Secret Ratatouillie Motives

Let me be the first to suggest Disney chose to develop the movie "Ratatouille" because they wanted a new brand for their Disneyworld restaurants.

P.S. I spelled Ratatouille all on my own. No spell checker help. Why yes, I did get an A in French class.

Almost Time for the Simpsons' Movie

And what better way to celebrate than by turning 7 elevens into Kwik-E-Marts?

Well, there might be a few better ways, but that doesn't make this any less cool.

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Octosquid? What the heck?

Found in a pipe in a lab, it looks half like a squid, and half like an octopus.

Kind of like this.



And, if stealing the picture from the article doesn't satisfy your appetite to see the real deal, then follow this link.

Man, if you thought Guitar Hero was cool, wait 'till the one with a whole band comes out.

Move over, old seven wonders of the world, there's a new batch.

Voting for the new seven wonders has been going on since 1999, but you really just want the list.

Great Wall of China - You know, that big wall in China

Christ the Redeemer - Brazil, a giant statue of Christ

Macchu Pichu - Sounds like Pikachu (of Pokemon fame), ancient ruins in Peru, created by the Incans

Petra - Jordan, a place with many statues carved into rock

Chichen Itza - Ancient Mayan ruins

Taj Mahal - A large, spectacular, and significant palace in India

Colosseum - You know, that big thing in Rome

And here's the article, if you just need to know more.

Water Balloon Popping in Slo Mo

This is a video where you can see what actually happens when one pops a water balloon, in slo motion.



I got this from Tokyomango, who in turn got it from some person named "Annie."

Soup or salad? More like super salad.

"The conversation with you never dies, it just fades away."

Ah, the constant boom of firecrackers. I think we all know what time it is.

Someone once said that, "We should not mourn the passing of those that died, rather we should celebrate that they lived."

There's only one thing that makes more sadness than reading all the articles from a defunct website.

Learning that genius behind the articles is dead.

The person and place I'm talking about specifically is Netslave and Steve Gilliard, anti-respectively.

Obscure Nonexistent Book Found;

"Using Sensory Adaptation for Fun and Profit"

Dude, people get to my rants page via some crazy searches. I need to post this the Google links page or whatever whenever.

NFL Europe, or NFL Europa ceases to exist.

It wasn't the best league; it's basic purpose was to "farm" NFL players. Still, it had that sort of underdog charm. Plus, it was real humiliation to beat someone with an NFL Europa team in Madden. Also, it was the land of kickers.

Goodbye, you little champ. May you play games eternally in the great beyond for retired leagues...

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Civilization Revolution? What is that, some sort of adaptation of Civilization to consoles and handhelds or something?

Hearing that makes me want to start recording my games of Civ Three somehow. Kinda in the vein of my Football Manager summaries.

I don't know if they'll be more interesting, but there might be pictures.

Oh, right, the article that finally egged me on to write this.

So I did a Google search for, "penguins in popular culture." I was expecting to find a Wikipedia article or something.

And I did find one.

However, I still haven't found what I was looking for. Does anyone know the name of the penguin that's used to advertise modern TV dinners or something? They're sold with a particular bend towards children.

Anime Bunny Girl HTML

So I'm going to try something new. If I find a really good video, I think I'll share it. I'll just embed it in the blog and be off with it. I think that's what Youtube was meant for.

So, here goes. Like the title implies, an anime bunny girl done entirely in HTML. Specifically, in tables.

I was just reading a post from an RSS feed I subscribe to, and I just realized something. There were way too many acronyms. I didn't even know all of them.

Once you start using three or more, you might as well just give up.

But, in the techno-moderny world, even writing out what the acronyms stand for doesn't work.

Why can't they give things nice and easy names to remember? Like Dog.

Australia must be some sort of alternate dimension.

My proof?

The PS3 is outselling the Wii.

Now, I'm not a fanboy or anything, but everywhere else the Wii is outselling the PS3. Except in Australia.

A New Mexican security camera has caputed something that is, "unexplainable."

When asked, ome people think it's a ghost. But there is a clear distinction that needs to be made. This isn't like UFO "unexplainable," it's being contacted from beyond the grace "unexplanable."

To me, I can't really make anything out of it.

But why don't you try?



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Video games are the wave of the future. Why do I say this?

College librarians are being told to play video games, so they can think like those who do.

Now, is that cool or what?

Also, I better give props to the Slashdot article that led me here.

Xerox unveils a cool new search. One that works by understanding what you said, not just matching it blindly.

Too bad the link leads to the article where I heard about this!

Xerox hasn't actually released this tool to the public yet! Man! And this sounded pretty cool, too.

But, if you really want it, it comes bundled with Xerox software. Not available for standalone purchase.

From "Interesting Thing of the Day";

Breathing Liquid
The frontiers of human respiration

Reduced to its base components, the article talks about the very cool world of breathing liquids. Yes, you do need to go to the actual article to learn more.