GLORY
I need not say anything else…
Jun
13
May
27
Duncan Keith is a F*cking Badass
This guy loses 7 teeth on one play and comes back 10 minutes later.
May
19
May
9
May
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Apr
24
Apr
24
Apr
23
Apr
23
The Last Remaining Subsitute
If you have somebody to cook for you, clean up after you, and you’re getting some good action on the side, the only reason to ever date is to have the comforting feel of sleeping on tit… PROBLEM SOLVED
Apr
23
The New Benjamin
This is the new $100 bill. It is revolting. But that’s not the only reason you wouldn’t want to try counterfeiting this malignantly redesigned slip of currency, the most counterfeited of all denominations (outside the US).
It has two big new security features that had over a decade of R&D poured into them, and that odd blue stripe running down the center is one of them: It’s a 3D security ribbon, woven into the paper. Tilting the bill makes the bells in the ribbon dance from side to side.
The other is that cooper looking blotch next to Ben, “the Bell in the Inkwell.” When you tilt the bill, the bell inside of the inkwell turns green. Besides the ribbon and the inkwell it has all of the old security features, like the portrait watermark, microprinting and color-shifting numbers.
I think the fact it gives you a headache if you stare at it for too long is a pretty good defense mechanism too. It goes into circulation next February, so we have time to steel ourselves for the onslaught.
Apr
21
Apr
21
A Golden Thrown
This is the Giovannoni Washlet. And while I don’t recognize exactly what each component of its feature set is supposed to do, I do know what awesome sounds like. And “tornado flush” sounds awesome.
The toilet—pardon me, washlet—also has a “triple-jet rimless flushing system” and a “hygienic glazing” for its ceramic surface. To me that says this bad boy will flush anything, anywhere, any time. This toilet is a vortex from which nothing shall emerge. And it also deodorizes!
According to TOTO, the company producing this über-potty, the Giovannoni Washlet “captures both the essence of Italian style and the sophistication of Japanese bathroom culture.” I can’t argue with that. Especially since the only culture in my bathroom is growing between the shower tiles.
[via Gizmodo via DesignBoom]
Apr
17
New Rules
In the tradition of Bill Maher, DJ and I have been coming up with our own New Rules, so I thought I would post them.
IF A GIRL IS ANNOYING ON FACEBOOK, SHE’S A NIGHTMARE IN REAL LIFE.
Girls who are actually cool and confident don’t give a shit about updating every mundane detail of their lives.
Insecurity is a bitch. Exploit it at the first opportunity given to you.
Apr
16
UH-OH! Feds Approve Box Office Betting
CHICAGO (April 16, 2010) –– Media Derivatives (“MDEX”) is pleased to announce that it has received approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) as a designated contract market. Media Derivatives will operate under the name The Trend Exchange® (“TrendEx”). TrendEx is the first new exchange to offer innovative products that has been approved since 2004 and one of only 7 US based commodities exchanges. TrendEx is primarily focused on the development of a variety of products to benefit the entertainment industry with one if its initially proposed products being designed to help mitigate risk and enhance the successful financing of motion pictures through trading of opening weekend domestic box office receipts. TrendEx, like other CFTC approved exchanges, will consider other products to offer beyond those of just the media industry.
Founder and CEO Robert S. Swagger said The Trend Exchange welcomes collaboration from all segments of the entertainment industry in the development of market-based products that provide maximum risk management potential for the participants. Launch of the exchange’s first products is anticipated in the third quarter.
“Like all Americans, we cherish the entertainment industry,” Mr. Swagger said. “We believe that our products, designed in partnership with the broad industry constituency, will help better manage economic uncertainty and financial volatility, thus enhancing opportunities for success.”
Mr. Swagger added: “The recent attention to our initially proposed product is normal and healthy. Historically, initial product skeptics have eventually become the greatest adopters through a process of time, education and communication that demonstrates the many benefits of futures market for the US Economy. Now that our exchange is approved, we will resume the work we’ve been doing throughout the entertainment industry.”
By designing its products for institutional traders and commercial users, TrendEx intends to fulfill critical financing needs. Historically production companies have had no effective way to minimize the risk of producing major motion pictures, which cost on average $107 million per title.
“The Trend Exchange will fulfill this crucial risk-management need by utilizing the time-tested exchange-traded futures market model that has served agriculture, industry and commerce in America for nearly two centuries,” Swagger said. “The regulatory review and oversight of the CFTC is rigorous – and necessary to inform and protect all participants in these markets. We look forward to working collaboratively with all parties to set the highest standards for these new risk-mitigation markets. Furthermore, we wish to thank the CFTC Chairman, Commissioners and staff for the countless hours of hard work and dedication throughout this process.”
The Trend Exchange is privately funded by Veriana (www.veriana.com ) and is in discussions with several key industry participants regarding what it deems as possible strategic partnerships. The company’s directors and advisors include prominent members of the entertainment and financial services industries. In addition, the exchange’s senior management is comprised of many well known professionals from the Chicago futures and options exchange community. The Trend Exchange’s corporate offices are located in Scottsdale, AZ with exchange operations office in Chicago.
Apr
16
Apr
16
Drunk Shirtless Kiefer Sutherland Kicked Out Of London Strip Club
The clock has run out on “24″ — but not on Kiefer Sutherland’s thirst for rough-and-tumble action. The hard-partying star was drunk, disorderly and shirtless at 4 a.m. yesterday as four huge bodyguards dragged him out of a London strip club and threw him into a car.
Sutherland — who’s finished filming the eighth and final season of the hit series, which has six episodes yet to air — started the evening at the bar of the Covent Garden Hotel, where he sampled several different wines, with empty stemmed glasses lined up in front of him.
“Eventually a mate showed up and in between drinks, they popped outside for a ciggie,” a witness said. “Kiefer carried on drinking in the bar till 2 a.m. He was then driven to Stringfellow’s Gentlemen’s Club.”
Photos taken about two hours later show a shirtless Sutherland, looking nothing like Jack Bauer, being thrown out the back door of the mammary mecca by four tuxedo-clad bouncers, one of whom had him in a headlock. He was shoved into the back seat of a car and brought back to his hotel, where staff helped him to his room.
Sutherland’s lawyer and publicist did not return calls seeking comment. But it was hardly the first time Sutherland has gotten rowdy after a few too many drinks.
Last May, he apologized to fashion designer Jack McCullaugh after head-butting him at the SubMercer lounge after the Metropolitan Museum of Art fashion gala. In 2007, he spent 48 days in jail in Los Angeles for his second drunken-driving arrest.
“It’s been the biggest problem for me,” Sutherland told Rolling Stone the year before. “I have a few drinks and I’m not so worried about tomorrow and not thinking about yesterday. I am in this moment and I don’t give a [bleep] about anything else, and that’s that. It’s right out of the textbook on problem drinkers.”
Apr
16
Three Parent Kids
UK scientists have created “designer embryos” containing DNA from a man and TWO women.
The breakthrough gives hope of healthy children to couples with genetic disorders in their families.
It also offers the prospect of eradicating fatal genetic diseases. But the procedure - dubbed three person IVF - sparked controversy last night.
Researchers at Newcastle University set out to prevent damaged DNA in mitochondria - the “batteries” that power cells - from being passed on to offspring.
They removed nuclei from the sperm and egg of affected couples, leaving behind the mitochondria. The nuclei were put into one of the fertilised eggs left over after other women had IVF treatment. This egg had its nuclei removed - but retained its healthy mitochondria. Eighty embryos were created but destroyed after eight days.
Lead researcher Professor Doug Turnbull said: “What we’ve done is like changing the battery on a laptop.” The scientists would need a special licence to culture embryos for longer periods and the procedure would currently be illegal in IVF clinics.
One in 200 British children born each year has a genetic mutation and some are fatal. But opponent Josephine Quintavalle, of the anti-cloning group CORE, said: “They are creating a child with two mothers. We have to find better ways to cure diseases.”
Apr
14
Apr
5
This Is Just Great
This is a hot dog stand in Jerusalem. It’s probably a 40 minute walk from the Western Wall and the Temple Mount. Just makes it that much better.
Mar
27
iPad Mixr - GO DJ
For all of you wannabe DJs…
While there might be a temptation, as a friend just suggested to me, to spill a beer on the first iPad-wielding DJ douche you encounter, the idea of liberating music-making from dauntingly complex software and delivering it to people’s fingertips strikes me as almost, um, revolutionary.
[via Gizmodo]