http://blog.piratenews.net Delicately crafted worthlessness from people skilled in the art Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:12:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Taken From Bryan Lambert. Reprinted here primarily because I like referring to it, but not having to re-find it on the message board. Also because I keep meaning to revise it for my own analysis purposes. LEVEL ONE FAST: McDonalds, BK, Bell, KFC... the standbys. Cheap. Greasy. Traditional. LEVEL TWO ... http://blog.piratenews.net/2008/07/30/bryans-restaurant-classification-system/ Deftly, Ms. Tsukioka, a 29-year-old experimental fashion designer, lifted a flap on her skirt to reveal a large sheet of cloth printed in bright red with a soft drink logo partly visible. By holding the sheet open and stepping to the side of the road, she ... http://blog.piratenews.net/2007/10/27/fearing-crime-japanese-wear-the-hiding-place-new-york-times/ WiReD Science is airing (check your local public TV listings). Here's a fun clip for you to play along with at home. What's he making? Will you listen to me now? http://blog.piratenews.net/2007/10/04/hes-a-pistol/ Examples of Dilution: Tarnishment can be a little hard to find, or to really explain the danger. Behold Lanham educators, your example: Britney Spears’ New Product Stealing from mondonation and Charities (via: Young Go Getter) http://blog.piratenews.net/2007/08/21/likelihood-of-nausea/ http://blog.piratenews.net/2007/05/01/white_floridian/ Killer of Sheep, a 1977 student film by Charles Burnett,... (kottke.org): Killer of Sheep, a 1977 student film by Charles Burnett, is on the Library of Congress' National Film Registry and was selected as one of the 100 essential films of all time by the National Society of Film Critics but ... http://blog.piratenews.net/2007/04/02/whistles-innocently/ Another batch of snarky geeky stuff to distract you on Friday afternoon. And as always, Be careful of the bee. Would you like your teenage daughter to read the bible, but they prefer secular media like Cosmo? Why not hide one inside the other? There's a bible that ... http://blog.piratenews.net/2007/03/16/super-link-entry-more-than-a-little-flickr-heavy-edition/ On a side note, a lot of people had been admiring/inquiring about my t-shirts. Most of me t-shirts come from threadless, an online design competition where people can submit designs to be judged by the community and possibly printed. They feed my need for ironic and bear-related clothing ... http://blog.piratenews.net/2007/03/07/argfest-2008-wardrobe/ Clayfoot decided to post all of his photos from ARGfest-o-con '07 without editorial trimming to meet the challenge deadline. He promised to trim it down to the best later. That's one way to go… Or, we can preserve and highlight the most unfortunate photos he took. You know, unfortunate, like ... http://blog.piratenews.net/2007/03/06/unfortunate-clayfoot-pictures/ Over the past couple weeks I have tried to list shows on TV that are worth watching, but it's a hard thing to remember off hand. It was time to reorganize the TiVo Season pass list anyway, so I thought I'd post it. (a cop-out blog post? ... http://blog.piratenews.net/2006/11/18/what-i-watch/ This week two DVDs will come out which showcase the cheaper to produce and more boring factual side of subject matter inspiring popular fictional entertainment. “Real Pirates of the Caribbean” (Real Pirates of the Caribbean) “True Stories of the Miami Vice Squad” (True Stories of the Miami Vice Squad) By the way: All ... http://blog.piratenews.net/2006/07/02/amazon-alert-for-misguided_educator/ So sorry that I have not been making posts as of late. Various more professional requirements have colluded to keep us apart. I have a whole bunch of links sitting waiting to be used, as well as pictures and tales (both tall and true) from my road-trip through ... http://blog.piratenews.net/2006/07/01/280/ Kurt @ 26, originally uploaded by Vortech. Piñata video here. Enjoy Prof. Berman shuffling by confused about 10 sec in. http://blog.piratenews.net/2006/04/24/kurt-26/ Hippdy hop hop. Hippidy hop hop. Look at Linky go! As is annual tradition, we reveal, and revel in, the truth of the chocolate bunny. We're a bucket of slime away from being Marc Summers.Speaking of sweet meat, check out this intriguing and funny description of food in ... http://blog.piratenews.net/2006/04/12/super-link-entry-ringing-in-the-sad-holidays-season/ The kids behind my t-shirt dealer Threadless have a new web site called Extra Tasty which I have been meaning to post about for a while. it will take an inventory of your booze and compare it to a roster of user-submitted drink recipes. Also they have their very own ... http://blog.piratenews.net/2006/04/11/theres-a-place-in-tampa-with-great-atomic-number-96/ Well, since you read it so closely, how can I complain? http://blog.piratenews.net/2006/04/10/first-a-doctor-then-a-colonel-and-now-a-professor/ Wired 14.03: The Great Escape: I so very much want to play this. Especially in some sort of beekeeper reunion. Unfortunately the game seems more focused on individual achievement. I know it goes against the you-against-the-world atmosphere for the game and the general gamer ethos, but I just like cooperative ... http://blog.piratenews.net/2006/03/19/the-game/ A bunch of interesting/clever/weird ads have been bouncing around the web lately. I steal the content they stole and offer it to you. (I have ideas for actual entries, but I don't have the time to write them…) Pictures in the read more link. http://blog.piratenews.net/2006/03/09/theres-no-good-title-unused-for-advertising-fun-news-so-i-wrote-a-poem-note-but-forgot-the-rules-of-haikus/ I finally got around to watching the free episode of Conviction (the latest from the Law and Order guy) that NBC put up on iTunes, when my delighted eyes spy Julianne Nicholson. Yay. For reasons I can't really explain I just like watching her act. I'm ... http://blog.piratenews.net/2006/03/03/determined/ Ich werde mit Nahrung der Deutscher und der Verbindungen des Internets gefüllt! When it comes to Ben Franklin I have the knowledge of a rodent. For the birthday of Ben Franklin, why not learn more about him? (I totally believe people frequently ask if he was left handed.) ... http://blog.piratenews.net/2006/03/03/super-link-entry-founding-fathers-generous-grannies-churlish-canucks-and-deadly-doctors/