October 2009
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Door's Open, Come On In To The White House...
Did you ever want to go name-by-name down a list of people who go into The White House, just so you can jump to an unconfirmed conclusion. Well, now you can, thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request! … What, you say you actually have a life and perhaps this might be an insane waste of time? Well, um, who needs you anyway.
The administration has released a list of 500 people who have...
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10 Word (or less) Movie Review
Assaination of a High School Presdient
Review: Drama, hilarity, excitement, mystery, death - Yep, that’s high school alright. (A)
(Seriously, I cannot say enough about this movie. Go watch it. Go watch it now!)
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The Wal-Mart Life (and Death)
I knew you could get everything you need for life at Wal-Mart, and for cheap, but apparently you’re set for death as well.
Wal-Mart offers baby clothes, engagement rings, and now, coffins—at its typical cut rates. The world’s largest retailer is selling “Mom” and “Dad Remembered” steel versions for $895 and bronze renditions for $2,899, prices that undercut...
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“The yellow cotton dress, is beautiful no doubt. But it becomes a motherf**ker,...”
– Wussy, “Yellow Cotton Dress”
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10 Word (or less) Movie Review
This Is It
Review: The King is dead. Long live the king! (B+)
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Paranomal Activity
Review: Mediocre Scares + Excellent Marketing = Undeserved Cinematic Phenomena. (B-)
(aka. “Meh…”)
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Hack This Site
What turns programmers into hackers? Is it an evil mind, a chaotic will, a nerdy revenge plot? Nay! The answer: Boredom.
Botmasters—rogue computer programmers who create virtual armies of hacked computers, or “bots,” to do their bidding—are a rising international problem, and computer-security analysts have begun to agree on a criminal profile. Tech Radar reports that Cisco and other...
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This Isn't It
I saw a sneak preview yesterday of Michael Jackson’s last film, This Is It, and enjoyed what I saw. It felt like being backstage at a wonderful, but very strange, concert. The movie’s focus was entirely on the music, and not on Jackson as a person, which was fine - it’s really the true legacy he left behind… except, every once and a while, the shot would linger on a bit of...
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10 Word (or less) Movie Review
Drag Me To Hell
Review: Forget ridiculous zombies, vampires or killers - Gypsies are truly terrifying. (A)
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Year One!
Review: In the beginning, there was this, and it was awful. (D)
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“If you’re one minute late, I will go to the animal shelter and get you a...”
– Sue Sylvester
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No Hulu, How Could You!
I love Hulu. Love it so much … Now I find that it’s stabbing me in the back … and wants me to pay for service.
At an industry summit in NYC on Oct. 21, News Corp Deputy Chairman Chase Carey revealed that online video hub Hulu will begin charging users for content as soon as 2010, according to Broadcasting and Cable. Carey told reporters that a subscription system is likely,...
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Microsoft is Sad and Desperate
Just when I thought I was done making fun of Microsoft’s terrible search engine today, they come back and force me to do it all again…
In an unusual coup for Microsoft, the company announced today that it has struck deals with both Twitter and Facebook to integrate them into Microsoft’s search engine Bing. The Twitter search function on Bing is already live, and its algorithm...
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Music to My Ears, Google
I’m a creature of habit, and when I find something that works, I stick with it … Plus it doesn’t hurt when my habbits are only getting more awesome.
Apparently newspaper articles, magazine features, encyclopedia entries, blogs, images, and entire books aren’t enough. Next week, Google will begin offering free and paid songs on the main results page of search pages, The Wall...
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Song of the Day: “My Roots Go Down”...
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WatchPlum Street Productions is currently filming the soon-to-be smash hit “Gnomewhere To Hide,” a film which asks the question: Are garden gnomes evil? (I’ll give you a hint: Yes.) While the film won’t be ready for weeks, I figure I’d tease you with a little treat - Nick Price, smashing the gnome for the final scene. Believe me, he had it coming.
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Sarah Palin is LinkedIn
Would you hire a former-governor, maverick, all-nonsense, smiling, insane Vice Presidential-hopeful? If you picked the obvious answer of, “Yes,” now’s your chance!
Sarah Palin has posted her resume to LinkedIn, the professional social-networking site, and she’s interested in “job inquiries.” Her credentials include “Governor, State of Alaska” from December 2006 to June 2009,...
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NYT Cuts 100 Jobs
Sad times, my friends… sad times.
In what appears to be a replay of last year, The New York Times will again be cutting 100 newsroom positions by the end of the year. Executive Editor Bill Keller broke the news to staff today. The paper is offering voluntary buyouts to all staff effective Thursday. If they don’t reach critical mass, management will be forced to resort to layoffs....
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Song of the Day: “If You’re...
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Not the Breast for the Job
I know beauty pageants are competitive, but this is just insane. Miss California USA wants money back from Carrie Prejean, the infamous contestant who was against gay marriage and eventually dethroned. How much do they want? Why, the amount they gave her to get breast implants, of course.
The production company that runs the pageant is requesting $5,200, the amount fronted to the erstwhile...
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Song of the Day: Goldfinger - “99 Red...
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Wineing about Twitter
I learned long ago, after sending certain key text messages, that drinking and micro-communication does not mix. On a related note, Twitter is going to start making wine.
Microblog service Twitter is making a foray into viticulture with a wine label: Fledgling Wines. A joint project with San Francisco DIY winery Crushpad and nonprofit literacy organization Room to Read, proceeds from Twitter’s...
Uh oh...
I’ve got a bad feeling about this, Yogi…
“The Avengers” movie will have to assemble without Jon Favreau. The “Iron Man” and “Iron Man 2” director, who had been rumored to take the helm for the Marvel super-team’s big screen 2012 debut, “will not be available” for the job, he told MTV News.
“They’ll have to [find a...
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That's a bad slice right there...
There are so many things wrong with this story: A swastika…carved next to Obama’s name…on a golf course…in Massachusetts? This sounds less like anarchist vandalism than it does a bad piece of expressionist art. And you know how much I hate expressionist art! *shaking fists*
This ought to throw off one’s short game: The Secret Service is investigating a swastika found...
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10 Word (or less) Movie Review
The Informant!
Review: Matt Damon’s future Oscar will weigh thirty extra pounds. (B+)
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Song of the Day: Miike Snow -...
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Owwwwwww...
*Pounding Head Into Desk*
It’s drawn cringes and ruthless reviews across the board, but Vince Vaughn’s latest laugh-a-minute vehicle, Couples Retreat, managed to top the box office this weekend, taking in $35 million. Even prior to its release, the comedy was subject to public flogging, garnering a meager 16 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film was so bad it reportedly led to the firing...
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Song of the Day: Owl City -...
No Twittering for Miley
Miley Cyrus gave up Twitter because she wanted to become more private… then went on Youtube and made a rap to explain more. I… I just don’t understand people.
In a new YouTube video, Miley – with four backing dancers — rapped, “The rumors are true, I deleted my Twitter.” And while fans, celebs and even her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, were calling for Miley’s return to Twitter on...
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Song of the Day: Presidents Of The United States...
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http://www.whyiwatch.com/ →
I love it when a TV show drives people to insanely beautiful works of fandom. This is a site displaying why one person watches “Dollhouse” - my favorite new show of last season. Even if you’ve never seen an episode, check it out - it might inspire you to get into it (and it’s worth it, trust me.)
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Crushing kittens? Say what!?
Look, I know there are some very strange people out there, but apparently someone, no, multiple people’s fetish is to watch women crush tiny animals? And the Supreme Court had to deal with it? My, my, what has the world come to:
The hypotheticals were both amusing and disturbing at the Supreme Court’s Tuesday hearing on the constitutionality of a ban on videos that depict animal cruelty....
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20 Neil Gaiman Facts
I meant to use these with my Neil Gaiman post, but really, I forgot. Still, they are worth putting up on the World Wide Internet now. Here are 20 facts about the amazing Neil Gaiman that I stole from here:
Neil Gaiman once wrote a Nebula-winning story using only the middle row of his keyboard.
Harper Collins has taken out a 2.5 million dollar insurance policy on Neil Gaiman’s accent.
If you...
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Zombieland
Review: Getting chased by the undead never looked so much fun. (A-)
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McLouvre
What happens when you mix class with trash? … I mean, besides Paris Hilton (*ZING!*)
The first thing tourists will see when they enter the Louvre won’t be the Nike of Samothrace, but the golden arches. McDonald’s is slated to open an eatery inside the Louvre at a new ticketing area, the New York Daily News Reports. Museum workers are worried that “very unpleasant...
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Out of One Box and Into Another
Got a sweet tooth? You’re also more likely to be a criminal - at least, according to one study. I bet those researchers are just angry because their mothers wouldn’t let them eat chocolate as kids.
Add this to the list of reasons to take candy machines out of schools. A recent study by British researcher Simon Moore of Cardiff University suggests that children who eat a lot of candy...
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The Future is Now
There’s a lot of rumors about how 2010 will be “The Year of the Tablet,” and how everyone will carry a portable computer like they do a cellphone. Well, if they’re anything like this possible new one from Mac, I say, bring it on.
Start salivating: Jeremy Horwitz at iLounge has new details on Apple’s upcoming tablet device from a reliable source. According to the source,...
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Song of the Day: fun. - “I’m Not As Sad...