K.C. Budd - aka "phreakmonkey" - is a guy who loves to play around with gadgets. So when he came into possession of a Livermore Data Systems "Model A" he decided to put it to good use.So what's a Livermore Data Systems "Model A"? It's a way old-fashioned modem that was first made in 1964!Here's the video that phreakmonkey made of himself using Wikipedia with a laptop and a 45-year old modem...
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
"Weird Al" Yankovic releasing INTERNET LEAKS!
Per the man himself on his weirdal.com website, "Internet Leaks" isn't the name of his forthcoming new album (which Al claims he doesn't know when it's coming out). Instead...Al will be “leaking” new tracks to the Internet over the summer, and for bookkeeping reasons we had to call them SOMETHING, so “Internet Leaks” it is! Al’s T.I. parody “Whatever You Like” retroactively...
Russian media observes America embracing Marxism
You know what I find most ironic about this essay?It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.(snip)First, the population was dumbed down through a politicized and substandard education system based on pop culture, rather then the classics. Americans know more about their favorite...
Friday, May 29, 2009
Yo-Ho-Ho, A pirates's life for me!
Tonight was the annual Morehead Memorial Hospital Foundation fundraising gig, and this year's festivities had a North Carolina beaches theme. And since the Carolina coast was once where Blackbeard and other buccaneers practiced their trade, I got asked to help give pirates their due representation. So here's me in a pirate costume. I've been practicing my "Arrrr"s for the...
Remember when Bqstqn won the Stanley Cup?
The Fox Sports site has an amusing article about the Stanley Cup, and how it has come to be rife with spelling errors and other goofs over the years. Among the typos that have become part of hockey's highest prize: "Bqstqn" (supposed to be "Boston") and how one assistant manager is forever known as the "ass man". Quite an interesting read whether you're a hockey nut, a sports...
Is Obama Admin punishing Chrysler dealers who donated to Republicans?
Longtime readers of this blog know without me having to remind anyone: party allegiance doesn't exist in this dojo. Personally I'd rather see a country full of citizens who are beholden to no political parties at all. And I like to think that one of the end characteristics of that drastic un-affiliation is that this blog and its peculiar proprietor are equally hard on both Democrats and Republicans.But I also believe absolutely in the right to...
Thursday, May 28, 2009
San Diego demands permit for house Bible study
I wonder how much of an issue this could become over the next few years. From the Fox News website...Couple Ordered to Stop Holding Bible Study at Home Without Permit Pastor David Jones and his wife Mary have been told that they cannot invite friends to their San Diego, Calif. home for a Bible study — unless they are willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars to San Diego County."On Good Friday we had an employee from San Diego County come to our...
The South will writhe again: Perversely funny FALLOUT 3
What I would give to have a brain gifted enough to handle stuff like math and software coding (and I've tried folks, believe you me). 'Cuz then I could maybe work for a company like Bethesda Game Studios, who not only are very talented at making video games like Fallout 3, but also have a twisted sense of humor.So I've been working my Fallout 3 character through the Capital...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Just watched NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Hmmmm...I'll say that I liked it, even though right now I'm still trying to figure out everything that it was supposed to be about. But most films by the Coen Brothers are like that with me: a two-hour headlong crash through striking visuals, original characters and eclectic dialogue that entertains even as you're trying to suss out the meaning of it all.And that ending! Was not prepared for that. Because that's not like any movie with Tommy Lee...
Cancer drug wipes out man's fingerprints
Rather bizarre story from WebMD.com...Cancer Drug Erases Man's FingerprintsTraveler Was Stopped at Border Because of a Side Effect of XelodaBy Bill HendrickWebMD Health NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MDMay 27, 2009 -- A 62-year-old Singapore man was temporarily denied entry into the U.S. because a cancer drug he was taking had made his fingerprints disappear, according to a letter published in the Annals of Oncology.Eng-Huat Tan, MD, a senior consultant...
National sales tax? Yes. In addition to income tax? SCREW THAT!
At long last, some in Washington are saying that it's time to have a national sales tax, which is something that I've been advocating for years.The problem is that these same people want the sales tax in addition to the pre-existing income tax.Common around the world, including in Europe, such a tax -- called a value-added tax, or VAT -- has not been seriously considered in the United States. But advocates say few other options can generate the kind...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
INCREDIBLE fan-made trailer for a GREEN LANTERN movie with Nathan Fillion that you'll never see!
Some dude sliced and diced up a bunch of motion pictures, and ended up with this AWESOME trailer for a Green Lantern movie with Nathan Fillion as Hal Jord...
Supreme Court feeding frenzy begins anew
A few weeks ago I arrived at a sobering conclusion, that no doubt better minds than my own have long ago already come to: that the United States government and the political processes associated with it have become a by-product of the lack of enlightenment on the part of collective America. The ability to self-govern was something that only a mature and more noble mind could take responsibility for, the Founders recognized. And for awhile, it worked...
Monday, May 25, 2009
A thought for this Memorial Day
Freedom is only always purchased at the highest of cost......and it's left to each and every one of us to make sure that it's never lo...
Saturday, May 23, 2009
The Star Trek reboot that could have been
With Star Trek still going warp speed at the box office, it's hard to grasp a time not long ago when the entire Star Trek brand had been written off by many people as a thing that had completely run its course. The previous few movies in the series had been severely lackluster and Star Trek: Enterprise failed to garner appreciable ratings on television.Such was the state...
The Brick Testament does the Apocalypse!
Brendan Powell Smith's The Brick Testament is one of my very favorite websites ever. Guess it's because I'm a student of the Bible, and also a lifelong LEGO geek. The Brick Testament is devoted to illustrating the scriptures with the classic building blocks. The wildly popular site has been around since 2001... but only now has Smith gotten around to LEGO-rendering the...
Pew poll: Independent voters are on the rise
Bad news for both of the major U.S. political parties: Pew Research Center reports that thirty-nine percent of voters now identify themselves as independent: a dramatically sharp increase. Thirty-three percent preferred to be identified as "Democrat" and twenty-two percent wished to be known as "Republican".So yesterday morning I wrote that politics has become a dreary bore to this blogger. And I can't help but think that this poll by Pew reflects...
