The Cooler

November 30, 2006 -- Tags: Evil

Off of the concept of push polls and other dirty politics, I have this idea that we may be seeing soon — the concept of a YouTube Cooler.
Let’s say you’re Apple and want to put the hurt on the Zune. All you have to do is hire the most annoying, ugly, irritating person [...]

Five Freakin’ Blades

-- Tags: Consumption, Free-Stuff

The razorblade model of product consumption: Sell the consumer the razor at a low price, then make money off of the replacement blades. This model is used in ink jet and label printers, electric toothbrushes, and notably, video game consoles. Like the PS3, on which Sony is actually taking a loss [...]

Kramer Krisis Kontinues

November 29, 2006 -- Tags: Meltdown, Recommended-Links, The-Funny

The Lost Episode of Seinfeld

Probably the funniest thing I’ve seen on National Lampoon since OC & Stiggs. OK, probably not nearly that funny, but still incredibly funny. The above link almost approaches the level of art. Possibly NSFW.

Giant Insect Attacks Germany

-- Tags: Narrowly-Averted-Disaster

James (my friend with the burritos) emailed us to let us know that on google maps he had spied a giant earwig in the vicinity of Germany:

If you look at the current map image you will see that it is gone. They are crafty insects, these earwigs. I believe it is hiding [...]

But I’m Still Wearing Shorts

-- Tags: Awesome, Running

As I said in the previous sideblog post, IT COLD! But when I run (always at night) I still have to wear shorts and t-shirt. I can’t move too well in anything else.
What ends up happening though is after the first mile warmup it feels like it’s ten degrees warmer [...]

The Gloves are On

-- Tags: Observations, Writing

Okay, it’s beginning to get kinda cold now. It’s like someone flipped a switch over Thanksgiving weekend and it went from warm Pacific breezes to bonecutting wind.
Trekked to the UCLA library again tonight and I had to have a microwaved vending machine burrito to warm up my hands. I have [...]