Earth from 4 billion miles away

Posted on 16 January 2007

Earth seen from 4 billion miles away, photographed by Voyager 1 on June 6, 1990.
Of the “pale blue dot,” astronomer Carl Sagan said, “That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate [...]

Black Sheep - trailer

Posted on 14 January 2007

 Now, I have seen everything.

My friend Duncan will love this one!*
Basho
 
*He’s a sheep farmer.

Spiders on drugs

Posted on 04 January 2007

Funniest thing ever made.
 
 
Ever.
 
 

Why the death of Saddam is important

Posted on 03 January 2007

 
From here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/02/saddam_youtube_hit/

“User Generated Content” finally scored a smash hit in 2006, although we had to wait until the year’s end to see it.
But thanks to a minute of grainy, camera phone footage, the truly shambolic nature of the execution of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was disclosed for all to see. The footage [...]

Light caged

Posted on 22 December 2006

Light, it is funny stuff.  For ages people didn’t even realise that it was there.  It is one of the very few things in the universe that is totally invisible.  Also strange is darkness.  Darkness is when nothing is there, but you still can’t see through it.  Strange.
Anyway, for many years people have known that [...]

Top 5 ‘I’m a Mac’ Parody Commercials

Posted on 19 December 2006

I like the Wii one!
You know those Mac commercials? They go something like this.
“Hello, I’m a Mac.
“And I’m a PC”
“I’m a bit pretentious and condescending, and refuse to capitalize proper nouns.”
“I sometimes poop my pants.”
“I’ve been pooping my pants for years!”
Yeah, those commercials. We put together some of our favorite parodies that we’ve seen over [...]

Internet People

Posted on 24 October 2006

One of the best things I have seen on YouTube.  This movie expresses much, but the main thing that I take away from it is the real depth of humanity*. 
Watch it.
 

 
Basho
*Yes, humanity.  Even if they are mostly freaks.