Housing Recovery: Really?
This is cross-posted from my blog, but I think it’s relevant since Russ has recently been egging on my naysaying. For the “wispy, ethereal” Mepper, I believe you’ll find a lot of hard numbers in here.
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Emu POTW: MIT’s Internet Persona Calculator
One of my new favorite toys is this online tool that allows you to indulge your wildest internet egocentricities. The tool seeks out your each and every Google-worthy act and unceremoniously dumps it into one of many pre-determined category bins, forever branding the nature of your service to the human race.
It’s so uncompromising and final… This pleases me.
Virgin America: Airline of the Present
Spent the day traveling on Richard Branson’s innovative airline. Virgin is a magical land of travel where the plane resembles a disco dance boutique more than a cattle car.
Barney Frank: Culler of Nitwits
Unlike many of his colleagues, Barney Frank has no patience for pharmaceutical industry flunkie attempts to disrupt a public debate forum.
Link via Wonkette.
Well Played, VW
I could never have foreseen myself posting a Volkswagon spot in the midst of our staunchly anti-commercial Shangri-la. It appears that The Big Lebowski is my kryptonite. So I tip my hat and relay your embed code, good sir.
Illusions of Competence
This well-crafted video touches on several Mep themes including Chess, Debate, and the habits of the incompetent. It seems to have been inspired entirely by board trolls, which may be their first ever positive (though second-hand) contribution to mankind.
The Han Solo of Electronica
Just got back from a Little Tokyo record release party for the artist known as Zaptra. As you can see from this video, he’s a little odd.
The Time Traveler’s Wife: A Faux Sci-Fi Chick Flick Disaster
Last night, at the behest of my girlfriend, I saw the steaming pile of mastodon dung known as The Time Traveler’s Wife. Going in without reading the novel, I carried several misconceptions about the movie. I will now disabuse you of any of said misconceptions that might cause you to accidentally watch this thing…
Who’s Ready for a Depression?
Since Mepper Storey is moving cross-country and too busy to play Chicken Little, I thought the front page could do with a little doomsaying. This forecast is courtesy of unexceptional market predictor, Robert Prechter.