May 29th, 2012

Remarkable but true: This cover by Ben Howard is actually the only version of “Call Me Maybe” that I’ve heard.

Also, the volume slider on this player goes to 11.

(Source: BBC)

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May 29th, 2012

Snapshot from 10 years ago

It seems like this kind of content is only shoveled out around New Year’s; Instead of adding to that deluge, I’m posting this now. There may be more later.

1/8 - No Child Left Behind signed into law

2/3 - U2 performs at Super Bowl XXXVI

4/25 - Lisa Lopes, the ‘L’ in the group TLC, dies while driving in Honduras

5/26 - Mars Odyssey mission finds signs of large ice deposits on Mars

6/5 - R. Kelly is charged with 21 counts of sexual intercourse with a minor

7/14 - Jacques Chicac escapes an assassination attempt (on Bastille day, no less)

7/21 - WorldCom files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

9/4 - The first winner of American Idol, Kelly Clarkson, is named

9/28 - A portion of Tennessee State Route 19 is renamed in honor of Tina Turner

9/10 - Switzerland joins the United Nations

10/3 - Jam Master Jay is shot and killed

11/25 - Department of Homeland Security formed

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May 28th, 2012
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(Source: philphys)

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May 28th, 2012
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We Can Make The World Stop
The Glitch Mob
We Can Make The World Stop

Just discovered these guys, The Glitch Mob. 

Some of it is hit-or-miss, but the hits are unbelievable. If you’re a secret agent and need to get pumped up for your next mission while powersliding a slick coupé through some European city at night, in slow motion, in a custom suit, you’ll be very happy with this. 

Just in case you’re not a secret agent, you’ll probably be happy for the really good attention-grabbing electro/ambient music. I know that may not make much sense, but take a listen and you’ll see what I mean. There also are little-to-no annoying lyrics that get in the way of the beat.

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May 25th, 2012
Zoom Blizzard getting ready for a toast to Diablo III. My first thought:

Blizzard getting ready for a toast to Diablo III. My first thought:

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May 25th, 2012
Zoom I bet your new laptop doesn’t have a floppy drive OR a trackball. Thanks @ozsultan! (…and yes, it works.)

I bet your new laptop doesn’t have a floppy drive OR a trackball. Thanks @ozsultan!

(…and yes, it works.)

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May 24th, 2012
Zoom So many things wrong here. (via)

So many things wrong here. (via)

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May 24th, 2012
Zoom virginmobilelive: Probably the nicest way to handle this situation.

virginmobilelive:

Probably the nicest way to handle this situation.

Reblogged from Virgin Mobile Live
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May 24th, 2012
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May 24th, 2012

c.1600, perhaps from M.Fr. pimper “to dress elegantly” (16c.), prp. of pimpant “alluring in dress, seductive.” Weekley suggests M.Fr. pimpreneau, defined in Cotgrave (1611) as “a knave, rascall, varlet, scoundrell,” but Liberman is against this.

“Judging by such recorded meanings of pimp as ‘helper in mines; servant in logging camps,’ this word was originally applied to boys and servants.”

The word also means “informer, stool pigeon” in Australia and New Zealand and in S.Africa, where by early 1960s it existed in Swahili form impimpsi. The verb is attested from 1630s. Related: Pimped; pimping. Pimpmobile first recorded 1973.
The Online Etymology Dictionary’s entry for “pimp.”
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May 24th, 2012

Found: Profound advice from a police officer on the streets of New Zealand.

(via Police Ten 7)

(Source: youtube.com)

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May 23rd, 2012
Zoom Well, that’s awfully brazen. I can’t tell if it’s more annoying than the on-air “expanding banner ads” Comedy Central’s been running these days, though.

Well, that’s awfully brazen. I can’t tell if it’s more annoying than the on-air “expanding banner ads” Comedy Central’s been running these days, though.

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May 23rd, 2012
Can you name everything that’s in this picture? (I can’t.) tsmskimonoyokubo: relevent

Can you name everything that’s in this picture? (I can’t.)

tsmskimonoyokubo:

relevent

(Source: thefatboylarry)

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May 22nd, 2012
Zoom The least likely car crash There’s a great Volkswagen ad running in my area where a teen is freaking out on the side of a street at night because he just crashed his dad’s VW and is afraid of how his dad will react. The words “He can only kill you if you’re OK.” then fade on-screen. Now imagine this. It’s 1975. You’re driving home in your mom’s ‘68 Buick LeSabre. You stop at a traffic light, and after it turns green, you proceed through the intersection and suddenly slam into a limo that blew the light and appeared out of nowhere. Except this was no ordinary limo. This limo was chauffeuring President Gerald Ford from a GOP. fundraiser in Hartford, CT to Bradley International Airport.  This actually happened to then-19-year-old James Salamites. As it turns out, local police forgot to barricade this one intersection. There were no significant injuries, only a significant coincidence.

The least likely car crash

There’s a great Volkswagen ad running in my area where a teen is freaking out on the side of a street at night because he just crashed his dad’s VW and is afraid of how his dad will react. The words “He can only kill you if you’re OK.” then fade on-screen.

Now imagine this. It’s 1975. You’re driving home in your mom’s ‘68 Buick LeSabre. You stop at a traffic light, and after it turns green, you proceed through the intersection and suddenly slam into a limo that blew the light and appeared out of nowhere.

Except this was no ordinary limo. This limo was chauffeuring President Gerald Ford from a GOP. fundraiser in Hartford, CT to Bradley International Airport. 

This actually happened to then-19-year-old James Salamites. As it turns out, local police forgot to barricade this one intersection. There were no significant injuries, only a significant coincidence.

(Source: apimages.com)

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May 18th, 2012
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Taken 5/18/12, 5:04 PM

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