Wildly Inappropriate Bathroom Music Selections, August 2008 Edition

Thanks, WJJZ, for Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" at 11:15 in the A.M. Nothing spices up a trip to the loo like that song, eh wot?

This Is What I'm On About

I've been boycotting the Beijing Olympics because, well, the whole thing's a giant sham meant to legitimize a horrendous, totalitarian regime. Seems like ESPN's Rick Reilly agrees with me. I'd offer a blockquote from the story, except it's one giant image, so let this pullquote from the beginning suffice, then head over and [...]

What's Wrong With This Picture?

Please check the following CNN story and tell me if you can spot the problem.

Here, let's zoom in a bit closer:

Yes, that's right — there apparently exists a sufficiently large portion of the buying populace willing to subscribe to a periodical entirely devoted to large, immobile buildings that rarely change and are seldom built anew. [...]

World Ends, Geeks Hardest Hit

Egads! I just tried to hit Amazon and saw the following:

…Dogs and cats, living together! Mass hysteria! How long has it been since I've seen Amazon "down"?
Fortunately, it came right back after ~30 seconds or so. Phew, crisis averted…!

Run For Your Lives!

If Matt Damon and Tom Brady somehow managed to collectively father a love child and that child grew up, got himself an agent and began doing modeling for stock photography sites, it is my contention that said child would look exactly like the lad gracing the Fusion Charts Free page:

Egads! I shall call him [...]

On Psystar, Apple And Conspiracy Theories

I was listening to this week's TWiT on my commute in this morning when one of the TWiTs mentioned that they were taking a pass on the Psystar Open Computer (essentially a gray box hacked to run OS X Leopard) because the threat of an Apple lawsuit putting Psystar out of business is simply too [...]

Comedy Central & Carlos Mencia: A Bit-Stealing Match Made In Heaven

So, Comedy Central, not content with letting one of your stars steal other people's bits, eh? Wanted a piece of that action too, didja?

Prior art, and all that.