This video made me happy and validated the web as a medium. Enjoy: Tilt Shift Monster Truck Video. Via.
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Sesame Street parodying CSI Miami. Priceless. Via
I absolutely love tilt-shift video.
lilchats: my webcomic
I’ve been wanting to start a webcomic for a while, and I’ve finally gotten around to it: lilchats: a webcomic about chatting on IM. I’m pretty happy with the result so far. I’ll be posting a new comic once a week.
This makes me happy: (A)bort. (R)etry, (M)urder! A database… of MURDERS!
It’s Alive!
Sigh, the miracle of 21st century engineering reached me this morning. In a true Halloween moment, I tried turning my dead ipod shuffle on. It sputtered then flashed the red “I need charging light.” I charged it, then after a little while, tried listening. It played as if I had never washed it. Somewhere, an Apple engineer is getting a well deserved pat on the back. 
Genius Meet Disaster Meet Despair
Um, yea, so, I did it. I washed my ipod shuffle. And the headphones. The headphones still work great. Sadly, I’m not having much luck with the ipod. It’s just so damn small that it fits in your pocket without you even knowing. And it was a Christmas present from my mom no less. Sorry, mom. 
Honestly, I think it would still work, if it had not been switched on at the time. I found two cases of people’s ipods who survived and did not survive the washer. Of course, the survivor put it threw the dryer too, maybe I should throw it in real quick.
At least they dropped the price to $49 ($39 refurbished) I’ll probably try getting it to work again … maybe if I charge it … every day … until I get a new one. How am I supposed to run now? I feel like I lost a part of me … the part with the cool/fancy ipod shuffle. Now, I only find comfort in the cold embrace of ellipsis … I don’t know how I’ll sleep tonight.
Update: A Halloween miracle! It’s alive, ALIVE!
Everyone knows that Ctrl+Shift+T brings back your last tab, but did you know it also brings back that tab’s history. Very cool.
I’ve always held that over a long-enough period of time, copyright law would correct itself. Kinda like prohibition or something. Well, sanity is beginning to return to the copyright front. (Via)
I have a horrible sense of time. How to Develop Your Sense of Time. Via.
New Nike Shoes
I picked up a pair of new shoes today. I’ve been in desperate need of a new pair.
Seth Godin writes about the myth of launch PR pointing out many great successes that didn’t get much PR on launch (including Google, Microsoft and Harry Potter). He’s got a great point. Google’s new Chrome browser has gotten a lot of press, but it doesn’t make much of a difference. The kind of press it gets in a year or two will really determine whether or not it’s a success.
What should an author do when his/her latest release gets slammed by pretty much every major publication? Why make a video about it and use it to promote the book, of course. Now, that’s turning bad press around.
Reminds me of the time PETA brought a giant fish mascot to protest outside my dad’s seafood restaurant. He went outside, put his arm around it and posed for a picture with the local paper.
Quick Tip: If you’re reading articles on a website on how to be manly … you’re not manly. The website won’t help you either.
Here’s another funny video, but not as good as the last one. This man claims to be able to jump on eggs without breaking them.