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- Sunday Schnitzels Cripples
  published on Jul 1st, 2009 in Humor, Technology
  Regular readers will no doubt recall my previous encounters with Google Voice's automated message taking. It seems as though my experience is not unique, as the New York Times Personal Tech section's columnist published his Voice number and asked readers to give the message transcription feature a run for its money. The results, [...]
- Web Site Story: Way, WAY Too Much Work
  published on Jun 30th, 2009 in Humor, Music, Technology, Videos
  Hooray for free time! Huzzah for other people using it to create amusing parodies of old musicals!
- Life (Or At Least Aussie Sporting Events) At 1000 FPS
  published on Jun 19th, 2009 in Sports, Videos
  Like, zoinks!, Scoob!
  
  As @gruber put it: mesmerizing.
- Best. Flashmob. EVER.
  published on Jun 5th, 2009 in Humor, Music, Videos
  Ahh, reminds me of the days when AndyOne and I knew the Will Smith "Men In Black" dance in its entirety…
- Total Eclipse Of The Video
  published on Jun 1st, 2009 in Humor, Music, Videos
  "Total Eclipse of the Heart", Literalist Edition:
  
  "Spin around/Ninjas!/Then a bunch of preppies make a toast."
  Heh.
- Stuff I Learned On The Internet[s], Recent History Edition
  published on May 19th, 2009 in Humor, Movies, Pictures, Politics, Videos
  People approach me and say "Doug, we haven't seen you post recently. What have you been learning on the Internet these last two weeks that you haven't been posting?"*
  I learned that Matt Mullenweg started WordPress partially of a desire to help out his church.
  I learned that one does not mess with Finns named Simo Häyhä, [...]
- The Machines Are Taking Over
  published on May 6th, 2009 in Humor, Music, Videos
  It ain't Skynet, but Kirk v. Khan as performed by a Kindle and an iPod certainly is dramatic:
  
  Hack a Day pronounced the next effort "CNC Music Factory". And yes, it is literally that — it's Jonathan Coulton's Still Alive as performed by a CNC table.
  
  See also: Tetris theme on CNC:
  
  Queen, like you've never heard [...]
- Scenes From A Preschooler's Bedtime
  published on May 5th, 2009 in Family, Humor, Religion/Morals
  Dialog, almost verbatim, from last night's bedtime ritual:
  Me: [Having just read the story of Moses getting the Ten Commandments from God] What did God tell Moses to tell the people?
  Will: …
  Me: He said "Do not…"?
  Will: Kill!
  Me: And "Do not…"
  Will: …
  My Wife: [Suggesting helpfully] "Do not st…"
  Will: Steve!
  Me: [Covering my mouth so as to obscure the [...]
- Is It Copyright Infringement If You Steal From Yourself?
  published on Apr 24th, 2009 in Movies, Videos
  Oh, those crafty, crafty Disney animators:
  
  I recall thinking some of those movies looked very, very familiar the first time I saw them as a kid, and now I know why: I had seen them, albeit in a different form.
- This Week In Particularly Preternaturally Potent Porcine Products
  published on in Food, Humor, Science, Videos
  First up, the Flaming Bacon Lance Of Death, nuff said:
  
  Next up, Brit scientists prove bacon sandwiches cure a hangover. Oh, bless the Brits!
  Lastly, science cannot put a name to the awesomeness of, well, just look:
  
  The Boing Boing commenters on the original story helpfully suggest "Noodledogs", "Cthulhu bits", "hot doodle", "doghetti", "pork calamari", "pighetti" and [...]

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