The Landlord

Just a warning—some of the language makes this a "PG-13" but it's just too funny not to share:

May the gourds be with you

Ladies and gentlemen, my bad-arse Mandalorian pumpkin:

These are still great

From AirToons:

You have got to be kidding me

"!elppA niur lliw I"
Gore wins peace prize

What I want to know is how crusading to end "global warming" does anything for the cause of peace. I find the linking between potential civil war and terrorism over scarce resources to be tenuous and pandering at best.

The Nobel Peace Prize has long been a joke. If a terrorist bastard like Yasser Arafat could win one (1994) why can't Al Gore?

Looks like Damian Thompson at the London Telegraph is wondering about the same things I am.

"Wicker Man" comedy trailer

An iPod comparison

Well after 5+ years I've finally retired the ol' 1G iPod in favor of one of these.

Just kidding!

I actually picked up a 80 gig iPod Classic and so far I'm pretty impressed. The screen looks fantastic, the "cover flow" works a lot better now that they've updated the iPod software and I can even play Ms.Pac-Man on the thing.

It's amazing how far things have come in just 6 years:


I'm still not exactly sure how they fit a hard drive in there:


And for no reason at all here's my new iPod next to the original Game Boy:


I entertained the notion of going with an iPod Touch but since I'm already on AT&T in seems dumb not to eventually get an iPhone. I'm going to hold out until a 16 gig version but in the meantime the Classic leaves me very impressed.

Par for the course

Microsoft never ceases to amaze. They've just announced new "flash" based Zunes in 4 and 8 gig capacity for $149 and $199 respectively and released an 80 gig Zune for $249. They've also added "touch controls" to the new Zunes. Hmmm. If it weren't for their long, sad history of ripping off Apple (and other companies) this would be a surprise. Even their terminology is awkward and ridiculous ("Can I squirt to your Zune?"). Don't get me wrong—I love me some free-market competition—but let's actually compete and not just outright steal features and price points.

The Zune is actually the best non-iPod music player out there—which really isn't saying a lot once you've seen all the competition, a trail of digital tears it is. It's amazing that after six years no one has even come close to the simplicity and intuitiveness of the iPod. Sure there are other "devices" that can do more things but I'd rather buy something I can actually use.

It's not just a fad folks, the iPod really is the best digital music player out there (but if you buy one and don't eventually plan on getting a Mac I will slap you).

This blog entry is certified to be 86% as interesting as the Wikipedia entry for Scott Weinger.