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Sandwich Savant Attributes Success to Sex with Oven

Or at least that is the sort of riveting storyline that sells craptastic Quiznos subs these days.

White House Response to Financial Mess: Zombie Lincoln

From my new favorite internet show… Supernews!

Periodic Table of Controllers

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Flickr User Techthis, seems to be on a roll. Another excellent periodic table. Though I would nitpick here and mention that I’m pretty sure Intellivision was distinct from Colecovision. As such, it fails to get a mention.

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It’s an AIG-stravoganza!

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UPDATE 3/28: Hi there. Welcome to our little podcast/blog project. Due to last night’s BoingBoinging, we seem to have a lot of new visitors. So after you read about our shot across the bow of AIG, you might wanna check out some of our other features, like one of our 100+ podcast episodes. Here’s a good sample to start with.

Anyway, thanks for visiting. Feel free to leave comments and feedback and let us know how we can improve the Emu. END UPDATE

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All Time OCD Champion – Adam Savage

Here is a fascinating, gripping, and yet oddly disturbing lecture by Mythbusters co-host, Adam Savage.

I can’t match the level of obsessiveness it takes to devote one’s life to the fetishizing of these various objects and props. But hey, I’m sure something had to fuel Da Vinci and Newton, and Carrot Top.

Supernews Gets It.

Found an internet ally against the Twits. Go Supernews! (Though their embed link appears to be finnicky).

Leet Speak 101

All this talk about our soon-to-be-dead-language reminded me of the “1337 sp3ak” phenomenon.

Here’s your first lesson:

Twits

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You may have noticed recently that Twitting is all the rage now.

Last week, George Stepnanopolis conducted the worlds first network Twitter interview with John McCain. Celebrities are twitting all over the place. Senators were twitting during the President’s recent address to Congress. I guess you could say that the twits are everywhere.

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What LA People Do On Weekends

Not a smidgen of hyperbole here. Via the Meth Minute.


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Ewing Fantasy Ad

If this were the real world, Ewing would try to pull up on this 5’6″ dude and brick a 15-foot jump shot.

And yes, they needed special effects to portray him dunking. The man can barely jog. Those kneepads are every day attire now.