November 26, 2009
November 22, 2009
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November 10, 2009
Zach Galifianakis (from the movie Out Cold) as a character “Nathanial Buckner” a comedian from the 1700′s. I was dying with laughter, enjoy.
November 9, 2009
In something as important as health care, were some people are losing everything they own to hospital bills, Republicans roll out their “ace in the hole”, to stop what 70% of Americans want. Below is the equivalent of a 6 year old covering his ears, and yelling, “LA LA LA I CAN’T HEAR YOU!! I CAN’T HEAR YOU!!!”. The Republicans believe in freedom of speech but as soon as they ear something they don’t agree with they cry.
“On Saturday morning, a group of House Republicans — led by Rep. Tom Price (R-Georgia) — attempted to stop the Democratic Women’s Caucus from making their arguments about how the health bill would benefit women by screaming over them.” Read full story here.
I know the Republicans are trying to rebuild there base demographic, i guess I just didn’t realize they were targeting children and babys.
It should be obvious to all by now that the Republicans cannot win this debate on the merits of their arguments, because their arguments have no merits. So they will try to fend of defeat using every method, ethical or not, that they have. It makes absolutely no difference to them at all that they are wrong, they still think they can “win” this debate. And in the end, that’s all that matters to them. That they “win” and the Democrats “lose”. They don’t care one bit about the lives lost due to their stalling tactics.
And the truly sad and pathtic part is that if the Republicans are successful in their efforts, and there is no meaningful reform of our health care system, they will further lie and say it is a victory for the American people, that they won “fair and sqaure”, that the people heard both sides of the debate and rejected the “Democrat plan”, and that they were right all along. And most people will believe every lie they’ll tell.
Lately I have been hearing alot about a game for playstation 2 called “Katamari” most recently in a video of WordCamp San Fransisco…
Matt Cutts’ enthusiasm for the game interested me somewhat.
(Katamari Reference – 27:30)
After researching Katamari, I have to say I think the game would be really fun to play. The object of the game according to Wikipedia is:
Objects that are smaller than the Katamari will stick to it when the player comes into contact with them, while larger objects can be obstacles; colliding at high speed with a larger object may cause objects to fall off the katamari, slowing down the player’s progress. The game uses size, weight, and surface area to determine if an object will stick to the katamari. This allows long, thin objects, such as pencils, that are larger than the katamari, to be picked up, and these will alter how the katamari rolls until more objects are picked up. Large animals, such as cats, will chase the katamari, knocking things from it, but once the katamari is large enough, it will scare the animals away, and they can be rolled up once they are chased down. As objects stick to the katamari, the katamari will grow, eventually allowing objects that were once obstacles to be picked up, and creating access to areas that were previously blocked. In this manner, the player might start the game by picking up thumbtacks and ants, and slowly work up to the point where the katamari is picking up buildings, mountains and clouds.
According to the developer of the game (now a series) he “proactively ignored” advice from Namco to increase the complexity of the game. HA!
Here is a gameplay video…
Doesn’t that look fun? I just ordered mine from a site on Google Shopping. Should arrive next week sometime!
November 3, 2009
Sweet! I just got my invitation to Google Voice! My new Google telephone number is (612) 234-2872 and it is the most efficient way to get a hold of me as it will ring both my work phone and home phone at the same time, allowing me to pick up which ever is closer.
Google Voice lets you record different voice mail messages for different people. Friends can have one, Family another, and work another, or you can make a separate voice mail message for each person who calls you. Pretty sweet. Also I can check my voice mail from anywhere, my phone, a pay phone, a work phone, or just listen to them by logging into google voice on the computer.
It even offers to listen and transcribe your voice mails for you, and will then send you them in an email or text message — though it’s not so hot at doing this yet, and it is still in a “beta” stage.
Transcribed as:
“Hey Justin, This is john just nothing terribly mailer whatever. So if you want to give me a call back. Belated Latifah alright. Talk to you Later. Bye Bye.”
They say they will improve this transcribing feature in the future, and I believe them. Other features include…
- Call screening – Announce and screen callers
- Listen in – Listen before taking a call
- Block calls – Keep unwanted callers at bay
- SMS – Send, receive, and store SMS
- Place calls – Call free within the continental US and to Canada
- Taking calls – Answer on any of your phones
- Phone routing – Phones ring based on who calls
- Forwarding phones – Add phones and decide which ring
Most cellphones have some stipulation that incoming calls are free. Well, when you want to make a call you have the option to have Google, call your phone and when you pick up, connect you with the person you want to call! You can call anywhere in the US and Canada free, which includes conference calls, and three way calling.
I love that Google offers ALL OF THESE features for free, and it feels good to be able to stick it to phone companies like AT&T that really, charge you for every last feature they provide. Google proves that this stuff costs almost nothing to implement and phone companies, STILL charge you for it. These are the reasons I love Google, they offer TONS of high end super useful programs, features, and software, completely free of charge!
At this point because Google Voice is still in beta, it is by invitation only. If you want you can go to the website: www.google.com/voice and sign up today. I waited maybe a month before I got my invitation.
I am sure that this will be an incredibly useful tool, once it is released.
October 27, 2009
I was searching for badges on Google image search when I happened to stumble upon a vector version of “Milky” from the Coffee and TV music video by Blur. You can print out what ever size you want without distortion!
God, if only I had the cash to go to Kinkos and have this printed out mega huge and go dressed as Milky for Halloween. Oh well, here’s the link so you can print your own!
Download and build your own here ›
If you aren’t familiar with this you can watch a video of Coffee and TV in my July post.
October 27, 2009
Hahahahaha!
For those who need a refresher on who the Numa Numa guy is….