Funny typos
A list of funny, inappropriate and downright Freudian typos here. One of my favorites on the page:
Martin Luther King just rolled around his grave.
Archive for June, 2009
In times of need... free beer. That's what the church of england is doing in order to woe male churchgoers: Free beer, bacon and chocolate. Anyone smell sizzling desperation? mmmm bakon. (June 22nd, 2009, 0)
Cute
“Daily info:M**** got strait A’s threw the whole year!!!!!!!!!”
I guess they don’t grade spelling anymore 
How fucked up is our world?
How fucked up is our world? Look no further than Mutual assured destruction (MAD)
This is nothing new, really, but the basic idea goes as follows: As long as a hostile action by one party (country) can be met by equal or greater force (either right away, or as a second strike) by the target, leading to a bilateral escalation resulting ultimately in complete destruction of both parties, this initial hostile action will not take place. (see “Cold War”).
Talk about incentive. At some point in the future (or the past), the reason for being at peace will become peace itself (or was?), in the meantime, death is a good deterrent.
MADness does not, however, take one scenario into consideration. What if your enemy relishes, nay, PRAYS FOR, mutual assured destruction? Where do suicide bombers figure into this equation? They don’t, obviously. They want to kill us, and they also want to die (you know, 82 virgins and all that)…
Yup. we’re fucked.
The truth hurts
(from kontraband.com)
In the news
There were no earthquakes in Germany today. West Europe has been at peace for years now. There have been no alien invasions for millenia, and dinosaur attacks are down to zero! Tens of thousands of people are on vacation right now, and a lot of them are having a fantastic time. Half, yes, HALF!, the world is having a summer season, and no meteors (of significant size) have struck the earth.
In local news, public transportation ran smoothly all around Berlin, and several babies were born healthy around the city’s hospitals. No one was murdered in my neighborhood, and many people were seen laughing on the streets.
Millions of people interacted peacefully throughout the world these past 24 hours, and many couples are still happily in love.
Coming up, a report on how we are blessed with effortless access to information, but first, a video of various forms of laughter from around the globe.
Techcrunch offers up a bunch of wordle visualizations of the Terms of Use of several large social networks and services (Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, etc...). It's an interesting perspective for viewing this sort of information. (June 15th, 2009, 0)
Here's an analysis of the value of online social networks. It's quite interesting that the largest social network in the world is the little known (well, outside of China), QQ. Techcrunch also has a good interactive map of the world's social networks. (June 15th, 2009, 0)
Iran the black swan?
Things are escalating rapidly in Iran. So far, however, there has been relatively little mainstream media coverage. The only regularly updated reports come from twitter, blogs (this one is quite good), and the like.
Are we experiencing a black swan in the making?
Asian poses embodies (and solidifies) the cliche of asians posing for the camera. There's the paspartout puffy cheeks pose, the okay and V signs, and the pigtail pose. good stuff. (via kottke.org) (June 12th, 2009, 0)
Let's not date, it would ruin our friendship. Ugh. And so true. Hammer. meet the Nail's head. (June 10th, 2009, 0)
A humorous look at the various types (and subtypes) bookstore customers. Types include idiots, grazers, and college students. Recommended reading. (via kottke.org) (June 9th, 2009, 0)
I never really understood the whole periods and commas go inside the quotations rule. Apparently, I'm not the only one. Programmers especially seem to be allergic to this rule. (June 9th, 2009, 0)
CHRIS BURDEN's Samson is
A museum installation consisting of a 100-ton jack connected to a gear box and a turnstile. The 100-ton jack pushes two large timbers against the bearing walls of the museum. Each visitor to the museum must pass through the turnstile in order to see the exhibition. Each input on the turnstile ever so slightly expands the jack, and ultimately if enough people visit the exhibition, SAMSON could theoretically destroy the building.(June 5th, 2009, 0)
Peace and Atheism go hand in hand. (June 5th, 2009, 0)
Thirsty plans can now use microchips to send text messages! (June 5th, 2009, 0)
