Thursday, June 30, 2005

Gangsta Remote

This was an great article when I got it last month, but here it is online. The world of gangsta influencing our everyday items. I want to make these:

My new house


IMG_1254, originally uploaded by yojayy.

Woohoo!

Petritegi #


Petritegi #, originally uploaded by ScottHernandez.

Some random girl's phone number(?) from a public image on flickr. This may be in Mexico. Let's all call her.

GOLDEN FIDDLE: Tom Cruise hates cows


Owning one leather jacket: cool. Owning eleven (and counting) different leather jackets: not so cool.

Orlando attorney - AllLaw.com


Look how happy they are. Are they looking for an attorney or looking at a dead attorney? Or are they attorneys, looking at a dead attorney, contemplating the lawsuit they are about to file?

Boat Guides - AdsenseLogger Partner

Boat Insurance
Every boat owner should have insurance on their boat. What a terrible feeling to lose your beloved boat and not being able to buy a new one due to missing insurance. A boat insurance will cover you and your boat from both theft, accidents, fire and most other incidents you can encounter with your boat...
Follow the headline above to make sure that you have the best boat insurance for your boat..!"

Standard Debt Consolidaton website

Panoramic Photo New York City Skyline in 1931

Panoramic Photo New York City Skyline in 1931

Disney check designs






George Clooney Biography

"Once, he found a painting of a fat woman in a skip and had an idea. He took the painting, signed it and packed it away. Then, for about a year, he deliberately kept missing golfing appointments with his friend Richard Kind, his excuse being that he had art classes. He'd take Kind to art shops, discussing paint, making him feel the brushes. Then, on Kind's next birthday, George presented him with the painting of the fat lady. It was the first work he'd done, he claimed, of which he and his art teacher were genuinely proud. Kind was touched and hung the piece up in his front-room. Clooney told all of Kind's other friends to marvel at it when in Kind's house, and they did. How pleased Richard was - till Clooney hit him with the awful truth."

Bowling team names : SPUDART.ORG

"Did a search for bowling teams names on the internet, but I couldn't find any comprehensive list of clever funny names. So here's one.


* The King Pins
* The Gutter Gals
* Lickity Splits
* The Misfits
* High Rollers
* The Pickups
* Spare Me
* Split Ends
* Holy Rollers
* Hit or Miss
* We've Got Balls
* RTFB (Roll The Fuckin' Ball)..
* Mines in the Gutter
* Ten Pin
* The Splitters
* No 'F' in Strikes
* Up Our Alley
* Spare Us
* Bowl You Over
* Striking Power
* The Turkeys
* 300'ers
* Delivery Boys
* Cross Overs
* Cutters
* The Fast Lane
* Framed Out
* Kingpins
* Kegglers
* Huge Racks
* Violations
* XXX'ed Out
* Turkey Buzzards
* Scratchers
* Strokers
* Rollin in the Dough
* Bowling is a Ball
* Time to Spare
* Down your Alley
* Pickup Artists"

Bowling Shirt Groomsmen




A Wedding in bowling shirts

World's Largest catfish eaten


A 646.2-pound Mekong giant catfish, netted in Thailand, may be the largest freshwater fish ever found. The fish was documented as part of a World Wildlife Fund-National Geographic project to identify and study and conserve freshwater fish around the world that exceed 6 feet in length and 200 pounds in weight. (REUTERS/Suthep Kritsanavarin)

News of the weird

Through the cracks: In June, Marc Ferrara, 43, was convicted in Jersey City, N.J., in the 1982 hammer-beating death of his girlfriend, but perhaps because of testimony that the victim had hit Ferrara first, the jury found him guilty only of aggravated manslaughter instead of murder. However, unknown to the jury, the state supreme court had ruled in 1993 that the manslaughter statute in effect in 1982 was subject to a five-year statute of limitations (since changed), which meant that Ferrara could not be convicted, and, thus, he walked free.

Monday, June 27, 2005

MARS: 11 days of slippage



"Original Caption Released with Image:
The left rear wheel of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity makes slow but steady progress through soft dune material in this movie clip of frames taken by the rover's rear hazard identification camera over a period of several days. The sequence starts on Opportunity's 460th martian day, or sol (May 10, 2005) and ends 11 days later. In eight drives during that period, Opportunity advanced a total of 26 centimeters (10 inches) while spinning its wheels enough to have driven 46 meters (151 feet) if there were no slippage. The motion appears to speed up near the end of the clip, but that is an artifact of individual frames being taken less frequently. "

MARS dust devil


"Wind-Driven Traveler on Mars (Spirit Sol 486) "
Original Caption Released with Image:
A dust devil spins across the surface of Gusev Crater just before noon on Mars. NASA's Spirit rover took the series of images in this spectacular 21-frame animation with its navigation camera on the rover's martian day, or sol, 486 (March 15, 2005).

The event occurred during a period of 9 minutes and 35 seconds beginning at 11:48 a.m. local Mars time, recording the dust devil's progress in a northeasterly direction about 1.0 kilometer (0.62 mile) away from Spirit's perch on the slopes of the "Columbia Hills." The whirlwind was traveling at about 4.8 meters per second (16 feet per second) and covered a distance of about 1.6 kilometers (1 mile).

Contrast has been enhanced for anything in the images that changes from frame to frame, that is, for the dust devil. The dust devil is about 34 meters (112 feet) in diameter.

Photo: Robot guard for the office | CNET News.com


Photo: Robot guard for the office | CNET News.com: "Robot guard for the office
The Guardrobo D1, from Sohgo Security Services, is designed to patrol office buildings. It can even put out fires.
Credit: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images"

Robotic Security Guard


"Recent research at the Learning Systems Laboratory of AASS has focussed on a complete mobile robotic application, namely a Robotic Security Guard for remote surveillance of indoor environments. This robot will learn how to patrol a given environment, acquire and update maps, keep watch over valuable objects, recognise known persons, discriminate intruders from known persons, and provide remote human operators with a detailed sensory analysis. The system should enable automation of many security operations and reduce the risk of injury to human workers. The design philosophy is based on augmenting remote human perception with super-human sensory capabilities, including:

  • omni-directional vision,
  • hi-resolution pan-tilt-zoom camera,
  • laser and ultrasonic range-finder sensors,
  • thermal infrared camera for human detection, and
  • metal-oxide gas sensors for chemical monitoring. "

Space Shuttle Mission patch poster

Sunset on MARS

Sunday, June 26, 2005

Star Wars Weekends - Boba Fett 2


Star Wars Weekends - Boba Fett 2, originally uploaded by yojayy.

Uh, are you following me?

Star Wars Weekends - Boba Fett


Star Wars Weekends - Boba Fett, originally uploaded by yojayy.

McKittrick gets more gigs

The Wingman

From the Hollywood Reporter comes this news:

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rob McKittrick is swooping in to direct The Wingman for New Line Cinema. Written by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, the romantic comedy centers on a man who, as a "wingman," is uncannily gifted at helping his friends pick up women. When he finally falls in love, it's with the one woman who can resist his powers.

McKittrick's directorial debut, Waiting, which he also wrote, is slated for release from Lions Gate in October. The film stars Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, and Justin Long. McKittrick also is writing and directing Mancrush at New Line.

Official Waiting Blog

FROM: Dave's Movie News: The Wingman

Military Humor

Simple yet eloquent statements:
>
>"AIM TOWARDS THE ENEMY."
>-Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher
>
>"WHEN THE PIN IS PULLED, MR. GRENADE IS NOT OUR FRIEND."
>-US Marine Corps
>
>"CLUSTER BOMBING FROM B-52s IS VERY, VERY ACCURATE. THE BOMBS ARE
GUARANTEED TO ALWAYS HIT THE GROUND."
>-U.S.A.F. Ammo Troop
>
>"IF THE ENEMY IS IN RANGE, SO ARE YOU."
>-Infantry Journal
>
>"A SLIPPING GEAR COULD LET YOUR M203 GRENADE LAUNCHER FIRE WHEN
>YOU LEAST EXPECT IT. THAT WOULD MAKE YOU QUITE UNPOPULAR IN WHAT'S LEFT
OF YOUR UNIT."
>-Army's magazine of prevention maintenance
>
>"IT IS GENERALLY INADVISABLE TO EJECT DIRECTLY OVER THE AREA YOU
>JUST BOMBED."
>-US. Air Force manual
>
>"TRY TO LOOK UNIMPORTANT; THE ENEMY MAY BE LOW ON AMMO."
>-Infantry Journal
>
>"TRACERS WORK BOTH WAYS."
>-U.S. Army Ordnance
>
>"FIVE-SECOND FUSES ONLY LAST THREE SECONDS."
>-Infantry Journal
>
>"BRAVERY IS BEING THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS YOU'RE AFRAID."
>-David Hackworth
>
>"IF YOUR ATTACK IS GOING TOO WELL, YOU'RE WALKING INTO AN AMBUSH."
-Infantry Journal
>
>"NO COMBAT-READY UNIT HAS EVER PASSED INSPECTION."
>-Joe Gay
>
>"ANY SHIP CAN BE A MINESWEEPER....ONCE."
>-Anon
>
>"NEVER TELL THE PLATOON SERGEANT YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO."
>-Unknown Marine Recruit
>
>"DON'T DRAW FIRE; IT IRRITATES THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU."
>-Infantry Journal
>
>"IF YOU SEE A BOMB TECHNICIAN RUNNING, TRY TO KEEP UP WITH HIM."
>-U.S.A.F. Ammo Troop

Saturday, June 25, 2005

Science! I say Science Again!


The following is an extract from Scientology scriptures. To any Scientologist who makes it this far, after you've studied hard, this is what you can expect.

OT7-48

1. Find some plants, trees, etc., and communicate to them individually until you know they received your communication.

2. Go to a zoo or a place with many types of life and communicate with each of them until you know the communication is received and, if possible, returned.

***************************

Scientology Foundation?

Ahh..Farking Tom Cruise on Oprah

I love this & found it here first

Space Shuttle Patches



This collection of embroidered mission patches features the first ten space shuttle flights, STS-1 to STS 41-B. The patches vary in shape but in most cases are approximately 4 inches across. Save $10 off the individual price. (Patches are not shown to scale.)

Friday, June 24, 2005

Lions Gate Directors - Rob McKittrick

"Then he gave the script to another friend, a cinematographer, and he loved it too, which made Mr. Shitty McBaggershit all the more sure that waiting... was 'something special. Something I have a really good feeling about.'"

Comic stories condensed


"Unaware of this, Namor was more concerned with the after-effects of his wife's passing. During an encounter with the Bloodwraith, the current wielder of the Black Knight's ebony blade, he made sure that his wife's soul was freed from the ethereal realm that the blade's victims were trapped in. "

This panel clearly raises the comic book art bar.

The Panama Canal - DISNEY WONDER


"PANAMA CITY, Panama, May 24, 2005 ? Mickey Mouse has come a long way from ?Steamboat Willie.? Moving from riverboats to cruise ships, Mickey?s ship, the Disney Magic, crossed the Panama Canal on Friday, May 20, marking the ship?s first-ever cruise through the engineering marvel. And, it happened just in time to celebrate Disneyland?s 50th Anniversary. Greeting the Disney Magic was Dr. Stanley Muschett, manager of executive administration at the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), who presented the ship?s captain with a plaque on behalf of the ACP."

fattymarmot's Key Car slideshow on Flickr


Car kEYS

Crappy Bootleg DVD covers pool slideshow on Flickr

Crappy Bootleg DVD covers pool slideshow on Flickr

Public Toilet - One-Way glass. Could you use it?

This was my dad's house


DSCF0162, originally uploaded by yojayy.

From way back in the 1940's.

Uncanny Valley


THE MAN WHO MISTOOK HIS GIRLFRIEND FOR A ROBOT
When David Hanson set out to build a robotic head, he saw no reason not to make it look just like a human. Then, he stumbled into the Uncanny Valley. | POPULAR SCIENCE Sept 2003

Thursday, June 23, 2005

Dream On Silly Dreamer


"Dan Lund's film lets laid-off animators from Disney's Burbank and Orlando operations talk about 'the good times,' when there was so much demand for their services, from Disney, Dreamworks and elsewhere, that they could hire agents and raise their prices. And it lets them vent about the betrayal of Disney's long, rich animation tradition, when the studio that Walt Disney founded to make hand-drawn cartoons got out of the traditional classic animation business and laid off hundreds."

Showtimes

WIKI - Homestar Runner Wiki

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

FilmForce: Waiting for Photos?

Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Justin Long.


March 01, 2005 - Come October 7th, the wait will be over for Ryan Reynolds as the comedy Waiting, from Lions Gate films, will be released nationwide. Now, what's in a title? To Ryan Reynolds, the title Waiting holds a bit more significance than merely the plot. You see, Reynolds had been contracted to do the movie long before the cameras even started rolling on the film last summer.

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Hooters hits O-Town!

Hooters Air Expands Service to Orlando

ORLANDO (Orlando Business Journal) – Hooters Air will begin nonstop jet service from Allentown, Pa., and Myrtle Beach, SC, to Orlando, with connecting service from Newark, Baltimore, and Gary/Chicago, beginning July 9. Based in Myrtle Beach, Hooters Air flights to Orlando will be offered Wednesdays and Saturdays from Allentown and Saturdays from Myrtle Beach on Boeing 737 and Boeing 757 aircraft. Hooters Air is owned by Hooters of America Inc., which is the franchiser and operator of more than 400 restaurants in 46 states and 16 countries. The restaurants are well-known for their signature chicken wings and scantily clad women known as Hooters Girls. Hooters Girls staff every flight of Hooters Air.

Quake Con 2003 Setup room


Now this is what I call a LAN party?

Monday, June 20, 2005

Priscilla, Lord of the Count of the Matrix Reloaded, Episode I



Terrence Stamp, Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving: as drag queens. Who knew they would go on to portray such memorable characters in such blockbusters as the Matrix trilogy, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Star Wars saga and the Oscar nominated L.A. Confidential/Memento/Count of Monte Cristo trifecta?

Publication 523 (2004), Selling Your Home

Business Use or Rental of Home
You may be able to exclude your gain from the sale of a home that you have used for business or to produce rental income. But you must meet the ownership and use tests.

Example 1.

On May 29, 1998, Amy bought a house. She moved in on that date and lived in it until May 31, 2000, when she moved out of the house and put it up for rent. The house was rented from June 1, 2000, to March 31, 2002. Amy moved back into the house on April 1, 2002, and lived there until she sold it on January 30, 2004. During the 5-year period ending on the date of the sale (January 31, 1999 – January 30, 2004), Amy owned and lived in the house for more than 2 years as shown in the following table.

Five-Year Period Used as Home Used as Rental
1/31/99– 5/31/00 16 months
6/1/00 – 3/31/02 22 months
4/1/02 – 1/30/04 22 months
38 months 22 months


Amy can exclude gain up to $250,000. However, she cannot exclude the part of the gain equal to the depreciation she claimed for renting the house, as explained after Example 2.

Example 2.

William owned and used a house as his main home from 1998 through 2001. On January 1, 2002, he moved to another state. He rented his house from that date until April 30, 2004, when he sold it. During the 5-year period ending on the date of sale (May 1, 1999 – April 30, 2004), William owned and lived in the house for 32 months (more than 2 years). He must report the sale on Form 4797. He can exclude gain up to $250,000. However, he cannot exclude the part of the gain equal to the depreciation he claimed for renting the house, as explained next.

Depreciation after May 6, 1997. If you were entitled to take depreciation deductions because you used your home for business purposes or as rental property, you cannot exclude the part of your gain equal to any depreciation allowed or allowable as a deduction for periods after May 6, 1997. If you can show by adequate records or other evidence that the depreciation deduction allowed was less than the amount allowable, the amount you cannot exclude is the amount allowed.

Example. Dan sold his main home in 2004 at a $10,000 gain. He meets the ownership and use tests to exclude the gain from his income. However, he used one room of the home for business in 2003 and claimed $1,000 depreciation. He can exclude $9,000 ($10,000 – $1,000) of his gain. He has a taxable gain of $1,000.

Friday, June 17, 2005

Bleeding a radiator


Sometimes, when heating radiators start making weird noises, you need to bleed them (finally found out what the English term is ;) ), and I hate doing it. But I have a central heating system that requires me to do it about once a month in winter, so I have to do it. At first, I did it with a cup and the super-tool everyone has: a square kind of key. The result, after doing it, was that my hands were really smelly, and I had to wash them multiple times to get the smell off. Yuck!
So I made a tool that would make my life so much easier: I call it the 'Anti Icky Water Bottle', or The Bottle for short. Here's what I did:"

KillerKip!


This is ridiculous.

20,000 Leagues tribute


Kind of sad, isn’t it? I’d bet there are collectors out there who would have paid a good price for one of these. Think of what a great houseboat it might have made! ;-) But no, they were all dismantled...

Homemade Baby Wipes

There are many places on the web where you can get recipes for homemade baby wipes on the web. This, however, may be the only one which suggests making them with large shop tools. I think it adds an interesting element of excitement and danger to an otherwise mundane task.

CNN.com - Blimp crashes in Florida industrial park - Jun 17, 2005

CORAL SPRINGS, Florida (AP) -- A Goodyear blimp crash-landed Thursday night in an industrial park, authorities said. The two people on board were not injured.

The "Stars & Stripes" blimp went down shortly after taking off from Pompano Beach Air Park, where it is based. Both people onboard were trapped briefly while electrical crews cleared the site, authorities said.

The blimp lost most of its helium and was draped across some orange self-storage units in the industrial park. It's nose remained pointed into the air.

Bad weather may have forced the blimp down. There were thunderstorms in the area at the time, authorities said.

The Federal Aviation Administration was investigating.

"It went right over our building and was making really loud noises," said Maryann Clark, general manager of a nearby restaurant.

The blimp is one of three Goodyear blimps based in the United States. Goodyear leases about 32 acres at the air park as a blimp base, according to the park's Web site.