Mortie, Mortie: He's no shorty, Mortie.
All is right in the world: Tivo is saved by Comcast, Bernie Ebbers is going to jail, and most importantly, Trailer Park Boys Season 4 is released to DVD on April 12th.
Batman computer animation as Legos — well-done, too.
Did I say all is right in the world? Not so fast. Paul Wolfowitz is nominated for president of the World Bank, and the Senate gives authorization to open up ANWR for drilling.
Still, Trailer Park Boys Season 4 is released to DVD on April 12th.
A play I’d like to see: Rush Limbaugh in Night School.
A long-but-beautifully-crafted-and-self-explanatory URL: http://www.sweetjesusihatebilloreilly.com/
Dead at 68: I remember Dave Allen, Irish comedian, from late night PBS in suburban Chicago, with his trademark cigarette, whiskey and tall barstool seat, telling jokes for a half-hour.
Canadian mag MacLeans asks: Is America going broke? And to cheer you up, this beautiful John Coltrane-inspired animation. And then a kinda neat Montage-a-Google.
One more thing: piling your dreads under that knit cap makes your head look like a Jiffy Pop about to explode. Yeah, I’m talking to you, environmentalists. It’s time to keep up appearances.
Queer Eye for the Green Guy: The left needs a makeover in order to be taken seriously, starting with their appearance.
Yahoo! offers a top 100 Netrospective moments of the web. Number 16 is IMDb, one step below the dancing baby. Non-netrospectively, the BBC is ordered not to compete with commercial television and must instead focus on high-quality public service programming.
Beams of sunlight reflected from the hall have roasted the sidewalk to 140 degrees Fahrenheit, enough to melt plastic and cause serious sunburn to people standing on the street.
Symptoms prior to Walt Disney Concert Hall shimmering stainless steel panels receiving a good sanding
Ankle bracelets for law abiding immigrants — whaaaaa? Speaking of immigrants, Governor Schwarzenegger expresses support for adding 1 million solar power panels to California rooftops. Speaking of property, street gangs are now staking out turf on the Web., while Donald Rumsfeld is being sued by the ACLU and Human Rights First in his role with authorizing torture.
Let it die. Space flight industry officials donate $3 million to save Star Trek Enterprise.
How to destroy the Earth: a guide. And in related news, $50,000 saves Toby the Bunny.
Hunter Thompson dead at 67. I just finished Hell’s Angels a year ago, and saw both Bill Murray and Johnny Depp portray him. And Duke from Doonesbury.
Thompson “took his life with a gunshot to the head,” the wife and son said in a statement released to the Aspen Daily News. The statement asked for privacy for Thompson’s family and, using the Latin term for Earth, added, “He stomped terra.”
Latin noun used for brief eulogy
The New York Times goes offline as a print pamphlet in the face of increased competition from Googlezon in the year 2014.
The McLibel Two should have been given legal aid during their fight against McDonald’s, a British court rules. Background of the case here
“We need to have a cathedral builder’s mentality when we’re doing these campaigns,” Mark said. “We may not see the building completed in our lifetime, but if we finish the foundation, the next generation can build on that.”
Why the left needs to be patient and persistent
Boycott? Too negative, says co-founder of BuyBlue.org.
Howard Dean elected DNC chair. Finally, some vertebrae in the party.
Beautifully-rendered and funny animation about the greeting card industry.
Google comes up with a mapping tool that effectively pounds Yahoo into a stain. Futher the pounding: See how to create an Internot startup at Enormicom.
San Jose-based Wave Magazine brings forth Dorkstorm: The Annihilation.
What happens when Nike designs a mascot for the University of Oregon? A horrifying steroid duck.
Say it loud, say it plowed! Denver’s own Modern Drunkard Magazine.
Microsoft managers get upset seeing their employees with iPods, causing employees to swap out the white headphones for black ones.
Howard Dean emerges as the frontrunner for the DNC leadership. Avoid the scream, Howard. Avoid the scream.
Laptops render men infertile! Solution: play Doom as a boardgame., while your salary decreases compared to the rate of inflation. Or put your laptop on your desk, and play the hybrid “mashup” game Grand Theft Auto: Myst.
It’s coming! It’s coming! The League of Gentlemen movie!
Great article in Seattle Weekly on investing for change.
I’m feeling a bit luddite: why on earth would people watch TV on a cellphone?
Fidgeters seem to burn an extra 350 calories a day, or 10-20 pounds a year.
And the FCC and White House drop their effort to relax media ownership rules. Thank you, Media Alliance!