So there was an announcement in the news today from ex-Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee that his going to announce his plans to run for president. What what what? Politics has become a complete fucking joke at this point in my opinion. The pomposity of that industry (and it is an industry) is getting to be absurdly high. It is not just Fred Thompson, its all of them. It seems to be the only industry, at least that I have noticed, that makes "pre-announcements". This is the stupidest concept yet. "Hi I am BrainDonkey, and although I am not formally announcing anything today, I am going to formally announce my run for candidacy to the office of President of the United States, next week." Now doesn't that make me sound like a pompous dick? Seriously, when did this become normal? To tell someone an answer, but make it sound like its not actually the answer, is double-speak raised to a whole new level of politicobabble. Of course, if the politician was announcing that he was going to make a decision of whether or not to run, that would be fine. But that is not what is happening, they have already decided, they say they have decided, they tell you what the decision is, but it's not "official" until the next time... Good Grief. If they can't even be straight forward and honest about their desire to run for President, what hope do we have of them being straightforward and honest when they are actually in that oval office? NONE.

This is a duh... Although the guy that did this is using it to make pretty lights and stuff, I think it could be put to much better use. Why not add a recharger to it? You could then use it to recharge batteries. It would be pretty simple to actually build it into the sneakers I would think. Normally I hate those damn rollers, but I could actually tolerate them if they actually put the wizzy ass kids to good use by making electricity. via TreeHugger

Ah the flickr folks seem to be my kind of people. Sense of humor and having fun with moments of boredom at work. Faceball is a game they invented, in which, two opponents sit opposite each other, and take turns throwing beach-balls at each others faces. You are not allowed to move your head, the thrower scores points for each hit, and get to throw until they miss. Its kind of like Ro Sham Bo, but without the risk of permanent injury or sterility. Fun. Though I am guessing the Air-port on the beach ball could leave a mark. Faceball: your face, our balls

LOL. A brilliant explanation of what the hell that precious princess said, presented by Jimmy Kimmel. Amazingly he is actually able to find elements within that blithering that he can actually define and explain. Astounding.

Again, the IT Crowd doesn't fail to please. "A gay musical? Doesn't that make it the gayest musical ever?" I really don't get why the BBC doesn't figure out a way to broadcast it internet wise to the US. I'd pay for it even. Having been an IT guy myself (actually programmer and sysadmin) i can relate to the mentality, even though its got a British tilt to it. Ah yes, the effort you go through to avoid getting busted for something stupid. So of course, the Pirate Bay comes to the rescue, thank god. Though it was not an office based episode, there was a brief segment in the beginning which of course offered glimpses at all sorts of IT cliches.

It amazing what toy companies can come up with. It's been a while, but frankly, I don't remember spin the bottle being a hard game to master, considering you tried to spin it just right to kiss the hot chick. Oh there were questions? I don't remember that part... via Gizmodo

Brilliant. Just Brilliant. Apparently there is an underground walkway that connects two buildings on campus, yet for some reason there is an above ground crosswalk. So the kids got the bright idea of causing an infinite stream of street crossers by quickly returning underground to cross again. Ah to young and bored. Neatorama

That's like, oh m'god, hard 'n stuff. So like, maps, and South Africa, and Iraq, should like, have more maps, and need to lern it better so america will be safer 'n stuff. FFS, did they hit her in the head before asking the question? It's not a tough question. An increasing number of Americans cannot identify the USA on a map of the earth. How do you deal with that? STOP GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON STUPID SHIT AND START SPENDING IT ON EDUCATION. Dumb Americans are easy to manipulate, sure, so the politicians love that, but dumb people make dumb decisions which will hurt this country more and more.

I want this. I seem to have constant tire problems on both cars for some reason. Maybe its the lack of consistent driving since I and my wife are self employed, or maybe I am just cursed. I thought these existed before, but maybe not since I can't seem to find others. But anyway, this is 4 wireless transmitters that you attach to the air nozzle on each tire. Then you have a monitor that is in your car which displays the tire pressure information for you. Only issue would be theft of course of the tire gauges. Still, Me Want. Though this really does seem to be bullshit since it is only 3d generated images. Suzhou Sate Auto Electronic

The tongue sucker is quite frankly an ingenious idea. I used to be an EMT, and though we of course had the correct equipment for proper rescue breathing, I did not when I was on my own. Also, equipment does fail, in which case your good old lungs will do the trick. The tool we used to keep the tongue safe was an "oral airway" which is a "J" shaped piece of plastic you jam down into the back of the throat. This seems a little simpler since size is not an issue. INDEX:2007 INDEX: AWARD