Music.
Ed Force One, The Iron Maiden Boeing 757: “
Ed Force One is a wonderful customized Boeing 757 owned by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, which they use to transport the band, 60 member crew and 12 tons of equipment as they tour the world. It’s named after Iron Maiden’s infamous mummy mascot ‘Eddie’ and is piloted by Iron Maiden lead singer Bruce Dickinson.
(Via Laughing Squid.)
Not to be outdone by other hipper programs, the writers for HBO’s Entourage (a guilty pleasure) will be including this gem in the new fall season:
I find this personally interesting because in my college years I had the opportunity to go to Joshua Tree tripping on shrooms many times. My most significant Joshua Tree trip revelation: Water is Life!The boys trek to Mexico and Joshua Tree National Park, where they?ll eat some psychedelic mushrooms and try to find themselves. It?s one of my favorite episodes. It?s their Into the Wild trip.
From tob.hollywood.com. Posted by jamesk.”
(Via DoseNation.)
Macworld | Sony charges $50 to remove laptop bloatware: “Sony is offering to remove some of the trial software it crams onto the hard disks of new laptops — for a fee.
Buyers of the configure-to-order versions of its 
Vaio TZ2000 and Vaio TZ2500 laptops can opt to have Sony remove the some of its own applications, in addition to trial software and games.”
Currently playing in iTunes: Krig by Verto
US customs bar fashionista druggie writer for “moral turpitude”: “Sebastian Horley, a British author whose book, Dandy in the Underworld recounts his life of ‘sex, drugs and finely tailored clothes’ has been barred from entering the US for a book tour, on the grounds of ‘moral turpitude.’
On the one hand, this is a PR win for Horley, who’ll probably sell a crapload of books on the back of this, but on the other hand, does US customs really think that Americans aren’t capable of hearing some fashionista recount his drug stories without falling into a pit of dissolute decadence?
British writer and self-styled dandy Sebastian Horsley was denied entry to the United States after arriving to promote his memoir of sex, drugs and flamboyant fashion.
Sebastian Horsley was deemed ‘not admissible’ by U.S. customs agents.
Horsley said he was questioned for eight hours Tuesday by border officials at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey before being denied entry on grounds of ‘moral turpitude.’
The 45-year-old author was traveling to New York for the U.S. launch of ‘Dandy in the Underworld,’ his account of a life dedicated to sex, drugs and finely tailored clothes.
‘I was dressed flamboyantly — top hat, long velvet coat, gloves,’ Horsley said. ‘My one concession to American sensibilities was to remove my nail polish. I thought that would get me through.’
(Via Boing Boing.)
You Suck at Photoshop #9 – Curves | Laughing Squid: “You Suck at Photoshop #9 – Curves”
Funny thing is, I know people like that! Been in the industry too long.-MC
Currently playing in iTunes: clara mondshine – high moon enters heaven by Clara Mondshine
UnionLeader.com – New Hampshire news – Marijuana vote draws fire – Thursday, Mar. 20, 2008: “Marijuana vote draws fire
By JOHN WHITSON AND SCOTT BROOKS
New Hampshire Union Leader
Thursday, Mar. 20, 2008
MANCHESTER – Mayor Frank Guinta has asked state Rep. David Scannell to resign as spokesman for the Manchester school district after Scannell voted Tuesday to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana.”
Currently playing in iTunes: clara mondshine – high moon enters heaven by Clara Mondshine
YouTube – Apple Web Ad: Bad Vista reviews, Get a Mac: “”
Currently playing in iTunes: clara mondshine – o queen of samba by Clara Mondshine
AlterEgo 1.2 – New visual effects for Photo Booth and iChat. (Shareware): “
AlterEgo brings stunning new visual effects to Photo Booth and iChat on your mac.
AlterEgo adds 36 visual effects that make Photo Booth and iChat even more fun.
Easy to use and hours of fun, AlterEgo will allow you to set the stage via an ever growing catalogue of Egos. You get 6 free Egos just for downloading the application! Want more? Simply purchase credits and get as many as you want.
iChat: AlterEgo lets you spice up your video chats by adding our exciting library of Egos. Be a watercolor portrait, or be a captain upon a space ship, be whoever you want to be with AlterEgo. Choose from over 30 effects to be applied to your video, in real time. AlterEgo is an excellent way to mod iChat and freak out your friends and is well worth the download.
Photo Booth: Two for one! AlterEgo also lets you use all filters in Photo Booth. Thanks to Photo Booth, taking pictures of yourself has never been more fun. Go beyond the 16 built in effects such as Sepia, Black & White, or X-Ray. See the screen flash white. And instantly you have a new unique photo you can email to your friends, save as your iChat buddy picture, or put in your iPhoto library.
Leopard: Built specifically for Apple’s new Leopard operating system, AlterEgo blends seamlessly to offer a simple and fun experience for the whole family. In iChat all the video processing occurs on your own Mac, your buddy doesn?t even have to be running Leopard to see those effects.
Freebies: You get 6 totally free Egos when you download the AlterEgo application. The following Egos are free: Bitter Glow, Black Hole, Carvin Block, Megapixelated Psychotic, Zebra. All you have to do is download and run AlterEgo, and these 6 free Ego’s will be installed on your system and are ready for use in both iChat and Photo Booth.
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(Via MacUpdate – Universal Binary.)
Currently playing in iTunes: clara mondshine – caesar in camerun by Clara Mondshine
Political Punch: “Huckabee Defends Obama … and the Rev. Wright”
Currently playing in iTunes: The Shrunken Head Wants A Word With You by Vas Deferens Organization
Happy 40th birthday, cubicle! Now die – Work in Progress – Worklife – Workplace – TIME: “Fo’ real: it was 40 years ago that the geniuses in office design came up with the soul-destroying workspace we call the modern cubicle.”
Currently playing in iTunes: 04- lazare.mp3 by minox
Australian woman to face firing squad | World news | guardian.co.uk: “Australian woman to face firing squad”
Currently playing in iTunes: 04- lazare.mp3 by minox
Philip Morris Tries to Engineer the Cancer Out of Tobacco | Wired Science from Wired.com: “Philip Morris Tries to Engineer the Cancer Out of Tobacco”
YEA RIGHT! the work could lead to less cancer-causing chewing tobacco.
Currently playing in iTunes: 03- hybrid (of a tight laugh).mp3 by minox
YouTube – Can time slow down?: “Can time slow down?
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I Just realized, I think the music in the back ground is Tipsy! Could someone verify? NOPE it’s add N to X
Currently playing in iTunes: 03- hybrid (of a tight laugh).mp3 by minox
First lady records show Clinton promoted NAFTA | U.S. | Reuters: “First lady records show Clinton promoted NAFTA”
Currently playing in iTunes: 02- preludio.mp3 by minox
Scientists Fabricate Room Temperature Superconducting Material: “A new breakthrough superconducting material fabricated by a Canadian-German team has been made out of a silicon-hydrogen compound and does not require cooling. The implications of the discovery are enormous and could transform the way people live by cutting power usage from everything from refrigeration to cell phones.”
Currently playing in iTunes: Umi_Tsuki by Tsutsui Yasutaka_Yamashita Yosuke
CEO of subprime mortgage broker fined $29,000 for dropping 73 f-bombs during deposition: “Aaron Wider, CEO of HTFC, a mortgage broker implicated in the subprime meltdown and embroiled in a lawsuit with GMAC Bank, was fined $29,000 after he said ‘fuck’ 73 times during his deposition. The cowboyism of the subprime boom is only starting to come to light — guys like Wider were part of a movement of savage rapine of the world’s economies and exploitation of the poor and disenfranchised, something that went all the way up to the big trading houses and their regulators.
Q: This is your loan file. What do Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald do for a living?
A: I don’t know. Open it up and find it.
Q: Look at your loan file and tell me.
A: Open it up and find it. I’m not your fucking bitch.
Q: Take a look at your loan application.
A: Do it yourself. Do it yourself. You want to do this in front of a judge. Would you prefer to [do] this in front of a judge? Then, shut the fuck up.
Q: Sir, take a look–
A: I’m taking a break. Fuck him. You open up the document. You want me to look at something, you get the document out. Earn your fucking money, asshole. Better get used to it. You’ll retire when I’m done.
(Via Boing Boing.)
Currently playing in iTunes: Umi_Tsuki by Tsutsui Yasutaka_Yamashita Yosuke
Matt Borruso’s Vibrating Ugly Children: ”
Matt Borruso creates stunningly demented portraits of ugly children. The garish candy colors vibrate, making these unfortunate kids equally nauseating and mouth watering.
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(Via WFMU’s Beware of the Blog.)
Currently playing in iTunes: squashed things by dancing_did
PC World – Google’s Top 17 Easter Eggs, Gags, and Hoaxes: “Google’s Top 17 Easter Eggs, Gags, and Hoaxes
Google makes your life easier with great search, but did you also know it’s loaded with pranks, goofs, and put-ons? We show you the best of the bunch.”
Currently playing in iTunes: Losing Hold by Wigwam
WebUrbanist » 7 (More) Abandoned Wonders of America: From Deserted Breweries to Famous Auto Factories: “7 (More) Abandoned Wonders of America: From Deserted Breweries to Famous Auto Factories”
Currently playing in iTunes: Life Without Pain by Frumpy
CJR: The McCain-Hagee Connection: “The McCain-Hagee Connection”
Currently playing in iTunes: Words With The Shaman – Pt. 3 Awakening by David Sylvian
No Starch Press Giving Away Books For Free On BitTorrent: “
San Francisco publisher No Starch Press has stared experimenting with giving away their books for free on BitTorrent via The Pirate Bay. Today they have seeded two of the popular titles that they publish, ‘Cult of Mac’ (torrent) and ‘Cult of iPod’ (torrent), both by Leander Kahney of Wired. No Starch Press founder William Pollock has posted about why he’s testing out this unique form of book distribution.
We’ll be watching to see if making the electronic versions of these books available for free has any effect whatsoever on book sales. And if there is some noticeable effect whether it’s a positive one. I hope so because I think P2P can be a very good and powerful too.
In today’s electronic world we can choose to fight a losing battle with DRM, or we can take a counter-intuitive approach and turn things on their head.
(Via Laughing Squid.)
YouTube – KNEECAM No.1 – the original Technoviking tape: “”
Currently playing in iTunes: 29 H 08 M by Ose
Clothes Of The Future – DoubleViking Video (s)
This mega old film reel clip tries to predict the fashion of the year 2000. Hilarious.
Currently playing in iTunes: 3rd 7” – prime of my life by human switchboard
Loading “Charlie Rose Face Plants To Save His MacBook Air”
Currently playing in iTunes: Einsam in Wien by S.Y.P.H.
The 25 Most Disturbing Sex Toys | Cracked.com: “The 25 Most Disturbing Sex Toys”
Currently playing in iTunes: Stop The World (Rituel Of Si-W by Igor Wakhevitch
Add Internet addiction to psychiatric disorders, says doctor: “Last week, we covered news from the Solutions Research Group regarding their report on Disconnect Anxiety; a condition that they claim can result from Internet deprivation. Although it sounds at first like a laughing matter, it’s one that is gaining currency among some within the field of psychiatry. An editorial in the current American Journal of Psychiatry argues that Internet and gaming addiction should be added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) V, the handbook of mental disorders used by mental health workers in the US.”
Currently playing in iTunes: In The Nagual’s Time (Flash II by Igor Wakhevitch
Yosuke Yamashita Playing a Burning Piano: ”
via Japan Today. ‘Jazz pianist Yosuke Yamashita, 66, plays a burning piano on the beach
in Shiga, Ishikawa Prefecture. He was showing his appreciation for his
old piano that he no longer uses. Yamashita did the same thing once
before in 1973.’
Yamashita’s 1973 piano burning was made into a short film by the Japanese director Kiyoshi Awazu and can be viewed in full on Kiyoshi’s website.
See an excerpt from the film from YouTube below Actually this looks less like an excerpt and more like a piece from a Japanese news program.’ No matter, if you like what you see, you will probably want to click through to check out the complete film.
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(Via WFMU’s Beware of the Blog.)
