Archive for the 'Cool' Tag

Barack Obama is officially, certifiably, cool.
Exhibit A: Barack Obama appears on the Colbert Report and puts “manufactured political distractions” ON NOTICE. I’m not sure which I heartily approve of more, his willingness to call the press on their bullshit, or the suspicion I now have that he regularly watches the Report.

Exhibit B: Obama makes a [...]

Okay, so it’s actually “Hardy Heron”, but “Hungry Hungry Hippo” is obviously a superior code name.
Ubuntu.com: Ubuntu 8.04 Beta Release
Among teh shiny:
Xorg 7.3
The latest Xorg, Xorg 7.3, is available in Hardy, with an emphasis on better autoconfiguration with a minimal configuration file. This Beta brings a new Screen Resolution utility that allows users to dynamically [...]

Serial readers may notice that I’ve been fucking around with my theme again. Somewhere along the way I accidentally dropped it into a bucket full of bells and whistles! I fished it out, but a few of these flashy thingies and whatsits got stuck on.
What’s new:

Comment Luv: Now, if you have a blog and [...]

zomg zomg zomg… new World of Warcraft commercial campaign featuring MR. fucking T and WILLIAM fucking SHATNER!
And, sorry Shatner, but Mr. T’s is the fucking best. “Cut… T, there is no such thing as a ‘night elf mohawk’.” “Shut up, fool! I hacked into the game and CREATED a night elf mohawk!”

So, I’ve been wanting a new personal media toy for a while to replace my “Truly Pic’N’Roll”, which only holds 2GB, makes an annoying crackling sound between tracks, and is supposed to play video but really sucks at it (and has terrible battery life anyway). I’ve been coveting an iPod for months, but fortunately, I [...]

I like kittehs a lot, but I really like it when they talk.

Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon” is due out next month and I’ve been reading the release notes for the alpha versions (called “Tribes” for this release) of Xubuntu, which is the flavor I use. I haven’t tested Gutsy for myself yet, but some of this stuff looks really, really cool!

In case anyone hasn’t seen it yet (poor souls), someone has posted the Penn and Teller: Bullshit! episode about the god-damned bible in its entirety on MySpace (how ’bout that, it’s actually good for something).
Elvis didn’t do no drugs!

via Barefoot Bum, two videos from Brits who have their heads screwed on right:

Pat Condell, “Why does faith deserve respect?”
Marcus Brigstocke, monologue from “The Now Show”

Thank you, guys, for reminding us that there are places in the world where everyone isn’t batshit insane.

Amtrak is offering $100 in free alcohol to some overnight passengers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amtrak is trying to gin up new business by offering $100 in free alcohol to customers on some overnight trains.
The national passenger rail company is making the unusual offer to promote a new high-end service being offered on a trial basis [...]