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Tuesday, February 1, 2005

 

Wiring Car Horn to Brakes

‘A couple of friends wire a guys horn to his brakes. Pretty funny to watch their buddy drive away beeping at everyone in front of him.’

(1.6meg .wmv)

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New Office Slang

`404 – Someone who is clueless. From the Web error message, “404 Not Found,” which means the document requested couldn’t be located. “Don’t bother asking John. He’s 404.”’


SeatSale: License to Sit

Digital Rights Management for your chair.


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Car vs. Telephone Wires in Texas

`On June 13, 2004, at approximately 8:30 AM, Community Volunteer Fire Department’s Engine 2 and Ambulance 2 were dispatched to the intersection of Alief-Clodine Road and Metro Boulevard in Southwest Harris County, Texas for the report of a car versus telephone pole.

Upon arrival, the engine company found a vehicle still running, hanging on the telephone wires by its right front tire.’

with pictures.


How to talk to deaf hookers

`Can I shove All Of These Fingers Up Your Fanjita?’


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Study finds abstinence programs haven’t influenced TX teens

`The ongoing study, the first evaluation of the abstinence programs across the state, found that students in almost all high school grades were more sexually active after undergoing abstinence education.

Researchers don’t believe the programs encouraged teenagers to have sex, only that the abstinence messages did not interfere with customary trends among adolescents.’


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eBay Member Profile for mizzelphug

`Fast payment and good communication. thanks
Reply by mizzelphug: Liar. I paid with paypal and EVERYTHING was automated. I didn’t even email you.

[..]

Cute items! Fast shipping! Thank you! AAA+++
Reply by mizzelphug: I got them out of a gumball machine. Thank USPS for the fast shipping, not me.’


The First Human Male Pregnancy

`Some web sites have claimed to “debunk the male pregnancy hoax,” but they’re mistaken. This is not a hoax like Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds broadcast. It’s true that many of the people involved in this project (including Mr. Lee) are indeed artists — and Virgil Wong has created an art installation of Male Pregnancy for exhibit at the PaperVeins Museum of Art — but yes, Mr. Lee is really pregnant.’


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Sounds of an Alien World

`Audio data collected by the Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument (HASI), which includes an acoustic sensor, during Huygens’ descent, 14 January 2005.’


What’s Wrong?


The Tape

`WARNING
If you watch this video you must
pass it on and have someone else
watch. If you don’t you will die
in 7 days.’


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Freedom of what?

`[..] when told of the exact text of the First Amendment, more than one in three high school students said it goes “too far” in the rights it guarantees. Only half of the students said newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval of stories. [..]

When asked whether people should be allowed to express unpopular views, 97 percent of teachers and 99 percent of school principals said yes. Only 83 percent of students did.’


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