He’d be proud of the Dutch company HEMA: http://producten.hema.nl/
Thanks to MH
January 31, 2008
January 28, 2008
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.:
January 25, 2008
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 also always-reliable Firesign Theater, a name forever carved into my mind from my days of performing humorous interp pieces in high school speech & debate competitions: Revenge of the Non-Smokers
Then, this inspired piece of work uploaded, somewhat inexplicably, by some San Jose Sharks fan: The Downfall of the Cowboys
And finally, thanks to one of my favorite webcomic artists, David Malki (!), is this hilarious look inside the evil world domination industry: Expendable
January 22, 2008
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:
January 15, 2008
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 his hands, here is a fabulous routine with accompanying Lego animation:
January 9, 2008
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 department. “I was crushed,” Melinda says. Duke, which was expanding in computer science, got her instead.
2. Guns don’t kill people. People don’t kill people. Dogs with guns kill people.
