Category: Media
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99.9% of Proper Grammar Is Obsolete
So, what do you suppose it says about me that I happily read and enjoyed the parody, but I was never even tempted to click through to the original?
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Beckett on Film
I have to admit to never having read or seen anything by Samuel Beckett. That is, I hadn’t seen anything until tonight. I’ve been watching Beckett on Film . I’m unsure of what to make of it. Many of the characters seem to be traits or aspects of a person more than fully formed individuals,…
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The Oracle of Google
The Oracle of Google does a very good job answering multiple choice questions. For instance I asked it who wrote Great Expectations. I tried to trip it up by including David Copperfield as one of the choices on the assumption that there would be nearly as many “Great Expectations” AND “David Copperfield” page matches as…
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Now with 3, 3, 3 Times the Fun
I was distractedly clicking on my Amazon Gold Box offers, and I realized it wasn’t closing like it should have. Turns out my box now holds 15 items. I guess they’re trying to make up for all those days where I didn’t get a gold box at all. I have just one question: What the…
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Evil Art and Good Advertising
I might have to check this out on Sunday. Thanks for the heads-up LA Blogs Granted, it’s probably not as interesting as the season premier of the Sopranos, but I’m going to be Tivoing that anyway. Now the real question is whether I will be able to untangle myself from my knot of seething anger…
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Scam o Rama
Oh sweet, sweet Justice. You emit more stupid in one second than our entire galaxy emits in a year. Quasar stupid. Your life is a monument to stupidity. I am breathless that anyone or anything in our universe can really be this stupid. You are a primordial fragment from the original big bang of stupid.…
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Ha ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha ha! Cribbed from here who found it here.
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What is Wrong With Me?
I have on my desk the latest copy of Communication Arts and the book, Data Analysis with Microsoft Excel. I am far more interested in the data analysis book than the pretty picture book (I should mention I do graphic design professionally). What the hell is wrong with me? By the way – Frequency Tables…
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I Can’t Believe I’m Watching This
The Tivo keeps grabbing this show, So Graham Norton. I hate the fact that I just can’t get enough of this thing. It is just the basest, most crass, tee hee hee he’s talking about sex kind of program. But, there are times when I find it unbelievably funny. Take for instance tonight when his…
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Speed Stacking
Wow! This Girl (QT Video) can really stack cups. [via MetaFilter]