First Dave. Then James. Then Jake. Now Tim. And then we are left with one... DJ, Da Butcher.
On Friday, the unemployment line gets longer. Who's got the over/under on Da Butcher himself? I'm gonna throw out 2 years.
James
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Bikini Coffee Battle
A brief trip to the Bikini Coffee Shop in downtown Portland two weeks ago was interesting. The girls were in bikinis. The shop was small. The prices were high. The coffee was mediocre. Nothing special.
And then I read this...
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/08/bikini_barista_steams_parkland.html
Awesome.
James
And then I read this...
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/08/bikini_barista_steams_parkland.html
Awesome.
James
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Ogden Watch - Part 2
Check out Ogden. And check out the alley-oop dunk at the end.
Word.
James
| Greg Oden works out for a crowd |
Word.
James
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
DJ's moonlighting adventures
Who knew...
http://www.800dj.com/browsedj/tennessee/disc-jockeys/harriman/
"Find a DJ with our Free DJ Locator Service. We have both highly recommended and very affordable djs. Compare prices and you'll get the best service that fits your budget."
- I wonder how much we could get his girlfriend to pay for this service...
"Often times the most credible djs will have several past customer references you can call to ask about their experience with the DJ Service."
- DJ... What is this DJ Service they are talking about? Does it have anything to do with slicing?
"To find a dj or to "rent-a-dj", you've come to the right website! They can even do an in-home meeting, even perhaps meet with you directly at the facility or venue in which you are having your event. We'd like to say that we have the "best djs in Harriman" but we will leave that up to you!"
- Awesome!
James
http://www.800dj.com/browsedj/tennessee/disc-jockeys/harriman/
"Find a DJ with our Free DJ Locator Service. We have both highly recommended and very affordable djs. Compare prices and you'll get the best service that fits your budget."
- I wonder how much we could get his girlfriend to pay for this service...
"Often times the most credible djs will have several past customer references you can call to ask about their experience with the DJ Service."
- DJ... What is this DJ Service they are talking about? Does it have anything to do with slicing?
"To find a dj or to "rent-a-dj", you've come to the right website! They can even do an in-home meeting, even perhaps meet with you directly at the facility or venue in which you are having your event. We'd like to say that we have the "best djs in Harriman" but we will leave that up to you!"
- Awesome!
James
Jake Rossman... Portland's next Tobias Funke?
In homage to Portland's next Tobias Funke... I present to you. The Jizzle, Jake Rossman. Skills: Audience Member.
http://www.patagreenroom.org/memberpage.php?indiv_id=1514
And his inspiration... Dr. Tobias Funke.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_F%C3%BCnke
James
P.S. Jake's resume - "Can catch tossed grapes in my mouth." Awesome.
http://www.patagreenroom.org/memberpage.php?indiv_id=1514
And his inspiration... Dr. Tobias Funke.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_F%C3%BCnke
James
P.S. Jake's resume - "Can catch tossed grapes in my mouth." Awesome.
The Australian Andrew Kehoe
For those who know Andrew Kehoe. And for those that don't. Could this be his Australian counterpart?
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23530849-details/Google's+Street+View+captures+the+moment+a+drunken+Aussie+keeled+over+outside+his+home/article.do
James
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23530849-details/Google's+Street+View+captures+the+moment+a+drunken+Aussie+keeled+over+outside+his+home/article.do
James
Friday, August 8, 2008
Mr. T (of all people!) adopts the Switzerland position
Watch this:
http://www.tmz.com/2008/07/29/mr-t-i-pity-the-homophobic-fool/
Clearly, this is nothing more than a demonstration of somebody being a total unstoppable badass.
Then watch this:
http://www.tmz.com/tmz_main_video?titleid=1719845835
“I’ve been pitying fools for 28 years!” … but not for their insensitivities to ethnicity, culture, orientation or exercise techniques. Those fools deserve no pity.
http://www.tmz.com/2008/07/29/mr-t-i-pity-the-homophobic-fool/
Clearly, this is nothing more than a demonstration of somebody being a total unstoppable badass.
Then watch this:
http://www.tmz.com/tmz_main_video?titleid=1719845835
“I’ve been pitying fools for 28 years!” … but not for their insensitivities to ethnicity, culture, orientation or exercise techniques. Those fools deserve no pity.
Ogden Watch - Part 1
Judging from the music in this video, the star of it can only realistically be one of three people: Chuck Norris, Mario van Peebles or Ogden.
Andrew Bynum is going to die at the hands of the OGDEN!
Andrew Bynum is going to die at the hands of the OGDEN!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Edited for Content
News: Load of bananas is free for the taking. Fark: Because the truck carrying them hit a buffalo. Switzerland: The online newspaper reporting this has censored words in their comments section that obstructs getting to the m-e-a-t of the matter (read beneath article).
http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080806/NEWS/624718666/1006/news
Maybe it is just me and my crazy perception of the world, but wouldn’t the only people who would perceive obscenity in this NOT be offended by it? You can’t be too sure. We don’t want to offend anyone’s sense of decency.
In light of the heightened state of linguistic scrutiny in effect on the world wide web, the following terms shall be hereby banned from future use at Seriously… Switzerland:
- meat
- period
- wasted
- gubernatorial
- asinine
- jiggle
- duck
- suck
- blow
- hammer
- nail
- any words involving reference to a human or non-human body part or bodily function
- any words involving reference to the 1992 Detroit Red Wings or its members
- any words or phrases which in the mind of any foreseeable crazed lunatic could comprise a violation of the U.S. Digital Millenium Copyright Act
http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080806/NEWS/624718666/1006/news
Maybe it is just me and my crazy perception of the world, but wouldn’t the only people who would perceive obscenity in this NOT be offended by it? You can’t be too sure. We don’t want to offend anyone’s sense of decency.
In light of the heightened state of linguistic scrutiny in effect on the world wide web, the following terms shall be hereby banned from future use at Seriously… Switzerland:
- meat
- period
- wasted
- gubernatorial
- asinine
- jiggle
- duck
- suck
- blow
- hammer
- nail
- any words involving reference to a human or non-human body part or bodily function
- any words involving reference to the 1992 Detroit Red Wings or its members
- any words or phrases which in the mind of any foreseeable crazed lunatic could comprise a violation of the U.S. Digital Millenium Copyright Act
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Switzerland... the program
This my friends is the beginning of a new era. The era of Switzerland. The era of neutrality. The era of sticking it to the man. Men like Comcast. Check out this CNET link.
http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-10006174-12.html?hhTest=1&tag=cnetfd.mt
Or just read this copy/pasted version below.
August 4, 2008 6:37 PM PDT
EFF introduces Switzerland...the program
Posted by Seth Rosenblatt 9 comments
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released an open-source, cross-platform program designed to track your packets and determine if your ISP is throttling your connection to torrents, VoIP, and other legal, high-bandwidth consuming communications. Called "Switzerland" and licensed under the GPL, it's very much in an alpha state and is only a command-line tool at the moment. Also, you're going to have to compile it yourself--that's not the most challenging task, but this isn't a simple self-extracting app.
According to the EFF, Switzerland works by spotting IP packets that have been forged or modified between clients, informing you of the change, and providing you copies of the modified packets. "The software uses a semi-P2P, server-and-many-clients architecture. Whenever the clients send packets to each other, the server will attempt to determine if any of them were dropped, forged, or modified," says the Switzerland Web site.
As far as usage goes, the EFF says that Switzerland is compatible with NAT firewalls, although some NAT firewalls may have to be disabled to test the ISP in front of it, because of the modifications that some firewalls make to packets.
I do wonder at the logic of the name, though. Referencing the "neutral" country is cute, but what's going to happen when somebody tries to find the program through a search engine? Googling "Switzerland" returns 234 million results, give or take.
Anyway, Switzerland is not the first packet-testing program around. What is special about it, though, is that unlike, for example, the plug-in for the Vuze/Azureus torrent client, Switzerland isn't tied to any host program. The open-source license, combined with the backing of a visible group like the EFF and the building awareness in both politicians and the general public of what Net Neutrality is about, could have serious ramifications for combating false promises of Net Neutrality from ISPs like Comcast.
James
P.S. Switzerland says... Eff the man.
http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-10006174-12.html?hhTest=1&tag=cnetfd.mt
Or just read this copy/pasted version below.
August 4, 2008 6:37 PM PDT
EFF introduces Switzerland...the program
Posted by Seth Rosenblatt 9 comments
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released an open-source, cross-platform program designed to track your packets and determine if your ISP is throttling your connection to torrents, VoIP, and other legal, high-bandwidth consuming communications. Called "Switzerland" and licensed under the GPL, it's very much in an alpha state and is only a command-line tool at the moment. Also, you're going to have to compile it yourself--that's not the most challenging task, but this isn't a simple self-extracting app.
According to the EFF, Switzerland works by spotting IP packets that have been forged or modified between clients, informing you of the change, and providing you copies of the modified packets. "The software uses a semi-P2P, server-and-many-clients architecture. Whenever the clients send packets to each other, the server will attempt to determine if any of them were dropped, forged, or modified," says the Switzerland Web site.
As far as usage goes, the EFF says that Switzerland is compatible with NAT firewalls, although some NAT firewalls may have to be disabled to test the ISP in front of it, because of the modifications that some firewalls make to packets.
I do wonder at the logic of the name, though. Referencing the "neutral" country is cute, but what's going to happen when somebody tries to find the program through a search engine? Googling "Switzerland" returns 234 million results, give or take.
Anyway, Switzerland is not the first packet-testing program around. What is special about it, though, is that unlike, for example, the plug-in for the Vuze/Azureus torrent client, Switzerland isn't tied to any host program. The open-source license, combined with the backing of a visible group like the EFF and the building awareness in both politicians and the general public of what Net Neutrality is about, could have serious ramifications for combating false promises of Net Neutrality from ISPs like Comcast.
James
P.S. Switzerland says... Eff the man.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Mulligan
After careful deliberation, the Senior staff here at the Seriously... Switzerland(?) blog has decided to give the two newest Copy Boys of the blog a second chance. Below are the criteria for promotion to Jr. Writer:
- Introduce yourself.
- Keep the conversation on topic (job whining and WoW do not qualify.)
- Use correct grammar.
- Use proper formatting.
- Be original, clever, creative and consistent.
- Bring it.
This will again be judged by the Sr. Staff.
James
- Introduce yourself.
- Keep the conversation on topic (job whining and WoW do not qualify.)
- Use correct grammar.
- Use proper formatting.
- Be original, clever, creative and consistent.
- Bring it.
This will again be judged by the Sr. Staff.
James
Friday, August 1, 2008
Lists
When I get bored, I sometimes make lists. Right now, I am extremely bored, and have been manufacturing lists. Example (limited to five a piece, in the spirit of High Fidelity):
Worst songs for a wedding reception:
- Back Off Bitch, Guns & Roses
- Losing My Way, Justin Timberlake (about crack addiction)
- Harvey The Wonder Hamster, Weird Al
- Sir Psycho Sexy, Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Ghetto D, Master P
Bonus song: The goddamned Sir Mix-a-Lot big butts song. I think everyone in the nation has by this point sufficiently expressed their preference for big butts. We don’t need to reiterate it in front of the grandparents AGAIN.
Worst songs for a wedding reception:
- Back Off Bitch, Guns & Roses
- Losing My Way, Justin Timberlake (about crack addiction)
- Harvey The Wonder Hamster, Weird Al
- Sir Psycho Sexy, Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Ghetto D, Master P
Bonus song: The goddamned Sir Mix-a-Lot big butts song. I think everyone in the nation has by this point sufficiently expressed their preference for big butts. We don’t need to reiterate it in front of the grandparents AGAIN.
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