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I was just listening to radiohead i might be wrong turned up at a good volume for a friday evening. The cheering crowd is especially difficult for me to deal with. I once went to see radiohead and all i got was pneumonia. No radiohead that is. Does this internet omission make me a blogger? It seems so.

Hell yeah, I'm $300 richer today than I was yesterday. Time to go to Wal-Mart!

But don't get me wrong, if they're giving money away...

When will we have the photography equivalent of Free Speech Zones?

Last summer, the FBI launched an international search for two men after crew members and riders on a Washington State Ferry reported their unusual behavior — namely that they were taking pictures below deck, in areas that don't hold much interest for most tourists.

A ferry captain snapped their photo, which was passed along to the FBI.

Turns out the men, both citizens of a European Union nation, were captivated by the car-carrying capacity of local ferries.

"Where these gentlemen live, they don't have vehicle ferries. They were fascinated that a ferry could hold that many cars and wanted to show folks back home," FBI Special Agent Robbie Burroughs said Monday.

Photo of the recent eruption of Chile's Chaitén volcano. (More photos)

I've recently added immeasurable value to my life by buying a couple of cool gadgets, and I thought I'd share with everyone:

• Neverlate Executive alarm clock. This uber-alarm clock has a "his and hers" alarm (aka dual alarms), which can be customized for each day of the week. It also has a third alarm for each day of the week, for a total of 21 individual alarms (plus a separate "nap" alarm) possible in a week. I like to set my first alarm each day to the radio (NPR), and then another alarm some 10 or 15 minutes later using one of the four available buzzers, and I switch those up throughout the week to keep from getting too acclimated to any one of them. It also has a "gradual awake" option to increase the alarm volume over 5 seconds or so, and a "descending snooze" option that cuts the snooze length in half each time you hit the snooze button. You can also customize the snooze length, display brightness, and just about every other aspect of its functionality.
• Logitech Harmony 550 universal remote. This is also extremely customizable, and will work with nearly any IR device, even those not in its database, by "learning" the control codes from the original remote. While the driver software absolutely SUCKS in more ways than I care to detail, the remote itself rocks once you've programmed it sufficiently. The remote's primary mode of operation revolves around programmed "activities", such as my "Watch TV", "Computer", "Xbox360", "Wii", and "DVD". As long as you only use this remote to control devices, it remembers the state of each device (power and input channel). So, going from TV mode to computer mode turns off the cable box, switches the TV to the computer's HDMI input, and switches the audio receiver to the appropriate input. Plus, every button on the remote can be programmed to whatever function you want and associated with any active device in an activity.

I like the way the anchorman looses his shit in this video. Not that I blame him.

PS. Could not embedify, and I refuse to learn how.

Thursday:

Sen. Clinton repeated her desire for the filly to be victorious – saying to a crowd in Jeffersonville, Indiana saying she was sending in her daughter to place her bets. "I hope that everybody will go to the derby on Saturday and place just a little money on the filly for me. I wont be able to be there this year – my daughter is going to be there and so she has strict instructions to bet on Eight Bells."

Saturday:

Big Brown hit the wire nearly five lengths ahead of Eight Belles, but moments later, there was heartbreak. While Kent Desormeaux was galloping out Big Brown, Eight Belles fell.
She had fractured both of her front ankles, said the Derby’s on-call veterinarian, Dr. Larry Bramlage, and was euthanized on the racetrack.

Detroit City Council Woman Monica Conyers recently had a public spat with her boss. As part of her PR efforts to help fix her image, she sat down with a group of Grade Schoolers to discuss the incident. Unfortunately for her, the school kids weren't aware that they were just supposed to be props (apologies for the obnoxious "host" of the youtube clip).

I don't know who drew this.

The best video I've seen in a very long time.

A man has been accused of attempting to pass a $360 billion check, which he claims was given to him by his girlfriend’s mother to start a record business, Fort Worth police said.
[...]
The personal check was not made out to Mr. Fuller and when the bank contacted the check owner, the woman said she did not write a check for $360 billion.
Mr. Fuller was also accused of unlawful carrying of a weapon and possession of marijuana, Lt. Henderson said. He may also face a theft charge in Crowley.

How great is it that 30 Rock actually gave such an accurate description of the uncanny valley, complete with a modified version of the image on the wikipedia page, all wrapped in the context of Tracy making a porn video game?