Archive for October, 2006

October 23, 2006 View Comments

Firestorm – Or What They Should Be Teaching Boy Scouts

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Firestorm As usual, don’t try this at home. You won’t get the deposit back on your water bottle. Also, burns and property damage and other bad stuff might happen. But mostly for the deposit. Later Bloggies

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October 22, 2006 View Comments

Respect Copyright – Or the Boy Scouts Are Running Out of Activiites

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Respect Copyright – Or the Boy Scouts Are Running Out of Activiites Wow, remember when the Boy Scouts learned how to tie knots, build campfires, and do other outdoorsy things? Thank goodness we have organizations like the MPAA and RIAA to provide them with more wholesome activities. At least it still less obnoxious than having [...]

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October 21, 2006 View Comments

A Wii Adventure

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The Legend of Zelda – The Wind Waker – A Wii Adventure Personally, I think the Wind Waker was underrated. The game was really fun and I liked the cel shaded look. Of course, I’ve yet to play Ocarina so my opinion is probably moot. Later Bloggies

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October 20, 2006 View Comments

Wikiality

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Wikiality Since Stephen Colbert was banned from Wikipedia*, here is the next best thing, Wikiality, a wiki based around truthiness. For instance, check out this entry on bears. Later Bloggies * Check out this video to see why Colbert was banned. During the show, all Wikipedia entries involving elephants had to be locked.

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October 19, 2006 View Comments

Under the Tusken Sun

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Under the Tusken Sun A glimpse into the life of Sand People. See, they’re not so bad once you understand what they are saying. Now if only we couldn’t understand what the Gungans are saying, we’d be set. Later Bloggies

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October 18, 2006 View Comments

How One Man Could Build Stonehenge

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How One Man Could Build Stonehenge Thanks to reader Alan for pointing this video out. I guess making Stonehenge could be a lot easier than previously thought. All it takes is a little elbow grease, a little ingenuity, sticks, stones, gravity, and a lot of good old fashioned gumption. However, the video doesn’t explain — [...]

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October 17, 2006 View Comments

Tom Mabe Pranks Telemarketer With Fake Death Scene

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Tom Mabe Pranks Telemarketer With Fake Death Scene This is one of the funniest pranks I’ve heard pulled on a telemarketer in a while. The person receiving the call pretends he’s a detective investigating a homicide and grills the telemarketer for details. Hilarity ensues. Later bloggies

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October 16, 2006 View Comments

Smells Like Teen Spirit – Fun With Orchestras

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My theory is that orchestras make everything better. Take the song “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana, for instance. Exhibit A -Western Branch Freshmen Orchestra live at the Art Brandriff Auditorium Exhibit B – The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Later Bloggies

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October 15, 2006 View Comments

Well, I’m Back

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Did you miss me? I wasn’t able to post these last few days because I went down to California for a business trip. On the plus side, while down there I was able to go to the second happiest place on earth*, Disneyland. It was glorious! I rode rides, saw parades and fireworks, souvenier shopped, [...]

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October 7, 2006 View Comments

The Journal of Mr. F – Prelude to Awesomeness

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Back in highschool, once a week the students in Language Arts class had to write journal entries. I guess it was so we learn what to write good. Of course, we saw this as a waste of time and treated it as such. For example, the teacher said she didn’t want us writing about the [...]

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