Continuing the unusual string of video posts I’ve been doing, here’s something I recently found on YouTube. Animal, Beaker, and the Swedish Chef sing “Danny Boy” in their uniquely unintelligible style.
Happy belated Saint Patrick’s Day!
Yeah, yeah I’ll get back to making “real” posts soonish. 
“A camel is a horse designed by a committee.”
– Sir Alec Issigonis, designer of the Austin Mini
Outside my window,
Ten inches of purest white.
I sigh: “Winter sucks.”
Last year was so mild.
Global warming giveth, and
It taketh away.
According to Manuel Amador, there are benefits to offending your weblog’s audience, as well as a right and wrong way to do it. His essay on the topic is being featured on Weblog Tools Collection as part of that site’s blogging essay contest. It’s a good, thought provoking, and occasionally funny read.
If you like the article, you might want to check out Amador’s personal site. He has some good stuff there, including a cheeky formula to calculate the duration of modern copyrights and instructions on how to fix an unbootable Windows XP computer… using Linux.
Blendtec is a little company that makes kitchen appliances, most notably some uncommonly powerful blenders. Faced with the question of how to market their blenders, Blendtec decided to do something… different. You’d best take a moment to steady yourself before pressing the “play” button, especially if you own an iPod. (more…)
