Tess' Freedom Night

Some choice pictures from Friday night:







The rest are here.

Joost invites

I now have unlimited invites. If anyone wants to try Joost out, let me know.

Obscene video

Need to post more to get more ad revenue

9:14 of pure genius

http://www.devilducky.com/media/60668/

Study Humanities == Go Crazy

Turns out the V. Tech shooter was an English major. Not CS like you all thought.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070417/ap_on_re_us/virginia_tech_shooting_168

Easter Keg Hunt

I guess it's kind of late to post about it, but damn Mamie's idea for an Easter Keg hunt was pure genius.

How many beautiful celebrities do you resemble?

this will only be interesting to those of you

who have listened to me complain about physics at great length, but lookit:

http://www.coursereviews.com/u191/professors/Weston/Gary

Hit me baby one more time...

I'm normally not a fan of the "YouTube made me a star because I like to lip synch in front of my computer and record it" genre of videos, but this one shouldn't be missed.

In the next few weeks, hundreds of thousands of baby seals will be cruelly clubbed or shot-an annual harp seal slaughter endorsed by the Canadian government. Scores of baby seals, some as young as three weeks old, will be beaten or shot and left to die. Some will even be skinned alive.StoptheSealHunt.org ( http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M7248921213750492142285765 ) is your number one resource to stay up to date on what's happening at this year's hunt and to meet other seal activists from around the world.The new interactive site features a Seal Hunt blog with daily updates from Canada, audio podcasts, and videos and photos from IFAW hunt monitors at the scene of the hunt. You'll also receive information on how to take action as well as multiple ways to enlist others to support our fight against this inhumane practice.

blue label cont.

more of Finkle shouting and generally being the most horrible person ever

johnnie walker blue label?

video proof of the johnnie walker blue label bet. to give Zak credit, he was drunk off his ass and no court should recognize this agreement

halloween 2003

"Your date's over, mister"

It looked for all the world as if the couple on a date -- he was darkly handsome and a little older than the pretty, petite blonde with the Russian accent -- were having a great time together.
"A really great time," their waitress, Karri Cormican, recalled thinking. "She was facing him, had one of her legs up on the bench seat." Good body language.
So it came as a shock when after the woman left the window-side table to visit the restroom, Cormican saw the man shake a white powder into the Hefeweizen beer he had ordered for his date.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/03/20/MNG0UOOA1I1.DTL

TMNT THE MOVIE!!!!!!!!!

OMFG!!! This FRIDAY!!! Tess is visiting UPenn. Who's gonna dress up as April? Is Mamie down? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453556/

Help save seals with your cell phone.
This year, we are excited to offer you a way to stay connected to our ProtectSeals team while they are on the ice: text messages sent to your cell phone! Will you try it with us?

05/18/04
Overall:
Service
Cleanliness
Location
Value
It was a very Excellent place to be in. I would have went to the hotel down the street, but good thing I didnt. I am very Happy with the desicion that I have made.

Thank you Luxor Hotels.
From,Cosumer
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Katamari Damacy creator doesn't hate everything

This is interesting to me, because I honestly thought this guy hated everything. Why not make Katamari for Wii?! Wiimote is the greatest development since the Power Glove!

from http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/15/new_katamari_damacy_.html

When you read translated interviews with Takahashi in the American press, you get the impression that he brashly hates everything. In reality, this is only partially true. He's actually pretty shy person, and you quickly realize it's not "I hate everything", but honest, thoughtful opinion — his vision is so specific, and many things don't live up to his expectations and their potential. What also doesn't come across in the press is his dry sense of humor and mischievousness — his critiques are generally said with a sly smile and a laugh, as if he knows he's being marginally ridiculous by admitting, for example, that he didn't really like Mother 3.

That's not to say I have him fully figured out. We know he has a low tolerance for anyone who takes the "safe road". So, you'd think he'd be a huge fan of the convention-shunning Nintendo Wii system, right? Wrong! He's currently playing the GameCube version of Twilight Princess, intentionally avoiding the Wii version! Why? Who knows! The lesson? Takahashi will keep you guessing, but in a good way: you'll be suprised, confused, and delighted, just like when you play his games.

Free wireless

If their plan works out, looks like our area will be getting free wireless coverage even before the Google deal pulls through. You guys interested in hosting a repeater?

Robosapien movie

I tried to post earlier about robosapiens, "flame throwers" (much weaker than it sounds) and coil guns to no avail - youtube videos don't seem to work since blogger accounts were all googlified.

There is going to be a robosapien movie though - directed by Avi Arad - the producer of Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3; X-Men: The Last Stand; Ghost Rider; The Hulk; Daredevil; The Punisher; Elektra; and Fantastic Four. He is the executive producer of Spider-Man; X-Men and X2: X-Men United; Blade, Blade II and Blade: Trinity.

New look

I hope everyone appreciates the new look and clicks on the new ads! So far we have made 3 cents. We gotta get to 100 dollars before we get paid tho.

I am posting this to placate ya'll

This is a photo of Jimmy Carter trying to scare off a swamp rabbit in 1979, the year my brother was born.

I want to hang a big photo of this in my work or home.

What I did on Sunday

• Woke up
  
• Eat breakfast with Tess
  
• Made a list of things to do
  
• Went over to Mikes and played 6? 7? hours of Zelda Twilight Princess
  
• Went to bed
  

Secret blogs

It is past 10 on a friday night and I am posting about some blogs. One secret blog that has recently come to light is http://mikelove.wordpress.com/2007/01/. Another secret blog is http://boccebragadoccio.blogspot.com/. The final secret blog is unbeknownst to me. But I will keep you loyal readers posted.

Bad press, new blog

So after this blog got emailed out to all my coworkers, I had another embarrassing work thing happen where I got a lot of negative press on tech crunch and other blogs. You can check out the video: www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/12/powerhype-at-powerset. The upshot is that I realized that I need a blog that I can point people to that is not this one :). I haven't been showing it to many people yet, but you can check it out at www.artificial-artificial-intelligence.com. Leave some comments and tell me what you think!

Privacy

So my CEO, Barney, emailed out that last post to the whole company. But you know what? I'm glad. Yesterday I was reading my coworker's blogs and I was like wow, I have connections with them that I never would have known about. I don't want to be a different person at work and with my friends. So there it is. And here's another picture of me looking like an idiot in Costa Rica, with two ladies who run the Sigma Squared salon in Victoria, CA. (www.sigma2.ca).

Let's not start sipping* on each others popsicles just yet

*so hirable

The Powerset that contains all powersets (but itself)

who invited the vloggers???????

Powerset, Bondage

Everyone at work is fighting about what programming language they like so I'm gonna take a break to post on this blog.

Powerset had a big press release and an article in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/09/technology/09license.html?ref=technology. Meanwhile all the bloggers found all the blogs of people in the company except mine. It's funny how personal some of them are: for example Tim, currently my manager and friend from Yahoo has this blog that I never knew about: http://timconverse.com/blog/.

I never write my full name here so that it will never come up in search engines, but now I'm wondering, do I really care? One of the best things about my new job is that my coworkers are closer to being friends. I can joke about smoking pot, looking at porn etc. So maybe it doesn't matter. If they don't like it they can always pretend they didn't see it.

On that note, last night Tess and I went to a David Lynch movie at the Castro and then an afterparty at the current studios of kink.com, a bondage porn site. It was crazy all the different stages they had set up. The fake jail, the fake stable, etc. I hope I can figure out a way to go check them out after they move into the armory (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-0&fp=45ccf6892c7f6286&ei=ZMrMRa20LojyoQL44f3WBQ&url=http%3A//cbs5.com/local/local_story_039205738.html&cid=1113400426)

All Asians look the same

Take the test to see how racist/ignorant you are.

Considering that both my roommate (from Beijing) and I scored a 6 out of 18, I think it's safe to say that all Asians really do look the same.

This one's for Tess...

the plane was flying sideways

IMG_2083.JPG, originally uploaded by tessifer.

i am so hot

IMG_2050.JPG, originally uploaded by tessifer.

i really liked driving an atv. like i wanna buy one.

more costa rican bridges

IMG_2048.JPG, originally uploaded by tessifer.

you know you're rich when

IMG_2030.JPG, originally uploaded by tessifer.

they make the towel into a swan when you leave the room

at my job we are going to put it in babies!

Dairy and feeder cows in this country and around the world are given this large, almost fist-sized magnet, which is forced down their esophagus and lodges in one of the four stomachs, the rumen, to prevent or treat “farm machinery” disease. These ruminants eat metal objects like baling wire, barbed wire, nails, which can perforate the intestine and cause disease or death. This is prevented by the metal objects sticking to the magnet. At slaughter, the magnet is retrieved and often reused. This is common practice in the United States and most parts of the world.

Road to Nowhere

IMG_1829.JPG, originally uploaded by tessifer.

This is what they call a "hanging bridge," basically a tourist attraction that gets you to walk through the rainforest with other loudmouth American's shouting "How come I ain't seen a goddamned monkey yet?"

But it's a cool picture eh?

luke swinging from a vine

IMG_1812.JPG, originally uploaded by tessifer.

george george george of the jungle

this animal loved lukas

IMG_1981.JPG, originally uploaded by tessifer.

more costa rica pic's to come, sorry for the delay

Scientist Develops Caffeinated Baked Goods

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Buzz-Doughnuts.html

"But with waistlines and anxiety already expanding across the nation, some observers already question whether it's wise to combine two key sources of these problems -- caffeine and calories."

I challenge you to watch this whole thing

Poop monkey

This video is proof that you should never smell your butt while climbing a tree (if anyone out there actually needs proof):

from the sausage party

why does this video remind me so much of bumfights?

oh my god I met this lady

http://pub.ucsf.edu/magazine/200306/farmer.html

and now I'm going to work on her project!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fetuses are even smaller than babies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Irish dancing

So, I know I haven't posted anything from Dublin yet, but here's a quick video of my favorite street performer:



It's no Riverdance, but it's just as enjoyable.

Hope everyone's doing well!

NORMAN, Oklahoma (AP) -- The pilot of a TV news helicopter used the wind from the aircraft's rotor to push a stranded deer to safety after it lost its footing on a frozen lake and could not get up.

A small crowd had gathered to watch the deer struggling, its hooves repeatedly slipping, near the shore of Lake Thunderbird around 4 p.m. Wednesday.

With the helicopter's camera rolling, KWTV pilot Mason Dunn used the wind from the rotor to push the deer, initially sending it into a break in the ice where the animal managed to hold onto the ice with its front legs. (Watch the deer slip, slide and glide )

Dunn then lowered the helicopter and the wind sent the deer sliding on its belly across the ice until it reached shore and scampered into a nearby wooded area.

bunny true

bunny story is true. 17 lbs.

giant bunny

i dont have time to see if this is fake

ground meat is beautiful!

IMG_1636.JPG, originally uploaded by tessifer.

and delicious!

IMG_1642.JPG, originally uploaded by tessifer.

75 sausages in all!

IMG_1660.JPG, originally uploaded by tessifer.

(don't i look real creepy here?)

we made big 'uns and little 'uns

IMG_1661.JPG, originally uploaded by tessifer.

sausage ladies

IMG_1670.JPG, originally uploaded by tessifer.

I am off to Costa Rica tonight, but I know I've been slacking on the Photos on Blog, so here are some choice moments from last weekend's Sausage Bonanaza.

thanks hikma

wie man ein Baby machen

Visiting family in Texas

I'm in Birmingham now. Tomorrow I'm going to Washington DC, then New York, then Costa Rica. This picture of my younger siblings seems like it belongs on a Christmas card.