. When I first got my Mini I searched high and low for such an easy way to do this, now it's finally here!

SilverMac.com

Saddam Hussein hanged

Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi dictator who spent his last years in captivity after his ruthless regime was toppled by a U.S.-led coalition, was hanged before dawn Saturday for crimes committed during his reign.

Hussein's death came in "a blink of the eye" after his executioner activated the gallows just after 6 a.m. (10 p.m. Friday ET), said Iraq's national security adviser, Mowaffak al-Rubaie, who witnessed the hanging.

"This dark page has been turned over," al-Rubaie said. "Saddam is gone. Today Iraq is an Iraq for all the Iraqis, and all the Iraqis are looking forward. ... The [Hussein] era has gone forever."

No witty comments here, just real news. It will be interesting to see how the people of Iraq and the middle east take this news. It seems they carried out the death penalty extremely quickly.

CNN.com

Batgirl, Catwoman, Wonder Woman Ad

I have no idea what this ad is for and I don't care.

The Ettatorial for the Week of 12-28-06

It's the last Ettatorial of the year, so enjoy these fine picks. Astonishing X-Men #19* and Winter Soldier: Winter Kills #1 (one shot). Happy New Year, and happy reading.
*note-the version posted here is the variant edition and there is another regular cover as well

Beware naked girls robbing people in Moscow

Here is how the theft was performed – one hot afternoon the Balashikh beach on the Moscow-River shore received special visitors: three extremely attractive girls in an SUV. They got out of the car, approached the water and… took off all their clothes. Then the hotties began splashing near the shore, laughing and capturing everyones attention.

On top of that the witnesses claimed that the girls even gave a minor lesbian show and started playfully washing each other, which was met with high approval and wild excitement by the male observers.

While these naked women with sexy bodies gathered around themselves a crowd of admirers, a group of thieves approached the fans’ abandoned cars. Within some fifteen minutes ten cars were robbed clean and four very expensive ones were stolen! As for the three nymphs, after completing their show they quickly got into their car and disappeared in some unknown direction.

In related news I've decided that I don't travel nearly enough and am planning a much needed vacation to the former Soviet Union.

FunReports.com

Merry Christmas everyone: Don't do it Jimmy

Jimmy, the lovable stowaway from Peter Jackson's King Kong, wouldn't know what to do if not for the always diligent and watchful Hayes looking out for his well-being.

The very first Project Silence Films Blockbuster has arrived. With a whopping budget of nearly $40 American Dollars and almost 6 months of labor, "Don't do it Jimmy" is finally finished.

Seriously, I'm sorry this one took so long folks, lets hope we can get some more skits done faster, I've had some thoughts about the whole process and we'll see what happens. I wanted to get this done on time for Christmas and I did (barely), but now I can say Merry Christmas everyone!

2007 Gemballa Mirage GT

Porsche may be no Lamborghini (no one is), but they may very well be the second coolest car manufacturer on the planet (a distant second, no one touches Lambo, but second is good).

This is the 2007 Gemballa Mirage GT based on the Porsche Carrera GT, it's no Lamborghini Gallardo, but it would do.

SeriousWheels.com

A natural bridge on Mars

Most of the roof of a lava tube has collapsed, leaving behind a small remnant to form a natural bridge across the open tube in this HiRISE image from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Sadly, this occurred naturally. The Martians didn't build it to guide their Martian cattle over a Martian river of molten Martian Lava.

Planetary.org

Breathtaking photos from Ukraine village.

This is a gallery showing some truly beautiful photographs. They were taking in a village near Kiev by someone named Alexander Mihailenko. They are processed but still they depict the true spirit of old slavic village that still can be met in Ukraine.

Very impressive and atmospheric shots, click through for more.

EnglishRussia.com

Mouse pad couch

What do you do with 2000 mouse pads and a lot of spare time? Make a place to sit, I guess.

Mouse pad couch

How to write 'Good'

Some of these are simple, some are more advanced, but being that this is the internet I'm sure we could all use a quick look at this. This guide doesn't seem to lean towards making you look like a "smart" writer, but a more understandable one, which should be the real goal of good writers anyway.

PlainLanguage.com

The Ettatorial For the Week of 12-20-06

A huge week of releases this week makes this week's Ettatorial big as well. I had a hard time picking out just 3 this week, but here they are: Criminal #3, New Avengers #26, and Checkmate #9. Merry Christmas, and happy reading.

BBC moves to file-sharing sites

Hundreds of episodes of BBC programmes will be made available on a file-sharing network for the first time, the corporation has announced.

The move follows a deal between the commercial arm of the organisation, BBC Worldwide, and technology firm Azureus.

The agreement means that users of Azureus' Zudeo software in the US can download titles such as Little Britain.

Being a big fan of Spooks (or MI5 as it is known here in the states) this is cool news. I've been 2-3 years behind the series (it airs 1 year behind over here, then I have to wait another 1-2 years for the DVD's as I don't believe in paying inflated prices for cable) now I can catch up overnight, legally. Way to go BBC, at least someone in entertainment finally gets it right.

news.BBC.co.uk

Nintendo Wii: Gift of the Holiday Season? Not SO Fast

An interesting development about the Nintendo Wii has come "to light". Apparently, the blinking and flickering of Christmas tree lights messes with the Wii-mote, leading to some problems with gameplay. Read more about it here, here, and finally here. That's a bad development to have happen for one of the biggest gifts of the holiday season. Just remember kids, it's all your Christmas tree's fault for your loss at Wii Tennis*.



*Excuse only valid at non Chanukah celebrating households.

How to Piss OFF Apple Fans

The iPhone was unveiled today, just not in the way Apple fanatics were hoping. Linksys today announced their new iPhone (pictured left). Read more about it here if you still care now that you know its not from Apple (I'm looking at you, Silence).

Shoplifting techniques from... Wikipedia?

Most shoplifters are amateurs; however, there are people and groups who make their living from shoplifting, and they tend to be more skilled. Some individuals shoplift in an effort to resist selling their labor, and/or to protest corporate power. These individuals target --often exclusively-- chain stores; Wal-Mart is an especially popular target for political shoplifters.

Yeah, yeah, shoplifting is wrong, blah, blah, blah. Don't do it, ProjectSilence.com does not endorse shoplifting in any way, blah, blah, blah.

Wikipedia.org

U2 Window in the Skies

This is U2's new video, titled "Window in the Skies", entirely made of classic footage of musical legends. Try and guess them all!

Clinton killed santa

Superman Meets the World's Tallest Man

No, its not a 1970's DC story, its real life (kinda, if Superman was old, balding, and just a bit out of shape). Its pics like this that remind me just how great the internet is. After all of the attention the world's tallest man Bao Xishun recieved saving some dolphins, some people's interest led to Google searching, bringing forth that awesome image you've just beheld.

The Ettatorial For the Week of 12-13-06

Another small week this week for me, but that doesn't mean I don't have a pick for you. This week's pick is Ex Machina #25. Read. Enjoy.

Green Lantern creator dead at 91

Martin Nodell, the creator of Green Lantern, the comic book superhero who uses his magical ring to help him fight crime, has died. He was 91. Nodell was born in Philadelphia and studied at art schools in Chicago and New York. Besides Spencer Nodell, survivors include another son, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Green Lantern has always been one of the most interesting and well thought out characters in comics (and a personal favorite of mine). Martin will be missed.

CNN.com

Flickr gives everyone a gift

And it's even better to give the gift of Flickr since now your recipients will get unlimited uploads — the two gigabyte monthly limit is no more (yep, pro users have no limits on how many photos they can upload)! At the same time, we've upped the limit for free account members as well, from 20MB per month up to 100MB (yep, five times more)!

Flickr is a great service and one I use for all my pictures (we wouldn't have that nice banner at the top without the people at Flickr. They don't pay me to post things like this, but it's a service I use and enjoy for free and now it's even better, how is that not a good thing worth sharing?

Flickr Blog

Default Password List

Want to know the default password for just about anything from Linksys routers to a Cisco Pix? Well, here you go. Just don't do anything, "funny" with this info.

Phenoelit.de

New research shows that Tea can help you to focus

Tea can make a difference. Had a bad day, fancy a chat with friends or really need to crack that tricky problem? What do you do? Put the kettle on of course.

I love a good cup of tea most mornings. It really does get your day going better than a Mountain Dew (which is my fall back when I'm in a hurry) or coffee, which just gives me jittery energy. Maybe tea is the real reason why I'm so much smarter than everyone else on the planet. No, that can't be it, other people drink tea and I'm smarter then they are, so what is it? A mystery for the age's, that's what.

FemaleFirst.co.uk (<- Fruity URL of the day)

Mom: Talking doll called my daughter 'a slut'

It's supposed to say sweet things to little girls like, "You're a wonderful friend," but push its button the wrong way and the Little Mermaid Shimmering Lights Ariel doll may say something else — "You're a slut," according to a California mother whose allegation came to light in a newspaper report.

Hey, Ariel just calls 'em as she sees 'em, you can't blame her for that. I'd like to see you try and, "push my button the wrong way" let's see what happens then.

ABCNews.Go.com

ASIMO robot demonstation

We've all heard of the ASIMO robot, but until now I'd never taken the time to watch a video of one, it's pretty impressive, but let's just say I'm not all that worried about a robot rebellion anymore.

Google Video

Wii Virtual Console cracked: F-Zero released

A file has been released on bittorrent and newsgroups, which contains a binary image of the F-Zero NTSC game. The game has to be copied to a SD card and then copied on the Wii from the SD card to the Wii memory. Seems to work only on US consoles for now.

A Nintendo rep was quoted as saying, "Oops! How the f#ck did that happen?" Seriously, this is pretty fast for something like this to be cracked!

NGIndex.com

Gameplay footage of Assassin's Creed on Xbox 360

The first live game footage of Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed, coming out in 2007. It looks truly amazing. Sorry for the QuickTime direct link, it had the best HD video quality. [note: was Submitted months ago in low-quality resolution from You-Tube with no fanfare; this video shows off the real experience.]

Developed by Ubisoft Montreal (the team that brought us the phenomenal Rainbow Six: Vegas, and probably one of the best studios in the world) Assassin's Creed looks nothing short of amazing. This video is a large download, but well worth the wait. If you aren't interested in this game now, you will be once you watch this.

GameTrailers.com

A Charlie Brown Christmas-Performed by the Cast of Scrubs

This seriously is a burst of comedic genius. I have no idea where this came from, but it is real. Not people using dialogue from episodes, this is obviously the cast actually recording for this short. Now if only I could get The Grinch as performed by the My Name is Earl cast, or Frosty the Snowman as performed by the cast of the Office, my holiday season would be complete.

G.R.A.W 2 officially announced

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter was the first game that really seemed to take advantage of the Xbox 360, now the series is back, with the oddly titled G.R.A.W. 2 (Ghost Recon fans know G.R.A.W. as Ghost Recon 3, which makes G.R.A.W. 2, Ghost Recon 4, how's that for confusing?).
It looks a lot like G.R.A.W. with slightly higher texture quality, not really a bad thing as G.R.A.W. was a very pretty game, and still probably has some of the best explosions I have ever seen. Ubi is claiming to have improved the Cross-Com, let's hope so, it could be a bit slow and clunky in the heat of battle. Click the link below for more details.
Gaming-Age.com

Its A Big Ad

See, why can't all ads be this creative and funny? Not only does it TELL you that its an ad, it still is better than 90% of the commercials on t.v.

The Ettatorial For the Week of 12-06-06

A small week this week, at least for a man like myself on a budget. So only one pick this week, and it's New Universal #1.

Ten reasons why Battlestar Galactica is doomed

It is with a heavy heart that I am forced to confront the possibility that the once-great show Battlestar Galactica may be heading to fraktown. After Friday's head-clutchingly bad episode, which combined boxing scenes with barfy romantic flashbacks, my sense of foreboding has escalated into franchise panic. Will our beloved show go Star Trek:TNG season 7 on us? Or, worse, Buffy season 6? Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about. Read on for the ten signs that Battlestar Galactica is turning a dangerous corner . . .

I have to admit, I'm a Galactica fan. At the start of the season, during the fantastic "New Caprica" story-line it was my most looked forward to show every week, but the last few episodes haven't been just bad, they've been terrible. Walker Texas Ranger terrible.

The use of time in BSG has always been a problem. Writers seem to skip a lot of time, this way they can tell you later (through flashbacks, not a good idea, learn from Lost) why characters are doing things (overnight) that make no sense. Instead of gradually developing characters over time, they can force feed us flashbacks to explain nonsensical actions on the characters parts.

Galactica is not beyond saving, but something needs to be done soon to get this ship back on course. Where are you Ron Moore? Let's stop developing spin off series and get back to the thing that made you famous to begin with.

Blog.wired.com

Man accused of faking retardation - For 20 years

For nearly 20 years -- ever since Pete Costello was 8 -- his mother has collected disability benefits on his behalf.

In meetings with Social Security officials and psychologists, he appeared mentally retarded and unable to communicate. His mother insisted he couldn't read or write, shower, take care of himself or drive a car.

But now prosecutors said it was all a huge fraud, and they have video of Costello contesting a traffic ticket to prove it.

Let me explain our legal system to you a bit. This man is in trouble because he faked retardation and used the condition to collect disability checks from the government. Actors (like John Travolta, shown above in "Battlefield Earth") can fake retardation because they use the condition to get jobs, like making shitty movies. They do not use the condition to get money from the government. And now you know a bit more about how the United States works!

Local6.com

The Sega Mega Anser

And you thought the 32X was a weird add-on for the SEGA MegaDrive (Genesis for you US residents). Pah! Apparently you've never heard of the SEGA MEGA ANSER thingy. The software and hardware combo for the professional MegaDrive user. Yes, the professional; not the gamer.

All you, the professional, had to do was plug the MEGA ANSER cartridge, connect the remote-like controller and the MD Modem (sold separately) to your console and voila. You had a fully working answering machine, an online connection to your favorite Japanese bank and a pretty basic accounting utility. And you were an excited accountant ready to play out your very own -very private- American Psycho fantasies. With a console.

I'd add this to the list of "Clever Sega Idea's that are Just a Bit Odd." Sega was always trying to innovate in interesting ways. I'm sure to many a Japanese Stock Investor this device was the cat's meow (or Hello Kitty's meow?).

GnomesLair.blogspot.com

FoxTrot to Cease Dailies

Bill Amend’s popular FoxTrot comic strip will go to a Sunday-only publication schedule as of Dec. 31, 2006, announced Universal Press Syndicate today. The last daily will be Saturday, Dec. 30. Reruns of dailies will be available for Web usage.

“After spending close to half of my life writing and drawing FoxTrot cartoons, I think it’s time I got out of the house and tried some new things,” said Amend. “I love cartooning and I absolutely want to continue doing the strip, just not at the current all-consuming pace. I’ve been blessed over the years with a terrific syndicate, patient newspaper clients, and more support from readers than I probably deserve, and I want to assure them all that while I’ll be now a less-frequent participant on the comics pages, I’ll continue to treat my visits as the special privilege they are.”

This is a bit of a shame, FoxTrot is probably the only daily left that was actually funny on a consistent basis. I'd say it's a good thing in the end, now FoxTrot will be remembered for the funny times, unlike a strip like Garfield which was funny at one time, but ran out of steam years ago.

AMUniveral.com

Halo still kicks ass

In case you had somehow forgotten, I don't know how; temporary insanity, lack of blood to the head, new system launches, Halo still pretty much rules. Enjoy this, the Halo 3 Trailer 2 from last nights Monday Night Football.

A giant building in Tokyo shaped like Godzilla

The people of Tokyo should construct a giant building shaped like Godzilla. Imagine what it would do to the city’s skyline, and to the tourism industry. People would come from all over to take pictures. His eyes could flash red so airplanes don’t hit him. There could be an observatory in his mouth so people could look out over Tokyo. One of his arms could house a bar, and the other arm a restaurant. They could serve drinks called Mothra Martinis and dishes like Grilled Gamera Steaks, with a side of Mashed Potatoes.

I say this sort of thing almost every day, but this really is the greatest idea of all time. I know the people of Tokyo would want to scream in broken English every time they saw it, but it would bring an insane amount of tourism dollars to the city, and since Godzilla still shows up every week or so to break shit (at least, that's my guesstimate), maybe this thing would scare him (her?) off every once in a while.

IronicSans.com

Houston Texans win with negative five passing yards

The Texans became the first team in 25 years to win a game with negative yards passing, using Demarcus Faggins' 58-yard fumble return for a touchdown, two long returns on special teams and a pair of fumbles by Randal Williams to beat the Oakland Raiders 23-14 on Sunday.

The Texans have sucked forever, are they ever going to be a legitimate team in the NFL? At least they're better than the Raiders, who have to be the worst team of all time to loose to a team with -5 passing yards, you could send Etta and I out there alone and we wouldn't do any worse.

ESPN.com

Send your atheist friend an "I Told You So" card after the Rapture

Just write your letter and it will be hand-delivered immediately following the exodus of the pure from the Earth. But you must be thinking to yourself, "How can the letters be delivered after the Rapture?" The answer is simple. The creators of this site are Atheists.

I don't have anything to say that could be more cleaver or witty then this service already is, so I'll just keep quiet.

P0stRapturePost.com

PS3=Dreamcast, Sony's gaming saga will end as Sega's

That's certainly quite a claim. Yuta Sakurai, an analyst at Nomura believes that in dropping an engineer like Kutaragi from day-to-day management of PlayStation and the promotion of Kaz Hirai and David Reeves is a sign that Sony is shifting its focus from hardware to software.

Sony has made a number of mistakes with the PS3, but this is a seriously bold claim 2 weeks into the systems life. Once Sony can get these things on shelves and release some decent games, even if they can't catch up to Microsoft and Nintendo, they will sell a ton of systems.

Plus the PS3 is nothing like the Dreamcast, it seems more like the Neo Geo or the 3D0 right now. Dreamcast failed for no real reason. Sega did everything right. A powerful system with great games at a great price. Sony has a powerful system (but the games will come and lets hope the price does as well).

BoomTown.net

SSX Blur on the Wii

The first footage of the SSX series on the Wii. Sounds like it would be a great idea. In reality it looks a lot like SSX3. I used to love this series, but now (big surprise) EA has ruined it through lack of any innovation.

China has chosen its own Lara Croft

Tomb Raider: Legend is about to hit stores in China and to get people excited for the game China decided to set out to find the best Chinese Lara Croft they could find. Offering money and false promises of a Brad Pitt wedding, China succeeded in finding some quality 'Play Girls.' Here's a few egg rolls I'd like to stick with my chopsticks:

It seems like nothing we do is good enough for China. We make a bomb, they make a bigger bomb. We come up with a soulless marketing tool and they have to find a hotter one.

Maybe this is real news and maybe this is just a bad way to put up pictures of a hot Asian chick on the site, you decide. Either way, I have to do something to get you people to read this site.

TheLastBoss.com

Pilot threatens to divert plane because of gay kiss

Shortly after takeoff, Varnier nodded off, leaning his head on Tsikhiseli. A stewardess came over to their row. “The purser wants you to stop that,” she said. One hourr later the captain told Tsikhiseli that if they didn’t stop arguing with the crew he would indeed divert the plane. “I want you to go back to your seat and behave the rest of the flight."

If you kids don't knock off all that gay back their, I'll turn this plane around!

NewYorker.com