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April 30, 2004
Champion Rabbits
Welcome to the world of competitive rabbit-raising. These gentlemen are world renowned for their American checkered and Flemish giants. Tipping the scales at 15 pounds, these suckers rival my late cat, Willy.
Posted by Joe at 02:07 PM | Comments (3)
Olsen Twins
The Olsen Twins, former child stars of Full House, received recognition today for their work in television in the form of a star on the Walk of Fame. I haven't really seen the duo do anything worthwhile since their roles on this show, and even then they just had to look cute. Maybe the Walk of Fame is lowering their standards--or maybe they, too, are waiting for the twins to reach age 18.
Posted by Joe at 12:38 PM | Comments (11)
April 29, 2004
Calling All Readers
...Randy, Brett, that means you. The chainsaw-monkey from our amusing icon is moving on to bigger and better things. Please log on to Threadless.com and vote for my design. A free sign-up is required.
Posted by Noah at 10:45 AM | Comments (2)
Misheard Lyrics
This happens to me all the time. I'll get the lyrics to songs wrong. This happens because either I don't hear the radio correctly or I hear someone else singing the song with the wrong lyrics. Here is a listing of many of the most common misheard lyrics and the correct lyrics. Last night I was trying to remember "blinded by the light" by Manfred Mann. And would you know it? They're listed as "Funniest misheard" and "most difficult to understand"
Posted by Bryant at 05:49 AM | Comments (0)
Why Vote Kerry?
I think the name of this website speaks for itself:
www.JohnKerryIsADouchebagButImVotingForHimAnyway.com
I have a feeling this is a common feeling among Democrats.
Posted by Joe at 03:05 AM | Comments (0)
April 28, 2004
Slighty Used Wedding Dress For Sale
I found This Item to be silightly amusing. Bailey, you might want to pick up this beauty in case you can ever get someone to marry you.
Posted by Noah at 12:52 PM | Comments (12)
Elton John: "Idol Voters are Racist"
Elton John, who apparently forgot who won American Idol last season, has stated publicly that the American public is racist.
Posted by Joe at 04:32 AM | Comments (4)
Entrepreneurial monks...
Looking for a new printer? Try LaserMonks, your one-stop shop for all your Ink-Toner-Fax-Copier Supplies. These actual monks, of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank, located right here in Wisconsin, started their "business" in 2001. They use their profit to support themselves and other charities by selling printing and imaging supplies online at huge discounts. These monks are sure to use remanufactured products that are good for the environment, since good stewardship of natural resources has always been a priority for monks. So, if you want to save money, support prayer for the world, support charitable service to others, and be treated with genuine care, LaserMonks is the place to go for all your printing needs.
Monks who save you money on quality products, pray for the world, and help those in need - it's a win-win-win situation any way you look at it!
Posted by Bailey at 03:08 AM | Comments (1)
Stupid stupid hippies.
Regardless of your political affiliation, you have to find these guys to be offensive. There are a few people online who are trying to start movements to get people to volunteer to be on the RNC staff for the RNC convention in New York City. Rather than encouraging them to volunteer to help the event, they are encouraging people to lie and deceive their way in to do a "trojan horse" attack on the convention. Several websites including William Etundi Jr.'s counterconvention and David A. Lynn's (whois)shadowprotest.org encourage people to infiltrate the Republican Convention.
This is just stupid. First of all, these "infiltrators" will have to spend hours going to interviews, organizational meetings, and preparing for the event that I'm not sure that many will be able to put up with the process. Second, these protests are making them look bad, making America look bad, and making New York City look bad. It is impossible to convey any sort of meaningful message with this sort of action.
I say we launch our own convention against these guys. Sign them up for spam, junk catalogs, pizza deliveries, C.O.D's, relay call phone calls, telemarketers, DOS attacks, or whatever you can throw at these dirtbags.
Posted by Bryant at 01:12 AM | Comments (1)
Anyone have some salt?
Some Giant African snails have been found inside the US. Giant... Snails... can you imagine accidently stepping on one of these? Or better yet, I want to see what happens when you pour salt on them (I imagine them exploding).
Posted by Edwin at 12:56 AM | Comments (0)
April 27, 2004
Nine Reasons Why the Presidential Race Looks Good for Bush
Howard Fineman details nine reasons that Bush is likely to win the upcoming presidential election. An interesting read, for conservatives and liberals alike. Curiously enough, it's not a FOX News article.
Posted by Joe at 11:57 PM | Comments (1)
Miami Police Drop Swimming Requirement
It's widely believed that white men can't jump, but apparently, black men can't swim.
"NORTH MIAMI, Fla. -- The North Miami police department dropped a swimming requirement for applicants, saying they need new officers and want to encourage blacks to sign up."
Posted by Joe at 11:45 PM | Comments (0)
Destination: Chernobyl
In 1986, Reactor Four at Chernobyl power plant exploded, creating a radioactive cloud that covered a 20 mile radius in what is now the Ukraine. Nearly 20 years after the blast, Chernobyl has become a tourist attraction for about 3,000 people a year. Flocking to the site to see the abondoned ghost town and the multitude of greenery that has sprouted in the exclusion zone, tourists equipped with Geiger counters are venturing into a virtual time capsule.
Posted by Joe at 11:30 PM | Comments (0)
Drawbridge Jumping
In a story that harkens back to the likes of Speed or The Blues Brothers, a man in Massachusetts was driving across a drawbridge when it unexpectedly began to open in the middle. Making the split-second decision to speed up, the man's minivan cleared the gap. The van suffered serious damage, but the man and his children lived through the fiasco unharmed.
Posted by Joe at 11:09 PM | Comments (1)
Lasers on your retina
Ah yes. The technology needed to becoming a personal cyborg is finally falling into place. I'm estimating that in the next 5 years i will be stronger than Johnny 5 or the T-1000. The BBC is reporting that the technology for implanting images on your retina using a "high tech monocle" that shoots lasers into your eye is already in use in the auto industry and the military and is making its way to commercial grade electronics. Now previously, I was opposed to shooting lasers into my own eye, but if I can have a full display directed onto my retina wherever I go, I think I'll take it. Imagine, reading the internet anywhere anytime.
Now all I need to get is:
- The OQO as a replacement for my neural network processor, a learning computer.
- Get a wireless headset for my cell phone.
- get robotic legs
- get a super cool robotic outfit.
- get a tivo for all my robotic activities
Leave any other robotic necessities in comments.
Posted by Bryant at 02:01 PM | Comments (1)
Foxtrot
Sometimes Foxtrot is so amusing I need to tell everybody to read it. Check out today's for example. Bill Amend has some of the geekiest humor going on today. And he's appreciated. Check out his homepage where Buffy (SMG) herself sent him a note of appreciation. I need to start getting that kind of attention from SMG.
Posted by Bernie at 07:05 AM | Comments (2)
Teachers vs. Students : The Lawsuit
It had to come to this:
The battle between teachers and students was getting way too hot. (1 | 2 | 3)
A second grade teacher has filed a lawsuit against an 11 year old student. The suit alleges that A 90 pound 11 year old, Daniel Allen, was running at an "excessive rate of speed" and "negligently and carelessly" collided with Eileen Blau. Eileen is claiming severe and multiple injuries. So she's taking this elementary school student to court. I didn't think adults were allowed to sue minors, but then again it is jersey.
Posted by Bryant at 05:21 AM | Comments (2)
April 26, 2004
B Town Is In The News Again
Our Home town of Beloit, WI was in the news again. This story details how one of our neighbors went missing after participating in a "belly flop competetion". I don't know what is more mind-boggeling, how there could be a belly-flop "competition", or why you would participate if you "couldn't swim"
Posted by Noah at 11:40 PM | Comments (2)
Fun with Iraqis
Who said war wasn't any fun? Have two Iraqi kids and GI Joe say anything you want. Submit your best insult of any BryantChoung.com writer and win a prize! (As long as that certain someone isn't Me.)
Posted by Joe at 11:12 AM | Comments (0)
Tron Guy to Appear in Stuff Magazine
According to his web journal, the now famous "Tron Guy" has taken an interview with Stuff Magazine, ensuring his spot among other recent Internet legends. Tron Guy claims that he has to do another photo shoot because the pictures that appear on his website are "too low resolution." Forgive me, but I am honestly frightened to see this leotard-clad gentleman at any higher a resolution.
Posted by Joe at 09:14 AM | Comments (1)
Yet Another Strange Beast
The animal oddities keep coming. The latest in the pack: a two mouthed, three eyed calf. Luckily, the newborn calf's "extra parts reportedly work."
Posted by Joe at 05:16 AM | Comments (0)
Flippity floppity
Add another to the flip flop chart.
Since running for senator in 1984, John Kerry has stated that he did not throw away his medals earned in Vietnam, but the medals of another veteran, and some of his own ribbons. He has claimed he did not do such a thing, because he is proud of his military service, and that claims that he did so are "right wing fiction".
If that is true, apparently John Kerry is part of this elaborate scheme to mislead the public. In a taped interview in 1971, Kerry specifically said, "I gave back, I can't remember, 6, 7, 8, 9 medals." The tape of this interview will air tomorrow morning on ABC's good morning america.
Just how many issues can one candidate waffle on?
Posted by Bryant at 01:53 AM | Comments (1)
April 24, 2004
Virtually Denied
At a San Francisco Giants game a couple nights back, there was a mid-game "singles night" competition. After hearing the responses to a few of the questions, Jordan, the bachelorette chose bachelor number two. When bachelor number two was given the choice between an all expenses paid date with Jordan or a playstation 2, he chose the playstation 2. The men in the audience cheered.
Sorry Jordan. Sorry Bailey.
Posted by Bryant at 04:29 PM | Comments (2)
The battle continues
Chalk one up for the Teachers.
The Battle between students and teachers heats up. The story is light on details, but it seems like a 63 year old teacher took a picture of one of his students because she was so ugly. The 14 year old girl got upset, and started yelling profanities and hit the "office assist" button. The teacher then ordered two boys to throw the girl out the window. The boys later said they complied because they did not want to get in trouble for not following orders.
Judging by the age of this teacher, he was probably looking to retire soon. So why not leave with a bang?
Posted by Bryant at 04:20 PM | Comments (0)
For Bailey
Bailey was right, this site needs a hot, steaming injection of estrogen. So just for you Bailey, I give you the internet mamogram. Take a second to read this site.
Coming soon: Some posts about how to cook a ham while not wearing any shoes, and an article on how to keep your refrigerator its whitest. Also: a review of feather dusters: how to balance utility and sexyness.
Posted by Noah at 10:02 AM | Comments (0)
Alcohol at College?
Alcohol was recently discovered at a prominent state university, prompting investigation into the prevelence of drinking on campus. In response, Jesse cringes, Noah makes fun of him and laughs, and Bryant and Joe smile amusingly. Edwin unavailable for comment.
OK, stupid post. But I though the posting on Fark.com summed it up quite well: "Alcohol bottles found at fraternity. In other news, water discovered in Pacific ocean."
Posted by Joe at 06:20 AM | Comments (1)
April 23, 2004
Real life Badgers?
So you've seen the Badger dance done in Flash. I personally didn't get the badger dance, but I guess a lot of people found it funny.
Apparently, some people found it a little TOO entertaining. Being from Wisconsin, I immediately realized that these in fact weren't real badgers, but real people attempting to be cartoon representations of badgers. In what seems to be the saddest abuse of the video camera and the internet, here is a video link to a group of real nerds recreating the badger dance.
Posted by Bryant at 01:46 PM | Comments (4)
Laser Weapons finishes Testing
Sure the Military is looking to use directed energy weapons in a an offensive role on the battle scene, but we're also concerned about protecting our commercial airliners. Lockheed Martin has completed testing of its missile defense system that is supposed to direct a high energy laser to protect America's commercial airliners from attack.
My only concern now is that when this laser is fired, and some of this "high powered laser" inevitably reflects and refracts and leaks are we going to have people on the ground getting getting burned skin and retinas?
Posted by Bryant at 12:42 PM | Comments (0)
Students Turn the Tables
Looks like students are fighting back against their teachers. 12 year-old Jules Gabriel has not been allowed to return to class after he carried around a peanut butter cookie as a weapon.
The class tattle tale told the teacher that Jules was carrying a snack pack of Nutter Butter and telling other students he had "something dangerous." The teacher is highly allergic to peanuts.
At least the battles have become creative. Before it was rulers on the butt and fake bomb threats. Now we have duct taping and poisoning.
Posted by Bryant at 12:11 PM | Comments (0)
April 22, 2004
Seventh Grade Hazing
We live in a sad day and age when teachers can force students to take ritalin, but they can't discipline them.
Darren Daughenbaugh, a 7th grade teacher was arrested and charged with false imprisonment after duct taping two of his students to desks to discipline him. Anyone else see nothing wrong here?
Posted by Bryant at 06:00 PM | Comments (9)
Well, to Be Honest, The Ray Only Has Evil Applications..
Who needs the draft when our government has developed Directed Energy Weapons.
For Bonus points, who is the quote found in the title of this entry attributed to?
Its about time someone finally made a death-ray. What have you scientists been doing with all your time??
Posted by Noah at 02:27 PM | Comments (1)
Rock It Man.
Rocketman Eric Scott flew 46 meteres into the London sky marking the world record for the world's highest rocketbelt flight. Of course, it's easy to set the world record, when you're the first one to ever attempt to set the record, but that's completely irrelevant.
The Rocketbelt was designed by the US Military, but is now mostly used at sporting events and at world record breakings. But with great rocketbelt power comes great rocketbelt responsiblity. I remember reading a while back about a twisted story of murder and kidnapping associated with the rocketbelt.
Posted by Bryant at 10:40 AM | Comments (0)
April 20, 2004
Mario Reloaded
Before special effects, before computer graphics, there was only one. The one travelled through overworlds, underworlds, and even underwater. He travelled alone. Why? To save a princess. He battle countless enemies, living off of coins, mushrooms, and flowers he picked along the way. After eating mushrooms he could blast througb brick walls and stomp on anything. He was mario.
The modern day hero, neo is also pretty impressive, but Mario did it old school. Before 3d graphics houses and wire shots. Mario did it all himself. But Mario is a fan of movies apparently, and has returned along with the entire cast of Super Mario world to re-enact The Matrix Reloaded. Enjoy.
Thanks to one of our readers, Taemin, for the link.
Posted by Bryant at 11:33 PM | Comments (4)
Driving Toasters
Seriously I hate these new cars. They're called Scions. They look like the bastard child of a toaster and the Michelin man. They look like a toaster, but have less power. They look like they were designed on a computer that could only draw orthogonal lines by a designer whose main goal was to block as much wind as possible.
I don't know if it's just me that's annoyed by ugly cars, but there needs to be an end to this. The only reason why someone would buy and drive one of these is that they were suckered into buying it. Therefore, I am attaching a pamphlet you can print out and place on the windshield of these cars. Next stop. Ugly rice rockets.
Posted by Bryant at 09:04 PM | Comments (18)
420
420: a number which inspires joy in long haired, tie-dye wearing hippies nationwide. Why? Somehow this otherwise innocent numeral has been associated with smoking marijuana. There are myriad explanations for this strange affiliation, but luckily Snopes can sort it all out for us.
In honor of April 20th (4/20), enjoy yourselves, hippies. Just don't steal my Cheetos.
Posted by Joe at 06:32 PM | Comments (5)
Reparation Debate
For those of you not at Brown, the University has decided to create a committee to investigate Brown's ties to slavery and if conclusive, possibly offer scholarship programs to decendants of slaves. I am quoted in this article as saying that this is a worthwhile endeavor for the university as an informative measure, but the journalist obviously missed my emphasis on informative.
To clarify, I think that any program the University offers as reparation would be losgistically impossible. Research and report the facts? Sure, but let's keep this as an historical study rather than a political movement.
Posted by Joe at 06:15 PM | Comments (1)
World's softest mp3 player
So we've seen the world's smallest flash drive and the world's smallest mp3 player. Now I introduce to you the "World's Softest Flash Mp3 Player." I wish there was a more creative name for this toy, but the AT-MP3 is a stuffed bear that has more than just fluff. Inside it contains enough capacity to jam out enough tunes for about 2 hours. I'm not sure where they stuff all of the controls and the headphone jack, but as an alert to potential buyers, you probably need to train your kids to not pick up animals and look at the butt for a headphone jack.
Posted by Bryant at 05:30 PM | Comments (0)
Watch out we're taking over
Christian night clubs are the hottest thing, well the hotttest thing if you like clubs with no booze or nasty grinding.....
from the article:
""The quality [of Christian music] today is so much better," says Bud Cool, who's hoping to start a club in St. Louis. "You don't have to be a dork if you're a Christian.""
w00t w00t we are taking over... noah be nice in the comments...
thanks to matthew for the submission of the link...
Posted by Jesse at 01:03 PM | Comments (6)
Wanna know how to be the popular kid in school?? Claim to have ADD
a leading pediatrician has recommened of prescribing pot to ADD laden kids.
She preformed her adress wearing a tiedyed t-shirt and some hemp sandles. She was quoted as saying, "Why would anyone want to give their child an expensive pill … when they could be smoking weed" after this comment she ended the adress claiming she needed to go to taco bell and also get some ben and jerry's icecream. as an old VW bus/van pulled out she made one last unitelligable remark about a phish concert and sped away...
also she was quoted as saying, "i mean come on i want my kids to be popular and if they had a legal stash just think they could make like five times what they could with a paper route"
local bullies were quoted as being very receptive of the idea, "i used to have to steal lunch money but now... well you can see how me and my fellow bullies are behind this 'sound' medical advice"
note: the premise of the story is true some of the quotes are not...
Posted by Jesse at 12:56 PM | Comments (1)
Has the WWE gone too far?
Now I love the WWE as much as the next guy, but sometimes they do things that are a little too garish or gaudy. Who remembers guys like "Beaver Cleavage" and "Mantaur"? Unfortunately this weekend, Randy Orton's character took a turn for the worse and got a bit too tacky for my taste...
Posted by Bernie at 03:38 AM | Comments (278)
April 19, 2004
lawsuits + google = a jesse style post
yeah sums it up... the only question now is what is your favorite lawsuit?
Posted by Jesse at 10:39 PM | Comments (2)
Everybody loves lawsuits!
ok woman sues for eating a pound of licorice a day for a really long time... she claims it was responsible for her poor health.... yeah this one is just too easy so i wont even try...
Posted by Jesse at 10:35 PM | Comments (0)
Boys and girls who cried wolf
Looks like it may not be Audrey Seiler's fault for lying to the police. She might be being influenced by Hollywood. Kevin Spacey alleged that he was beaten and mugged on the streets of London. Kevin Spacey fell for a scam where some boy came up to him and explained he needed to make a phone call to his mother. Spacey dialed the number, a woman picked up, he handed the phone over to the boy. The boy took off with the phone. Kevin Spacey tried to run after him, but tripped and bumped his head. He then went to a police station and tol d the police he was mugged. Kevin Spacey has since confessed citing Audrey as inspiration to us all.
Posted by Bryant at 01:47 PM | Comments (0)
Shop on the Computer in the Store
Sure we all thought self-checkout at walmarts and stop and shop's was kind of cool, but it sure was annoying how the average american wasn't intelligent enough to decipher how to purchase an apple. The most annoying part would be to see this dumbfounded user's poor attempt at troubleshooting in a wrestling match of man vs. computer. Soon we won't have to wait for these battles to finish before we can checkout. Stop and shops are now testing a system that puts these checkout computers into carts so that you can scan items as you walk up and down the aisles.
Posted by Bryant at 01:41 PM | Comments (0)
TIVO your life
So i'm not sure if anyone will actually buy one of these, but it is an interesting concept. The Deja View is basically a 30 minute TIVO for your Life.You wear a "wearable camera", which basically means that you take ordinary looking glasses from the 80's and add a bulky black box to them. This camera in turn, records everything you look at. An attached storage module keeps the last thirty minutes of your life recorded. If they incorporated the ability to skip through life's boring parts, then they might have a marketable product.
Posted by Bryant at 01:33 PM | Comments (4)
World's Tallest man vs. world's smallest cell phone
The Guinness Book of World Records was started in the 1950's by Sir Hugh Beaver as the definitive guide to resolving disputes.
The Guinness Book of World Records was really the paper version of the Internet. Before the internet where else could you find answers to life's most difficult questions? It used to be first to the guinness book of world records, second to the encyclopedia britannica. Now all disputes are resolved by Google and imdb.
I remember it being the book to get when the scholastic book fair came to our school every year. In the good old days they used to cram about 1000 newspaper print thin black and white pages into a nice paperback that contained stories that fascinated the average schoolboy mind. World's longest car. World's tallest house of cards, World's longest fingernails, World's largest gas station, World's largest ambulance ... Now the book is a wimpy color hardback version of highlights that pales in comparison to how comprehensive the original used to be.
Robert Wadlow always stuck out as the world's tallest man. His modern day counterpart Leonid Stadnik lives in a world where smaller is always better. We live in a world of cell phones, PDA's, laptops that make life for modern day giants impossible. Right now Stadnik is probably the world's tallest living man, but life is incredibly difficult for this giant. He has trouble getting around, getting clothes and shoes, and his knees hurt. But thanks to the internet, at least now he can be famous.
Posted by Bryant at 01:01 PM | Comments (0)
Best things in life are free
The motto says it all, The best things in life are free, after 6-8 weeks. I often like to reminisce about the good old days of the internet boom.
- Free overnight shipping on anything from outpost.com.
- 10 dollars off your first purchase at buy.com
- $100 dollars in your account for sigining up with etrade.com
- A particular favorite of mine was Everything for free after rebate at cyberrebate.com.
I've never understood this rebate strategy that seems to occur mostly on technology and food Products. Very rarely do you buy a car with a 100 dollar mail in rebate. Or I've never bought any clothes at the mall and had to go home and mail in receipts for a rebate. And I've never understood where companies make money where they seem to sell things for little to no profit after rebate. This seems to happen a lot with CD-R's. Maybe they're banking on the laziness of Americans and the inability to fill out a form and mail it in.
Maybe we shouldn't try and figure out how companies are profiting from the "giving away" strategy and we should start taking advantage. Companies are giving away a lot of stuff for free after rebate these days, and freeafterrebate.info has a large collection of this stuff.
Posted by Bryant at 12:31 PM | Comments (0)
April 18, 2004
Illegitimate claims that actually hurt the system
I saw this story of how a mother is suing Coors Brewing Co. over the drinking and driving death of her son. And it annoyed me. It annoyed me a lot that this woman would use the death of her son to try and get a settlement from Coors. Although it is unfortunate that her son died while drinking underage and driving without a license it is hardly reasonable to file such a lawsuit with Coors.
The most outrageous claim in the suit is that, "Coors targets the youth of America with false images of conquest, achievement and success that are reckless, willful and a deliberate disregard for the impact of illegal alcohol consumption by underage youths."
If that is the case, I would argue that the manufacturer of the car is more responsible under the same reasons because they manufactured a car that could travel well over 90 miles per hour and create a sense of security for the riders.
It seems clear that the driver and the people involved who let the unlicensed and intoxicated driver to drive home are the one's who are responsible for these actions.
This lawsuit mirrors the shirking of personal responsiblity that lawsuits are taking. Large corporations very attractive to lawyers who are looking for fat settlements have been targets in the tobacco industry, fast food industry, and video game industry to name a few.
Posted by Bryant at 06:33 PM | Comments (7)
What's going on fancy pants?
So we here at bryantchoung.com cherish gizmo's, gadgets, and new inventions. Here is a new invention that doesnt quite fall into any category we've covered before. It's called Fan pants and it's for Sports Fans. I'd love to pick Larry D. Kuhuski's brain and find out the process that went into coming up with these pants. His site contains lots of detailed images. I wonder how long it's going to be before we see these covering nationwide.
Posted by Bryant at 03:41 PM | Comments (0)
Ew.
Tron was the first "computer animated" movie but also a very not so good movie. As always, there are throngs of dutiful fans to it. This fan, however, really went too far. Is the tight "unitard" really necessary? Lots of unnecessary "glamour" shots here.
Posted by Edwin at 02:26 PM | Comments (0)
April 17, 2004
Brought to you buy our Advertisers
Some of you may have noticed that the website now has ads to offset bandwidth costs. Part of this program is using Google adSense ads that are supposed to generate ads that are relevant to the content of the site. One of the ad's I've seen recently is the Dial-a-cheater service.
Partly out of curiosity, partly trying to generate revenue, I clicked on the ad. The link took me to Acme Telephonics. Here you will find Acme Dial-a-Alibi and Dial-a-Cheater. Both of these services are based upon the ability of this "acme" company to fake a callerID number. I'm not too sure about the legality or morality of something like this, but I thought it was an interesting abuse of technology nonetheless.
Posted by Bryant at 02:56 PM | Comments (0)
Money From Space
So you've probably received an email before that tells you of some nigerian royalty that needs help moving millions of dollars and wants to pay you hundreds of thousands of dollars to help them transfer it.
A few have fallen prey to the scam, commonly known as the 419 scam where the scammer asks you to wire him a few thousand dollars for the "account management or transfer fee" and then he promises to send you the hundreds of thousands of dollars in return. A few have fought back, wasting the time and money of these dirty scammers.
Now It looks like the 419 scammers are moving towards a new technology age. Now they have started using the credit card numbers they have skimmed to buy goods over the phone. They have even changed their story to be more up to date by saying a Nigerian astronaut is stuck on a Soviet Space station, and has accumulated paychecks while in space.
Apparently this is Nigeria's second largest source of income. I say we should just cutt off Nigeria from the internet. Post any other great email scams in comments.
Posted by Bryant at 01:04 PM | Comments (0)
Drinking and Not Driving Kills
I couldn't decide what the moral of this drinking and driving story was. Don't drink and not drive or Friend's don't let girlfriend's drive.
A man gave his girlfriend the keys to his car after deeming himself too drunk to drive. She was driving to pick him up when she "felt a bump." Yadda Yadda Yadda, Liza Besser was charged with Drunk Driving and killing a man.
Posted by Bryant at 11:22 AM | Comments (0)
April 16, 2004
Windows is music to my ears
I've been posting a lot of nerd alerts lately. Maybe it's because i'm a nerd. Read the extended entry to see music made with windows sounds and sound recorder.
Posted by Bryant at 03:01 AM | Comments (0)
Free lunch
What's better than being wired? Being wireless. What's better than being wireless? Getting FREE wireless. Here's a national listing of businesses with Free wireless hotspots. Here's a list of the top 100 top wireless college campuses.
What else can you get for under a buck? How about getting an interview and brycon.
Posted by Bryant at 01:14 AM | Comments (0)
April 15, 2004
Pop quiz Hot Shot
only rule no cheating, post scores in comments
ok first up is simpsons songs: Jesse score 70
classic arcade games: Jesse score 70 (i doubt many will beat that)
organic chem: Jesse score 40 (ok no one else would take this)
simpsons again: Jesse score 60 (i might be able to be defeated on this one)
bible: 10 outta 10 (actually i got a 9 cus i couldnt spell Moses sisters name right but i do know who she was...)
have fun trying to beat me but be warned my intellect has massive girth...
Posted by Jesse at 04:53 PM | Comments (5)
The conclusion of Audrey Seiler
"I set up everything. I'm just so messed up. I'm sorry,"-Audrey Seiler
it seems as if she did this all dissapearing act to get her boyfriends attention. and the most telling part of the story: her laptop was used to acess his email and read exchanges with another chick.
now people, please, if we have learned two things about what not to do on the internet they are this:
1. never pose naked for anything
2. never ever no matter how much you may "love" your girlfriend give her your email password, im convinced no good can come from it whatsoever.
Posted by Jesse at 11:06 AM | Comments (10)
April 14, 2004
something only Bryant would love.
a geek who pimps out computers. some of them look pretty darn cool.
Posted by Jesse at 08:42 PM | Comments (0)
Not Again.
well i finially found the reason that im getting to be way smarter than noah.
once again i dont feel witty today... sorry
Posted by Jesse at 08:38 PM | Comments (0)
Always keep some food in your car!
no witty commentary, just a post...
Posted by Jesse at 11:04 AM | Comments (3)
April 13, 2004
I Hear Canada Is Nice This Time Of Year
Are you ready to go to war in Iraq? And I don't mean "you" in the general sense, I mean you personaly, are you ready to go to war? A recent topic of debate centers on two bills introduced in the House and Senate requiring 2 years minimum military service for both men and women. Read more....
The bills in question were introduced last year, and were in fact introduced by opponents of the war in Iraq, however it is still an interesting question to consider. To support our ongoing military commitments worldwide should we have a draft? And should the draft inculde women as well as men? If we had a draft and you got drafted Jesse, would you still be in favor of the war? Bryant? My guess: you wouldn't last 10 minutes in the Army.
Posted by Noah at 07:23 PM | Comments (12)
Some work some Don't
its getting scary that there are bryantchoung.com inside jokes now. in honor of the thirty post article i give you this as an update.
and i dont wanna hear noahs whiney complaints about me googling things.
btw its noah's 23 birthday today so write him email, send him an e-hallmark card, buy him really cool presents or make fun of him in the comments section...
Posted by Jesse at 11:51 AM | Comments (5)
I'm Back
and what better way to start the week than with a lil cnn.com! This quote speaks for itself
"A fast-food loving beauty queen from Missouri who has two master's degrees and once wrestled a greased pig in a mud pit was crowned Miss USA 2004."
yeah i dont know what to make of that either dont worry..
Posted by Jesse at 11:38 AM | Comments (0)
April 12, 2004
World's Best and Worst
World's Smallest USB drive:
512mb's in the size of a coin. I remember getting excited when my dad brought home a 2MB hard drive he bought for 80 dollars.
World's worst/best Supercharger and Turbocharger:
Worst in the fact that they're fake. Best in the fact that they're cheap.
Power Scoop
Turbo Charger
World's worst Easter Egg:
Worst because it was a loaded gun.
Posted by Bryant at 09:19 PM | Comments (4)
Tek Panel as Seen on TV
The apprentice is winding down to the last episode this week. It's been an entertaining series that provides for good entertainment, has helped Donald Trump's ailing conglomerate, and shown us how women are better at selling lemonade and airplanes. I hate how Kwame has managed to slip through the cracks and make it to the finals even though he has shown little to no leadership ability, just the ability to slip by. In addition to Kwame's weaknesses, his choice of Omarosa, the pathological liar, has all but secured success for Bill. I'd be willing to bet my life on it.
So now that we know how the show ends, the only thing that remained unanswered for me as a nerd was, "What is that crazy cool computer that they have in the Suite?". The answer is the Tek Panel 300, the world's first integrated 30 inch widescreen PC. The TekPanel is a lovely marriage of Flat Screen TV, heavy duty PC, PVR, and DVD player. It has decent specs as a computer, wireless keyboard and mouse, and a nice profile. While it weighs in at a hefty base price of over $6,000 dollars I still nominate it as the coolest home PC out there.
Posted by Bryant at 12:58 PM | Comments (1)
Noah's umbrella review
Looks like nerds can finally walk safely in rain storms. The Bright Night Illuminated Umbrella contains batteries and lights so that you can walk to your destination in a shower of light. Although the umbrella's bright green pattern is eyecatching, even more eye catching is the resemblence of the reviewer to noah.
Posted by Bryant at 12:40 PM | Comments (1)
April 11, 2004
New Site Icons
Hey guys, me and the others monkeys down at the Bryant Choung.com Art Department have been toiling away to once again enhance the website. From now on at the top of the page you will have quick-access to the last five posts, via the following 12 icons. Check them all out in the "Read More" section, and tell us what you think of them in the comments section, if you even care!
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Posted by Noah at 11:49 PM | Comments (0)
Never Bet on Black
I reported yesterday that a boy named Ashley was going to put his life on one roullete spin. It turns out he won't go empty handed. He put it all on red and the ball landed on 7 red. Ashley Revell will now be featured in a documentary and has got enough cash to jump start his career as a professional gambler.
Posted by Bryant at 09:38 PM | Comments (0)
April 10, 2004
Soundboards
When I'm bored I like to think about making prank calls with soundboards. I never really do it, but I'll leave that to you guys.
Posted by Joe at 08:38 PM | Comments (0)
Ebay Interviews:: Round2
Here we go again. Bidding starts at 99 cents. Besides 20 minutes of long distance what else can you get for 99 cents these days? Bid today to get your own brycon and interview.
Posted by Bryant at 08:38 PM | Comments (2)
Isn't this just stupid?
Ashley Revell, a 32-year-old Londoner, has sold all of his possessions and amassed all of his cash and gone to Vegas. He weighed in at 75,000 pounds or $138,000 in real money. For the past week, he's been playing with $3000 to try and raise some cash so that he hits 50 tons, or 100,000 pounds or $184,000 in real money. Tomorrow, April 11th, he will put it all on the table at the Hard Rock Casino. A British TV crew has started following Ashley around to document before the spin, and after the spin capturing what its like to be penniless and to be a guy named Ashley.
Posted by Bryant at 01:23 PM | Comments (0)
April 09, 2004
Phonebashing
Do you hate people that talk on cell phones all the time? Well maybe you do, but not as much as these guys.
Posted by Noah at 05:45 PM | Comments (0)
When Otters Attack
Dartmouth crew boat fends off feisty otter:
"I don't think I've ever rowed harder in my entire life as I did trying to escape the otter -- that devilish creature had already attacked Scott and now it was coming back for more."
Posted by Joe at 03:22 PM | Comments (2)
You are a suspected criminal
Three students have been charged with burning down 3 churches in Kentucky. The defense lawyers are not putting the blame on the arsonists or the families of the arsonists, instead the blame is being put on the internet.
Michael D. Osborne, one of the lawyers, said, "There was no reason for this. One or both parents of each child is a Christian. The only common threat between them is that they spent lots of time on the Internet and had computer linkups between their computers. ... these juveniles will get on the Internet and it's almost like brainwashing them." His proposed solution to preventing crime in the future: "They have to do something with the Internet."
I guess all the writers on this site are guilty of brainwashing our readership to do our dirty deeds. And as readers of Internet sites all of you are potential felons. I'm sorry, but YOU WILL FORGET ABOUT THIS ARTICLE.
Posted by Bryant at 12:46 PM | Comments (0)
Guinness is Good for You
The latest in the battle as to whether or not drinking alcohol is good for you: the benefits of drinking Guinness.
Posted by Joe at 12:41 PM | Comments (6)
How to beautify a campus
Recently they've blocked traffic on Thayer Street right in front of the Brown University Science Library. As it reaches skyward as the highest point in Providence, this concrete monster is often thought of as Providence's ugliest building. The Public Art Committee is looking to change all of that by hanging a 33 x 40 foot picture of a donkey in a boat on the side of the library. My only guess is that they're hoping that this ginormous boatload of ass will make the sci-li not as ugly in comparison.
Why is it that all art on college campuses are ugly? Who is this ugly art benefitting? What are some other ugly examples of art on campuses? Do students have any say?
Posted by Bryant at 12:11 AM | Comments (2)
April 08, 2004
Eww....
Looks like Bryant finally has something to go with his nipple piercings. Does anyone else think that a shot in the eye is really, really undesirable?
Posted by Edwin at 04:17 PM | Comments (2)
Creepy
that about sums up this post... nothing more to say... so far I've learned jump, fly, and fort work as commands... but seriously this link is not for the faint of heart... it may give you nightmares...
Posted by Jesse at 12:05 PM | Comments (8)
for Bryant and all true Americans.
yeah the metric system is lame. i mean the english system is so easy to convert. seriously what good has the metric system ever done. this hostile metric takevoer is down right un-American This just proves how unamerican it is!!! so stand proud America and remember this is a great land because i have no idea how fast 77kph is and no clue what a liter of gas would look like, let alone milk being that way.....
Posted by Jesse at 02:16 AM | Comments (8)
April 07, 2004
Pete the Porno Puppet
This comes from a Christian website against pornography i guess this is one of their means to deter its use....
yeah you gotta see these commerials.... and dont worry Pete is against Pornography... its safe to watch...
please let me know thoughts... i recommend actually downloading them by right clicking them hitting "save target as" or just click on them and they should start playing... note it might take a minute to download them if you just click on them so just be patient...
Posted by Jesse at 07:16 PM | Comments (33)
Camel Spider
I'm not quite sure that this qualifies as an oddity, but it's pretty darn close. I certainly don't sleep as well at night knowing that camel spiders exist. Here's some footage of the beast in action.
Posted by Joe at 05:40 PM | Comments (3)
Ouch Revisited
Looks like Edwin has started a trend of posting about human pain and suffering. But we need to remember that dogs can suffer too.
Here's a story of a 2 pound miniature terrier that was kicked 30 feet (10 yards for you metric people). What would possess anyone to treat a dog like a football is beyond me. Chad Daniel Crawford, the accused kicker looks an awful lot like Jesse if he cut his hair and grew a beard. His eyes are pure evil.
Posted by Bryant at 12:25 PM | Comments (7)
Granted this prolly only appeals to Matthew and myself...
but i decided to post it anyways. im mixing it up a bit, this time with a foxnews.com article about Christians using high-tech means to reach people. i really enjoyed this quote:
“If you want to reach them, you’ve got to speak their language,” said Paul Boutin, contributing editor at Wired magazine. “It makes perfect sense to take the ministry in that direction. I really think that if Jesus were around today, he would have a blog.”
anyways back to studying...
Posted by Jesse at 11:28 AM | Comments (3)
Ouch Again.
Apparently men can have high pain tolerances too... I don't know how I keep running into these...
Posted by Edwin at 10:09 AM | Comments (1)
Noah, they stole our idea.
ok back in the day noah and i had a secret society: THE BIG EATERS CLUB. we only had two rules to join:
1. out eat a big eater
2. save the life of a big eater
we hosted events in and around beloit wisconsin for years, sadly the order has fallen into disrepair. yet in the spirit of buffetable eating i give you this..
while their main page isnt all that exciting some of their records are:
Cheesecake
11 pounds Downtown Atlantic cheesecake (six-inch, 2-pound cakes)
9 minutes
Sonya Thomas (that is some lady!!!)
Chicken Wings
134 chicken wings (in qualifying round)
12 minutes
Sonya Thomas (does the eating make her more attractive or less? this link has way more pics than the one above)
Cow Brains
57 (17.7 pounds)
15 minutes
Takeru Kobayashi (yet another sport dominated by asians)
Mayonnaise
4 32-ounce bowls mayonnaise
8 minutes
Oleg Zhornitskiy (making the face of constipation after eating all that mayonnaise)
they even have a current world rankings page... and if you arent repulsed by them you can even join them...
Posted by Jesse at 01:25 AM | Comments (1)
April 06, 2004
Star Wars Clone Wars Mirrors
Link submitted from Glen:
Star wars clone wars episodes
Posted by Bryant at 10:20 PM | Comments (1)
Ouch.
This woman has high pain-tolerance. Can you imagine performing surgery on yourself? Especially down there? I think I'd need more than "three small glasses of hard liquor."
Posted by Edwin at 09:05 PM | Comments (1)
How do you define Wisconsin?
Effective Journalism means using the reverse pyramid. You put the most important items at the top of your article. Here's an example from The Janesville Gazette. The first sentence makes an attempt to define Wisconsin. For the longest time I thought we were the dairy state, but I guess the wonderful state of wisconsin has myriad other products by which it defines itself. I'll list a couple i can think of the rest you can post under comments:
Milk / Cheese / Beer / Badger / Cows / The house on the Rock / Mustard Museum / Truck in Tree
Posted by Bryant at 07:50 PM | Comments (1)
Making a Sacrifice for America
The Justice Department has recently started a new offensive on the Porn Industry. Becoming wildly profitable and mainstream, the Porn Industry is now making sure tha t it has paid all of it's taxes and followed all laws. Nothing is off limits for this task force is targeting everyone from sources like HBO, websites, and hotel movies.
The first paragraph of the Baltimore Sun article has an interesting Job Description. Lam Nguyen and five other "computer forensic specialists" have been hired to look at porn all day, every day.
I'm sure they have lively water cooler talk, lovely bring your daughter to work days, and have lots of employees bringing their work home. It's a tough job and somebody has to do it. We salute you Lam.
Posted by Bryant at 07:23 PM | Comments (0)
Jesse's things to ponder
This article is from none other than cnn.com (im sure noah is cringing while reading this). Movies Studios are starting to release more NC-17 films. Six this year which may not seem like a lot but keep in mind only a handful of films have recieved an NC-17 rating since its inception. The question is: with all the conservatism dominating the radio and TV why would movies try to reverse this trend? or is the trend and radio and TV bound to revert back? will living in a Post-Janet world be different?
Posted by Jesse at 11:48 AM | Comments (2)
So nerdy yet so cool
A cheap trick that many games have started using since the introduction of the CD as a game medium is to include flashy graphics in a game, but they were included as pre-rendered movies that weren't interactive. 3DO, Early PC CD-ROM games, and Playstation made extensive use of this cheat to make games seem more advanced than they actually were. As hardware gets better, the need for this trickery becomes less and less necessary. Dark Sector a game made by Digital Extremes has released a trailer that is built upon the specs for the next generation of consoles: xbox2 and ps3. The trailer shows footage that is from real-time game play that shows an excellent use of shadows, lighting, and 3D rendering. It'll be interesting to see how added realism adds to the next generation of games we love today.
Posted by Bryant at 04:15 AM | Comments (0)
Winamp Security Alert
I'm assuming that a lot of the readers of the site use winamp. There is a flaw in winamp which creates a security hole. This hole basically allows a web page to run any code they want on your system. So it might be a good idea to head on over to winamp.com and download the latest version.
Posted by Bryant at 02:20 AM | Comments (0)
April 05, 2004
Old School Videogames Redux
Some ananymous game developers at www.agdinteractive.com have remade the old Kings Quest I and Kings Quest II games that you used to play. They redid the graphics to make them look a little nicer but these games are still old school fun. Did I mention that the games are free to download?
Posted by Noah at 06:28 PM | Comments (1)
Interview with a living legend
A short while back, we had a story about a young man. A young an named Kyle Melon. From Clinton, Wisconsin. Kyle wanted to grow up to be something big. So he decided to go to Aviation School in Florida at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. There Glenn Meleen went on to achieve national fame as a pilot. A pilot who was able to land on a truck. An old Pick-up truck driven by Oglesby. Read the world exclusive interview here on the site with the one and only local hero Glenn Meleen.
Local Hero Lands Plane on Old Man Driving Truck
An Interview with Glenn Meleen.
Hi glen, Thanks for doing this interview with bryantchoung.com. Describe in your own words what happened on March 14th 2004.
I picked up a banner and uh I got about 200 feet above the ground and the engine sucked in some air through the carburator. The air has to go back out through the carburator to go out the engine, and that's when the engine quit. There was a second there where I was wondering, Is it going to start up again? Then the second came and went. So then I decided to drop the banner, I switched fuel tanks, I made sure that the magnoos[indecipherable] were on and then I made an angry turn to the right. And then there was all woods in front of me so I couldn't land there. There wasn't enough altitutde to go back and run on the runway. So all that was there was this road, and so I made an angry turn left onto this road and I ducked underneath this powerline and everything was peachy, but then this truck pulled out in front of me and I hit the truck. hahaha
Has the engine quit on you before
uhm. No not like that it hasn't not where I had to make a landing that fast
have you been properly trained to do something like this?
uhm, yeah they train you. Like uhm. One of the big training things is if you lose an engine on take off you're not supposed to make a 180 back to the field. You lose a lot of altitutude on that and a lot of people end up stalling and spinning in
what are you supposed to land on then?
Whatever, a golf course is great or a road if there is no one on it. just whereever. The idea is not to save the airplane, but to be able to walk away from the thing.
What was going through your mind when you were going in for the final landing and the truck pulled out in front of you.
Oh haha, I was actually really pissed off at the guy for pulling out right in front of me. Cuz I ducked under the power line. and all my focus was on that. and I linedup on the bottom line and everything was going just fine and I see this old timer he looks left and he looks right and he just didnt see me he just pulled out in front of me.
Is there a horn or something you could get the Driver's attention with
No. haha. He just pulled out right in front of me and I didn't have enough airspeed to pull up over him at that point and I couldnt go to the left because there was a house to the left and there was stuff to the right and more power lines above me and stuff so I was like we're going to hit. Too bad!! hahaha
And I hit and we slowed to a stop and I unbuckled my seatbelt and I was so pissed off because you wouldnt even have heard of this story if that guy hadn't pulled out in front of me. And it would have been a total non-event. But I got out and I yelled, "you sunovabitch you cut me off" and that wasn't too nice a thing to say and I thought hopefully nobody heard that, and nobody did, thank god. and so I went over and I checked to see if the guy was ok and he was so. and the cops showed up and the fire department and all these people come and stuff.
Did you have to call the cops?
Oh no. Within minutes I saw people calling 911 on cell phones and they got there pretty quick.
What was on the banner that you were flying?
I don't really don't remember what was on there. I think it was for a local restaurant or something like that, I honestly don't remember.
How much does it cost to put a message up on the banner?
Uhm. It kind of depends on what kind of bulk you get into. I think for an hour its about 3-400 dollars.
So How long are you up there for?
Well it depends, the longest one i've been up for 5 hours. The shortest one is for a Marry Me banner and you're up there for like 15 minutes. Most of them are from an hour to 3 hours I'd say.
What did people back at school say when you got back?
Well it's an aviation school so, They were all pretty interested to hear about a story like that. It got a lot of attention. There was a comic about me in the newspaper and it got more attention than I thought I deserved.
Has anyone else done a truck landing at your school?
uh none to my knowledge no.
How many times have you crash landed or what other vehicles have you crashed
hahaha. The airplane I guess, uhm. I never crashed the motorcycle, I've been hit be other people in cars before, but I never actually totaled one or crashed it really bad.
Is your plane totalled now.
It's not totalled, but theres a lot of damage done to it. They'll fix it up and it'll fly again, but theres a lot of damage to it
How's the truck?
Uhm the truck... the engine runs fine, but theres a lot of cosmetic damage to the cab and stuff like that, and it's probably totalled. The term totalled sounds really bad. you know but if you have an old car before that's only worth like 1500 dollars and someone will hit it or something and you'll say that the car is totaled even though there isnt too much damage to it, but the cost to fix the vehicle is more than the vehicle is worth. So I think that's what's with the truck. There's probably about 2000 worth of damage to the truck.
What sort of drugs and/or alcohol were involved in the accident?
(nervous laughter) none. (nervous laughter) thank god.
What was the first thing you said to the truck driver?
Uh you putting this on the website?
yeah
alright, I said you sunofabitch you cut me off. well he didn't hear. You have all this adrenaline going through you and you're just looking for some way to displace it right away. So you land, or you crash or whatever, and you undo your seatbelt and that adrenaline level is way up there and I just blurted it out. I was pissed and I just blurted it out. Right after I was like aww, I shouldn't have said that. That's kind of mean.
So then what did he say to you?
So he didn't hear me say that, no one did So I ran up to him and said are you ok? And he had a funny quote. He said, "I looked left, I looked right, but I forgot to look up."
Would you call yourself a hero?
Me? no. I didn't say that did I?
No we were just wondering. How would you define a hero?
Can I Define hero? no no, I can't define hero.
Does it make you mad that every AP article has a quote from the truck driver and not you?
Oh no. I had a lot of people ask me for interviews actually like newspapers and stuff like that. A couple days after it happened I had late edition. and some guy from los angeles called me up. they wanted to put me on national TV and tell my story. And I didn't do it. And if I wanted to do it now, the story is too old Nobody's interested now. But I had probably 5 or 6 people wanting to do interviews or ask questions or things like that. but it's company policy not to do anything with the media so I turned it all down.
Thanks for doing the interview with us then.
Hey no problem
So.. Who is Kyle Melen?
oh hahahaha. oh man. Kyle melen. That is my EVIL half, Put that on the website. mu hahahahaha. uhm. I dunnno, That's my wisconsin name, you can put that down.
So why would anyone change their name from kyle to glen?
Well the last name was spelled wrong. So that makes sense.
How about the first name?
Well uh, because i'm weird? I dunno? Does that work?
Yeah, that works. Well I think that's that all we have for you Glen.
If I google this will your guys website pop up?
Yeah.
Hey, Glen is spelled with two N's ok?
Two N's? ok. Thanks for doing this Glen. Have a goodnight.
Hey no problem.
Posted by Bryant at 02:41 AM | Comments (10)
April 04, 2004
Amusement Ride leave riders Unamused
The Gravitron. A staple of any traveling amusement fair. Although I've always ridden on rides like the kamikaze, zipper, and gravitron, In the back of my mind i've always wondered if I should blindly put my faith in a group of carnies that slap together an amusement park in a couple hours. I know whenever I take apart something and put it back together, I often end up with extra pieces, or the screw is loose and doesnt fit right, or something. After reading this story about how a graviton's bolt came undone, and sent people flying out its roof, I'm not so sure i'm going to so eagerly hop on these rides without looking over the rides and the "qualified staff" first. Maybe i'll just stick to teacups, bumper cars, and tilt-a-whirl.
Posted by Bryant at 05:12 AM | Comments (0)
April 03, 2004
Sim City for the Everyone
My gift to you all:
Sim City playable in Internet Explorer in Windows95 and above. Go on.... rise to become great Mayors.
Username: bryantchoung_com
password: bryant
Posted by Bryant at 03:38 AM | Comments (1)
April 02, 2004
gotta do something at Barnes and Noble
on a break from my paper i was reading some pocketpc magizines and i ran across this program. This program claims the amazing. It will take a DVD in a DVD-ROM drive and turn it into a pocketpc film about 100megs. They claim you could fit four movies on a 512mb... movies are in stereo with what they claim is excellent picture... this sounds way too good to be true and i think one of the few pocketpc programs i am actually going to buy....
Posted by Jesse at 11:58 PM | Comments (0)
Help!!!?
I came home today and my computer was on a loop playing "The Good Ship Lollipop". It was the weirdest thing ever. I haven't been able to find anything on Google that explains this. If anyone has any information on why my computer was doing this, it would be most helpful. I'm running Fedora Core 1 as my operating system.
Posted by Bryant at 11:15 PM | Comments (2)
Pants on Fire
It looks like everyone's favorite crybaby, Audry Seiler has changed her story. Apparently she wasn't so much "abducted" as she "wanted to be alone". While this may annoy the millions of people across the country that were worried about her, much releived over the matter: MR. Potatohead.
Posted by Noah at 02:21 PM | Comments (0)
Cartoon Characters on Strike
Amazing to me is that the Simpsons are in their 16th season. Even more amazing to me, they're on strike. The voices behind the Simpsons have gone on strike to demand higher pay. They currently makes $125,000 per episode, which is about a day's work. They're demanding $360,000. I'm sorry, but that is a ton of cash to make for being the voice in one episode. I'm there are a ton of fans who have learned to do the voices after watching for 16 episodes who would gladly do the show for half of what they're already being paid. Or maybe I should let the producers in on a little secret that might save them a whole lot of cash.
Posted by Bryant at 04:51 AM | Comments (2)
It was just a joke
In case you guys didn't figure out, yesterday's posts were all a joke. Just a little fun with photoshop, javascript and IE.
Here are some other April fools jokes:
RFID tags for the homeless
apple powerpod
hamster PC case
This i'm not to sure about? Google's 1gb email service?
Wisconsin raising legal driving limit to 0.13
Posted by Bryant at 04:41 AM | Comments (0)
April 01, 2004
Gibson to make Passion Sequel
Sorry to keep posting directly from CNN, but looks like Mel Gibson is using the money he made from the first passion to make a sequel
Posted by Bryant at 08:08 AM | Comments (2)
OSAMA BIN LADEN FOUND!!!!!
YES!! we finally nabbed him! I'll keep posting updates as I find out more, but looks like Bush is over in Pakistan. In his words, "today is a proud day for America"
Posted by Bryant at 06:47 AM | Comments (3)