My Brain Scrape

Sad sign of the times.

2011-08-11T09:47:00.001-04:00

Wow. Had to post this because one of his degrees is from Purdue.

Remember when we used to make things in America?

Kenny Powers FTW!

2011-07-15T09:26:00.000-04:00

I laughed so hard I shit myself.

Is this what's missing?

2011-07-13T10:30:00.002-04:00

The Founding Fathers of the this country (the real ones not the once Michelle Bachmand believes in) crafted a well function Government that has survived 237 years of trials. They wisely avoided large parts of already then established governments to create something unique. I just wish that they had framed the US House of Representatives to be more like the British House of Commons. Can you imagine President Obama on the House floor being cheered or jeered like this?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/video/2011/jul/13/prime-ministers-questions-video

What you would get is something so much deeper. So many people only see the talking head news version of Obama....how would he react to being openly challenged in this way? C-Span could be the best reality TV channel on the planet!

It fell

2011-06-08T10:29:00.002-04:00

I love the Foo Fighters. They may be one of the few ROCK bands left and I'm really enjoying their new album.

Their videos are usually awesome and this one for the new single Walk is no exception. It's a parody of one of my favorite movies, Falling Down.

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Ground Control to Major Apple.

2011-06-08T10:15:00.002-04:00

Apple is going to spend some of the billions in it's war chest to build itself a new headquarters/campus. The proposed building is exactly what you would expect from Apple....that is to say it is very cool.

Fuck your hoodie.

2011-04-21T10:13:00.001-04:00

NSFW and LOL.....seriously, LOL.

The Six Girls You'll date in College.

GET FREE MONEY!!!

2011-04-14T10:44:00.002-04:00

If this doesn't piss you off then you are an enormous moron. I hope that in my lifetime the scope and scale of the Bush Administration's damage to this country becomes apparent. The great GOP cash grab of 2008.

It's all clear now

2011-04-12T11:02:00.001-04:00

I finally understand why George W. Bush didn't care about the Lower Ninth Ward. He was taking money from the Feral Chichttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifken Lobby.

Poor Choices

2011-03-24T10:59:00.002-04:00

Ever feel like you made the wrong career choice? Where was my high school guidance counselor on this one? If there had been a "Exciting Career in Bra Fitting" brochure I think I'd have picked that one up.

FAIL!

2011-03-24T10:07:00.002-04:00

It's only 10:00AM and I promise you that this is the funniest news story that you will see all day.

Although I have to admit that a Palin/Bachman debate could actually be the funniest (read: saddest) thing that could ever be broadcast.

Boob Stab

2011-03-22T12:49:00.000-04:00

Lol.

It's nothing

2011-03-15T16:02:00.000-04:00

Seriously, it's nothing.

Hot stuff.

2011-03-15T15:54:00.002-04:00

Great music, hot chick....NSFW

Self Healing "BIO" Concrete

2011-03-11T14:35:00.001-05:00

This is pretty amazing stuff!

WTF? Tiger Blood edition.

2011-03-10T14:38:00.003-05:00

Is Charlie Sheen a complete, raving lunatic or a genius that is playing the entire media world? I thought he was just plain crazy until I saw this....no crazy person is this self aware.

Charlie Sheen's Winning Recipes from Charlie Sheen

Power Grab

2011-03-09T14:30:00.000-05:00

This is some scary shit.

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Winning

2011-03-08T13:23:00.001-05:00

This is Bi-Awesome.

Also, cats with thumbs. Epic Win.

Banging 7 gram rocks.

2011-03-03T09:42:00.002-05:00

Wow...Charlie Sheen has really gone round the bend. This remix of his interview is epic.

The ultimate party of insanity would be hanging with Sheen, Muammar Gaddafi and the ghost of Sam Kinison....that would be pretty sweet.

Human Life

2011-02-23T10:31:00.001-05:00

Inspiring stuff.

The Revolution will be Tweeted

2011-02-11T14:38:00.004-05:00

For the second time in my life I have witnessed a true revolution. The masses took the the streets of Egypt and would not be ignored. Some of the images straight from the streets are just amazing.

I have many memories of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the former Eastern Bloc but what most don't realize is that process took months to years. The Egyptian people overthrew a thirty year dictatorship in a matter of DAYS. If that is not a stunning testament to the power of modern communication technology and social media then I don't know what could possibly be.

I just hope that this atmosphere of unity that the Egyptian people have displayed can be maintained and that they can actually form a viable Democracy in the Middle East. If the most populous Arab nation can do that they may actually be able to pull that region out of it's terrible history for brutal dictatorships and harsh religious regimes.

Greatest Song Ever?

2011-02-10T10:12:00.001-05:00

Now this is some seriously funny shit....and NSFW.

Cold Warriors

2011-02-09T09:40:00.002-05:00

This story about the Navy's latest unmanned drone aircraft is pretty cool and I nearly posted about it last week but meh. Just another step towards a Skynet style enslavement of mankind.

However today I ran across the video below which paired with the story above is amazing and shows just how far our military has advanced in the last 25 years.

link may be NSFW:

What you just watched is an example of a by-gone era of military readiness. The launching of SAC bombers and tankers as quickly as possible in the event that a Russian ICBM was heading towards their base. I was lucky enough as a kid to see the B-52 bomber take off and land several times and it was quite an experience. By the way, in SAC speak BUFF stands for Big Ugly Fat Fucker (Fellow if ladies are in attendance). Sad to think that most of these amazing aircraft and the entire SAC facility in this video are a distant memory now long gone.

If you want to see a dramatized version of what our "stand off" bomber practices were at the end of the Cold War then I highly recommend the 1990 movie By Dawn's Early Light. It scared the hell out of me as a kid, I only lived 20 miles from a SAC base....

Pure Genius

2011-01-31T12:27:00.002-05:00

Hey, if you're on disability because you got blown up by a land mine in Vietnam the GOP wants to make sure that you can be proud that your country honors it's debts first. But you won't be getting that check from Uncle Sam for a few months....is that okay with you?

Just....wow.

I think this broke me.

2011-01-18T15:49:00.002-05:00

This is one of the funniest SNL bits in a long time.

More money than talent.

2011-01-13T10:33:00.004-05:00

Let's say you are:

1. The son of a famous actor.
2. Given the status of your parents you are at least well off if not stinking rich.
3. The whitest of white boys attending a Midwestern University. Hence the Latin tattoo.
4. A member of a Fraternity. Again see tattoo, THIS IS SPARTA!!!

Now given those facts about yourself what is your most likely past time/future career going to be?

Did you guess rap music superstar? No? Funny because that's what Tom Hanks' son is all about.

I bet he drives an orange(maybe black) Range Rover Sport with big ass chrome wheels and calls every one his homie/bro. Also, Chet Haze sounds like the French Pronunciation of a STD.

Oh and Beats by Dre headphones, seriously? Talk about pegging yourself as a fashionable wannabe rapper/DJ. No decent DJ would be caught dead with that over-rated Monster made shit.

Sports

2011-01-12T11:42:00.000-05:00

This is awesome....he's completely insane.

Sweet Exploding Jesus.

2011-01-12T09:33:00.001-05:00

Battle LA looks like it is going to kick ass.

See the world

2011-01-06T15:43:00.000-05:00

Watch in HD, watch it full screen.

Stabby

2011-01-04T14:10:00.001-05:00

DON'T INVADE MY SPACE!!!

Hilarity Ensues

2011-01-03T11:03:00.002-05:00

Got a crappy gift for Xmas? Probably not as bad as some of this shit!

Best. Parrot. Ever.

2010-12-16T14:07:00.000-05:00

Broken

2010-12-16T10:39:00.002-05:00

Here's Rachel Maddow giving us all a much needed Civics lesson.

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Back to the future.

2010-12-09T11:56:00.002-05:00

Big props to SpaceX for their successful launch and recovery of the first commercial human space flight system. Their Dragon capsule went up, completed two orbits of the Earth and successfully landed in the Pacific. I'm excited yet conflicted about this success. It is great that private enterprise (albeit with a load of Government money) has finally fielded a system that is at parity with where NASA was in the heady days of the Apollo Program. But it's also a sad indictment of where NASA is today.

SpaceX has nearly completed a viable manned system after around two billion dollars in funding from the private sector and the Government in the form of commercial launch contracts. NASA has spent and estimated $40 billion on the Ares I launch system and at least another $3 billion on the Orion capsule that is meant to replace the Space Shuttle. Granted Ares and Orion were intended to push us back to the Moon and beyond but at 20X the cost of a low earth orbit system? I hate to say it but the bureaucracy of NASA appears to have snuffed out their ability to deliver on budget. Not to mention that the Constellation program was still going to cost as much as $1billion a launch....as much as or more than the existing Space Shuttle. The whole point of Constellation was to get us out of low Earth orbit again for less than the cost of the Shuttle.

Problems

2010-12-09T11:52:00.001-05:00

Disease of the day, Anatidaephobia. Seriously? There are plenty of things to be RATIONALLY afraid of.

Man she is pissed

2010-12-07T09:19:00.001-05:00

Why do we keep fucking with Mother Nature? She obviously has no sense of humor.

Enough with this bullshit.

2010-12-06T14:44:00.002-05:00

Apparently George Lucas wasn't satisfied with the rape of my childhood. It would appear that he wants to digitally reanimate dead actors so that THEY CAN RAPE MY CHILDHOOD!

WTF Lucas? If you can't come up with some original ideas to fit within the universe that you created then just go sit down somewhere and count your billions.

Jeggings

2010-12-03T15:02:00.001-05:00

Seriously.....Conan is awesome.

Visually stunning

2010-12-02T11:01:00.003-05:00

Now this is one of the best examples of the future of data visualization. As computing power increases and display technology makes revolutionary jumps every other year things are only going to get more impressive.

The Doctor

2010-12-02T10:50:00.001-05:00

Yes, I'm a nerd. Yes, I love Doctor Who. Watch this hilarious Craig Ferguson bit.

Helpless Crybabies

2010-11-29T09:28:00.002-05:00

The latest leak of diplomatic communications by Wikileaks certainly shows one thing. Most of the major Governments in the Middle East are a bunch of hypocritical douchebags. They almost all agree that Iran's nuclear program is a very bad thing but NONE of them want to deal with it themselves.

Either they don't want to risk their own power base by stirring up radical opposition in their own countries or they don't want to worry about Iran smacking them back. The Saudis and the Egyptians certainly have the military hardware necessary to make that strike at Iran but lack the balls to actually do it.

They would rather "The Great Satan" be the bad guy yet again. I wonder how they would feel if we said that we'll do it but we want the Isrealis to run the operation. Probably not....

What an asshole.

2010-11-18T12:38:00.001-05:00

Seriously? You sir are a hypocritical asshole.

Valuable information

2010-11-17T14:30:00.001-05:00

Talk about creepy....nice shirt too.

Nice day job

2010-11-16T08:14:00.001-05:00

Beginning to wonder if I made the right career choice, the view from my office is pretty shitty compared to this.

What for what?

2010-11-15T12:56:00.004-05:00

I guess Fiat is really serious about buying Chrysler to crack back into the American market. Selling their stake in Ferrari to buy out Chrysler seems totally bat shit crazy to me.

They may as well chuck Maserati out as well since without the Ferrari DNA the product will be shit.

Wow!

2010-11-10T09:32:00.000-05:00

Seriously people, TAKE YOUR MEDS!!!

Mysterious.

2010-11-09T16:10:00.001-05:00

Is there a hollowed out volcano somewhere off the coast of California?

Coco is back.

2010-11-09T08:22:00.002-05:00

Last night's cold open for the new Conan O'Brien show....hilarious.

Hey hens, meet the fox.

2010-11-08T11:25:00.002-05:00

Remember the member of Congress that apologized to the BP CEO because he thought the punishment didn't fit the crime? Thanks to the Tea Party Shuffle he'll most likely become the Chairman of the House Committee for Energy and Commerce. I'm sure that he'll be a fine advocate for his constituents...as long as their initials are BP.

Friday Reminder

2010-11-05T13:54:00.000-04:00

Make sure you take your meds.

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The Southern Gentleman

2010-11-04T10:20:00.001-04:00

Watch this fascinating interview of Jimmy Carter by Bill Maher.

No Talent Ass Clowns

2010-11-03T09:30:00.003-04:00

If you are under age 35 and did not vote then you are what is wrong with this country. Shame on you.

If you are over 60 and voted for a Tea Party/GOP candidate then you are what is wrong with humanity. You let a bunch of fear mongering, racist assholes convince you that a black man is going to destroy "your" country. I can't wait until your Tea Party darlings privatize Social Security and it ends up going POOF in the next GOP approved Wall Street money grab. I'm young and from the generation that KNOWS Social Security is doomed, I'm making other plans for my retirement while continuing to fill the pot you just pissed away. Oh and good luck with Health Care on a fixed income!

I see crazy people.

2010-10-28T13:54:00.002-04:00

Watch Olberman systematically demolish the credibility of Tea Party candidates using their own words.

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Holy Shit!

2010-10-25T09:32:00.002-04:00

This pilot has to fly Chinooks because they are the only thing big enough to carry is enormous fucking balls!

SHOTGUN!!

2010-10-22T12:46:00.000-04:00

Now this some seriously fucked up shit.

Just, WOW!

2010-10-20T12:59:00.001-04:00

Check out the amazing sensitivity and intelligence displayed by the Virginia GOP Chairman.

Holy shit.

Legends

2010-10-18T15:25:00.001-04:00

Man, I miss George Carlin. He was right about Jon Stewart as well, I have this image of Stewart before a show telling the ghost of George Carlin that this one is for him.

A flip phone, seriously?

2010-10-18T10:25:00.001-04:00

It's no secret that the iPhone and Android phones are eating Blackberry's lunch. Now Microsoft is entering the fray which will really hurt what is left of Blackberry's users, big businesses. Blackberry was dominate just three years ago but their lack of innovation and several product misfires have hurt them deeply. The failure of the Storm, the dud that the new Torch appears to be and the lack of new features in BB OS6 has just allowed that gap to widen.

So what is RIM's answer? A new flip phone.....seriously. The first time I see someone using one of these I will publicly shame them.

I just threw up in my mouth.

2010-10-15T13:23:00.001-04:00

Do as I say, not as I do.

2010-10-15T10:42:00.003-04:00

What you are doing is morally wrong and I think it should be illegal, but if there's money to be had then I'll take some of that action. That is the way of today's GOP.

This guy is a real douchebag. It's glad to see that he has such strong moral convictions and dedication to his Catholic faith. Of course like all things Catholic a little money goes a long way towards your path to salvation.

Prank

2010-10-14T14:51:00.000-04:00

This is awesome.

It's not all rainbows.

2010-10-12T09:36:00.001-04:00

Did you see Banksy's controversial Simpson's Opening? Kudos to the creative staff and Fox for actually letting this run....you'll see why.

Eloquence

2010-10-08T14:29:00.002-04:00

In case you've never seen this it's one of the best funerals that you will ever see.

Cool

2010-10-08T11:50:00.001-04:00

This video has some amazing animation and the thoughts presented are really good.

Cry Baby

2010-10-07T14:00:00.002-04:00

Christine O'Donnell has become my new favorite punching bag, at least until Palin runs for office again. I love how these right wing nut cases always cry out that the "liberal media" (aka everyone except Fox News) is waging a war of character assassination against them. Well, when you have more skeletons in your closet than a funeral home then it's not character assassination...it's called history. Maybe if you didn't say such bat shit crazy things then the media wouldn't say such horrible things about you. What a crazy idea...

Whiskey at Lunch.

2010-10-05T13:43:00.001-04:00

The Onion....FTW.

Study: Americans Get Majority Of Exercise While Drunk

WTF?

2010-10-05T11:03:00.002-04:00

Read this crazy shit.

Great idea because "sexually active" single MEN never had sex with anyone underage. Oh right, that must fall under the "be fruitful and multiply" section of the bible.

The Past is now?

2010-10-01T14:15:00.002-04:00

Today is the 39th anniversary of the opening of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. I'm an unapologetic Disney fanboy so I wish I was there today more than any other place in the world. I stumbled across this gem of a news report on the opening of EPCOT in Florida in 1982. It's interesting because of the parallels between the recession of the early 80's and now.

Hard to believe but at that point in Disney's history there were serious concerns about the company's future and most of the 80's was pretty rough for the company. Did the billion dollar bet of EPCOT pay off? Since that day Disney has opened 7 more theme parks on three continents....so yeah. That plus the revitalization of the animation studios that started in the early 90's.

Newer isn't always better.

2010-10-01T13:53:00.003-04:00

Great story about the ladders of the San Francisco Fire Department.

Ladder Shop for SFFD from AdamKaplan on Vimeo.

Amazing idea

2010-10-01T09:14:00.001-04:00

Check out this video. Pretty amazing!

Props to Kirby for the heads up.

Hell yes!

2010-09-29T16:43:00.001-04:00

New movie trailer for Skyline.....holy shit!

Sad News

2010-09-29T13:46:00.002-04:00

Quentin Tarantino's long time editor and collaborator Sally Menke has died. She worked as Tarantino's editor on all of his films since Reservoir Dogs and probably has had almost has much influence on his work as he has.

Here's the man himself explaining their relationship.

Whoa...

2010-09-27T11:33:00.002-04:00

Sometimes Mother Nature just wants to remind you that you are her bitch.

WTF?

2010-09-27T09:05:00.000-04:00

The guy who bought Segway road his beloved machine off a cliff to his death....no shit.

It's Traditional

2010-09-23T11:01:00.004-04:00

I grew up in a big UAW town and I can assure you that stuff like this really does happen.

I can't believe that in this job market anyone would be stupid enough to do shit like this. The sad things is that it is these people that end up crying about how this isn't their country anymore and immigrants are taking all their jobs. You mean the ones that won't get drunk and high on their breaks?

The UAW cried foul in the 80's when the car makers moved huge parts of their production to Mexico. It wasn't just the lower wages that they could pay the workers down there it was to get some control over the QUALITY of the workforce.

I agree that this is mostly a case of a few rotten eggs spoiling the bunch but it is also indicative of a completely dysfunctional system.

LOL

2010-09-20T10:53:00.001-04:00

Here is an Ewok in a Delorean time machine, your argument is irrelevant.

Amazing

2010-09-20T10:36:00.000-04:00

This video makes me wish I could fly. It's amazing.

Guilty Conscience.

2010-09-17T13:26:00.002-04:00

I fondly remember the day Bill Clinton was elected President. I was an 18 year old college freshman that was convinced that I'd be retired on some beach by age 30. I was raised in a relatively Conservative environment and Ronald Reagan was my prevailing ideal of what a President should look and act like. Needless to say I was convinced that Bill Clinton's Presidency was the beginning of the Apocalypse.

Fast forward 18 years. First off, holy shit I'm old. Second, given what Bush did with his two terms as President....I FUCKING MISS BILL CLINTON. I admit it I voted for Bush and defended him for years even though in the back of my mind I thought he was an idiot. Why? I got to watch us invade two fucking countries on live TV....that was pretty crazy. But once the full horror of what Bush's policies had wrought came to light I completely disavowed him and turned my back on the Republican Party.

Sure, Clinton did some stupid things and he was not above controversy . But when he is on is game he really is a brilliant guy.

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Backpeddler

2010-09-16T12:55:00.002-04:00

Fuck you Karl Rove you spineless wart on the ass of Democracy. Rove couldn't even survive 24 hours of the radical right bashing him for actually saying what they should all know. This O'Donnell woman is crazy to the core. Once she looses her ass in the election I bet old Karl will be the first to appear on Fox yelling I TOLD YOU SO.

This is what the GOP has come to; as long as your Straight, White and Christian you're their kind of candidate no matter how big of a loon you really are. How sad is that? The party apparatus is just pushing the entire GOP more to the fringe by supporting people like this, there is no place for moderates in the Republican Party anymore.

GULP!!

2010-09-16T09:10:00.001-04:00

Watch this first person view of climbing to the top of a 1700+ foot tall radio tower....fuck that!

Back to the Future Deconstructed.

2010-09-15T14:30:00.000-04:00

Hilarious.

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Crazy, defined.

2010-09-15T12:59:00.002-04:00

Christine O'Donnell. Get used to that name because you're going to hear a lot of it for the next couple of months. This 100% crazy lady managed to win the GOP Primary for the Delaware Senate seat even though other Republicans are basically disavowing her as a candidate. So how did she get the nomination? Two words, Tea Party. Here's some of her greatest hits.

She believes there is more evidence for Creationism than evolution...seriously.
She's thinks that looking at Porn or rubbing one out should be considered adultery.
She has accused her opponents of following and intimidating her.
She's 41, single and considered masturbation a mortal sin. Great decision maker there.

Even Karl Rove thinks she's nutty!

Here is her anti-masturbation crap from the 90's, on MTV of all places.

Some guy must have really fucked her over in college.

Sweet

2010-09-15T10:51:00.001-04:00

Ken Block is back with Gymkhana 3....awesome.

Laid back.......

2010-09-15T08:53:00.001-04:00

Gin and Juice....spoken word style. Awesome and NSFW.

Urban Renewel

2010-09-09T16:14:00.003-04:00

Watch this awesome documentary about Detroit. No one can keep Motown down forever.

I want to buy that old Train Station and turn it into my Evil Super Corporation's headquarters.

Burning down the house

2010-09-09T14:30:00.001-04:00

At least there is some form of justice on the Internet for intolerant morons.

Auto-Tune the News does it again

2010-09-08T16:24:00.000-04:00

Another hilarious song.

Faster!!!

2010-09-08T13:46:00.001-04:00

Holy SHIT! Google's newly launched instant search is just stupid fast. Combined with Google's Chrome browser the Internet is finally fast enough to not be annoying.

Awesome....and sad.

2010-09-08T13:39:00.002-04:00

I'm sure this Craigslist post is joke. Most likely posted by one of the several thousand now unemployed NASA workers that used to be part of the Space Shuttle Program.

If I were Bill Gates or Warren Buffet I'd buy the entire Shuttle Program from NASA intact and keep running it just as a giant fuck you to the Government. Could be one hell of a tax write off.

Weeeeee!!!!

2010-09-07T08:22:00.001-04:00

Let's go on a pleasure cruise!

I Love Hubble

2010-09-03T23:33:00.001-04:00

Next time someone waves a bible at you and tries to convince you the world is only 6000 years old then show them this.

Off with her head

2010-09-03T09:17:00.002-04:00

How the hell did Jan Brewer get elected in the first place? She sounds like a mean version of Phyllis Diller and looks like eight miles of bad road. I love the reporter's reaction to her stonewalling in this video, I know he wanted to just say "are you fucking serious?"

Meh.

2010-09-02T09:38:00.003-04:00

Well Apple seriously underwhelmed me with their newest AppleTV device. I've had the same capability for a couple of years now with a Roku box so yawn... The only cool thing was the Airplay feature that allows you to watch a video on your iPhone or iPad and then "transfer" that video to your AppleTV device instantly.

So no revolutionary subscription TV service, no apps for your TV, no cool remote control features using your iPhone. And the $.99 TV Rentals from Fox and ABC that Steve Job's was so excited about are now available from Amazon VOD on the Roku as purchases (not rentals) for the same price.

Running with the bulls.

2010-09-02T09:36:00.001-04:00

Check out a new trailer for the upcoming season of Top Gear America....

It's looking more and more likely that it won't suck.....fingers crossed.

Hostage of Contract

2010-09-01T08:29:00.002-04:00

Here's a great example of why entrusting contractors to design and support your data systems is a massive mistake. They'll convince you that they are the "experts" and that you couldn't possibly survive without them. Once your are hooked then you are theirs forever....

Cutting the Cable

2010-08-31T09:42:00.002-04:00

I am living without cable for the first time in my entire life.

As a child my mother always had cable going all the way back to the original cable boxes with mechanical dials and no remote control. I have fond memories of my Father buying a DSS (now Direct TV) dish the very first year they were available. That 18" dish with a single box was like $700 dollars and a real pain in the ass to install but it had this groundbreaking feature called a Guide. That's right kids until that time no cable box had any kind of on-screen channel or programming information, you had to buy a magazine like TV Guide to know what was on. I personally have subscribed to both Satellite TV services at one time or another with other stints as a Comcast subscriber.

So what made me decide to cut my current Comcast service back to just high speed Internet?

Here you go:

The number one reason is cost. I was paying $90 for Comcast TV service alone and watching at most a couple of hours of TV a night but usually none. That just doesn't make any sense any more.
The second reason is that there are now alternatives. Between Boxee's ability to easily pull web streamed shows from their various portals to being able to watch Netflix EVERYWHERE I just don't see the need for Comcast.
The third reason is that I watch a bunch of online content that most people consider Podcasts. I watch more of this type of programming than any kind of "traditional" TV. Twit, Revision 3, Current TV, etc.
Forth, I was sick of paying outrageous amounts of money for channels I had no interest in. I don't hate sports but there is no way I could justify paying Comcast $5/month for ESPN and NEVER watching it. That's just one example, If I could pay Comcast $20/month and choose just 15-20 channels then that would be awesome.
Fifth, I was also paying $13 a month to Tivo because Comcast's equipment is a fucking joke. Considering that Comcast is one of the big proponents of killing CableCard the future have using any device with their service other than their shitty DVRs is becoming LESS likely. I would love to have a Windows 7 Media Center PC stuffed full of tuners but why invest $800 in tuners that Comcast will most likely make obsolete by killing CableCard support.

Soon, you may be making this decision yourself. Apple may be announcing their next genreation of AppleTV devices tomorrow. Imagine having a little box attached to your TV that you could download the NBC app and watch NBC shows or any other content provider you can imagine. Talk about screwing over the cable company.

Today's WTF

2010-08-20T14:35:00.001-04:00

I don't know what the fuck it means but it's pretty cool. May be NSFW

In other news...

2010-08-20T11:55:00.001-04:00

Ray Bradbury is still alive and a total raving crazy old man!

Houston, We Have a Throblem

2010-08-17T14:28:00.001-04:00

Just watch the video....NSFW.

Great Joke.

2010-08-17T13:51:00.002-04:00

So the RIAA and the National Association of Broadcasters have come together and proposed a fantastic idea. They want to force manufacturers of portable devices such as mp3 players and mobile phones to include a FM radio in every such device manufactured. Seriously? When was the last time you listened to a fucking radio station? Local radio is a vast wasteland of talentless personalities pushing poorly made advertisements interrupted occasionally by the same recycled crap music that they played an hour ago.

Radio Broadcasters have not woken up to the reality that their entire industry is already dying. What sane person would listen to an FM radio station on their mobile phone when they have access to Pandora, Last.FM or one of a dozen other streaming music services. Radio morons always use the same guise, we are providing valuable local information and if there is ever an emergency you'll be glad we're there. If there's an emergency then I'll grab any one of the shitty little emergency radios that I have lying around my house that haven't been used in 15 years.

Oh and associated yourself more closely with the RIAA is a great idea....they're so fucking popular with consumers.

Douchebag

2010-08-13T10:54:00.001-04:00

A wise man once said that your driving skill does not correspond to the size of your wallet.

Here's a perfect example of that.