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Fight For Your Right...

registeredname — 2011-04-23T16:45:59-04:00

To make a movie starring everybody.

Nature, Back Off

vinny9 — 2011-04-22T09:58:43-04:00

A continuing series of Vinny's nightmares that are real.

Notoriety for That Thing We Play

goodladd — 2011-02-19T09:08:04-05:00

Seen in the Harvard Coop a few weeks ago... WTF?

I'll Have the Dorso-Lateral Pre-Frontal Cortex to Go, Please

Gbrowdy — 2011-02-19T05:46:28-05:00

I'm not to into the whole zombie genre but, holy hell, this is engaging filmwork!

Sweet dreams

vinny9 — 2010-07-26T00:08:15-04:00

The Small Thing Is Quick

Gbrowdy — 2010-05-12T15:57:46-04:00

Here is a pretty hilarious selection of foreign (and local!) signs with malapropisms.

Which is your favorite?

Giant Isopod - almost 1m long

vinny9 — 2010-03-31T14:19:10-04:00

When I Saw This I Dye-d

Gbrowdy — 2010-03-25T20:53:44-04:00

Enjoy, Chris

Who wants nightmares?

Alex — 2010-02-25T00:00:07-05:00

Taste, Sadly, Matters

Gbrowdy — 2010-02-23T11:59:58-05:00

I apologize on behalf of my people...

SIZE DOESN'T MATTER - BIG PARADISE from Size Doesnt Matter on Vimeo.

LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE!

goodladd — 2010-02-04T11:23:39-05:00

Percentages

vinny9 — 2010-01-23T21:28:12-05:00

I think this was going around awhile ago but it's still pretty slick.

The Real Meaning of Flags

Nobody Tell Amazon.com...

Gbrowdy — 2010-01-17T17:17:22-05:00

Is This One Okay, Vinny?

goodladd — 2009-12-19T13:59:46-05:00

The Oldest Trophy in the World

LePhil — 2009-12-19T12:29:18-05:00

I know you've all been wondering: "what's going on in the world of the America's Cup lately?"
Well, exciting things have been going on, that's what.

It all started at the end of the last challenge, when the Swiss team Alinghi (of Societe Nautique de Geneve) successfully defended the cup. Shortly after, Bertarelli (the billionaire owner of team Alinghi) declared that Club N�utico Espa�ol de Vela were the challengers of record for the next cup. A club, that only existed in paper, and which he controlled. The set of rules that came out of those "talks" were so controversial, that Larry Ellison (the billionaire owner of team BMW Oracle) took them to court.

As it has so many times in the past, the New York Supreme court sat and heard arguments, consulted the Deed of Gift, and precedence. Eventually they ruled in favour for Oracle and the Golden Gate Yacht Club, and the challenge was set. Of course, given that they each have tons of money, and many lawyers, there have been many, many suits since that time. Bertarelli (aka the cheating bastard) has lost nearly all of them

In the meantime the design specifications that Oracle put forth, rather than being a complicated set of rules and walking away from the old formula:

Was ridiculously straight forward, it had to fight in 90' by 90' box, essentially, a baseball diamond.

Well, this is how you advance the world of sailing, give two of the top 100 richest men on the planet, carte blanche to build a fast boat. Here are the results:

Team Alinghi built a catamaran, All carbon fiber, including the sails. In even light wind it manages to fly one of their hulls and go at least twice the speed of the wind, possibly more.

The official videos I can't embed, here's a link to their promo

More incredibly is team Oracle's Trimaran. Disaster seemed to strike when the 280 foot, 10 million dollar mast snapped while they were pushing the boat to it's limits one day. However, the next week they unveiled their new hard sail, the biggest wing ever built by man, and launched the boat once more:

and a little promo of the boat, both with it's soft and hard sails:

1 Uuuuuuuup

vinny9 — 2009-12-11T20:21:33-05:00

Marc is looking for a good time

I Like This

vinny9 — 2009-11-30T19:34:39-05:00

Red Light countdown

Heh-heh� heh-heh

goodladd — 2009-11-29T16:39:06-05:00

I Want You To Try Ass Effects

goodladd — 2009-11-22T23:31:05-05:00

I think the folks at Eisai pharmaceuticals may have wanted to try saying the name of their new drug out loud a few times before designing the marketing campaign. (Either that or they are marketing geniuses counting on the internet to spread it virally, and I am playing right into their hands.)

Meanwhile, across the pond...

chrisdye — 2009-11-20T15:26:19-05:00

"LONDON [AP]...European leaders on Thursday chose Ashton and van Rompuy [as president of the European Union], an unassuming man nicknamed "Rompuy-pumpy" by British tabloids. He is best known for penning Flemish-language haikus, which he publishes on a blog..."

Election Congratulations

YvonTripper — 2009-11-02T18:11:26-05:00

Congratulations, first of all, to Hamid Karzai and G�rald Tremblay for their re-elections. For those of you who do not know these two men, one is a corrupt, weak leader in a land controlled by druglords whose re-election was made possible through a farcical, sham process, while the other is the president of Afghanistan.

Congratulations also go out to newly-acclaimed Mayor Gis�le Chapleau and the six acclaimed counsellors of L'Ile-Dorval (results available here), a city with no residents.

Statistics on Everything in the World

chrisdye — 2009-10-22T11:24:31-04:00

On this planet so far this year, have there been more bicycles produced or abortions performed? Find out here! Worldometers

Afghanistan Presidential Election Poll

chrisdye — 2009-10-21T14:55:01-04:00

It's pretty difficult to find a poll by a reliable polling firm on the second round of Afghan elections on November 7, so let's try this unscientific poll:

If an election were held today, who of the following would you choose as President of Afghanistan:

- Abdullah Abdullah
- Hamid Karzai

Post your answer in the comments section, and we'll tabulate the results just before the vote.

Pardon my French

chrisdye — 2009-10-09T14:26:41-04:00

Canada's federal government has put its very useful Termium French-English dictionary on the web for free. It is great for technical expressions that you would not find in a regular dictionary.

Another way to find translations for technical expressions in English or French is to go to Google and type: "site:gc.ca" and then the expression. This will make Google show you all the pages on the Government of Canada website that use the expression. Almost everything the government publishes on the internet is translated, so once you have found your expression somewhere on a government website, click "Francais" at the top of the page to find out how the government translated it.

Let Me Tell You: I'm A Diabetic

goodladd — 2009-10-07T08:41:39-04:00

Baron landscape

chrisdye — 2009-10-05T11:22:44-04:00

So, it turns out Longueuil is a Barony. The absentee Baron lives in Scotland and has a Baronial manor somewhere.
Bloody peasants!

The Bitter End

Chronomorph — 2009-09-24T23:25:58-04:00

The Bitter End is at Mainline for another two nights of its last two live improv shows. Sept. 25th and 26th at 9pm for $8. We have a great Mirror cover story and the first internet webisode.

Combo

vinny9 — 2009-09-24T08:35:10-04:00

It's looped twice so you only really need to watch half

Thoughts of a Dead Salmon

vinny9 — 2009-09-20T22:41:11-04:00

False positives in fMRI studies