Shameless Self-Promotion

Hey all you intertube-heads! I'm out of the country right now, having some fun in London-town with my hot new wife, so I won't be around to keep your eyeballs fixed to the site. If you can't stand the wait or if you're just looking for something else to keep you occupied, then go over and check out my travelogue. It'll get updated and pics will get uploaded as I get a chance. Here's a taste:

Survival of the L33test: Humanity continues to defy Darwinism

Take notice Sarah Palin and your "Momma Grizzlies", who speak of fierce defense of your children in defiance of whatever it is you fear at any particular moment; here is a real story of the "meek" casting off assaults from the "strong".  An Internet Gaming Center (or geek nest) in Kaneohe, HI was "held up" by a couple of idiots who thought they'd have easy marks in the pale, fleshy owner and customers inside.  But the tale turns when the geeks instead throw themselves upon the would-be criminals, arms flailing and bodies tackling.  But I'll let the video speak for itself:

Read the full story:
Gamers Fight Off Would-Be Thieves

See any other recent stories of Geek Heroism?

Lego Futurama!

Yob's Steaming Pile of Awesome!: The Deuce

That's right, y'all.

Today, the intarw3bs has done its duty (see what I did there?), and given us something else to enjoy.

The only thing I can say to introduce this overflowing bowl of awesomesauce is, "Here Lies Poop Face."

(this shit just writes itself.)





If after seeing this video, you too want to make Poop Face die of dysentery, fire it up in all it's original Apple IIGS glory, here.

Yob's Steaming Pile of Awesome!

I'd like to think I'm not a neanderthal male.

...so when I ran across this insanely cool piece of art at Beijing's Ministry of Art:



...the only thing came to mind was this scene, from the not-so-awesome movie, "Entrapment":



I am ashamed.

I assure you I'm a nice man. Some might even go so far as to call me "Awesome." But I suppose everyone's got a little neanderthal in them. Right?

Check out the rest of the exhibit, here.

Words to Live Backwards By

What Exactly Are They Selling Again?

As I slog through the summer "offerings" from the networks (more on that later), I often catch the errant commercial before I can grab the remote to hit the skip button. Commercials have long pushed the envelope of taste and decorum in an attempt to get our attention, but recently I've seen a few that caught my eye for the wrong reasons.

Best Buy: Laptop & a Geek


Mom just bought her son a sex doll apparently.  Good luck getting him to video chat now.


Tiger Woods Nike Commercial


This takes some context explanation for those not familiar with professional athletics (Jefe), specifically golf. The voiceover is a recording of Tiger's late father Earl Woods, asked a decade ago what he would ask young Tiger about his career in Golf; now used here to ask him about his famous sexual scandals.

Oh, and to play emotionally on the notion that the audience should pity and forgive the first billionaire professional athlete.

KIA Hamster Soul


Anthropomorphic Rapping Hamsters mocking other hamsters who drive toasters and laundry machines? And we all know a hamster wouldn't be able to dunk with that low center of gravity.

Lastly, this one's creepy in a different way:


Sorry about that, here's a "softer" kind of creepy:

See anything delightfully creepy lately?

The Social Network

You all know by now my irrational hatred for Facebook runs deep. Well, I should just get over it since now it is being promoted from temporal internet phenomenon to part of our shared cultural mythology via film. Yes, a movie is being made about Facebook, or more correctly, about Mark Zuckerberg. The "creator" of Facebook, and anti-hero of this film, is played by Jesse Eisenberg, of Zombieland fame. Shenanigans describes him as a more serious Michael Cera and I think that fits precisely. Here is the first trailer I was exposed to.

I also encountered a second trailer via a GeekSpeak episode, which they describe as almost thriller-esque. See here.   Despite my detestation of Facebook, my curiosity is significantly piqued. I will watch this.


During the same episode of GeekSpeak I was turned on to this fake movie trailer advertising the JavaZone 2010 event. Very well done, and believable since they use all the same tropes of this genre and trailer techniques. I'd like to see this movie, even though it doesn't exist, but that's because I'm a Java programmer and it strikes close to home.


What do you think? Should we stick to posting about lolcats and nut-shots instead?