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December 25, 2006

Merry Christmas

The Christmas Story (in art) (from RealLivePreacher.com)

The other Christmas Story (and the wiki)

And, if you missed them, you can watch 101 Christmas movies, TV shows, music videos, commercials and other stuff online here.

December 18, 2006

Scared of Santa's Blog

Did you know Santa Claus had a blog? Yep.

And the ever popular newspaper item, the Scared of Santa photo gallery.

YouTube slideshow of the South Florida pics with an annoying laughing version of Carol of the Bells soundtrack.

December 11, 2006

More Holiday Hilarity

Elf Yourself

Click the pic for a message from Mark Cloud. Make your own and post the link in the comments.

While you're there, mouse down to the Office Max tab at the bottom and check out the other Holiday Hilarity. Some are lame, some are cool. There's a better Shake the Globe and North Pole Dancing has its moments. For total random content, check out Holiday Greetings from the North Pole. My favorite is Don't Shoot Your Eye Out.

Nod to: Ragamuffin Soul

The All-Rudolph All-the-Time Station

Nod to: Kelly, who may be shouting out, but not with glee, since her kids found this site.

December 4, 2006

Parkour

I've been sitting on this one for months, as other topics have bubbled to the top. But now that the new Bond movie is out, with a 5 minute parkour sequence after the opening credits featuring Foucan, it's time to release this one into the wild.

Parkour is the art of running, jumping and climbing all over the urban landscape like a monkey on crack. The name is based on the French word for "obstacle." Invented by childhood friends Sebastien Foucan and David Belle in France, it has become a philosophy, an art (in the way martial arts are an art) and the subject of tons of amateur videos. You can find dozens by searching on "parkour." Here are a few for your amusement.

Nike Commercial with Sebastien Foucan

I like this one. There is an earlier BBC commercial with David Belle, but I haven't found it available on the Net.

Playing time: 1:04

Chase Scene

This has what many parkour videos are lacking, a motivation for running around. It's from a French movie. Probably one of the best I've seen.

Playing time : 2:59

The Dvinsk Clan

Because of all the stopping to do back flips off things and what not, this is not considered true parkour, which features smooth movement naturally adapting to the landscape. I include it because it is the first video of the genre that I saw about a year ago. These Russians develop a mood, but I could do without the psychotic video editing.

Playing time: 8:24

November 27, 2006

Holiday Games

Now that Thanksgiving is over, it's time to drag out all the Christmas stuff.

This is amusing, even if it is a one-trick pony.

Help Oliver the Elf Spank Frank the Penguin into the floating baskets. (OK, I have no idea how this fits in with Christmas, but it's fun.)

The Naughty or Nice meter at www.claus.com is amusing, but the response time earns them a "naughty" rating. Hey Claus.com, it's Christmas. Your server's going to get hammered! Get a better hosting service!

November 22, 2006

Vote

Now that I have a little time available, I'm trying out some new ideas for the banner on www.StupidInternetTricks.com. Vote in the comments.

November 20, 2006

ThinkGeek.com

Somehow I came across this gadget, which is possibly one of the most simple but evil devices ever conceived. Called the Mind Molester, it produces a one-second electronic chirp about once every 3 minutes. As the website indicates, "due to the chirp's duration, frequency, and sound characteristics, it's a very difficult, time-consuming, frustrating and maddening task to locate the unit. " Think of the cricket that starts up about 5 minutes after you turn off the light. However, since it doesn't have remote activation and starts 5 minutes after it's connected to the battery, you can't have this thing inflicted upon you completely anonymously. The perpetrator would have to be somebody who had access to your location in the past few minutes. So you have your list of victims for retaliation with the Sonic Grenade or the Airzooka Air Gun.

By contrast, the TV-B-Gone might be on the short list for the Nobel Peace Prize. It is a universal remote with one function only: power OFF. Holding down the button causes it to cycle through a range of power-off signals in 69 seconds. Ninety percent of televisions within 20 to 50 feet will be off within 17 seconds. So you can do something about the TV in the airport that is keeping you awake at 2am when your flight is delayed. Or the obnoxiously loud bar TV. Of course the bar tender might turn it back on, but if you are covert enough, you can keep turning it off until he gives up.

The Excuse Box seems cool, but it's probably more risky. It provides an array of ten background noises that give you an excuse to get off the phone, including: thunder, sirens, auto garage, crying baby, construction, plane boarding call, plane departure announcement, static, secretary paging you and operator breaking in.

But nothing says GEEK! like the Scrolling LED Belt Buckle. Texans are proud of their belt buckles, but how many of them come with a user manual? (And this manual is one of the best examples of Engrish around.) The buckle is 3.5" x 1.8" with onboard speed and brightness adjustments and programming buttons. It stores up to six 256-character messages.

November 13, 2006

Funky Products

Because everything is cute until it poops. No, we're not talking about grandkids (although we could be) but birds.

The Wunderfool blog doesn't normally do products, but this was too good to pass up. The brand: Grumpy Girl. The product: Auto Bird Turd Emergency Kit. All you need to eliminate the results of avian dive-bombing attacks. While you're there, check out the t-shirts. My favorite is the Grumpy Girl for President. Particularly the tax-deferred Coffee Savings Accounts.

But I didn't stop there. Following a few links got me to this bizarre set of buttons. Cheer up Emo kid? And what's with the skull butterfly? Or the cat with its tail plugged into the AC socket? My favorite, though, is the owl that says "Whom!"

And, as a sneak preview to next week's entry and because the Wunderfool blog never sleeps in our efforts to provide you with quality surfing distractions, I found a blog entry of the top 10 weirdest USB drives ever. The sushi looks good enough to eat. I like the "thumb drive." But you won't believe the Barbie doll.