Literally. This is why you HAVE to love Dubai.
That IS what you think it is. It’s a ticket pasted to the window of a big, dirty, green SUV (Nissan Petrol, I think) for being, yes, “dusty,” and “disfiguring the public view and beauty of the city.” Hahahahahahaha.
On Thursday afternoon, here in Dubai, it was over 40° Celsius, or 105° Fahrenheit for you Yanks. Instead of taking in the melanoma at the pool, I went skiing. For those of you who don’t know, the very rich and very futuristic leaders of Dubai build a giant refrigerator and put a ski slope in […]
About a month and a half ago, I broke down and bought a US spec, NTSC, deluxe edition XBox 360. I knew I was courting the enemy, but frankly I was preparing for the long summer cooped up in the apartment, and I played Call of Duty 2 on a friends system and nearly shit […]
I would gladly replace my television with a large format digital picture frame that played this over, and over, and over, forever.
Please, please look at the guy’s face in the orange shirt in the background… Priceless.
[thanks clare. this made my month.]
I must admit, I am hooked on “So you think you can dance?” and after watching this clip you will know why. PS - Keep an eye on the yamaka.
EDIT (Chris): I got this in my email as a crappy animate GIF file. I am so glad you found it on YouTube. I embedded a […]
Not funny. Could be me.
“Uhh… we could use some, uh, spackle. Over.”
[thanks witold.]
Just in time to be shown for the opening of Cars, the teaser trailer for Pixar’s next blockbuster has hit the web. Brad Bird, director of The Incredibles and The Iron Giant (not Pixar), will direct Ratatouille, about a food-snob rat living in Paris. This trailer looks fantastic, and Pixar has proven time and again […]
With the small exception of Jackie Rogers Jr’s $100,000 Jackpot Wad, this short mockumentary about Men’s Synchronized Swimming may be my favorite Saturday Night Live skit of all time. In this one, Harry Shearer and Martin Short are a syncro-swimming duet, and Christopher Guest is their totally gay coach. Martin Short is basically retarded, can’t […]
I’m coming back to NY for a few days this week, and I need a drink. There’s no way I’d be able to see you all individually, so i figured anybody who was free could show up at the same bar at the same, and we can make an event of it. I have no […]
I got this in my email today. I don’t know where they came from. I laughed out loud.
[thanks clare.]
Seriously.
What the fuck.
Chris Angel blows pretty much all other illusionists away.
No screenshot. ‘Cause, well…I have to go change my pants.
There might be some NSFW-ish ads on the page. There weren’t when I watched, but I saw some potential.
Ever wonder what happened to Michael Windslow, the black guy from Police Academy that did all the sound effects? You know, the police sirens, the helicopters, the machine guns… I once debated Rob about how much it would cost for Michael Windslow to “play” at one of our parties. I still contend it’s less than […]
Stephen Colbert puts the religious right back into its place, with a very simple question. It should be a requirement that any idiot congressman that wants to place the 10 commandments in federal courthouses should at least know what they are, no?
[via joshua.]
Sometimes great ads are the simplest. Saatchi & Saatchi Peru stuck this inspired piece on someone’s door and got a gold at Cannes for it.
Speaking of Cannes, let me congratulate my good friend Kerry, from Wunderman Dubai, for the gold she won this past week as well, and for telling Sir Martin about the time […]
1. Find pictures of two different species of animals.
2. Merge them in Photoshop.
3. Wish they were real.
Some of the ‘hybrids’ are so cool. The above looks like a leopard/lizard mix.
“Protect the environment.. or I’ll fucking kill you.” - Ted Turner as Captain Planet, Robot Chicken Style.
[thanks jay.]
Jon Stewart and Samantha Bee have a look at the recent video game hearings in the Congress. Yes Jon, the US House of Representatives is full of insane, old, jackasses.
[via waxy.]
Business Week has a rundown of all the winners of the 2006 IDEA Awards - these are the gold standard awards for Industrial Design organized and run by the IDSA. Some of the designs are so good they hurt. Like this sushi/sashimi plate that makes me want to commit suicide, it is so great and […]
I received this MS Word document named “dog sweater” in my email yesterday. Thanks Kathlene. It’s an angry letter from a Chihuahua named Louis Vuitton to his owner. It’s one of the funniest things I’ve read in a long time. It was written by Justin Wood on thephatphree back in 2005. Unfortunately that site is […]
NASA’s J-Track 3D is a little Java applet where you can see real-time, 900 satellites’ positions around the globe. Pretty tiny little dots to click, but pretty cool. I’ve never been a real space-nerd type, but this is very interesting. Just seeing the density of machinery out there is amazing, and a bit scary. Talk […]
Whoa. Absolutely the best new animated thing on TV is Adult Swim’s new Conan spoof, Korgoth of Barbaria. It’s created by a guy named Aaron Springer who was previously an artist on Spongebob. Episode 1 is up on TouTube right now, in 3 parts, but I doubt it will last very long. Have a look […]