Month: January 2008

  • If Rube Goldberg were working today…

    He’d be proud of the Dutch company HEMA: http://producten.hema.nl/ Thanks to MH

  • Fun on Monday

    end of the day, just saw this link on Fark.com (in a completely unrelated thread): Raiders of the Lost Ark as an animated GIF in 2:20 min.:

  • Friday hilarity

    First, thanks to my silly brother-in-law Dave for this collection of important advice about taking care of babies. Some highlights: Next, thanks to my always-reliable father for sacrificing the copious amounts of free time on his hands precious moments in between looking for work to pass along these fantastic finds from Youtube: First, from the…

  • Inspired tribute to two great bands at once

    The Beatnix are an Australian Beatles tribute band, and back in the 90s they created this brilliant piece of work:

  • Geeky Comedic Genius

    I first became aware of British standup comedian Eddie Izzard some years ago when a friend of mine online kept using the phrase “jeezy creezy” in place of Jesus Christ. Since then, I’ve enjoyed his material on TV and in a few movies, and now, thanks to a Youtube user with too much time on…

  • Interesting stuff I’ve read in the last couple of days

    1. A terrific profile of Melinda Gates from CNNMoney.com/Fortune. My favorite snarky moment: She made valedictorian and got into Notre Dame. But Notre Dame did not get her. When she and her dad visited, she recalls, officials at the university told them that “computers are a fad” and that they were shrinking the computer science…