Video of the day

Found this perusing the net.

I like the mix of fast rythm and slow motion video. It almost looks like the cars are dancing (see 1:50). Plus, I like the song (Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks). Nice job.



And some not so funny video, reminds me of that line in usual suspects, "he'll flip you...he'll flip you for real."

Plumber....Telegram

Cruising Craigslist...I came across someone selling a shark shield. What the heck is a shark shield...

Came to this page:
Review of Shark Shield
Summary: The shark deterent got eaten.

Now thats funny!

Read the comments:
Phanbouy: "Apparently the misplaced electrodes were transmitting "Hi I'm tasty treat" instead of "Danger Will Sharkinson!"

KamoKazi: "The electrodes were reprogrammed when hit by a Frickin' laser beam. That is why this thing truely failed...all shark deterrents nowadays must be laser-proof."

Phanbouy: "or sharks that show up to your house: [link]"

Which takes you to spiketv. http://www.spike.com/video/land-shark/2802070. I want a pet landshark.

New Music

I am always interested in hearing some new music (too much stuff re-played on the radio). If you have something new/different, I want to hear it , send it to me!

Here is what I picked up today:

For the radiohead fans:


And for "what the hell was that" fans:


Just in case this is my last post before the holidays. MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Robotic Girlfriend?!?

http://www.geekologie.com/2007/11/aiko_robot_doesnt_like_being_t.php

If you haven't seen this yet, it is hilarious. Watch the video, then read the comments.

I think everyone can think of someone who needs one of these, to make this Christmas an extra special holiday. . The funniest part is that he gets totally denied by his robot.

Show Biz

I was watching MGMT's video Electric Feel. In the video they feature the animatronics from the old Show Biz Pizza gang. I found that the original designer of the machines helped choreograph the scenes. I found he made an entire video with the crew. This brings back some old memories.

If you have never been to Show Biz Pizza. Skip this video. But if you want to try some new music, the song still rocks.



And probably my #1 played song is MGMT - Kids, check it out.

New funny stuff that I have been meaning to lookup

I found Eugene Mirman on Sirius one day. Wanted to lookup his stuff. Damn, he's funny.

Man, I wish I had this guys knowledge:


This is a goof on the Tom Cruise interview.


for some reason, I want to use one of these lines in an interview, just to see how it would go over.
For example:
Interviewer: “Daniel, what is your best trait”
Me: “I can snap my fingers…really well”
Or
Me: “I can imagine people naked, and I am usually right”


Here is a link to Eugene Mirman's website
http://eugenemirman.com/


Also, funny is Jim Short. Not wildly popular but very funny. I am on the hunt for a clip that he does titled the "Kilt Shop". Absolutely hilarious. Unfortunately, they don't sell his jokeslinger cd or the CD titled "Deep Beneath the surface of the earth"
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=3631862

The 2008 look

If you haven't noticed. All the asian woman are wearing these. Us American's aren't sure if they are welding masks, or upside down visors, but they do have that darth vader look to them. Your not sure what to expect underneath the visors. I am confident these will take off. Start buying some stock in ... Big Headed Visor Co. because their stock is going to go through the roof. Wait a second, something tells me these are a dollar in Chinatown, nevermind. Don't buy the stock.

Drive Across Kauai @ 350MPH

I just finished my drive across kauai video. Watching makes you feel like superman or the flash.

I knew it.

New snowboarding video

Just finished a new snowboarding video. It was the first time I interlaced audio from the video with music. I now know how to fade in and out music appropriately. I think I will try playing with the music filters next (low pass, high pass).

These videos take a bit of work, typically 20-25 hours to preview, slice, dice, mix, compile and release. Its quite fun to do, and it is always fun to watch them when they are done.

AmIAnnoying.com

Vote for the most annoying celebrities. See how others vote similarly to you.

http://www.amiannoying.com

Here's my list (that I can think of right now):
Carrot Top
Andy Dick
Ellen
PeTA

Fast and the Furious 5

Hey, you have to admit after tokyo drift, the series is getting weak. Here's a sneak peak at fast and the furious 5.


SUPER BURNOUT,DRIFT FOR THE BEGINNER !!!

Mr Roberts Neighborhood

I heard this on the radio today. Good stuff.

Bill Murray is playing a bassist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJTb130GR0E



"Its too early to go to the magic kingdom, I got to drive..."

Downhill Skateboarding

This is a link I got from Gene on downhill skateboarding in the Claremont Hills (Berkeley/Oakland). I loved it. Really awesome:
http://vimeo.com/1654340

2 Fears

There are 2 things I am scared about while sitting on the toilet...1.) Earthquakes, and 2.) Dieing.

Earthquakes:
In California, earthquakes are historical markers in peoples lives. They come up in repeated conversations years after the event.
David: “I remember the 2008 earthquake, I was giving a dissertation at Stanford on Extrapolating quantum physic’s fluidic motion when it happened."
Me: “Oh really, I was taking a monster chimichanga dump when it happened.”

Death:
David: “Dan died.”
Shirley: “How did he die?”
David: “He died taking a monster dump...”
Shirley: “Awww, just like Elvis.”

Note: Shirley and David are my imaginary characters, they help carry conversations.

Ninja Poker

Played some ninja poker this weekend. It was disastrous. WARNING: People get pissed during a game of Ninja Poker

Ninja Poker Rules:
Players: 3-10
Initial deal: Same as Texas Hold 'Em
Play: Same as Texas Hold 'Em, except after the very last round of river betting (but before the showdown/reveal), in the same order as betting, players have a choice to reveal and assign "death cards" to people. Death cards are aces. A death card takes a player out of the game. Once a death card is used/assigned, it cannot be played in the hand. A player that is taken out, cannot return a death card to the person that took them out.

Going through some old stuff.

One of my favorite photographers is Christina Craft: http://www.pbase.com/ccraft

How to kill 10 minutes

Make your own southpark character:
http://www.sp-studio.de/sp-studio.swf


Here's mine, I call him little jap-bat-man

Israel Travel

American performer: Israeli security made me dance



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By JOSEF FEDERMAN, Associated Press Writer Tue Sep 9, 2:27 PM ET

JERUSALEM - A performer with the famed Alvin Ailey dance troupe on Tuesday said he was twice forced to perform steps for Israeli airport security officers to prove his identity before he was permitted to enter the country.

Abdur-Rahim Jackson, an eight-year veteran of the dance ensemble, said he was singled out by Israel's renowned airport security because he has a Muslim name. He called the experience embarrassing and said at one point, one of the officers even suggested he change his name.

"To be greeted like this because of my name, it took me back a little bit," said Jackson, who is black.

Israel is the first stop on a six-nation tour celebrating the New York-based dance company's 50th anniversary. Earlier this year, Congress passed a resolution calling the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater a "vital American cultural ambassador to the world."

Jackson said he was pulled aside from other members of the troupe when they arrived at Israel's international airport on Sunday night. He said he was taken to a holding room, where he was asked about the origins of his name. When he explained he was part of the dance group, he was asked to perform.

"I stood up. I asked what type of dance?" he explained. "He said, "Just do anything.' I just moved around."

Minutes later, he said a female officer put him through a similar interrogation and asked him to dance again.

"The only time I'm really expected to dance is when I'm performing," he said.

Jackson said he received his name because his father was a convert to Islam. Jackson said he was not raised a Muslim, does not consider himself religious and is engaged to a Jewish woman in the troupe who has relatives in Israel.

Jackson said he did not plan to press the matter further, saying the numerous apologies he has received from American dignitaries and his Israeli hosts is "enough for me." The Israel Ports Authority said it had no comment because it did not receive a formal complaint.

The incident was reported in Israel's largest newspaper and on an Israeli television news and interview program. "The security guards should be sent home or (the airport) will become a mental asylum," said Motti Kirshenbaum, a veteran commentator and host of the Channel 10 TV program.

Israel is constantly on the alert for attack because of the Israel-Palestinian conflict and extremist Islamic rejection of the Jewish state's existence. Security is strict at all entry points and inside the country.

Israel is famous for the effectiveness of its airport security. But a key element in its security checks is ethnic profiling. The practice has been criticized by Israeli human rights campaigners as racist because it singles out Arabs for tougher treatment.

Such profiling is illegal in the United States, but Jackson said that the only place he has had the similarly humiliating experience of being forced to dance in the past was at a U.S. airport when he returned from a vacation in the Dominican Republic. He did not say when or where that took place.

Jackson said that since the Israeli airport incident, the reception in Israel has been "amazing."

"We're only here to bring positive light to our lives and the people here," he said, calling the group's multicultural appeal "an amazing bind you can't touch, you can only experience."

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We have to be careful next time we travel. If you haven't been to Israel, you get a lot of *direct* questions from the airport staff, and last time I was there, they told me that whatever I was doing there, I could do it from home, why should I bother coming..

Airport Officer: "Why are you here?"
Me: "I am a software engineer."
Airport Officer: "Write some code and compile it."
Me: "OK....
#include
void main ()
{
printf ("I love Israel. No strip search...please.\n");
}

Airport Officer: "Not funny....strip search him, then send him to the firing squad."
Me: "Couldn't we do this in the opposite order?"
Airport Officer: "No, shut your mouth funny man!"

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Highway Carnage

I noticed that when I rubber neck accidents, I am no longer looking at the carnage, but instead trying to see what nationality caused the accident. And yes, I am keeping a scorecard, I will give you 1 guess on who is number 1.

Fresh Beats (from DJ Earworm)

What I am listening too.

After talking to Nolen (at work) about local DJ, Party Ben, I remembered about my favorite "mashup" artist DJ Earworm. A mashup artist is an artist who mixes several songs.

Here are some of favorites of his new stuff
1.) No More Gas


2.) Lemon Lucy (click for audio) (sorry, no video)

First Post

Alright, I will admit, I hate talking on the phone (this should be no surprise if you know me). I also hate writing lengthy personal emails (receiving a lengthy personal email is like getting homework, arggh, do I have to read this?). I have found that logs are good method to stay in touch (think of it as optional reading/homework). Also, I wanted some place to log my random web travels, thoughts, photos, and videos. If you don't find this entertaining, stop reading. So here goes!

My Israeli food blog (limited edition, 10 days) http://360.yahoo.com/doctoroctos
My picassa site: http://picasaweb.google.com/doctoroctos