Have you seen the video blog askaNinja?
Hilarious.
The genius comedians behind it does not want to sell out. Their worst nightmare is some idiot executive producer telling them to tweek the cartoon to fit better the Fox or Comedy Network ethos.
They look forward to killing you soon!
Futurama is here!
Live commentary will be provided this year by robot colour commentators. (A big step up from Brian Williams, the human Canadian alternative.)
Japan is the team to beat in the humanoid category. Defending champions Germany in the four-legged tournament.
The goal for all good robots is to challenge and best the human World Cup champions by 2050.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Robot soccer World Cup kicks off
human vs. Robot – RoboCup.org
What ever happened to Weird Al ??
He’s huge in the blogosphere right now after offering a new song as a free download.
I love My Life is Brilliant, by James Blunt. It’s a perfect song.
But ripe for a Weird Al parody.
Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion.
Published Nov. 2005, this is an essential survival guidebook for your panic room.
As much as I want a robot dog, I could never trust it completely.
Information this important should be forced on people too dumb to read. Gladly the RENO 911! TV folks are responsible for the movie (which I assume will be an alarmist documentary) hosted by Mike Myers.
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Thanks Ron & Kate for alerting me to this danger.
Bush’s new domestic policy adviser (What domestic policy? Empty the treasury?) is aptly named.
Zin’s getting good reviews so far — except one slight smudge.
Thanks to sharp reporting by Josh Gerstein of the New York Sun, Zinsmeister’s appointment was marred by the discovery that he had doctored quotes in a newspaper profile about him that was posted on the AEI Web site. In an August 2004 article in the Syracuse New Times, Zinsmeister had said, “People in Washington are morally repugnant, cheating, shifty human beings.” On the AEI site, he changed his quote to read, “I learned in Washington that there is an ‘overclass’ in this country stocked with cheating, shifty human beings that’s just as morally repugnant as our underclass.”
It really is tough being squeaky clean enough to be a politician these days.
“Texas plans to enlist web users worldwide in its fight against illegal immigration by offering live surveillance footage of the Mexican border on the internet.
The cameras will be trained on sections of the 1,000-mile (1,600km) border known to be favoured by illegal immigrants. Web users who spot a suspicious crossing will be able to alert the authorities by telephoning a number free of charge.”
we make money not art: Web users to patrol US borders
Here’s a Simpsonesque parody site making fun of lawyers disguised as comic book do-gooder superhero Captain Copyright. Hillarious.
Wait a minute. They are serious.
I’d get huffy at this point but their disclaimer warns that they reserve the right to prevent people linking to their site who are critical of them.
I’m not sure exactly how they can prevent people from linking to their site — but I’ll keep an eye out for Captain Copyright.
Canadian copyright agency launches kids’ propaganda campaign – BoingBoing
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In Auckland, New Zealand.
Alright, who posted me on MySpace?
Fess up.
I believe this is Dave Copeland’s t-shirt.
Rick McCharles 