Orsinal: Games

All Music Guide: Chinese Whispers

Experiment #04: Pedestrian Killer

Got bugs in your computer program?

The Mermaid: Bordello, Casino, Rock Club, Gay Bar... shambles, and now, photo and party site:

My company holiday party was here, in rustic Topanga.
I used to live down the block from it 20 years ago, when my oldest daughter was born.

Mel Penny, mentioned in the article, was the owner of the local well and water tank - everyone paid him
for the water.

Mac to Atari 2600

CNN.com Specials: Ideas for rebuilding the WTC

formandcontent: worldview desktop v0.9

This is a famous uh, allegory... I have no idea what it's talking about.

Space Power - How The West Wasn't Won (NAFA)

How to Speak Southern

Ever wondered about those idioms? Mayday!

My First computer - the
DIGI-COMP 1

You had to put it together yourself.... this must've been in 1968 or so.
Now, YOU can play with a virtual DIGI-COMP 1.

CreateBands.com - Create A Band Online

(thanks to Stas and Don)

Playwright Jim Sherman wrote this
after Hu Jintao was named chief
of the Communist Party in China.

HU'S ON FIRST
By James Sherman
_____

(We take you now to the Oval Office.)
_____

George: Condi! Nice to see you. What's happening?

Condi: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China.

George: Great. Lay it on me.

Condi: Hu is the new leader of China.

George: That's what I want to know.

Condi: That's what I'm telling you.

George: That's what I'm asking you. Who is the new leader of China?

Condi: Yes.

George: I mean the fellow's name.

Condi: Hu.

George: The guy in China.

Condi: Hu.

George: The new leader of China.

Condi: Hu.

George: The Chinaman!

Condi: Hu is leading China.

George: Now whaddya' asking me for?

Condi: I'm telling you Hu is leading China.

George: Well, I'm asking you. Who is leading China?

Condi: That's the man's name.

George: That's who's name?

Condi: Yes.

George: Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of China?

Condi: Yes, sir.

George: Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I thought he was in the Middle
East.

Condi: That's correct.

George: Then who is in China?

Condi: Yes, sir.

George: Yassir is in China?

Condi: No, sir.

George: Then who is?

Condi: Yes, sir.

George: Yassir?

Condi: No, sir.

George: Look, Condi. I need to know the name of the new leader of
China. Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone.

Condi: Kofi?

George: No, thanks.

Condi: You want Kofi?

George: No.

Condi: You don't want Kofi.

George: No. But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of
milk. And then get me the U.N.

Condi: Yes, sir.

George: Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N.

Condi: Kofi?

George: Milk! Will you please make the call?

Condi: And call who?

George: Who is the guy at the U.N?

Condi: Hu is the guy in China.

George: Will you stay out of China?!

Condi: Yes, sir.

George: And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the U.N.

Condi: Kofi.

George: All right! With cream and two sugars. Now get on the phone.

(Condi picks up the phone.)

Condi: Rice, here.

George: Rice? Good idea. And a couple of egg rolls, too. Maybe we
should send some to the guy in China. And the Middle East.
Can you get Chinese food in the Middle East?

Pimp Slapped

Put on your high-heeled sneakers... or not.
But you can keep your Fez on...

To fat to fight!

Weird Flash... about Soy Sauce?

Mempool characterizes it as the Kikkoman Dark Side

Jesus Crust

CNN.com - Medieval Mickey Mouse? - Nov. 15, 2002

CNN.com - Customer: Fast-food, toilets don't mix - Nov. 15, 2002

The Bunion

I used to get the chocolate milk and the upside-down chocolate-covered cupcakes!

Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/13/2002 | It started at the Automat

EphemeraNow.com

Fun With Words: Pangrams

A quiz.

Aye!!!!!

Farewell, Dr. Smith!!!

News item:
Jonathan Harris dies at 87

Dr. Smithisms

This is THE cool toy...

Owny Woo

Baby's Named a Bad, Bad Thing

Art. This is Project Euh.

The Gadgeteer 2 - HOME

Tree Bellicose Graph

Anguish Languish "English language for the verbally warped"

A translation of Genesis into the Anguish languish

Ladle Rat Rotten Hut: Exploratorium Exhibit.

Server Rooms of Doom

General Mills Cereal Boxes

I remember this!
Seeing this ad on another weblog hit me with a shock of recognition... I thought these were SO coool.

Not a Mac ad

Stupidity Never Takes A DaY Off!...(In Pictures)

Weird Beliefs (play Doobie Brothers, "What a Fool Believes")

my hovercraft is full of eels

SatireWire | Jackson Denies Bias Against "Guilty Microsoft Bastards"

Modern Humorist -The R. Kelly SEX Tape

SatireWire | Cubists Launch Unnavigable Web Site

Shark Tank: Speed -- that's what DSL is all about

Shark Tank: Ceiling unlimited

More on why I can't stand Politically Correct liberals. Also why the legal system stinks.

Shark Tank: Troubleshooting

The Prior-Art-O-Matic

Lucy the Elephant, Margate, NJ

A retraction....

Slashdot | GameToo Much...... And Die!

Knish Fulfillment: Culture of Los Angeles Delis

I think this is a very cool tool...
Dave's Quick Search Taskbar Toolbar Deskbar

The Sociology of Online Humor

Interesting:

GEORGE BUSH: When you rearrange the letters: HE BUGS GORE

DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM

EVANGELIST: When you rearrange the letters: EVIL'S AGENT

PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the letters: BEST IN PRAYER

DESPERATION: When you rearrange the letters: A ROPE ENDS IT

THE MORSE CODE: When you rearrange the letters: HERE COME DOTS

SLOT MACHINES: When you rearrange the letters: CASH LOST IN ME

ANIMOSITY: When you rearrange the letters: IS NO AMITY

MOTHER-IN-LAW: When you rearrange the letters: WOMAN HITLER

SNOOZE ALARMS: When you rearrange the letters: ALAS! NO MORE Z ' S

A DECIMAL POINT: When you rearrange the letters: I ' M A DOT IN
PLACE

THE EARTHQUAKES: When you rearrange the letters: THAT QUEER SHAKE

ELEVEN PLUS TWO: When you rearrange the letters: TWELVE PLUS ONE

And for the grand finale: PRESIDENT CLINTON OF THE USA: When you
rearrange
the letters (With no letters left over and using each letter only
once):

TO COPULATE HE FINDS INTERNS

Can you believe this?
Here's a good reason to reinstate the death penalty:

From: (an asshole)
Subject: Spam all you want - your ISP will NEVER know
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 10:43:32 -0400

There's a lot of money to be made on the Internet advertising your
products/services. Just count the number of e-mail ads in your own
Inbox.

Most of those advertisers are making money. Even the "Big Boys" like
Microsoft, AOL, and AT & T send out e-mail ads.

Well, there's no reason you can't get in on this, too - but you have to
do so the right way. Mail out from your ISP and your service will be
terminated. Guaranteed. Use one of those inexpensive proxy mailers,
and you'll be lucky to get out 400,000/day. Our proprietary system
gives
you the power to mail out 3m, 5m, 10m, 15m, 20m, or more per day -
because
you're using our servers and our bandwidth to do it. You get a user
interface so simple, a baby or an 80-yr old grandparent could use our
system with ease. All your lists are encrypted on our servers, so
there's
no risk of us or anyone else appropriating your lists. You don't need
cable or DSL or satellite access. Since our sophisticated Internet
infrastructure is handling everything, simple 56k dial up will do.
High speed Internet
access is a bonus, not a requirement.

And wait till you see our fantastic features. When you upload your
lists to our servers, we compare your lists to our Global Remove
Database and
take out those known complainers BEFORE you bother e-mailing them,
saving
you time and resources. Our stats list the number of e-mails removed,
delivered, and killed. Soft bounces are automatically remailed.

Best of all you know the mail is going out.. No need to trust another
mailer who says he'll mail 5m/day for you at a cost of $400-600 per
million. You've got the stats in front of you to prove the mails are
going out
at rates as low as $22/million.

Sound great? Call one of our 24/7 live sales specialists to get more
details: 1-416-[no way i'm givingout that number]

Don't forget to inquire about our Bulk Email Friendly Hosting. Because
if you're going to
send out bulk email, your site better be bullet proof or else your ISP
will terminate
your website.

This guy has the RIGHT idea...
Spam policy of Juhapekka Tolvanen

Groucho Marx Celebriducks for the Connoisseur

This woman has got to work on her spelling!

Want to have Bela Fleck, or Carrot Top, play at your birthday party?Here's a pricelist - how about Baha Men? Or David Spade?

TIME Magazine: The Legacy of Abraham

Nowdays, everything seems to be made in China.

I just heard another radio show say Opie and Anthony are still being paid 5 million a year to do nothing now by Infinity Broadcasting since there management approved of the stunt. Yet folks are still trying to get them back on the air, which would make me happy. Don't these guys realizes that they have achieved the american dream.

Although I don't smoke, I have friends that do. I recognize the greedy, unfair, oppressive tax policies of the federal government and states like NY have driven prices up to about $7.00 a pack. It's heartwarming to see our friends, the orginal americans, are coming to the rescue.

It's fun to stay at the... Tribute to Ray Harryhausen

this isn't the next new craze, i hope...yatta!

I Crap In a Box

LA Times: Crashing the Blog Party

This guy is funny... and it's all true.
Irony Central The Story About the Baby

Memepool features the notoriously bad phrasebook, English as She is Spoke and compares it to Babelfish (Altavista)

Linux Guru Bruce Perens Leaves HP - Fired for "Microsoft Baiting"

I'll bet they can get the IP address (on a black market?) and plug that in;
But they can also block routing at the ISP level, and I'm sure that something like
that is being done as well.

China hijacks Google's domain name - Computerworld

Hmm... you probably could see what my desk must look like..
I need some ...
Desk Organization

Because I like this guy's attitude!

A Visual Journey: Photographs by Lisa Law

My old religion professor from Temple U. on eradicating terrorism... (and I'm sorry, but he IS 83 years old!)

Leonard Swidler calls for the eradication of terrorism through education


Books by Leonard Swidler

Get this toy for your kid??? Uh, think about removing the batteries first - read the comments!
Amazon.com: buying info: Harry Potter Nimbus 2000 Broom

No "Bye Bye Bye?"

Ready, Aim . . .

At this university data center in the early 1970s, students facing deadlines would sometimes pound on the glass wall to prompt system operator pilot fish to run their decks of punched cards. "There was lots of spare time back then," says fish, "and one evening shift I was using that spare time to clean a rifle." So when one student in a hurry pounds on the glass, fish turns toward him - with rifle in hand. Says fish, "I didn't see him for the rest of the semester."

Shark Tank: Now What?

In refernece to the last post, take up smoking and go work out.

The CigarNexus National Cigar Museum

This was a buffet weekend. Went to a buffet restaurant last night, and wound up going to one tonight as well. We weren't as hungry yesterday, but today this turned out to be the first meal of the day for all of us.

Sunday night: L.A Buffet: (Norhoff across from Northridge Mall, next to Good Earth; I can't count the number of restaurants that have opened in this location and failed, from coffee shops to mini-brewery... But they might actually succeed with this concept.

("Labor Day special") $9.95 for adults, $5.69 for children. Drinks extra (forgot to check for wine/beer license). How about Sushi, Chinese, and Mongolian BBQ in one restaurant? And a regular salad/fruit/jello/pudding bar a la Sizzler.

Bear in mind, I don't expect gourmet food in these places, but after two different visits, I and the family think it's pretty good, and quite
a good value...

Of note: Crab Rangoon, salmon, lobster rolls, pot stickers, siew mai, won ton/hot&sour/egg flower soups, orange chicken, bbq chicken on a stick, Hong Kong Pork, squid, spare ribs, General Tzo's chicken, meatless (I think) lo mein which wasn't bad either - plus they have a minimized Mongolian BBQ (no do-it-yourself oils (I think they add a little) but they have you add "wine", no flatbreads (but I discovered puffy "rolls" that were similar), but tasty and cooked well - You basically have a choice between garlic, curry, or "Mild" - and I noted that the chef was making sure the griddle was very clean.

My wife says the salmon was very good. We don't eat sushi, so I can't vouch, but it looked okay - california roll, maguro, octopus, something else (maybe fatty tuna?). Not ultra desert oriented, they had pound cake with toasted coconut, almond cookies, another kind of light pretzel-shaped cookie, and a soft-serve chocolate/vanilla machine with various sprinkles (jimmie's if you're from Philly) - similar to Sizzler too. Oh, and the jello, puddings, and fruit of course. I was too full to try it, but it looked like they'd done an approximate "taffy banana" kind of thing in a bowl, with red candy-looking stuff on top of bananas.

Tonight's buffet: California City Buffet - $10.69/adults, $.80/year of age for children to age 11. Includes sodas, coffee/tea, milk, and even horchatas. (these are Dinner prices - Brunch and Lunch prices are cheaper).

This place, (NOT in California City, which would have been about 118 degrees today, maybe I should check) next to Chili's on Reseda north of Nordhoff, has been there for a while, and so we finally decided to check it out. A bit more "international" than the LA Buffet (though there was more chinese-style than I expected, otherwise I'm not sure we would have tried it right after the other place), but not quite as exotic either. Salads, jello, puddings, egg-flower and hot&sour soups, a decent orange chicken (sorry, the Panda Express chain seems to have the secret on keeping this stuff fresh-tasting) and a very tasty boneless BBQ chicken that was somewhat similar to the on-a-stick stuff at LA Buffet. Plus, a nice prime rib, pizza (okay - passed Tina's critical test) mashed and roasted potatoes, carrots, corn, rolls, beef ribs (the way Rina's Mom used to make it, marinated in vinegar - I'll try it next time), crab (I didn't taste it), fried rice and lo mein (fried rice was fine, wasn't in the mood for the lo mein after the night before).

This place was not bad, and the thing we really liked: lots of desserts, nice and small: cheesecake pie, pecan pie, pumpkin, carrot cake, chocolate cake, strudels, fruit tarts, cream puffs, cookies, and two machines serving choc/van soft-serve and vanilla and strawberry frozen yogurt (no jimmies, just choc. syrups).

I'm going to post these in chowhound.com and citysearch...

"Wait All Day" is an Interesting Web Site - WARNING, takes some time to load...

My guess: about two weeks...

Now, this is ART. Crash Bonsai!

This makes me feel like I was a true scholar in college...
World History According to College Students

Boy, our president just doen't know how to party. He goes to Texas in the 100+ heat and dust, cuts wood, runs and mends fences while all the enlightened, progressive, morally superior world leaders are living it up at the biggest bash of the summer. See what giving up drinking can do to you. That's more like a prison sentance than a vacation!

It's that time of year again - check out The Burning Man Project — Official Site

It's The End Of The World As We Know It...Again

Shark Tank: Set phasers on ka-ching!

Brain Control/ESP? Some interesting stuff going on...
Extension of Human Senses: Computational Sciences Division

Thinking of Entering one of those "keep your hands on the car" radio contests? Watch out for this guy! - WSJ.com - Page One Feature

anil dash - Pardon me for being forward

Didn't Zappa once talk about "The reality of a frozen beef pie?"

Forget CDs, MP3, etc... THIS IS
The latest thing in quality audio...

Shark Tank: Build a better PC and the mice will beat it

The sad but true story of Chicken Bone Beach

I have never been known as a spicy food lover, but I've noticed
more tolerance over the years. My theory has been that people
who really love spicy food have diminished capacity for tasting food.

Here is a good resource on Chile/chili/Pepper/paprika/Sili/Prik, etc.

Chile (chili, chilli)