tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42019903322108420882024-02-06T21:57:44.284-07:00The Young SparrowsA legendary collection of brilliance rants and magnanimous outcries.Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309577812884034324noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-63662065053946653752010-05-20T13:31:00.002-06:002010-05-20T13:31:28.435-06:00The greatest blog of all the timesGo <a href="http://mechanicalmatt.blogspot.com/">here</a>.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04709783582759363158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-70586636675374297682009-12-22T22:35:00.000-07:002009-12-22T22:35:37.518-07:00The Young Sparrowsi found this blog on the internets:<br /><br /><a href="http://youngsparrows.blogspot.com/">The Young Sparrows</a><br /><br />It sucks bad.Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309577812884034324noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-42903924425136425302009-10-30T17:09:00.000-06:002009-10-30T17:11:16.001-06:00Totally awesome<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/Arsenal-A/Picture4-3-1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 550px; height: 309px;" src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/Arsenal-A/Picture4-3-1.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />And it really works! Try it yourself.<br /><img src="file:///Users/hbll-ilearning/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04709783582759363158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-7318401361576313292009-10-01T16:25:00.002-06:002009-10-01T16:36:01.525-06:00I finally get it<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/28/charlie-brooker-microsoft-mac-windows">This</a> is pretty dang funny.<br />(Warning: contains sometimes inappropriate language)Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020110927130557817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-78175931024312714892009-09-27T10:15:00.002-06:002009-09-27T10:19:09.560-06:00<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG4lrLIEI1Y">This</a> is thanks to friend and follower Mitchell Wright. I think it will probably save all of your lives. Watch it, think about it.Father Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078365210302862300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-15368674937417803802009-08-17T05:05:00.000-06:002009-08-17T05:05:15.131-06:00Deseret News | Go west, Mr. President, to U.S. wilderness<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705323965/Go-west-Mr-President-to-wilderness.html">Deseret News | Go west, Mr. President, to U.S. wilderness</a>: "A day earlier at Yellowstone, the first family watched the world's most famous geyser erupt. 'Oh, that's pretty good. Cool! Look at that. That's a geyser there,' Obama said."<br /><br />A fine quotation from our President; definitely newsworthy.Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309577812884034324noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-71942548862285199752009-08-13T19:50:00.002-06:002009-08-13T19:52:59.648-06:00Pope Hats"Because of this terrible economy, I'm having to shut down my business. <a href="http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/phx/1258405496.html">I have OVER 1300 Pope hats (replicas) that I REALLY need to get rid of.</a><br /><br />...<br /><br />Dogs do not like to wear these pope hats, but maybe a large cat or maybe a nice dog would wear one. My dogs will not but they are not very nice and always hate being dressed up like for Halloween when we tried to dress them up like batman but they became very very agitated and bit a neighbors kid. I will lock the dogs up when you come get all of these pope hats."<br /><br /><br />HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-5799199256769777232009-08-09T23:08:00.000-06:002009-08-09T23:10:07.126-06:00Bless You, Leo FenderA tribute to the <a href="http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/08/dayintech_0810/">man</a> who defined electric guitars.Father Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078365210302862300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-80848183258071766482009-07-07T14:51:00.002-06:002009-07-07T14:57:56.910-06:00A Jane Austen Novel I Actually Wouldn't Mind Reading<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pride-Prejudice-Zombies-Classic-Ultraviolent/dp/1594743347/ref=pd_ts_zgc_b_86_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&pf_rd_p=467320751&pf_rd_s=right-5&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=507846&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0H27KEKV7GJ052C3JPJB">Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!</a><br /><br />From one review -<br /><br />"For more than 50 years, we learn, England has been overrun by zombies, prompting people like the Bennets to send their daughters away to China for training in the art of deadly combat, and prompting others, like Lady Catherine de Bourgh, to employ armies of ninjas. Added to the familiar plot turns that bring Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy together is the fact that both are highly skilled killers, gleefully slaying zombies on the way to their happy ending."<br /><br />Sweet.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-14455119812686187432009-07-07T00:45:00.003-06:002009-07-07T00:59:00.158-06:00A great siteI found this website with a large array of incredible products. Like the <a href="http://www.kotulas.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10051&storeId=10001&productId=16357&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=16551&top_category=14057">double-edge throwing axe</a>. Or the <a href="http://www.kotulas.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10051&storeId=10001&productId=12159&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=16551&top_category=14057">solar powered hat.</a> But <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kotulas.com%2Fwebapp%2Fwcs%2Fstores%2Fservlet%2FProductDisplay%3FcatalogId%3D10051%26storeId%3D10001%26productId%3D14103%26langId%3D-1%26parent_category_rn%3D16551%26top_category%3D14057&h=f7ab9999bafe6dc5832264615d2147a5">this</a> is probably my favorite. And <a href="http://www.kotulas.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10051&storeId=10001&productId=16329&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=16552&top_category=16551">this</a>.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04709783582759363158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-18521247119030524982009-07-02T23:00:00.002-06:002009-07-02T23:04:46.018-06:00Sarychev Volcano EruptionThis is an incredible animation of the eruption. It's made out of 29 photographs taken from the International Space Station.<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TVbD_VL7rn0&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TVbD_VL7rn0&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-358602948101447052009-07-02T17:09:00.004-06:002009-07-02T17:48:04.220-06:00The Digital Ghetto that is MySpaceDanah Boyd, a social media researcher, believes that the rise of Facebook and the abandonment of MySpace <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.transcosmic.com/2009/07/02/myspace-now-a-%E2%80%9Cdigital-ghetto%E2%80%9D/">"… was modern day ‘white flight’.”</a></span><br /><br />She goes on to explain how sites like MySpace and Facebook are <a href="http://www.observer.com/2009/media/battle-between-facebook-and-myspace-digital-white-flight">mirroring, even magnifying, our social, political and class divides</a>.<br /><br />Personally, I dislike MySpace because it breaks one of the cardinal commandments of the internet - "Music shall not begin playing of its own accord" - plus, it makes my eyes bleed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n116/WorstMyspace/alaskatexas1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n116/WorstMyspace/alaskatexas1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n116/WorstMyspace/melisa_j.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n116/WorstMyspace/melisa_j.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n116/WorstMyspace/xnextgtrgodx.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n116/WorstMyspace/xnextgtrgodx.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I rest my case.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-56834761214059225512009-07-02T14:56:00.001-06:002009-07-02T14:58:21.651-06:00Gary Coleman's Wife was Arrested TodayLooks like <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705314479/Gary-Colemans-wife-arrested-in-domestic-violence-case.html">she trashed his room and then said that he deserved it</a>. Hmm...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-38219306372497747992009-07-02T00:34:00.002-06:002009-07-02T00:40:20.356-06:00The Real Reason That I'm Scared of FlyingThis <a href="http://www.alamogordonews.com/ci_12736585">article</a> exposes an egregious, underlying problem in America.Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020110927130557817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-76107134759570982552009-06-30T19:48:00.005-06:002009-06-30T19:56:47.275-06:00Starcraft Lessons from an Authentic Korean<a href="http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/lss/1246071348.html">At $35/hr for advanced training, this guys sounds pretty serious...</a><br /><br />"I'm 100% full blooded Korean, meaning I have been gifted with unparallel talent to master any video game, particularly, Starcraft: Brood War.<br /><br />...<br /><br />My lessons are offered to only non-Koreans or American born Koreans because they lack the blessing from the Gaming God, Norazi. Sun Tzu once said, "Defiler becomes useless at the presences of a vessel." You will be come the vessel against the defilers that treats you like a non-korean, laughing at your pitiful Starcraft skills...however, you will demolish them with the new profound skills."<br /><br />The best part? - "Korean girls will be intrigued that you're such a good Starcraft player."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-70606428002053455352009-06-26T19:03:00.006-06:002009-06-27T18:31:35.288-06:00I'm a few days behind so...I'm certain I was the last to hear about this - <br />Evidently <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUjIA3Rt7gk">Iran</a> is trying to hold off protests by <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/06/24/tehran_seven/print.html">airing a marathon showing</a> of <a href="http://www.lotrfanshop.com/lotrshop/bobbleheads.asp">The Lord of the Rings trilogy</a> on state television's Channel Two.<br /><br />Sounds like a trap to me...<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dddAi8FF3F4&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dddAi8FF3F4&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-14140139608310611632009-06-20T15:24:00.003-06:002009-06-20T15:34:31.729-06:00No More Cash in Japan?Evidently some members of the Japanese government are considering <a href="http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article6531299.ece">getting rid of cash</a> in order to achieve negative nominal interest rates.<br /><br />"In theory, many Japanese could easily make the leap into a cashless world. The country has six main competing cashless payment systems, many of them embedded into mobile phones. Including Oyster-type cards issued by public transport companies, industry sources estimate that there are about 120 million cashless payment chips sitting in Japan’s wallets and handbags, waiting to be swiped."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-19638135270944367132009-06-18T19:22:00.001-06:002009-06-18T19:24:26.624-06:000.01% of Wikipedia as a printed book<a href="http://www.labnol.org/internet/wikipedia-printed-book/9136/">Yeah, this would be hilarious to put on a shelf</a>. It's 1ft 7in. high.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-27672850222261939422009-06-18T01:17:00.001-06:002009-06-18T01:19:34.069-06:00PETA is completely ridiculous...Apparently PETA <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/06/17/20090617obamadeadfly-ON.html?&wired">isn't happy</a> with President Obama and his fly-swatting ways.<br /><br />Are these people serious?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-4092444608694147142009-06-17T20:11:00.001-06:002009-06-17T20:15:08.336-06:00Everything is only a few hundred clicks away!<object width="480" height="430"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/onn_embed/embedded_player.swf?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theonion.com%2Fcontent%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FNO_KEYBOARD_article.jpg&videoid=92328&title=Apple%20Introduces%20Revolutionary%20New%20Laptop%20With%20No%20Keyboard" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/onn_embed/embedded_player.swf"type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="480" height="430"flashvars="image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theonion.com%2Fcontent%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FNO_KEYBOARD_article.jpg&videoid=92328&title=Apple%20Introduces%20Revolutionary%20New%20Laptop%20With%20No%20Keyboard"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary?utm_source=videoembed">Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-26169829259606299112009-06-15T14:11:00.002-06:002009-06-15T14:12:18.935-06:00Extreme Sheephearding<a href="http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1137883380?bctid=17075685001">This </a>is probably the coolest thing I've seen in a long time.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04709783582759363158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-4574974745134293762009-06-15T00:57:00.003-06:002009-06-17T20:15:57.393-06:00Graffiti from AD 79Interestingly enough, Archaeologists have found plenty of well-preserved graffiti at Pompeii. <a href="http://www.pompeiana.org/Resources/Ancient/Graffiti%20from%20Pompeii.htm">This page</a> lists the location and the approximate British translation of each of the inscriptions throughout the site. (Just like its modern day counterpart, ancient graffiti was primarily written by the dregs of society. Before you click the link, <span style="font-weight:bold;">consider yourself warned.</span>)<br /><br /><br />Here are a few of my tamer favorites for those I scared off -<br /><br />VI.16.15 (atrium of the House of Pinarius); 6842: If anyone does not believe in Venus, they should gaze at my girl friend<br /><br />VIII.2 (in the basilica); 1816: Epaphra, you are bald!<br /><br />VIII.2 (in the basilica); 1820: Chie, I hope your hemorrhoids rub together so much that they hurt worse than when they every have before!<br /><br />VIII.2 (in the basilica); 1826: Phileros is a eunuch!<br /><br />VIII.7.6 (Inn of the Muledrivers; left of the door); 4957: We have wet the bed, host. I confess we have done wrong. If you want to know why, there was no chamber pot<br /><br />Herculaneum (on the exterior wall of a house); 10619: Apollinaris, the doctor of the emperor Titus, defecated well hereUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-65564830924204600442009-06-10T17:20:00.001-06:002009-06-17T20:16:24.013-06:00Strangest Thing I've Read Today...From a 1972 Ensign article on the history of Provo - <br />"Provo played host as the fifty-sixth annual general conference of the Church was convened in the tabernacle there (April 4 to 7, 1886), and again for the fifty-seventh annual conference (April 6 to 8, 1887). Young boys among the worshipers climbed to the rough-finished portions of the building and hung over the rafters, enjoying a view of the speakers and listening to their counsel until their young innards hurt."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-22500250291089355752009-06-10T14:10:00.002-06:002009-06-17T20:16:42.867-06:00Conan + MarioYou may or may not have seen this already, but Conan O'Brien's new back drop reminds a lot of people of Mario... <a href="http://reporter.blogs.com/.a/6a00d83451d69069e201156fcb271f970c-pi">Check it.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201990332210842088.post-76066710240304055102009-05-18T18:15:00.002-06:002009-06-17T20:17:00.294-06:00My children will never watch this... and neither should yours.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZDHSbrPZH4A&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZDHSbrPZH4A&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Fruit salad? What the...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0