Chad’s News

This Flash video is hilarious. The song is for real. It’s “Cows With Guns” by Dana Lyons. It can be purchased from iTunes or via the artist’s website.

Link: http://www.arcadekill.com/…

The recent Transformers movie rated about a 5.5 (out of 10) on the Chad’s News movie review list, but this USB hub modeled after the All Spark Cube is just way too cool to pass up. Unfortunately it won’t be available until late August.

Link: http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/…
(via Engadget)

System administrators, as well as anyone who understands how email works, will appreciate the linked story where a network admin had to figure out why emails would bounce if the recipient was more than 500 miles away. And in this case, statisticians turned out to be quite useful. (Note that he has taken some literary license with the story, as described in the FAQ, but the basic facts are correct.)

Link: http://www.ibiblio.org/…
(via User Friendly)

The linked video is a walk up the El Caminito del Rey in Spain. Insane, absolutely insane. I’m wondering why they don’t tear this thing down completely.

Link: http://presurfer.blogspot.com/…

A precise and difficult sniper shot, caught on video.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/…
(via digg)

Here’s a short story that combines time travel with chat room etiquette.

Link: http://www.abyssandapex.com/…
(via Bureau42)

I’m not sure how useful this would be in an emergency, except for perhaps the matches. But you’ve got to admit that it’s light and completely waterproof.

Link: http://www.thinkgeek.com/…
(via The Presurfer)

This little dog is really living the high life. Notice how he waits for the machine to pull back before he takes off.

Link: http://www.neatorama.com/…

In an update to this Chad’s News article, it turns out that, yes, a boomerang does work in zero gravity. Although the boomerang he used is not your standard bent piece of wood.

Link #1: http://www.news.com.au/…

Link #2: http://www.newscientist.com/…

My friend Josh received an ingenious type of spam that uses banner art to spell out the message (and thus circumvent spam filters):

xe    dl  no
ip    jc
 vc  kr
 hc  rv   vv   xjmq    fmltv  wsfm   jbst
 ci  wg   vi      qe  qw  td  ugx       dg
  ixbl    oj   zwxwy  ru  yh  ut     cwxtg
  kqfo    eq  yf  yx  ue  do  gl    om  rb
   wb     vl  jj  il  dz  es  gy    hj  kg
   ke     xl   vdjzj   cerlk  hp     ozkwz
                          mr
                      tlilb

If you look closely, you’ll see that the message is actually made up of text characters:

xe    dl  no
ip    jc
 vc  kr
 hc  rv   vv   xjmq    fmltv  wsfm   jbst
 ci  wg   vi      qe  qw  td  ugx       dg
  ixbl    oj   zwxwy  ru  yh  ut     cwxtg
  kqfo    eq  yf  yx  ue  do  gl    om  rb
   wb     vl  jj  il  dz  es  gy    hj  kg
   ke     xl   vdjzj   cerlk  hp     ozkwz
                          mr
                      tlilb

The linked article is about a phone booth in the Mojave desert that became famous for its remoteness. People around the world would call, just to see if anyone would answer, and others would hang out by the phone, waiting to answer incoming calls.

Link: http://www.neatorama.com/…

When she does a full pirouette while standing tiptoe on his head—that definitely put me in “jaw dropped to the floor” mode. The part at the beginning, with the frogs, is just a warm up for the main act. Absolutely amazing.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/…
(via Neatorama)