Song of the Day 3.31.08

from Reggae45s

DJ drum breaks

Because I have a hangover after my bday (thanks everyone, especially p!), I am spending larger than normal amount of time on the internet today. I found this video while reading the blog of David Choe (posted below). DJing and Drum breaks. Makes me sad for the saturday nights I would head down the street to hear Cut Chemist spin at Star Shoes. No cover, packed dance floor - the good ol' days. The drummer is Paul Humphrey

Pic of the day 3.27.08

From the amazing street artist Dave Choe in the UK. Check out his blog.

Heat Map of Media Coverage

I found a Web site that tracks media coverage, monitoring the frequency with which certain outlets cover different nations. Its enlightening and shows you the international or national reporting levels. Maybe this means more to me because of my work, but think it holds value for everybody. Feel free to explore the link, its fascinating.

South Park rules

South Park!!! Every episode online. Its like christmas in March.

The Free-ist Speech

With all the political activity, the 5 year anniversary of the war in Iraq and the milestone of more than 4,000 Americans dead in the conflict, I re-visited one of my favorite sites on the interweb, Freeway Blogger. It is a site that displays and teaches you how to post signs on freeway overpasses. From the site, these include, "Who would think a lifelong failure would turn out to be such a lousy president?" and "Quagmire Accomplished". There is also an instructional video, set to bluegrass, that shows you exactly how. 

   There were 2,117 signs posted in 2007. I suspect there will be many more this election year, with at least one from yours truly. 

Hurling chicken shit

There are business security systems and there are BUSINESS SECURITY SYSTEMS. In England, a crazy businessman has constructed a 30-foot roman style catapult to hurl bucket loads of chicken manure at intruders. The news comes from Boing Boing and there are a number of gems in the story, from the signs around the property warning of protection by "smart poo" and "railway sleeper projectiles" to a cannon that the guy used to shoot his wife across the river. Its highly worth the quick read.

Pics of the day 3.19.08

Sunset and night lights of LA from 30,000 feet.

DARPA

DARPA is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Its an arm of the government that gives a bunch of money to companies to experiement with goods and products that could prove valuable to the defence department. Yeah, its crazy Morgan Freeman guarding batmobiles in the basement of Wayne Industries type stuff. I learned about it because this one energy drink I was working with was being tested by DARPA on soldiers. Today, im writing about it cause they funded a project that will undoubtably be the craziest thing I see today. Here's the video for some super agile, freakishly natural acting hunk of metal called BigDog (wha?).


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