May 26, 2010
(NSFW?) Gruesome Work Safety Video. I didn’t look into this too much but apparently it’s a real work safety video showing what can happen if you don’t follow safety precautions. Oh yeah, it’s also hilarious.
Archive for May, 2010
May 22, 2010
IGN gave Super Mario Galaxy 2 a 10 out of 10. But IGN always gives out padded scores. Well, Gamespot gave it the same score.
For reference, here are the other games that have received a 10 from Gamespot: Grand Theft Auto IV, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3, Chrono Cross, Soul Calibur, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
May 21, 2010
Nike Soccer’s Write the Future commercial. Nike keeps killing it. Think of the Leave Nothing (American) football commercials except less serious and more entertaining. (Thanks Junior!)
May 19, 2010
Terrence Jones signs financial aid package with Kentucky. From what I understand, he has until classes start to change his mind. I imagine UW’s only chance to get him now is if Calipari jumps to the NBA.
May 19, 2010
Mayweather goes nowhere without A.1 – NYPOST.com. New York Post:
When they were served their well-done steaks, Mayweather’s brother asked if the restaurant had any A.1. The server said no, but a bottle of A.1. was instantly produced from Floyd’s “cash bag,” a tote the boxer uses to carry US currency that he “rains” on crowds at nightclubs.
Good quality beef overcooked and doused in A.1.—sad. Steak sauce kept in a make-it-rain bag—fantastic.
May 18, 2010
Mikhail Prokhorov’s statement to New Jersey Nets fans. I know that’s who it’s to because he starts it with, “Hello Nets fans.” He prefaces his championship ambitions with “If everything goes as planned.” I have a sneaking suspicion that the plan included a #1 pick and a certain free agent.
May 14, 2010
Vegas Dream Projects and Failed Renderings. Found this through Wikipedia’s list of proposed Las Vegas casinos that never opened. Here’s the only one that matters:
One of the concepts for the large property directly across I-15 from the Mandalay Bay was the WWF, which would probably draw a rather rough crowd. The chances that this will be built are slim indeed.
Maybe not the best idea, but certainly the best computer rendering. There’s also a proposal for another Stratosphere ride that would basically be a single coaster drop from near the top of the tower. It would have been 800 feet high. Being conservative and estimating the actual drop would be 700 feet, that’s still about 300 feet higher than the current record holder Kingda Ka. And it’s 550 feet higher than the tallest drop I’ve been on (Goliath at Six Flags Magic Mountain). Basically this ride would have been awesome.
May 13, 2010
Time Out New York lists the 30 best summer blockbusters ever.
I guess I can’t speak for the movies before, say, 1990 since an essential part of experiencing a summer blockbuster is watching it in the theater that summer. Only three of the top-10 were released after 1990. Here are some quick gripes: Independence Day should be in the top-15. (ID4 is the last one in, really?!) And The Dark Knight should be in the top-10.
(Via Kottke.)
May 13, 2010
Drake performing a verse from ‘You Know, You Know’. (Via Nah Right.)
Yeah, and you can spare me all the accolades, I’m the reason you can find my city on the atlas page.
Half a million dollars later and my taxes paid and I’m still spending money from my acting days.
Man, I swear life is such a lovely thing. Feel the perks that a seven-figure budget bring.
Tell your girlfriend that I can pull some fucking strings, so we’re courtside when LeBron gets a fucking ring.
This reminded me of something very loosely related: Terrence Jones, Kentucky, and John Calipari. How tempting is it to a high schooler to be offered entrance into a social circle that includes LeBron James and Jay-Z? For UW’s sake, I hope the answer is not-very. And for something more closely related: here’s hoping Bill Simmons’s @celticschants idea gets at least one “New York Knicks!” chant going.
May 13, 2010
You can now drag and drop images to embed them into Gmail messages in Google Chrome. Now it’ll be even easier to send sets of stupid captioned pictures to my friends! (I re-read that previous sentence and I sound sarcastic but I didn’t to.)
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