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[ 1 Comment ]Posted on November 18, 2008 by admin in Lifestyle & Culture
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008If only in ten dollar increments, to start…
If you’re so smart why ain’t you rich? Well first of all, maybe you’re not so smart. Here’s a quick I.Q. test (only 20 questions) to help you figure that out. If you scored well on that test, that’s part of your answer. According to this article, intelligence has nothing to do with wealth. Which, to tell you the truth, is something I’ve sort of suspected all along. So on to the second part of that question: maybe you ARE rich. Check out the Penn State Living Wage Calculator to see how you stand. If you aren’t rich, and you are smart, then you should let go of the Meritocracy Myth . Now that you understand that hard work doesn’t pay, maybe you’d like to consider a life of crime. Don’t fret though, according to the Montana State Life Change Scale, changing to a different line of work only scores a 36. So let’s get started. The video clip featured here introduces the lowest form of crime, the Change Raising con. Those funny pieces of paper he uses to demonstrate are actual currency; they’re called “pounds”. Just pretend he’s saying “dollars”. Which, last time I checked, is still a currency too. So yeah, ten bucks per scam is small potatoes, but I don’t think you’re ready for things like pirating entire oil tankers yet.
Monday Demotivators
[ 1 Comment ]Posted on November 17, 2008 by admin in Editorial & Opinion
Monday, November 17th, 2008Monday not going so well for you? Don’t worry, there’s another one next week.
 This could be you…except you’ll never be this cute. |
It’s Monday, and maybe you’re having a hard time getting motivated to get back to the grind. So why bother? There are so many other things to do. Like sleeping more. Some claim sleeping in will actually boost productivity. After you sleep in, waste some time playing Mirror’s Edge 2D Beta. Apparently it’s a 2D Flash version of EA’s Mirror’s Edge
which (as a non-gamer) means almost nothing to me, but it’s amusing, and pretty slickly executed. After realizing you’ll never get past that one ramp, give up and get annoyed by the fact that a computer can beat you at 20 Questions (they claim an 80% chance). Although that site’s been around for a long time, the handheld version
Losing Touch With Computers
[ Comments Off ]Posted on November 16, 2008 by admin in Technology
Sunday, November 16th, 2008Gestural interfaces: the end of those filthy little things we call computer keyboards?
Other than watching Tom Cruise get abused by the Dr. Solomon Eddie character (played by persvasive creepy bad guy Peter Stormare), one of the coolest things about the film Minority Report
WUBA WUBA WUBA
[ 1 Comment ]Posted on November 14, 2008 by admin in Lifestyle & Culture
Friday, November 14th, 2008Go ahead, cry for me, Argentina
 Can you guess which European city this is? |
How come no-one ever told me about Buenos Aires? As a seasonally-distraught, occasionally poverty-stricken but happily self-employed (I’d honestly rather starve than take most jobs for which I’m qualified) person rather unhappily residing in the midwestern U.S., it’s time for my once-every-few-years obsession with a new place to live. Go ahead, cry for me, Argentina. Because I can’t afford to visit right now, and I think it’s about to blizzard where I am. I first got curious about about B.A. when I read about filming that was being done there. The city in the background of the short films shot there kept looking disturbingly familiar, yet strange at the same time. Was that some east-coast city? Somewhere in Europe? No, it was the “Paris of South America”. Check out WUBA (What’s Up Buenos Aires) for the American ex-pat view of hip BA pop culture. That’s where I ran across the amazing performance art troupe Fuerzabruta and the quirky latin techno folk artist Gaby Kerpel. So let’s go. Apparently things are cheap, the transit is literally green, and you get to kiss people all the time.
McCain Grows A Moustache
[ Comments Off ]Posted on November 14, 2008 by admin in Politics
Friday, November 14th, 2008This is considered news around here.
With nothing else to do but sit back and laugh as the press devours his former running mate with plastic forks and knives, John McCain has decided to grow a moustache (see creepy image, left*). “Chicks dig it”, he is quoted as saying – according to an anonymous staffer – allegedly emphasizing his point by making a “V” gesture below his mouth and making a “lah-leh-lah-leh” noise with his tongue. Although he has reportedly been offered a position in the new administration, insiders quoted him as saying “C’mon my friend…who ever heard of a WHITE lawn jockey?” The administration expressed disappointment, but is moving ahead with their cabinet decisions. In other political news: well, let’s face it. There is none. In fact, Dissociated Press is rumored to be announcing the end of their Politics section altogether, as well as their political comic strip. As the site’s chief editor and writer put it: “Bush and Cheney? Now that shit’s funny before you pick up the pencil, but Obama? We’re actually planning to just redirect our domain to the White House so we can get to work for the man.”
*Which is actually a Schick™ ad campaign