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I just got this in the mail:



Apparently due to Verizon opening their network to all devices regardless of branding alot of people are leaving Sprint and taking their business (and handsets) to Verizon. In order to combat this Spritn is switching to a GSM network so they can lock devices like AT&T or T-Mobile. I'm told I'll be eligible for an early upgrade to get a GSM phone.

the song kicks ass, but the fact that they cut the last syllable of "SPACE WEATHER" pisses me off because thats my favorite ollie quote

seriously, whoever made the song (which the youtube uploader doesnt take credit for) is friggin awesome, although if the uploader synced it to the video he gets props too

EDIT: upon closer inspection the song video uses different source than the rest of the video, so the uploader probably copied it from someone else, SCREW HIM!

Final UPDATE: It passed! You can tint your windows now!




August 25th 2009 is shaping up to be a good day for Illinois drivers...


UPDATE: Ok, so here's the secret, Aug 25th was the deadline for Governor Quinn to respond to HB3325, a bill that would allow Illinois drivers to apply window tint to the front side windows of their cars. Quinn sent the bill back with an amendatory veto, correcting a small flaw in the draft, however he has stated his support for the bill's objective.

Currently the bill is scheduled to be read in the House and the Senate on Oct 14th, and will almost certainly pass again, so come next summer you can tint all the windows on your car.

The allowed tint under the current draft would be 50% in the front with 30% in the back, 35% all around, or the currently legal tints of nothing in the front and as dark as you want in the back.


UPDATE #2: The House has overridden the governor's veto, in theory the bill will be read and voted on in the Senate the 28th, 29th or 30th, although it hasn't been placed on the calender yet.


UPDATE #3: It has been placed on the Senate calender to be voted on the 28th.

Status of HB3325

Les Claypool of Primus playing Cliff's favorite song:

So i made a friend out of various things around the office

Well I'm back in the good old US of A, as welcome home all my keys and some cash were stolen from one of my bags at O'Hare Airport. God I love this country.

'nuff said.

As many of you know, I am currently in Germany and I thought I'd share a few pictures of the beer supply here

this is the beer section of the local supermarket


and here is a crate of beer I picked up for €4.99 (about $7.20)


that's 20 bottles at .5L each (about 16oz each) dieoxide can do his drunk math but its more beer than a 24 pack of 12oz cans...and its in bottles which means better taste (if the caps are removed properly, right disgustabunk?) and i can honestly say this is way better than any "bargain" American beer I've ever had

There has been a lot of talk lately regarding a geomagnetic pole reversal in 2012 leading to the downfall of human civilization. The truth is, pole reversal is a very recent addition to a decades old doomsday prophecy.

It started in the late 60s when Michael D. Coe in his book The Maya claimed 2012, and the end of the long count calendar, was a predicted apocalypse for the Maya. Somehow it was concluded within popular culture that of all the prophesies of all the dead civilizations throughout the world, this one was real, and the world will end on December 21, 2012. Nevermind the fact that recent research shows this was not seen as an apocalypse, but simply the recycling of the calendar count, similar to what the Gregorian calendar does every year on December 31.

As for the pole shift, that's another thing entirely, as I said a more recent addition to the theory states a geomagnetic pole reversal will occur and this date and doom civilization. The graph on the right shows all geomagnetic pole reversals for the last 5 million years, as you can see its not a regular event, and thus not a predictable one. To say the poles will definitely reverse in 2012 is a little like saying next week's Lotto numbers will be 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 and 17. Sure, it could happen, but your predicting a completely random event, so I wouldn't bet on it.

I think the way this got attached to the 2012 thing is that there will be a pole reversal in 2012, but a heliomagnetic reversal, that is a reversal of the Sun's magnetic poles. I suppose you could assume gloom and doom will result from that, but its something that happens every 11 years, and since I don't recall the world ending in 2001 or 1990 I'm sure it won't end in 2012 either.

As for the Maya, like I mentioned earlier, it's simply the recycling of their calendar, the beginning of the 5th cycle actually. And there are other Mayan prophesies well past 2012, so they certainly believed their own civilization would last beyond that time, and we all know how that prophesy turned out.

somebody made a Batmobile (1989 movie version, best Batmobile EVER!) out of a 1978 Corvette

Someone actually built a Red Alert Tesla Coil. Anyone want to help me build a Prism Tower and a Chronosphere?

I first heard this guy about 10 years ago, the song Tunak Tunak Tun, I think this song and video is better though, he's pimpin' with his purple turban and white pants.

...Of course the whole getting cut out of a shirt and smeared off the windshield is just weird...




If anyone can find an English translation of the title (Saade dil te Churiyan Chaliyan) I'll give you a dollar.


Also, has anyone else noticed youtube videos play extremely choppy lately? I don't know if my computer is messing up or youtube has somehow gotten worse.

i wonder if they chose the song because of this:

If you haven't seen it, go see it. If you have seen it, go see it again.