Most everyone knows that I’m a booby man. Some guys are ass men. I am a booby man. I like big jiggly boobs. I’m not sorry about it. I also know how difficult athleticism must be for women blessed with the kind of DD+ blessings that I love. That’s why any new sports bra technology [...]
I saw these brilliant macro photographs of tiny plastic figures on gourmet food a few months back. Recently boingboing found them, reposted on some Russian photographer forum. Of course, the original source is a French site which I think is the portfolio for a husband and wife (?) photography team. The effect of the figures [...]
This is one of the best viral campaigns we have ever seen. Monk Mail, from CareerBuilder, is a brilliant little app where you select and customize a chimpanzee and record or type out a message to be delivered. The whole thing is powered by the underutilized technology from Oddcast, and it works so well, I [...]
Tony Jaa (Ong-Bak) and others show off their incredible martial arts/tumbling skills in the video. God, I love this shit. Enjoy. [via alldumb.]
Here is an awesome collection of Katamari Damamcy desktop wallpaper. I think might all be fan art, but I can’t read Japanese. There are some awesome images here. [via drawn.]
Human Upgrades is a company offering “DNA plastic surgery”, imporving on the body in ways we haven’t ever thought of. They offer “upgrades” in the categories of Simplicity, Lust, Hi-Tech, and Victory. Everything from single nostrils and one-piece teeth to multiple nipples and clitoris installations on palms. Very, very nice. [via manny.]
I have wanted a pair of decent looking, good performing, bluetooth headphones with iPod controls on them FOREVER. The only shit that has been available have been huge, nerdy, white, shit that I just don’t want. Finally TEN Technologies has released this very nice set of black headphones, the TEN Naviplay Bluetooth Headphones. Bluetooth, iPod [...]
As usual, another brilliant appearance by Jon Stewart. This guy makes so much sense it hurts. Why oh why is the only reasonable political commentary coming from a guy on Comedy Central? (This is also a test of the YouTube video embedding functionality.) YouTube version can be found here. [via screenhead.]
Tony Jaa, star of Ong-Bak and the upcoming Tom Yum Goong, is quickly becoming my favorite (or maybe second favorite to Jet Li) living martial artist. The absolutely incredible acrobatic and athletic talent this guy brings to his martial arts is just awe inspiring. This video compilation of him giving various demonstrations is set to [...]
I am pretty good in the kitchen. I quite like the process of turning simple, fresh ingredients into a complicated meal. I also love to bake cookies. Nothing else, just cookies. I am terrible at brownies and cupcakes and cakes and pies. But cookies, cookies I can do. I experiment a lot. My latest, greatest [...]
This is really, really well done. I have no idea who created this Simpson’s intro using real actors, or why, but it’s pretty great. [via waxy.]
This muscley dog eats food off the table while balancing on his front legs. I am pretty sure he takes steroids. Or he’s the Jack Lalaine of the animal kingdom. It’s hilarious. [via VH1 webjunk on iFilm.]
This robotic mule from Boston Dynamics appears to be in testing phase for use as a “packmule” for soldiers. In this video, you can see how agile and strong it is. Of course, I doubt its battery life and ability to operate in any sort of real world military conditions. None of that makes the [...]
Business Week has a nice slideshow/story of some of the record-beating buildings upcoming in Dubai. Soon to be the world’s tallest building, the Palm Islands, the World islands, the indoor skiing, the world’s tallest hotel, the world’s tallest apartment, and the list goes on and on… [via digg.]
I give it about 10 minutes before the hardcore rap song I just watched Natalie Portman perform on SNL becomes the next big thing on the internet. Adam Sandburg Andy Samberg (I always get that wrong!) is the best thing to hit Saturday Nights sings Will Ferrell. I’ll post it here the second it lands [...]
Finally! The picts from the going away party on 2/24/06 are now up on Flickr. Again, let me thank everyone for coming. It was truly awesome. I’d also like to thank Jay, Mae, and Gregg for taking these fine pictures. If you didn’t attend, hopefully these can give you just a small sense of how [...]
Prepare yourself for one of my nerdiest posts in a long time. It’s not a rant, just some observations and expectations of the upcoming X-Men film, The Last Stand. I apologize in advance. If you are an attractive girl, please DO NOT CONTINUE reading. On May 26th, the 3rd X-Men film will be released, but [...]
Mark Ronson and Alex Greenwald of Phantom Planet cover Radiohead’s “Just” in this video of animated London graffiti. It’s pretty awesome. [via boingboing.]
It seems kind of old. The animation and modeling isn’t all that good. The idea is not THAT great. But for some reason, I love this 3D animated Matrix trailer made with the Muppets. Rowlf as Morphius is seriously an inspired casting decision. [via manny.]
Sweet sweet classic gaming mashup. Megaman vs. Ghosts ‘n Goblins is fantastic. I played the first board of Ghosts ‘n Goblins with Megaman and kicked ass. I have no idea if you ever get to play Megaman boards with Arthur. [via del.icio.us.]
It’s 6:12pm EST, despite what the timestamp might say at the bottom of this post. I just finished packing: my bags, plus my whole room into boxes because I accidentally found a sub-letter. Cool guy names Flak will be moving in April 1st, and I am pretty sure he didn’t want to have to slide [...]
Everything is going smoothly so far. Well, maybe not smoothly, but not badly. I moved into an apartment straight away, which was not was I was hoping for, but now that it’s done, I think it was best. The night I arrived, the guy I’ll be working with, Will, picked me up in his convertible [...]
Anyone know why the Del.icio.us Sidebar links are not showing up? Is it just me in Dubai? Del.icio.us is available in Dubai, not blocked like some other sites (Flickr). Can you all see the links? Is something wrong on Del.icio.us? Sometimes the RSS seems to go down or something. Any nerds out there know something?
When Peter Jackson accepted an award from Empire magazine, he took the opportunity to show some really hilarious bloopers from King Kong. Jack Black is awesome. Fucking fucktography.
Here’s a small photo showing how much Dubai changed from 1991 -2005. Absolutely incredible. [from break.com via daniel.]
Since Chris can’t access Flickr, he may have missed this video. I watched it and it took me about 45 seconds before I realized what they had done and how brilliant it is. Enjoy Flickr – the music video.
I know that sports isn’t usually something that is discussed on this blog – but I ran this by Chris and he OK’ed this shameless self promotion There are a lot of nerdy conversations on this site (comic books, technology) – I figured I’d kick it up a notch by bringing in the nerdly topic [...]
Things are crazy for me. I am normally so “connected,” not socially, but online, cellphone, etc, and it was shocking to instantly be offline for so many days. It took me a while to get internet access at home, and I’ve been busy in the office and not had too much time for emails and [...]
I uploaded some photos from the Dubai Creek tonight. I had to use Flickr’s upload by email feature so I’m not sure how it worked. I can’t check, or upload, or tag, because for some really poor reason, Flickr is blocked by Etisalat, the monopoly phone service and ADSL provider here in Dubai. Lame. There [...]
Been here in Dubai for a week and a day, and things are coming along nicely. I’ve finally got internet service on both laptops in the apartment now. It took some McGuyvering, but the DSL modem/router is now working as expected. I have cellphone (my old Nokia 8820 was unlocked by a kind tech nerd [...]
God, I fucking love mashups. Elmo singing NWA’s Gansta Gangsta is just one fine example. [via screenhead.]
God of War 2 footage from GDC 2006. Outrageously good. I love the first one, but this looks insane. Seems like the best of Prince of Persia meets the best of Shadow of the Colossus.
This guy is absolutely incredible at what I’d like to start referring to as, “Jumping Monkey Martial Arts.” He’s part of a team of college-aged guys who are just tearing it up all over Southern California, called the EMC Monkeys. Keep an eye on them, I think they are going to be huge.
This the raunchiest, FUNNIEST thing I have watched in weeks. Some dudes redubbed an X-Men cartoon. NSFW language only, otherwise it’s just clips from the X-Men Saturday morning cartoon. I know it’s long, and I know it’s a one-trick pony, but it is endlessly entertaining. Keep in mind that I don’t have TV in Dubai.
Zachary Flagg Baldus is my new favorite illustrator, or at least one of them. His work is simply fantastic. This one of the Hulk titled, “Hulk with my nephews.” is my favorite. Such excellent work. Enjoy… [via drawn.]
In this finale scene from the 1994 classic “Undefeatable” Nick DiMarco [John Miller], the hero, faces off against “crazed martial arts rapist,” Stingray [Don Niam], and is quickly joined by 80′s/90′s B-film, female martial arts legend, Cynthia Rothrock. In this battle to the death, we learn exactly why the world of martial arts is so [...]
Last week I got the opportunity to attend the Dubai World Cup with some friends from work. For those of you who don’t know, it is the “most expensive horse race” in the world, with a top payout of $21 million to the horse that wins the final race. I think the average first place [...]
It was a long learning curve. In order to get technology, including cellphone, phone service, DSL, etc, working properly in Dubai, you’ve got to know what the hell you’re doing, and you’ve got to play in the “gray area” of the rules. For this reason, I will start a short how-to series here on chrisdiclerico.com, [...]
OK, this one was not easy. First of all, pay Etisalat for the cheapest wired USB-only ADSL modem they have. A guy will come and install it, and put some godawful dialer software on your PC. Make sure that is working properly before you art in with your own modem/router. My story is a little [...]
Unfortunately for all, Etisalat is a monopoly, and blocks service to most forms of internet communication. This includes AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, and Skype. I am able to get on the Instant Messenger networks unreliably through two web-based services, Meebo.com connects to all the IM networks you might be a part of, and is [...]
I hope this post doesn’t ruin it for us all, but fuck it, here goes. I learned about this service from friends the other night, and it works perfectly. https://www.megaproxy.com, don’t leave off the secure “s” in the URL. For $9 for 3 months, Megaproxy gives you a totally secure URL for web-based SSL VPN [...]
As you may or may not know, US cellphone carriers are running a huge scam on you. The valuable phone hardware that you buy from them, at a discount sometimes but offset by enormous contractual service agreements, is locked via software so that it cannot be used with another service. This, of course, is outrageous, [...]