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In Mohammad We Trust?
This news is a few weeks old, but I’m behind on my “Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me” podcasts. However, a congressman said that we have to be really careful with dealing with Iraq and Iran (meaning bomb the stuffing out of them) or else our money may one day read, “In Mohammad We Trust.” Hey…
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The Evolution vs Creationism BullSh*t needs to stop
Recently, someone created Conservipedia, saying that Wikipedia has a liberal bias. Its proof? Idiotic things like the fact that some of the articles are spelled in the Queen’s English (honour, colour) despite most users being American. This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. Another proof it gives is not idiotic, just misguided –…
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and the Oscar goes to….
The Departed – for best picture. I stayed up, so I figured I’d blog it. The movie also won Scorcese his first Oscar.
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iPhone commercial
The iPhone commercial shown tonight during the oscars was pretty sweet! It featured clips from a ton of movies where people said, “hello.” It revealed a June release date and, as far as I know, is the first commercial for the phone. Looks like they got the trademark thing settled with Cisco.
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How the RIAA is always wrong
I’m pretty sure that in previous posts I’ve mentioned that the RIAA has always been wrong about what technological disruptions do to their business. They wanted to kill LPs because they thought no one would go see live performances. They wanted to quash AM radio for fear no one would by LPs. They wanted to…
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Clean Conscious
A parody I made a few years ago for church along with Kyle, Mauricio, Jared, Julia, and Gene. Clean Conscious on Vimeo
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Columbine by Square-Enix
Ok, ok….it’s not really by Square-Enix, but it IS an RPG of Columbine. It’s actually not as bad as your gut reaction might say. According to this review in wired, it’s actually a pretty thoughtful game meant to make you think about their motivations and frame of mind. Check out the link above there.
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Impact Ad
An old ad I made in 2000 when I was the lead on the church’s video team. Impact Ad (Short Version) on Vimeo
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Movies pirated by the Movie Industry itself!
Despite what the MPAA claims, it’s not us consumers who need to be restrained by DRM, but their own people. This website demonstrates how movies are pirated by the movie companies and members of the Oscar committee. Here are some key quotes: For the last few years, the movie industry’s battles with Internet pirates offered…
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Fight the Machine!
The Inquirer.net reports a boy who is counter-suing the RIAA! Why? for defamation, violating anti-trust laws, conspiring to defraud the courts and making extortionate threats. Awesome! It’s about time someone fought back! They have demanded a jury trial and filing a counterclaim against the companies for allegedly damaging the boy’s reputation, distracting him from school…
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Timbaland Illegally Samples music from obscure file format
Well, I’m not sure if Timbaland did it purposely or if he was under the impression that he had permission, but he took music for Nelly Furtado’s song “Do It”. The sampled song is in the MOD format, popular in the early 1990s electronic BBS music scene. Currently it has a pretty decent underground following,…
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A really, really awesome Tetris documenatry from the BBC
View it here!
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A Steve Jobs Fact you probably didn’t know….
According to “Power Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life” (p17) Steve Jobs created Breakout! That’s right, that wonderfully addictive game, second only to Tetris for most, was created by the man who created Apple, NextStep, Pixar (via financing), and the iPod. Is there anything the black turtle-neck clad man hasn’t…
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Busy!
I’ve been too busy to write recently; even though I have so much to write about. It’s quite annoying. There’s a lip dubbing challenge going on at Vimeo.com. I would have called it a fan video – basically people are making music videos to their favorite songs and, instead of attacking us with their horrible…
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Colbert at Bush Roast Part 3