Mock, Paper, Scissors

Now try that with a cat! I rest my case: Dogs rule.

Tom Scott

Why didn’t I think of this first? You’d think with all the complaining and moaning I do about pundits I would have been all over this years ago. I’m so ashamed.

Anyway, lots more here.

ROFLZOO.com

Take it from me, LeftyGrain.

Dogs rule.

ROFLZOO.com

…pull yourself together, man. Er, dog.

National Puppy Day is to raise awareness about shelter puppies. There is a perfect pup out there for everyone, so if you are thinking about getting a new best friend, think about getting a pet from the shelter. My late lamented Thurber (gone two years this month) came from the shelter, and there never was a finer friend.

Oh, and Dogs Rule.

All the Bond posters, from Dr. No to Casino Royale, all in one place, with a description of each poster:

The James Bond movie posters have always captured elements that have made the films so successful. Often featuring scantily clad seductive women, exotic locations and devious villains; the posters portray a dangerous – sometimes violent, yet exciting, combination of elements.

If you are a graphics geek (like me) or a Bond buff, you will spend literally minutes of your AADHD life on this site. Oh, Jeeze, NetFlix, here I come!

Dogs and treats in slo-mo, what a perfect combination.

Marginal Revolution

The colors double every 28 years.

(Via Andrew Sullivan)

This is one of those feel-good moments. We all need a feel-good moment after this week, am I right?

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Man, that’s a great story — anytime you think people are rotten, consider this story, and your faith will be renewed.

Oh, and nobody can dis Texas today. That’s an order from California-stan.

The Vancouver Sun

Retriever saves 11-year-old boy from cougar attack in Boston Bar

(Not THAT kind of cougar, and not THAT kind of bar. But this is why dogz rule.)

Reuters

“…we be Halloweenin’ as Wall Street Bankers, arrrrgh!”

…they are all ringers.

Of course he found it in “a park.”

Yes. Folding actual money.

Which is your favorite?

The richest company on the planet, Microsoft, the Seattle-based dastardly maker of spam- and spy-ware, virus-riddled crap Windows is now threatening to send more jobs overseas if Steve Balmer — of the infamous Monkey Dance fame — does not get his way.

SILICON VALLEY — The CEO of Microsoft is threatening to move American jobs overseas, if the president’s new, tougher tax laws get enacted.

CEO Steve Ballmer says his company enjoys the country’s current corporate tax laws, which allow it to work out a complicated set of transactions with overseas subsidiaries, ultimately driving down its federal tax bill by 10 to 15 percent.

Wasn’t it bad enough that they threatened to ruin Christmas once again be releasing the latest version of Windows in time for the holidays?

I cannot stop laughing over this. It’s staged, of course, but still very funny.

(Hat tip: Twitter-er @Cynicor)

They even say that the images are not altered at all.  Very cool.  Here’s a sample from 17 More Images You Won’t Believe Aren’t Photoshopped.

God’s Sand Art

Take the people out of this photo, and it looks like a bad painting. It’s the wave rock formation in Arizona, formed out of ancient sand dunes and creating that crazy depth perception-destroying optical illusion.

We’re not kidding, every damned picture of this thing looks fake. Including some that look like freaking finger paint.

14.

“But This Store Goes to 11…”

There are marketing geniuses, and then there are the kind of visionaries who look at the ugly security fence on their storefront and decide it sort of looks like a guitar amp. Thus the Guitar Store in Southampton just went all the way with that idea, complete with big-ass knobs and everything. We want to hire that guy to decorate our adult book store.

Burgh, a Bernese Mountain dog, is assisting in the Tailwaggin’ Tutors program.

“When it’s time for the kids to read, they sit down, she sits down next to them and she listens,” said Carol Vernon, a library employee.

It doesn’t even matter that all the stories sound the same to Burgh.

“(The children are) breaking out of their shell,” said Chris Bohrer, the dog’s owner. “They’re not so afraid to be around either a dog or an adult and they generally start reading louder and louder.”

The program has made for positive results.

“I just think because you’re training and reading to at least somebody before you read to an actual real person,” said Tommy Fanning of the Reading To Dogs program. “Whether it’s getting over shyness or just getting confidence in their ability to read aloud, or whether it’s actually improving their reading, I hear about it from the parents.”

The children are going from beginning readers to chapter books in a matter of weeks.

“However you can get them to love reading or enjoy reading, I think it’s a wonderful thing,” said Janel Fanning, the mother of one of the students in the program.

I keep saying it: if you want to become a better person, adopt a dog. They bring out the best in us in so many ways.

(Hat tip: All Positive News)

To me, the whole point of working at home has to do with the couch, or the lounge chair near the pool. DEFINITELY feet up. DEFINITELY a view. And being near the fridge is always a plus. Also, I like my clutter and the pictures on the wall.

This has zero appeal to me. What about you?

OfficePod Provides An Outdoor Sanctuary For People That Work From Home

By Sean Fallon

Don’t get me wrong, working from home is great—but it can make you feel like you are always on the job. The OfficePod provides a hip-looking solution to that problem.

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Flyweight contender;
Drunken dad eats boy’s pet dog.
Was it a Boxer?

Did you love the movie that your machine played when you first turned it on? Here’s how you get to it again:

In Finder, choose Go -> Go to Folder. Then paste in
/System/Library/CoreServices/Setup Assistant.app/Contents/Resources/TransitionSection.bundle/Contents/Resources

That should open the folder. Then you can double-click on intro.mov

Oddly, the music is in a different file, but it is in the same folder, and it will open in iTunes if you double-click it.

Y’all have already seen blogging by my son (age 14) and several by Cassie (age 17), but I saw this piece created by a student at the HS where I work and just knew I had to bring it to you. J, a 17-year-old senior is taking a high school class called Business Image Media Marketing and was inspired by the November election results to create this using photoshop. His teacher shares some of my political outlooks and was able to convince J to allow us to publish this.

J and his teacher will be looking at these comments Thursday morning at a school district computer, so KEEP IT CLEAN!

While we’re talking ’bout the teens, go read ThinkYouth and Future Majority. The country just might survive another generation.

Wouldn’t be at all surprised if they are. Advertising always does seem to go one step too far.

iPhone 3G: Advertising vs. Reality

from core77.com’s design blog

We still love the iPhone, but it’s good to see some sharp observers calling some of its advertising to task. This simple, clear video shows the ad side-by-side with the reality, plus some brief comments. And no, there is no iPhone on earth that works as quickly and smoothly as the one in those “Twice as Fast” ads, despite all the noise being made about how quick the thing is.

Conclusion: “I like Apple products, but I dislike being misled by deceptive advertising more.”

via Good Experience and 37signals

they come up with products like this one.

Flic your bic after you’re done calling home

from core77.com’s design blog

Desperately hoping not to become known as the “disposable phone company” BIC, wellknown makers of disposable razer blades, lighters and ballpoint pens have just launched the first ‘off the shelf’ mobile phone in France.

The BIC phone will cost 49 Euros (US$78) and is capable of just making phone calls and sending text messages. It comes with a SIM card, 60 minutes of free calls, a phone number included in the packaging and a fully-charged battery. Extra minutes can be bought through the use of a mobicarte and works the same way as most pay-as-you-go schemes. The phone will initially only be available to buy in France.

The BBC has a video announcement while others wonder how the phone will be disposed and whether there are any recycling facilities. A disturbing product to join the “throwaway and replace” category, although one could muse on the benefits of catching a lobbed iPhone 3G…
[photocredit Geek.com]

Your kind words mean the world to me! Thurber lived a long and enchanted life, and I am honored that I was part of it. I’ve said it before, but if anyone ever wants to become a better human, emulate a dog.

It’s sort of funny how a pet enters your life and soon takes over. My belief is that having a dog is like having a perpetual 2-year old. Fun and lively, but totally dependent upon you. You adjust your life in ways both large and small to accommodate this little being, and in return you get absolute and unconditional love. Not a bad exchange.

Thurber was not a cuddly dog; he liked to be near, certainly, but he never climbed on a lap (or on the furniture for that matter). I think he was the perfect dog for a cat person. He enjoyed being petted, but you had to be accepted before he would let you get close enough; aloof is the best description.

Unless you happened to be a lady, in which case Thurber was an unabashed flirt. He broke many a heart and would often pit one woman against another for his affections. He was catnip, and he knew it. On more than one occasion, I would be walking him down a street, and some exquisite beauty would walk up to me smiling and say, “Hello handsome!” I would blush or stammer, and then hear the dreaded words, “Not you, the dog.” Thurber would give me a sly look whenever it happened. He knew I was his wingman.

In the end, it turns out it was an injury he suffered from several years back when another dog nearly ripped his throat out. I thought I had lost him then, but he pulled through. Years later, it resulted in a partially collapsed trachea, and he could not breath without coughing violently. There was not much of a choice, he was suffering terribly, and though it is the hardest decision anyone will ever have to make, it was the only one I could make.

It’s that unconditional love thing – you learn so late that it works both ways.

Yesterday, I had to do the hardest thing to be kind to my best friend.

Posting is going to be lite, if at all, for a while.