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March 31, 2004
It Looks Like Wisconsin Is In The News Again
My city, Madison Wisconsin made national news again today, when missing UW student Audry Seiler was found alive. This is an fascinating case, and the police have not released all of the information yet. I have been trying to deduce exactly what happened based on a few interesting clues that have surfaced, see if you can figure out what happened before the police do. Here is the pertinent information:
-This girl, (who lives about 2 blocks from my girlfriend) disappeared early Saturday, at about 2am.
-A security camera showed her looking out the window and pacing before leaving by herself right before she disappeared.
-She did not take her keys or cell phone with her, and was wearing sweatpants and flip-flops when she left.
-She was assaulted randomly 1 month earlier, knocked unconscious, and woke up one block away. She was not robbed.
I think I know what happened, we will see if I am right when the police release more details.
Posted by Noah at 10:24 PM | Comments (10)
Put down that chalupa and strip
Looks like this prankster has been at large since 1999. His crime takes advantage of the stupidity of the average fast food industry manager. Here's a scenario. He calls in long distance to a Taco Bell. He then gives the manager a rough description of a girl and tells the manager to bring her back into his office. Then the man on the phone tells the manager to strip search the girl.
This ridiculous charade has occurred over and over again at places like Taco Bell, Burger King, and Hooters. The managers have been paying for their mistakes. Burger King paid $35,000 after a manager performed a strip search on an employee after a man on a phone told him to.
Posted by Bryant at 05:53 PM | Comments (1)
Sorry to Pull a Jesse..
...and post directly from CNN.com but I found This Story to be interesting. It looks like not all the residents of Iraq are happy about the "opportunity" for a new government that America has given them. At least not the residents who cheered as the coprses of American civilians were beaten with sticks and hung from a Euphrates river bridge. Oh well, at least we got rid of all those WMDs that we went over there to get in the first place.*
On behalf of Bryantchoung.com I expess our sincere condolences to the victims families.
Posted by Noah at 03:54 PM | Comments (2)
Ultimate RV
I'm not sure if this is a new feature in RV's or not, but it's new to me:
I've always been a fan of RV's and if given the chance, I'd hire a driver and have travel everywhere in a nice RV with bed, TV, kitchen etc... The problem with RV travel in the past is that if you want to park your land yacht and go into the city for a quick run, you'd have to tow your car. This is dangerous, a pain to hitch and unhitch, your car gets dirty, and i'm not sure if it add's mileage to your car. A company named Travel Supreme has made a mid-engine RV that allows them to put a garage in the back of their RV. This garage is large enough to park a mini cooper. How cool is that? This reminds me of my Optimus Prime transofmer toy that could house other transformers inside of it. Basically, how cool would it be to drive cross country in Optimus Prime?
Posted by Bryant at 04:51 AM | Comments (0)
Chemistry Exams get Harder
Looks like there's a team of scientists that are looking to make Chemistry exams harder for everyone. They're on a mission to find new elements. They've just found two new ones and are cruising for more. I'm so glad I'm almost done with school.
Posted by Bryant at 04:14 AM | Comments (0)
March 30, 2004
One Word: Hippies
this article is great eveyone should read! it makes great points about how hippies dont do science and dont have good facts. There is no proof Global Warming exists! Yet sadly bad science and hippies dominate...
and get this, the article stems from a hippie global warming movie due out in may... sadly the movie produced more CO2 than it is likely to solve...
Posted by Jesse at 01:03 PM | Comments (2)
March 29, 2004
if you win bryant will buy you one of our T-shirts to wear on the show
procter and gamble is giving away a very odd prize... a free spot to be on the next survivor.. fill out the form and send something in... blah blah blah.. couple months later you're eating pig brains to win an imunity challenge...
Posted by Jesse at 10:13 PM | Comments (0)
Yeah this was the best thing i had to post... there was nothing on cnn.com :(
www.pdarcade.com is a great site for pda gaming. they have just released a list of the best emulators for pocketpc. now what surprizes me is that there is a PSone emulator. does this mean i can actually play PSone games? if anyone tests this emulator and it works let me know... it would be raw... final fantasy VII on my crappy pda... too dope to cope...
Posted by Jesse at 09:55 PM | Comments (0)
And on the next day man created life
Looks like creation of life is coming closer to a lab near you. Reportedly there are over 100 labs that are racing to create custom life that will be engineered to create custom life that are designed to solve life's problems. They give horrible examples of these applications, like a sweater that can mend itself. The risks of this new technology are apparent to anyone who has seen Jurassic Park. The scientists at Los Alamos make two claims to defend the safety of creating new life. First is that the new life will be so fragile that it will not be able to compete with life that has been evolving for millions of years. Second, they claim that they are engineering life to be dependent on chemicals that don't exist in the environment, but only in labs. Michael Crichton couldn't have written the introduction to this tale of global destruction any better.
Posted by Bryant at 07:39 PM | Comments (0)
Snow Cones?
Just needed to post something...
Danish artist Marco Evaristti has traveled to Greenland to make the world's largest snow cone. Rather than calling a dessert, he calls it "art." But he went to GREENland and then painted an entire iceberg RED thoroughly confusing everyone. Previously this "artist" created a piece with 10 goldfish in blenders. He encouraged his visitors to turn on the blenders, and when finally one did a pair of goldfish were surprisingly ground up. Why this qualifies as art? Who knows?
Posted by Bryant at 05:28 AM | Comments (1)
March 26, 2004
Crap. where is my money?
For those of you who have things to hide from prying eyes, I introduce you to you the the brief safe. You've seen those clever can safes but those can't match the power of a couple of skidmarks from stopping would be thieves from taking your stash. The two things that come to mind about the brief safe is that the residue may not look real enough and you might be a boxers kind of guy like myself. So I'm working on a do it yourself method that I'll post soon.
Posted by Bryant at 01:05 PM | Comments (0)
Boogers Make you Strong
Looks like the sweet yet salty concoction that brews in your nose every day is as good as medicine. According to Prof Dr Friedrich Bischinger, he claims that picking your nose is a great way to keep it clean in a way that Kleenex just can't. And instead of wasting your boogers, you should eat them. They will make you strong, training your body to resist bacteria. Since people seem to pick up the weirdest fads for staying healthy or in shape, could global nose picking become a new "trendy thing to do?"
Posted by Bryant at 12:43 PM | Comments (2)
For You Guys Who Are Still In School
This has been around for a while, but for those of you who haven't seen this before, The Spark.com offers free cliffs notes, called SparkNotes. These have helped me out of many 'a jam in College. Also noteworthy on that site is The Fat Project in which they paid a guy and a girl $3000 to gain 30 lbs. in 30 days. As a founding member of the Big Eaters Society, this article holds a special place in my heart.
Posted by Noah at 11:51 AM | Comments (0)
Its All a Big Popularity Contest
... and that is why I am so confused as to why Jesse is beating me in the polls. Anyway, I decided that if I cant beat him, maybe I should co-opt his strategy. www.cnn.com. Now just pretend I posted this 10 times in a row and hopefully I'll be skyrocketing up in the polls.
Posted by Noah at 11:22 AM | Comments (2)
Tech for the missus
I was just thinking tonight, do we have any female readers on this site?
If so I apologize for being so guy-centric. So this post is all about how tech can work for you:
Hovercraft vacuum cleaner - Makes cleaning the house a breeze
an internet enabled refridgerator - Makes getting recipes and preparing meals easier
internet enabled microwave - Although I thought staring at microwaves might be bad for your precious corneas.
Posted by Bryant at 04:33 AM | Comments (1)
March 25, 2004
Don't Forget Pee Wee, Joe
Speaking of celebrity Shenanigans, lets not forget Paul Reubens, better known to the world as Pee Wee Herman who recently plead guilty to obsenity charges. This remeinds me of when Pee Wee was first busted for indecent exposure in a theatre, my sister has a button that read " Let My Pee Wee GO!!!" I really dont know how anyone can be suprised that someone who sat on a talking chair named charrie, and hung out with a pterodactyl, and kept a disembodied talking head that he called a genie in his cupboard, turned out to be weird.
Posted by Noah at 12:27 PM | Comments (4)
Celebrity Shenanigans
Today's celebrity lawsuit update:
Richard Simmons charged with assault after "sarcastic" remark was made about his extremely heterosexual* workout videos.
Kobe Bryant faced his accuser in person for the first time since the alleged rape nearly a year ago.
Busta Rhymes was sentenced to six months probation after threatening to kill a woman for touching his chin.
Bobby Brown was thrown in jail for 90 days after neglecting to pay $63,000 child support for his two children.
The judge in the Michael Jackson molestation case has put a tight lid on grand jury, hoping to preserve the integrity of the upcoming trial.
Posted by Joe at 07:16 AM | Comments (0)
The Future of TV Advertising
With the advent of Tivo and other Personal Video Recroders, it seems that the era of television advertising is coming to a close. Tivo, however, is trying to gain some additional cash flow by offering interactive advertisements. While regular folks like you and me might ignore this just as much as we ignore regular commercials, I'm sure the same type of people that buy stuff from spam will keep this feature alive. Is this the future of advertising? Read up on the gossip at Slashdot.
Posted by Joe at 07:01 AM | Comments (0)
Chappelle's Show
Fan of Chappelle's Show? Check out this page at Entensity for some nice video clips. My personal favorites are the Lil' Jon skits.
Posted by Joe at 06:52 AM | Comments (0)
Safe Saw
Just in case you ever get your finger (or other appendage) caught in a saw, it would sure be nice to have this technology. The high speed videos are especially cool.
Posted by Joe at 06:49 AM | Comments (1)
Madison, WI Bars Accused of Price Fixing
Students at UW-Madison have filed a class action lawsuit against 18 Madison bars. The suit claims that these bars have conspired to set prices, cheating students and others out of millions of dollars.
Posted by Joe at 04:31 AM | Comments (1)
March 24, 2004
are we still Under God?
well well well... once again its time for Jesse's thought provoking post of the week. if we beat 20 comments im taking everyone out for ice cream and swimming in bryant's pool!!!
seems as if a man in california is sueing to have "under God" taken out of the pledge. He feels too offended that his child had to say under God. I say that the majority of americans believe in some sort of god (I myself am a evangelical Christian) and i think this line reflects national values of our past and present. It is a national statement and not a personal one from my point of view and thus the line should remain right where it is....
once again i await noah, or anyone else, to tell me just how wrong i am...
Posted by Jesse at 10:48 PM | Comments (14)
Hey Paula, You like birds?
On American Idol last night, Simon flipped a bird to Paula Abdul in the middle of a heated debate. The funny thing is that he didn't come out and just flip her the bird, he did one of those moves where you pretend to pick your eye, or in his case, lean his head on his hand with his middle finger raised. *Surprisingly* this got past Fox producers and they let it on the air. This encouraged me to find a little bit of the history of the finger and famous fingers in history.
Posted by Bryant at 12:53 PM | Comments (2)
Animal Control
Maybe we should try and be on the good side of monkey's. They seem to be getting more powerful and more educated. Four videos of a Trunk Monkey from Suburban Auto Group
Posted by Bryant at 07:15 AM | Comments (18)
Fact or Fiction
This story is so odd that i'm going to let you decide if it's a new movie script or a news article based on some snippets:
...left the zoo without a solid explanation of how the 13-year-old gorilla got past walls 12 to 16 feet high with moats and electrified wires...
...In a tape of one 911 call released by authorities Monday, a zoo secretary calmly tells the operator that police are needed. In another call, Dallas resident Enrique DeLeon urgently requests help. "There's a gorilla loose, and it's going after people," he says frantically. "Are you serious?" the dispatcher asks. DeLeon responds, "I'm serious. I swear to God. I am not joking. There's people yelling. It's going after people. ... There's kids in here. Please. ... Please hurry up."...
...Cheryl Reichert, 39, trying to close a door to the aviary, but the gorilla forced it open and jumped on her..
... "He picked him up like a rag doll and then bit him in the head,"...
... She was yelling, 'Hurry up! Hurry up!' But I told her she needed to be quiet or the gorilla would come back up,"...
After they were pulled through the netting, a zoo employee armed with a fire extinguisher led them to a nearby barn,...
..."Unfortunately, the police encountered Jabari and he charged them, and they really had no choice," ...
weird
Posted by Bryant at 06:50 AM | Comments (0)
March 23, 2004
What a slap in the face!
some british cave divers got trapped in a Mexican cave there were exploring. Since their conditions arent extremely dire they turned down an offer to get rescued by mexico and decided to wait for the british navy to save them...
If i were mexico i would be super mad. you offer to help only to hear in a snobby british acsent that your help isnt wanted!!! ouch...
Posted by Jesse at 04:40 PM | Comments (0)
Quality or Quanity?
Cnn.com once again reports what many scientist have known for a while... eating less and doing so correctly will increase your life span... thus you get more quanity of life but you also get a life devoid of bacon, sausage, or any other tasty processed meat....
the great thing though is they say that you can start at any age. thus wait until your 70 and cant really chew or taste the food you're eating and then just start eating nothing but a lil bit of oats...
Posted by Jesse at 04:35 PM | Comments (0)
Browsers of Old
Check out this collection of old web browsers--I was a Mosaic man myself. Look at the list and reminisce or download your favorite. Either way, you'll be happily reminded of the internet days of yore.
Posted by Joe at 01:12 PM | Comments (0)
This Isn't a Malfunction
A woman in San Rafael, California is taking a local country club to court after they objected to her "suckling uncovered" at the pool:
"The ensuing debate is -- to women's rights advocates -- a clarifying look at the contradictory nature of a culture that shudders in horror at the sight of a breast with a suckling baby while celebrating the for-adults-only version of the breast in every possible forum."
Posted by Joe at 12:26 PM | Comments (1)
Do you ever wonder if someday there will be only two coporations in the world: Microsoft and Walmart?
Walmart has decided to start selling songs online in a big way. The price is only 88 cents compared with the 99 cent songs of itunes. While i love my own superwalmart, this song venture coupled with the new automated "self checkout" machines rather frightens me... am i the only one?
Posted by Jesse at 11:36 AM | Comments (3)
RIAA Site Down
Among other sites such as Microsoft and SCO, virus writers have targeted the RIAA website, putting it out of commission for the past five days. Is the record industry getting what they deserve for their recent string of lawsuits? In my opinion, more legitimate opposition seems to be the right way to go. Discuss.
Posted by Joe at 08:48 AM | Comments (2)
PBR Comeback
The idea that Pabst Blue Ribbon is making a comeback is so ridiculous that even CNN puts the story in its Offbeat News section.
Posted by Joe at 05:36 AM | Comments (0)
Pot Luck
AskMen.com has published an article revealing the myths and realities surrounding marijuana. While debunking numerous perceived dangers of the drug, they fail to mention one issue: it's still illegal.
Posted by Joe at 05:32 AM | Comments (3)
Logo Matching
Think you surf the internet a lot? Try matching these abbreviated logos with their respective websites. Warning: extremely frustrating. Help each other out in the comments section.
Posted by Joe at 05:25 AM | Comments (0)
Master Chief
"There is a point in which cultural theory goes too far and the study of books exceeds actual practice."* A much as I enjoy games, I don't think I can agree with offering a Master's degree in gaming. USC, Ur Spoiled Children are really getting away with too much. How could you prescribe an intellectual education in something like that? What would your thesis be, finding all the secret items in a game? I suppose a more useful thesis would be discovering what really makes a game popular. Then again, people didn't think movies could ever be artistically significant when they first came around...
* - deep quote by a deep philosopher
Posted by Edwin at 12:08 AM | Comments (0)
March 22, 2004
A robot named Ugly
Look at this robot from the UK. Lucy the orangutan robot is just about the ugliest damn thing I have ever seen in my life, robot or non-robot. Now look at all the robots from Japan. So sleek, so modern, so futuristic. And all this robot does is take it's one working eyeball, size up a piece of fruit, and then tell you whether or not it's an apple or a banana. It's a good thing that robots will be able to tell us this information so that all those workers who struggle at the combined apple banana processing plant will soon get leave their horrible jobs.
Posted by Bryant at 03:59 PM | Comments (0)
Clear as Concrete
Concrete blocks. The pillar of any fine academic institution's dormitory's. Students that have been living in a cold harsh concrete prison may soon have a glimmer of hope. Inventor Áron Losonczi has made a new type of concrete, LitraCon, with fiber optics embedded that allow bricks to transmit light. According to Losonczi, the concrete maintains all of its material strength while transmitting lights and shadows. Oh the fun you could have with your neighbors.
Posted by Bryant at 03:42 PM | Comments (0)
CeBIT Technology Show
Here are some gadgets from the CeBIT Technology Show in Germany. Among them is the much anticipated Microsoft/Creative "iPod Killer." Happy drooling.
Posted by Joe at 01:12 PM | Comments (0)
Bush Monkey
I think that this is a much better comparison.
Posted by Noah at 12:21 PM | Comments (0)
Jacko and John Kerry
Here's a picture that shows Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holding up a picture that compares John Kerry's and Michael Jackson's alleged plastic surgery. This is just an odd photo. You can leave your own captions in comments.
Posted by Bryant at 11:55 AM | Comments (1)
Hippies Never Make Sense
a recent msnbc.com article is titled, "Meat-eating vegetarians transform the movement." now just think about that does that make any sense? one sub-title in the article is, "I really like sausage." Please someone untangle this to make some sense. With this logic good ole Ted Nugent is a vegaterian.
Posted by Jesse at 09:10 AM | Comments (7)
Fark Photoshop
As an avid reader of Fark.com, I've grown to love the numerous Photoshop contests they sponsor every day. Their latest contest is to repost the most memorable contest entries from past contests. While some might be filled with "Fark Cliches" such as Admiral Ackbar or the squirrel with huge nuts, this is a great way to kill some time--and have a few laughs. Also, check out Worth1000 for some great examples of Photoshopping genius.
Posted by Joe at 02:25 AM | Comments (1)
March 21, 2004
Funky Flash Game
Jesse, this flash game I found is right up your alley. Its sort of like Leisure Suit Larry, but without the hot babes. Actually, hmm.... does anyone just have a link to the old Leisure Suit Larry games?
Posted by Noah at 02:10 PM | Comments (0)
Urinal Madness
What's going on with urinals these days? Why do people feel the need to make art out of such a receptacle? This has got to stop. I offer you exhibit A | B.
Posted by Joe at 01:20 PM | Comments (0)
Yet Another Yeti Imitation
Posted by Joe at 01:12 PM | Comments (1)
PDA of the Future
Toshiba has unveiled what they consider to be the communication device of the future: the PDA wristwatch. With integrated Bluetooth and WiFi, this gadget is "perfectly suited for videophone conferences." Read the gossip on Slashdot for more information.
Posted by Joe at 01:09 PM | Comments (0)
Street Writer
Glen Kyle may have been better off if he stuck to street writing instead of aiming so high and doing his fancy dandy sky writing. How cool would it be to write things as you drive. It could be like your own real life version of logo, and finding your way back home would be a cinch. Plus it's a lot easier to crash land a van than a little plane.
Posted by Bryant at 06:31 AM | Comments (1)
More American than I am
The only thing that tick's me off about this guy from Kuwait is that he's living more like the capitalist arrogant American schmuck more than anyone I know in the states. He drives his little bmw 330ci and fills it up with gas thats 3 cents a gallon. He listens to his ipod at a nicely decorated office while working on OSX. I his free time he enjoys eating at KFC, Chilis, TGI-Friday's and other American restaurants. Then he comes home to watch News Radio and reads playboy while his roomba vacuums his hardwood floors. He watches his back and protects his right to own a handgun, Mod chips his xbox, buys pirated DVD's. Then he uploads pictures from his phone cam onto his website. What exactly are the Iraqi's fighting against?
Posted by Bryant at 04:30 AM | Comments (0)
March 20, 2004
This is legal??
According to this BBC article, a student sold her virginity on the web in order to pay for school loans. Isn't this prostitution?? Isn't this illegal? According to her story, after the act she just went and "cried and cried." I'm somewhat sympathtetic... but I also think she's an idiot. Truthfully, I wouldn't be surprised if this was a big hoax.
Posted by Edwin at 10:37 PM | Comments (10)
New Testament in ASL
According to CNN, the New Testament has been translated into American Sign Language. While at first this seemed like a very nice and good thing, I then thought, "wait a sec, it's not like deaf people can't read..." According to one of the guys behind it, it's mainly for deaf people whose second language is English... so an ASL Bible would be good for them. But then again, can't these people just read the Bible in their own language? I feel like I'm not making sense.
Posted by Edwin at 08:53 PM | Comments (3)
Pingu Yeti sports Yet again
They keep making these little games with a yeti and a penguin and each one is addictive. There have been plenty of imitations, but the new ones always start off with a yeti and a penguin. I don't know where they come up with these, but here's the latest penguin toss game.
Posted by Bryant at 11:34 AM | Comments (0)
Too Good To Be True
Not long ago we posted about the discovery of a three headed frog. Unfortunately, this unique animal's claim to fame has been called into question. Decide for yourself.
Posted by Joe at 11:23 AM | Comments (1)
Greenpeace
Greenpeace really knows how to make a statement. In their latest adventure, two activists scaled Big Ben in London, England, and proceeded to pull out a sign that could only be seen from the ground with binoculars. Nice work, guys.
Posted by Joe at 11:11 AM | Comments (3)
The Soccer Mom's Daily Driver
For those of you who have driven a mini-van, you know how bad it can be. The turning radius matches that of a warship. Even if you gun it, the tires just spin, if you take a turn over 15 mph you're riding on two wheels, and other drivers look up at you in pity. For Paul Smith, he loved driving in his Dodge Caravan. He loved it even more after he tuned it so he could smoke just about all stock cars out on the street. He dropped this 1989 Dodge Caravan down to do a quarter mile in 12.65 at 104.5 mph. A stock bmw m3 sits at around 13.5 or so. And a z28? let's just say it's not as fast. Go to turbominivan.com to get a complete update.
Posted by Bryant at 09:48 AM | Comments (0)
Just because i like posting crap.
Get out your whistles and sing a exhuberent (sp) Happy Birthday for the McDonald's Happy Meal it just turned 25!!!!! i must have eaten a bijillion (1 followed by 18 zeros) of these as a kid. Three thoughts: Did you know grown up people collect those toys? Some of toys are recalled because of choking hazards (maybe if the food tasted better the kids wouldnt look to the toys for nutrional value) and lastly in case you wanna eat one now as an adult read this book first.
Sorry for being a hypocrite about the caps.
Posted by Jesse at 01:50 AM | Comments (0)
and you thought you had a bad day
sorry its too late for CAPS. anyways, it seems a deaf man didn't have his hearing aids in and thus walked in front of a train and was hit. an ambulance then showed up to take him the hospital. but sadly the amublance was then hit by a car on the way to the hospital. This has to be as rare as being struck my lightning.
Posted by Jesse at 01:39 AM | Comments (1)
March 19, 2004
Why Can't all Health Food Taste This Good?
Some French Nutrionists think that "le Royale with Cheese" (aka le Big Mac) is a healthy meal or at least healthier than other french foods.... no wonder everyone in the Western world is beefy... sorry for the pun...
Posted by Jesse at 11:22 AM | Comments (4)
Things that make you go Hmmm...
As the gay marriage debate heats up in our society, I found this article perplexing.. in an elementary school library a child checked out a book called "King & King." In the book a Prince decides chicks arent for him and falls for another Prince. This book angered the childs parents and i think rightly so, especially since it was a public school and their tax dollars support it.
Should books like this be in an elementary school library?
[edited by bryant to fix spelling errors and book title]
Posted by Jesse at 11:09 AM | Comments (25)
Al Qaida #2
As I'm sure you've all heard by now, Usama bin Laden's top lieutenant has been cornered in Pakistan. While this is surely seems to be a monumental victory in the war on terror, haven't we already caught this guy?
Posted by Joe at 08:50 AM | Comments (0)
Chalk One Up for P2P
The Australian recording industry is reporting that music sales in 2003 reached an all time high, in thanks partly to online file sharing. CD singles, however, faced a decline in sales. I never really understood the point of paying two dollars less for two songs, anyway.
Posted by Joe at 07:45 AM | Comments (8)
Coolest Christmas Present Ever
I know its a little early to think about christmas next year, but hopefully this will be available by then. CoasterDynamix is developing model rollercoaster kits. I guess this would be like the bastard child of RollerCoaster Tycoon and model train sets. Although you don't get to ride it it looks so stinkin cool. Watch the video.
Posted by Bryant at 04:27 AM | Comments (1)
March 18, 2004
Floppy Power
I found this while browsing the classic gaming website. You can now download arcade machines. Once you download the program, it extracts onto a disk, and now when you stick it into your computer and turn it on, your computer runs that game. Couldn't be easier. I don't have a floppy disk on my laptop or desktop so you guys will have to let me know how these games are.
Posted by Bryant at 10:09 PM | Comments (0)
W M D
I used to play the original version of scorched earth for DOS on a 286 running at 16mhz. We would play this all the time in middle school, this was before we tried wolfenstein3D and before we even thought graphics accelerators were needed for computers. Now you can play Scorched Earth on the internet with all your buddies and quality sound effects. Scorched earth 2000.
Posted by Bryant at 10:00 PM | Comments (3)
Upset Stomach
Whever I take something apart and try and put it back together or back in the box, I always get everything to fit nicely, and there always seems to be extra screws or something that I can't find where it goes. For a 6 month old girl in Miami, she's lucky I'm not her surgeon. She had a record 8 organs transplanted in her body. It's amazing that doctors can give someone a complete overhaul like this. On her shopping list was a liver, stomach, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine, spleen and two kidneys.
Posted by Bryant at 08:33 PM | Comments (0)
It's the End of the World as We Know it.
Better club a baby seal fast, time might be running out. A recent study found that a "mass extinction" may be under way. Now the study only focused on England so we might be safe. I mean at least the USA is trying to do something about the problem. And another thing, it seems as if another big rock almost crashed into us making it the second close call in several months.
I better get all my life goals done fast.... so far the one of the few goals I've managed to complete is getting my pic on a T-shirt...
Posted by Jesse at 04:43 PM | Comments (0)
Hearing unspoken words = reading minds?
According to this article, NASA has developed technology to hear words that aren't even audible or mouthed, by placing sensors along one's throat. Pretty cool, I thought... but then again - could this be used to basically tell what a person's thinking? I bet subconsciously people are using their throat muscles when they think to themselves...
Posted by Edwin at 02:04 AM | Comments (0)
March 17, 2004
Science has Proved Guinness is Really as Thick as Motor Oil
Happy St. Patricks day.. in a recent CNN.com article "Guinness mystery finally solved" researchers have found that the bubbles in Guinness somehow travel downward because of the liquid's friction.... it is brilliant how they conducted their experiments...
"Our group carried out preliminary experiments at a local pub a few years ago, but the results proved inconclusive," said Dr. Andrew Alexander, from the University of Edinburgh's School of Chemistry." aka they drank a whole lotta beer in the name of science.
I wonder how scienctists are picked to work on such inspiring projects. I think more people should help fund these types of experiments. But now that a lab, instead of some drunk guy in a bar, has proved the bubbles do travel down we can all rest easier...
St. Patty's day humor: In Chicago they dye the river green for St. Patty's day which begs the question: if they can dye it green one day a year why can't they dye it blue the rest of the time?????
Posted by Jesse at 09:59 PM | Comments (2)
March 16, 2004
Narcissism
Friend of my Dad's from Jersey. Narcissism never looked this good.
Posted by Joe at 11:44 PM | Comments (2)
Panda Sexual Education
I guess this can be filed under Animal Oddities. Oh the sexual harassment panda would not be happy about this: Vets in China are showing panda porn to American-born panda Hua Mei. Presumably because she was born and raised in captivity she does not know about mating. Thus the team of vets came up with the solution of showing the innocent Hua Mei panda porn. Where they obtained panda porn was not made clear, but the report says that vets have shown her the videos and taken her to watch other pandas mating. There has to be a better way to teach pandas about mating.
Posted by Bryant at 08:49 PM | Comments (0)
New Target for my Spam Filter
So I've been increasingly pissed off recently that spam in my mailbox has gone up around 20-30 emails per day. Spam Assassin is decent. It catches about 75% of my spam and rarely has false positives. But I keep wondering, why they continue sending spam. There must be some idiots out there who actually respond to this kind of marketing. Meet Orlando Soto, our enemy. He regularly responds to spam and purchases items pitched to him through spam. If spammers are successful if 1 in 10,000 people make a purchase. So this guy is hurting 10,000 other people whenever he buys something. I think we should have a way to vote people like this off the internet.
Posted by Bryant at 01:18 PM | Comments (1)
March 15, 2004
Greatest Post Ever
ok this is kind of a local interest story... one of my friends from high school and a frequent player of poker at bryant's house in beloit, glenn meleen, crashed a plane yesterday and made national news... after talking to him and getting the inside scoop it goes a lil something like this. his engine died while flying a banner in daytona, he had to ditch the banner and land on a road, and hit a truck with his plane... he has been on local news and called a hero for not killing anyone, he was on cnn, and was contacted by inside addition today to be on their tv show......
here are some of the articles about his adventure which is now world news..
this one has a pic, new york post, canada, miami, baltimore, Channel 9, canada again
if anyone deserves a brycon surely it is glenn (aka kyle) meleen... and who knows maybe a bc.com interview...
Posted by Jesse at 11:55 PM | Comments (6)
You want them, we got them..
Robots!!! yes thats right once again its another story about robots. There was a top prize of a million dollars to any robot that could travel a 150 mile course yet, sadly not a single one made it more than five miles... instead of competing in such lame competitions people should do cool things with their robots..
P.S. click the million dollar link
Posted by Jesse at 02:29 PM | Comments (0)
Because the world needs more Trumpet Players
Obviously, because the job of the trumpet player is difficult and dangerous, it is obvious that Toyota would invest millions of dollars into creating a robot to replace humans who already play the trumpet. Unlike other robots recently revealed who show some kind of usefulness, Toyota's Trumpet playing version is not more impressive than my benchmark. A simple robot i built from legos to play a ukelele. I would rather have the scientists at Toyota be worrying about cars that park themselves, drive themselves, and prevent me from being thrown from my seat.
Posted by Bryant at 01:26 AM | Comments (0)
March 14, 2004
I think YOU should fill this out...
The hubble space telescope is getting screwed.... some lawmakers feel its too much trouble to fix hubble and thus are willing to let it fall into disrepair... maybe im partial or maybe this really is important, if you think it is sign the petition...
just last week it recorded images from just after the begining of the universe...
Posted by Jesse at 07:57 PM | Comments (0)
w00t w00t for Wisconsin
Today is the day for brackets and illegal betting to begin. My sleeper pick is wisconsin they dominated illinois today in the Big Ten Tourney...
sadly my Division 1 almater did not make it this year but still was a fun place to waste a spring break...
Posted by Jesse at 07:13 PM | Comments (3)
No place like home
With all the news of the possibility asteroid impacts of earth ending civilization and earth with no defenses. And with a crazy Kerry supporter with an eager will to point nukes towards the U.S., you can make sure that you'll be one of the few people alive in case civilization gets wiped out. For the first time on ebay, someone is selling the Titan Missile Complex. In the meantime before the apocolypse, you can also hold student daycamps, SCUBA training centers, and Rock climbing. How pleasant.
Posted by Bryant at 05:58 PM | Comments (6)
My Gift to You
For being loyal readers, I want to present you all with a present. The gift of life. After answering a couple questions, you are entitled to a free cell phone earbud headset. This stylish earpiece can not only be used as jewelry but also to save lives. We all know you like to talk to your friends while driving because you don't feel driving deserves your full attention and kids shouldn't be playing in the street. Also if you're one of those people who are afraid everything will give you cancer, this will put some distance between your precious brain and the radioactive telecommunicator. This present comes from Avis and Cingular, but I told you about it.
Posted by Bryant at 05:33 AM | Comments (0)
March 13, 2004
Do-It-Yourself South Park
Forget Brycons, this is the wave of the future!
Posted by Joe at 01:36 PM | Comments (1)
March 12, 2004
And The Too Much Free Time Award Goes To..
After seeing all those wacky flash animations I finally decided to make one myself, here it it. EDITED: The link was dead, so enjoy this one instead.
Posted by Noah at 01:33 PM | Comments (2)
Martian Sunset
Oh this is so nerdy, but i thought it so cool. The mars rover, Spirit, is appraching the end of its initial project goals. The rover has traveled about 300 meters, which I think is really short, but apparently NASA thinks it's great. They found enough evidence to believe that Mars once hosted water. I didn't really see how the possibility of water in the past is going to help the astronauts we're sending there. But what I did find cool was the recent image which shows Earth as viewed from Mars.
Posted by Bryant at 12:22 PM | Comments (0)
March 11, 2004
Felon Disenfranchisement
A speaker is coming to Brown in the near future to talk about the downsides of Felon Disenfranchisement. To be honest, I've never considered this policy to be a problem. To be even more honest, I've never really even thought about this policy at all. I decided to look up some information on the Internet, but rather then digging through the millions and millions of Google results, I decided to just ask the bryantchoung.com community. Post your thoughts in the comments section.
Posted by Joe at 07:21 PM | Comments (4)
Super Troupers
Looks like our robotic starlet wolf-man won't be so special for long. Enter BLEEX. I hate acronyms that don't work. The name may be lame, but what these legs promise will have people like Superman jumping for joy. BLEEX are essentially strap on metal legs that take cues from your central nervous system to assist your leg movement. They are designed to make our troops more efficient, but for the active lazy person like me, I can imagine wanting to own a pair of these to give my real legs a rest. I can imagine owning them already. I'll be swimming in kickball trophies. Also imagine, the next time you need to go "break a foot off", strap these bad boys on, put some baggy jeans over em, and go to work.
Posted by Bryant at 02:20 AM | Comments (1)
March 10, 2004
Yummy.
I am a fan of most meat products, having tried cow tongue, pig blood, and cow brain. What this hick version of Hannibal Lecter did, however, might be a little much for my tastes. I wonder if he was looking for an alternative source of meat in order to avoid Mad Cow disease...
Posted by Edwin at 11:15 PM | Comments (2)
Virtual bovine rectal palpatations
Hey, I'll tell you what. You can get a good look at a butcher's ass by sticking your head up there. But, wouldn't you rather to take his word for it? In clearly a display of an abuse of technology, The bovine simulator project only simulates one thing, rectal palpatation. This "training" device allows students to reach inside a virtual rectum to check for health indicators in the cow. The device is a 3D environment with haptic feedback all making the experience "more real". The pictures are priceless, They are also working on making a horse version named HOPS, I say it's only time before someone "goes there" and makes a human version, HOLE.
Posted by Bryant at 12:48 PM | Comments (1)
Always prepared
Ah the swiss army knife. The indispensible tool that is supposed to be "essential" for any handyman. You get a couple so-so knives, a corkscrew, a "reamer" anyone?, a magnifying glass that's too small to use, scissors that really suck, a saw that can cut through paper, a can opener, and a file. All of these products aren't so great individually, but when packaged together into a swiss army knife, you get something that's a cool tool. Now you can really be ready for anything when you go camping because they are about to announce USB swiss army knives. I can't imagine how many lives this is going to save.
Posted by Bryant at 12:34 PM | Comments (0)
Judge Rules 'Girls Gone Wild' Is Not Porn
Now when you tell people that you don't watch porn, you can be telling the truth. The Girls Gone Wild video series which has become famous with its commercials on cable TV has been decided by a Florida Judge to be not porn. They were recently being prosecuted for having underage girls on their tapes. However, the judge deemed this ok, because the underage girls were on Girls Gone Wild, a non-pornagraphic show. This is just odd because it seems as though everyone is cracking down on decency standards. I just can't wait till Fox hears about this and starts airing it.
Posted by Bryant at 12:04 PM | Comments (0)
March 09, 2004
Job Recruiting Fair
The Job recruiting fair was at school today, which means loads of little recruiting toys. I've never been sure about this, but I guess it's a proven fact that little toys recruit the top people in the field, because each company gives away these things. Most companies gave out pins, pens, and pamphlets. Raytheon had a 6 inch bobble head that was amusing, but annoying to carry around. Microsoft gave out little rubik's cubes. I was fiddling around with it, and thought, if I use google for everything else? why not solving a rubiks cube. So here's a tutorial on how to finally solve the darn thing. Now you can impress all your friends by whipping out your rubiks cube at party's and solving it in under a minute.
Posted by Bryant at 05:53 PM | Comments (0)
Died and gone to back to the 80's
I forgot how much I love old 80's games. Back when we didnt care as much about the graphics as opposed to pure entertainment value. Relive those great moments by visiting this beautiful collection of games. Pacman, Simon, Space Invaders, Frogger, Moon Patrol, Donkey Kong, Tetris, Duck Hunt, Pong, Asteroids, Star Castle.
Posted by Bryant at 02:08 PM | Comments (0)
This can't be true, but it is
There are so many things wrong with what happened in this article Facts:
A husband left his wife, Alice Regina Pike, with 3 fake million dollar bills, neglecting to tell her they are fake. The story should have ended here, but ...
This woman, thought they were real. Instead of heading for a bank to immediately deposit the 3 million dollars, she goes to Wal-Mart and attempts to buy $1,675 worth of stuff. The cashier decides the bill is suspcicious. He calls a manager. why head to a wal-mart? is there really $1,675 worth of stuff to get in one trip to Wal-mart? how many cartloads is this? Why does a manager have to become involved?
A manager concurs. When she realizes she doesn't have enough real money, she asks to "cash the bill". They decide that the police should be involved. The news media picks up story. Alice Regina Pike get's voted off America. why did she think the Wal-mart had close to a million dollars in change? why couldn't the manager take care of this without the police? how do things like this ever get elevated to this level?
That's it Alicia Pike lost, we should seriously vote off people who are this stupid. There is no hope for her. At first, I thought this was some fake newscast, but later I checked yahoo, and the AP confirms it. Update:: The face of stupidity, and the police reports.
Posted by Bryant at 01:15 PM | Comments (1)
Law & Order Generator
Law & Order is one of my favorite shows - the cheesy 80's intro, the witty banter, that sound "duh-duh" between parts... But I'll admit that the episodes are a little bit... identical. Despite that, I still keep watching, I don't know why. Looks like now I don't have to worry about ever running out of episodes to watch.
Posted by Edwin at 11:46 AM | Comments (1)
Make cool labels for all those legal cd's you burn
We all have CD burners so that we can burn stuff like movies, mp3's, and software that we got legally right? But sometimes you just buy so many that it becomes hard to keep track of what's on what CD. Or maybe you're like me and you're cursed with bad handwriting and an inability to do do anything about it. HP is curing this by releasing a CD burner that burns the label using the same laser that burned the data. Some of you might think, what's the big deal there are Yamaha CD burners that have already been "tatooing" labels on CD's. First off, the HP version burns the image on the label side, second the images look amazing.
Posted by Bryant at 10:17 AM | Comments (1)
March 08, 2004
A Noble Platform
I would like to introduce to you the most trustworthy and responsible political party: The Marijuana Party. And I thought Democrats had some ridiculous ideas.
Posted by Joe at 01:39 PM | Comments (2)
Clubbin Penguins
I always thought the penguin game was't violent enough, luckily someone fixed that problem.
Posted by Noah at 12:30 PM | Comments (6)
GTA San Andreas
For all you budding Vercetti's out there, I thought you would be happy to know that Grand Theft Auto 5: GTA San Andreas has been announced. Finally we can pick up and run over prostitutes in a new city.
Posted by Noah at 12:17 PM | Comments (2)
Family guy more official news!!!
E! news online is bringing the latest news in the return of the Family Guy. It looks like the show is scheduled to come back in 2005. They're not sure if the new episodes willl be on Fox or the Cartoon network, but regardless, they start making new episodes in April!!!! I can't wait.
Posted by Bryant at 12:52 AM | Comments (0)
March 07, 2004
Bill Gates Needs More Money?
Bill Gates has proposed that we start buying eStamps for our emails... like mabye a penny a pop.... but the article fails to mention that hotmail is owned my msn..... thus at a penny an email, hotmail is now a cash cow....
and im all for stopping spam but im even more for putting my change to something actually useful**...
Posted by Jesse at 10:53 PM | Comments (1)
Kerry is an Angry man with an Angry mouth
Kerry recently said that radio station have the right to pull the plug on Howard Stern if they viewed him as racy or obscene. A quick search on his website for a couple expletives shows that Kerry is an angry man with an obscene mouth. Who gets to pull the plug on his campaign's website? Maybe Kerry's looking to get additional international support from someone else who needs their mouth washed out with soap. Why are these Democratic candidates this year so angry?
Posted by Bryant at 10:31 PM | Comments (0)
The Bible Cosmo style
The Bible is now more hip than justin timberlake... and twice as fun as DOA: Xtreme Beach Volleyball.....
Posted by Jesse at 10:24 PM | Comments (0)
It's nice for me to be on the winning side for once...
i found this article about Howard Stern provocative... below is a quote...
"I'm guessing that sometime next week will be my last show on this station," said Stern, adding that he expected the FCC to hit him with a whopping indecency fine. "There's a cultural war going on. The religious right is winning. We're losing."
the question is: with mass media Christianity in the Passion and other hit tv shows about God and other recent forces, is the religious right picking up steam in America?????
Posted by Jesse at 06:41 PM | Comments (3)
Hall of Lame
According to ABC action news in Tampa FL, a woman had her Playstation, games, and memory cards stolen. EBGames bought the stolen goods from the thief, the thief was arrested, and then they made the woman pay more than what they paid the theif to get her stuff back. Not only that, they sold some of her stuff to someone else so she won't be getting all of her stuff back. EB games broke the law by selling the stuff before a "holding period" designed to protect against this kind of ordeal, so they're clearly at fault. However, even though they sold her stuff illegally, they are not giving her money back and saying that she'll have to get the money back from the theif through the legal system. This is just lame on EB Game's part. They end up looking like jerks over 87 dollars.
Posted by Bryant at 04:31 PM | Comments (7)
March 06, 2004
Joining the Internet Hall of Fame...
so i was checking out my old Robot post of noah and found out our lil starlet has like several other costumes too... and as any good starlet made a video of himself dancing...
Posted by Jesse at 12:40 PM | Comments (0)
Robot Fun
Scientists in japan have developed robots that have made for the oddest pictures I have seen in a while. These human washing machines suck in old people, wash, shampoo, and dry them. All while completely sealing them so you don't have to look at naked old people. For those of you who are pursuing a career in old people washing, i'm sorry, you've just been replaced.
This made me want to resurrect our day of Robot posts on Dec. 18, 2003 lost in the crash.
Bryant:
I couldn't concentrate on my studies today. Too many stories about robots taking over us. That's why decided I would find an appropriate robot insurance policy for me and our readers. I came across Old Glory Robot Insurance. If this robot insurance is good enough for Sam Waterston, it's good enough for me.
Jesse:
here is a pic of noah working on his latest project...
Noah:
Bryant is right to caution you about robots. Special reporter Seanbaby reveals a project to power robots with meat. Now I'm no genius, but If robots are powered with meat, and humans are made of meat, and robots can think for themselves, I am starting to see a disturbing trend emerging.
Joe:
On one hand, you have Sony creating a robot to mimic humans. On the other hand, you have humans mimicking robots. It's robot MADNESS!!
Posted by Bryant at 07:19 AM | Comments (1)
March 05, 2004
Specialty keyboards
Special people have special needs. And the beauty of capitalism means that there will always be someone to make something that takes advantage of those special needs. Enter the Pirate Keyboard, a keyboard just for pirates, the Windows keyboard, a keyboard for people who use windows98/ME/95/3.1, and theres the Natural keyboard, a keyboard for people who's hands don't reach each other.
Posted by Bryant at 06:15 PM | Comments (0)
Because we like lookin at things like this
I'm adding a category because it seems like we enjoy looking at things like this for some sick reason. Here's a post about a 3 headed frog that was found by some kids. A 3 headed frog. And here are some more pictures of it.
Posted by Bryant at 04:09 PM | Comments (0)
Martha Stewart: Part I
Martha Stewart has been found guilty of four counts of obstruction of justice and conspiracy. More details to come...
Posted by Joe at 03:06 PM | Comments (1)
Why are we telling him this?
I never understood why news organizations will always tell exactly what we're going to do and how we're going to do it before important military operations and attacks. It's understandable if you want the enemy to be prepared with exactly what we're going to come at him with, but why would you want to let the other team know what your plan is? If you have the leaked information, what's wrong with reporting after we successfully complete the mission and report why we were succesful?
Posted by Bryant at 12:46 PM | Comments (0)
Kerry get's international support
When you're running for president of the United States, it's important that you get support of your Americans. Kerry right now looks like he is to become the next Democratic candidate for 2004 and now come in the endorsements. First it was Jane Fonda, and now it looks like he's gaining international recognition. Kim Jong-Il, the dictatorial leader of North Korea, a small communist country with a nuclear program, has warmed up to Kerry and the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA), the official propaganda machine of Mr Kim's communist regime has been speaking quite fondly of Kerry. This probably isn't because they think Kerry will do a better job than Bush in shutting down their nuclear program. Remind me to get started on those fallout shelter plans if Kerry becomes president.
Posted by Bryant at 12:27 PM | Comments (8)
Finger licking good...
A 22 year old woman ordered a salad in a restraunt in Ohio. While eating the salad apparently she thought she bit a piece of grizzle. She was wrong. It was a human thumb that had been chopped off one of the cooks the day before... the name of the restraunt was Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and if stuff like this is happening at a "Gourmet" Restraunt just think what is happening elsewhere
read the whole msnbc report its scary....
Posted by Jesse at 11:28 AM | Comments (1)
If only my midterm tomarrow was this easy
Jim Harrick Jr. former coach at the University of Georgia was banned from coaching for a number of acedemic violations. one such violation concerned his basketball class he taught for college credit. among the questions were: 1. How many goals are on a basketball court? 16. Diagram the 3-point line. 8. How many points does a 3-point field goal account for in a Basketball Game?
While this may be been challenging to the students at UGA im sure these questions arent too hard for our readers...
Posted by Jesse at 01:51 AM | Comments (3)
March 04, 2004
and on my 21st i studied for finals....
this is just great... this guy steals some beer to celebrate his 21st, drinks for three days straight, and then breaks into an airport and steals a plane for a joy ride... the plane crashes into some powerlines, falls 100 feet to the ground, and he gets out and walks home... seriously you gotta read this whole story...
Posted by Jesse at 09:09 PM | Comments (0)
Everyone Loves Standard Deviations...
as one of the only single writers at bryantchoung.com i found this article amusing..
Posted by Jesse at 07:23 PM | Comments (1)
Wisconsin Woman Robs Store She Just Applied for a Job At
This woman tried to rob a store she just applied for a job at and get this she frequented the establishment often. i mean come on people. its hard enough trying to get my state some respect without all this going on
Posted by Jesse at 07:10 PM | Comments (1)
Milk and Cereal Song
sadly this was one of our most popular posts...
Posted by Jesse at 07:08 PM | Comments (6)
I am better than your kids
I was doodling on paper instead of working today and I was reminded of how bad I am at drawing. Then I also remembered this website that lists great examples of bad childrens' art.
Posted by Bryant at 04:11 PM | Comments (0)
Seizure Robots
I would highly recommend NOT clicking on the following link, as watching these robots may give you a seizure.
Posted by Noah at 02:27 PM | Comments (0)
Great Asians in Music
Looks like William Hung is looking over a record deal. Won't be long before we see his CD online. Hearing and seeing William Hung again reminded me of another great asian singer Wing. Seriously, why would you want to listen to the original person singing the song when you could hear wing belt it out?
Posted by Bryant at 12:44 AM | Comments (1)
March 03, 2004
UPN producing Amish in the City
It looks as though UPN is continuing with its plans to develop "Amish in the City." The show is about Amish who are moved to the city and the hilarity that ensues. I can see the episodes already... "Near-fatal encounter with a horseless carriage," "the first night of drinking, harlots, and the internet," "Digital analogs to Amish culture,"and many more. It's hard to see Amish being angered by this show as none of them will end up seeing it.
Posted by Bryant at 10:01 PM | Comments (0)
American Idol Roundup
So Tiara Purifoy wasn't chosen by America, but at least Simon thought she should be in the wild card show. But something I noticed is that Conan O'Brien or his long lost twin brother is on the show. It's uncanny.
Posted by Bryant at 09:23 PM | Comments (0)
Get that man some platform shoes!
It seems as if taller canidates have won every election cept two.... and with kerry four inches taller than bush. I think it might be time to invest in some new shoes....
Posted by Jesse at 02:03 PM | Comments (1)
The Far Side Photochops
Gary Larson's The Far Side has always been a favorite comic of mine. These images try to make some of the strips real using the wonderful tool of Photoshop; some with great success...
Posted by Edwin at 01:07 PM | Comments (0)
Look Ma! no Feet!
Weird Weird Weird.... Edwin posted earlier about a dog who walked on its hind legs because it didnt have front legs.
Posted by Bryant at 01:04 PM | Comments (0)
Cure to all our worries
Here is a great collection of machines that people "invented" to cure all of the earth's energy problems. This professor has collected a museum of unworkable machines. I mean, if it looks like it'll run forever, it probably will won't it? I can't believe some of these people got patents.
Posted by Bryant at 12:58 PM | Comments (0)
March 02, 2004
Gyration!
I didn't know that this was such big news, but it's on Slashdot so apparently it is. My dad actually bought one of these bad boys, and I've got to say, I'm impressed. My inner nerd was very pleased.
Posted by Joe at 09:13 PM | Comments (3)
Time to vote everyone
Hey Everyone it's time to vote for fellow Beloiter, classmate, and american idol, Tiara Purifoy on Fox's American Idol Beloit Memorial class of '99!!!!:
Phone number is 1-866-idols08. (1-866-436-5708) Phones should be open for the next few hours.
If Jesse Voted, you should too:
jesse: i just got through
jesse: thanks for voting for contestent 8
Photos from my yearbook and the competetion
Posted by Bryant at 09:10 PM | Comments (1)
"Killington residents vote to secede from Vermont"
Killington Vermont plans on leaving its state and becoming part of New Hampshire.
Why on earth Vermont would say no is beyond my guess.. I mean who wants to mess with a town called KILLington.....
Posted by Jesse at 05:58 PM | Comments (1)
For all you budding charlatans and magicians
Science News, the weekly news magazine of science, is running how a coin toss may not be the best tool to base 50/50 decisions off of. The report says that 51% of the time, the coin will land on the side it started on. They're explanation of this is what i like to call the idiot factor. They claim that a lot of the time, when you flip a coin it doesn't flip at all. I would call this a not-flip. The only way I could reproduce their results was to not flip the coin with my thumb, but careflly toss the coin in a vertical trajectory while maintaining my fingers in a plane perpendicular to the range of motion and parallel to the coin and the floor. Then the coin did not flip, and you could tell that the coin didn't flip. They say that magicians malicious charlatans could take advantage of this fact, but I don't think charlatans have existed since the 19th century. And if you were a magician and this was your trick, I would be pretty dissappointed. If casino's could form this into some sort of game, then it might make casino war not look so stupid.
Posted by Bryant at 04:05 PM | Comments (0)
Law & Order episode, anyone?
This story about a mother finding her baby daughter, presumed dead, several years later is the stuff you'd think could only come out of Hollywood. An arson conspiracy to cover up a kidnapping? The daughter actually living with nearby friends? Stealing hair strands for a DNA test? I smell a movie deal...
Posted by Edwin at 02:53 AM | Comments (1)
Remember to vote today
No its not for a democratic primary, it's for something that matters. Tiara Purifoy from my class at Beloit Memorial High School is performing on American Idol tonight. So get out and vote. It's free. And speaking of Beloit High Schools, we have the two dumbest mascots, the Beloit Memorial Purple Knights, and the Turner Trojans.
Posted by Bryant at 02:40 AM | Comments (2)
March 01, 2004
Why would you want this?
I posted earlier about how one's own flatulance does not disturb oneself as it does others. This makes flatulence fun, exciting, and entertaining. So why on earth would you want to get this?
Posted by Bryant at 08:19 PM | Comments (0)
It's All Relative
It seems that CNN can't decide whether a 5.6% unemployment rate is low or high. Look at these quotes and comparisons from the past decade or so...compiled by Tim Blair.
Posted by Joe at 07:56 PM | Comments (0)
Electric Fence Fun
Unsuspecting man touches electric fence. Hilarity ensues.
Really old I think, but still pretty hilarious.
Posted by Joe at 06:57 PM | Comments (0)
Gotta Go?
So you are wandering around Sydney, Australia and you've really got to "drop the kids off at the pool." Where do you go? Good thing the Australian Government keeps a detailed map of every public restroom in the country.
Posted by Joe at 03:35 PM | Comments (0)
Toast
"Do you like toast, too? Yes I do, it is warm and crispy, and a perfect place for jelly to lay."
Apparently jelly isn't the only preferred topping. Check out Dr. Toast's Tasty Toast Recipes.
Posted by Joe at 03:15 PM | Comments (0)
Kicking it up a notch
It seems like national Governments have finally caught up to cable TV. The President of Venezuala, Hugo Chavez, is facing heat from opposition in his country. He claims that the U.S. is backing the opposition that is trying to oust him. That's when he pulled out the big guns. Chavez said President Bush was an asshole. Looks like Chavez wants to pick a fight.
Posted by Bryant at 12:55 PM | Comments (0)
The Bryzzo's
My nomination for the name of the awards is the Bryzzo's. My nominations for bryzzo's go to a resurrected post we had back in december. Joe posted a series of videos. The BBgun kid is pretty darn funny, Oh and the snow tow video. oh i could go on and on.
Posted by Bryant at 12:36 PM | Comments (1)
The BC.com Awards
In honor of the Oscars, I have compiled my own list of nominations for the category of "Best Online Shenanigans". Here, in no particular order are the years best internet films:
Those Guys From Quiznos Singing About the Moon
Matrix Ping Pong(click cancel if it asks you to install a language pack)
and my personal pick for best video:
This list is not quite complete, and some of these, well all of these, are pretty stupid If you feel your favorite film was snubbed, please leave a link to it in the comments.
Posted by Noah at 01:15 AM | Comments (1)
Public Service Announcement
I got this announcement in my email. I'm not sure if i'm allowed to post something like this on the site, but i thought it was too good to pass up. 4 dollars off of a 12 pack of Guinness. Click on the image on the left to get your rebate form.
Print.
Drink.
Print.
Drink...
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Drunk... (had to fill up space to make the image fit.)
Posted by Bryant at 12:28 AM | Comments (4)