Fly me--I'm naked!
Gotta hand it to those wacky Kiwis. Yes, this is a real inflight video, and, yes, they are all naked--with their uniforms painted on...
iPhone redux...
Yes, I did get a new iPhone 3GS--and sold my old iPhone 3G on Gazelle--but it's a bit early for a review. In the meantime, Woot offered up a hilarious list of 'bugs' in the new 3.0 operating system...
- Multimedia messaging does not support sculpture, macrame, or interpretive dance.
- Voice memo recordings totally don't sound like me. I don't sound like that, do I? Seriously?
- Turned on adult content filter but everybody in my videos still has their clothes on.
- Adding a task to calendar did not result in task getting done.
- Clicked this blue "compass" icon but kept getting some stupid web browser.
- Still no apps to cure the nagging feeling that I should've bought a Palm Pre.
- The touchscreen is now on the back of the phone instead of the front.
- Gone to the bathroom four times already today, and Remote Wipe hasn't worked once.
- Spotlight search crashed with memory overload error trying to index my Harry Potter cosplay photo collection.
- Tried out tethering, but I think I broke my finger smacking that phone around the pole.
- Apple still hasn't fixed the no-hardware-keyboard bug.
- "Cut" function does not apply to monthly AT&T bill.
Is there a handyman in the house?
I'll be the first to confess I'm not exactly Mr Fix-It around here, but I think anything I'd dare to attempt wouldn't be quite as bad as some of the stuff shown at There. I Fixed It. A couple of choice images below; thanks to Gizmodo for the heads-up...
Umm... hungry?
Would you buy these for the gang at the office...?
Way up north...
If you're especially observant, you'll notice a new photo album along the right--souvenirs of our recent trip to northern Michigan. The primary purpose was to visit the annual car show in St. Ignace--kind of a northern variant on the Woodward Dream Cruise. Downtown St. Ignace is transformed into one, long, snaking car show--heavy on muscle cars--and we were lucky enough to enjoy pretty decent viewing weather. Other highlights of our four-day getaway included...
- No construction or traffic delays! Woo-hoo! Those of you outside the state may not be familiar with the fact that the Michigan state tree is actually the orange construction cone.
- Rustic evening dining (lots of wood and hunting memorabilia) at the Black Mountain Lodge and Hack-Ma-Tack Inn.
- Quaint lodgings at the bargain price of $50 a night (including free wifi!) at the Monarch Motel.
- Lots of fudge, most purchased on picturesque Mackinac Island.
- Actual live sighting of (depending on how old you are) Dukes of Hazzard and Smallville star John Schneider. No, we did not get an autograph. Yes, we stalked him from afar with our zoom lenses.
Special mention has to go to Mulligan's in downtown Cheboygan, whose menu and website boast Good Food, Bad Shots. How bad? Well, you'll need to know that these shots are intended to "recreate the bad taste left in your mouth after a nasty triple bogey". Still not convinced? Here are a few samples...
- Mulligan: Gin, cream and a pickled jalapeño.
- Duck Hook: Jaegermeister & warm olive juice
- The Shank: Beer, wine and milk
- Stinger: Rumplemintz and clam juice
- The 18th Hole: Hot Sauce & Galliano
"It's a floor wax! It's a dessert topping!"
On the eve of the launch of the iPhone 3GS*, a look at a fictional phone in a brilliantly executed website and video that does even more than Apple's wunderkind: the Pomegranate NS08. Thanks to Gizmodo for the find...
* No, I haven't quite decided if I'm getting the new hardware, as Apple's fascist policies have done a one-eighty since last summer. While I was able to upgrade from the regular iPhone to the 3G at the subsidized price, that is not the case this year. I'll play with the new OS and see how that works...
"A migraine of conservatives"
I've always been fascinated with language; when I was a kid, I used to read William Safire's On Language column in the New York Times magazine. Recently, Salon asked readers to submit their ideas for modern collective nouns; in addition to the one cited in the headline here, a few others caught my eye (the full list is here)...
- a smug of Priuses
- a brace of orthondontists
- a coil of electricians
- a fuss of toddlers
- a giggle of tweens
- a knot of sailors
We can send a man to the moon...
...but apparently we can't teach our technology to be more politically correct. Thanks to Gizmodo for the heads-up...
"You musical people--everything's a f**kin' song."
That quote is from a friend of mine in community theatre--perhaps even more cynical than I am--who started off onstage (we were in the chorus of 42nd Street together) but is now primarily a director. I was reminded of her quote when I stumbled across this delightful video, which shows you that, with little planning, real life can be just like a musical...
So this old Jew walks into a bar...
...and starts telling some hilarious jokes. That's the premise behind Old Jews Telling Jokes, a delightful site that has real, honest-to-God 'old Jews' (not that old, really--it appears you have to be at least eligible for AARP to 'qualify) telling some classic (and occasionally NSFW) jokes. New jokes are added Tuesdays and Thursdays, and there's an RSS feed if you want to keep up with the latest and greatest.
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