Rain and Sleep and what pigeons have to do whit it
luni, 8 decembrie 2008
Early one morning (this morning, to be exact) I woke up and wondered where can I find a gun, to shoot myself and spare me the trouble of getting out of bed. Rainy days have, sometimes, this effect on most of us, and this one had the effect of anti-coffee on me. But after a brief rethinking of the situation (10 minutes or so), decided to get out of bed. And away I went to work.
But while going down the stairs, there was a feeling that something was missing, a familiar noise, a presence... and then it dawned on me - it's raining - but where are the pigeons?
Oh, those pigeons. Cute little fluffy things, that poop all over the place and especially on freshly washed cars. You can set your watch by them. Every day, at the same hour, these descendants of T-Rex shit joyfully, waiting on one of my neighbors to feed them. Staring through the dirty glass, with their creepy eyes. But not today.
Cause today it's raining (men). Today, the pigeons don't want to get wet and die of pigeon pneumonia. So these little, cold feet creatures skip their beloved morning snack.
And that's why we are sleepy when it rains!
If you mist the incredible logic of the story above, here it goes again. When it rains - you get wet, when you get wet - you can get pneumonia and die in a pool of your own body fluids.
So why go out and die when you can sit in your cave an wait for the rain to stop?
But if you sit, you'd better use as little energy as possible, cause you ain't eating.
Therefore, this is why I think most mammals are sleepy when it rains. To conserve energy.
I wonder who's smarter, the damn pigeons, or me?
Google Chrome Logo - Originile
miercuri, 29 octombrie 2008
Am preluat imagine de jos de pe blogul lui Orlando, dar mi s-a parut geniala.
Sursa originala este aici.
Tare Google Chrome, pacat ca nu crapa asa de gratios precum pretindeau in prezentarea lor inovativa. Mie mi-a crapat si nu doar un tab, cum ar fi trebuit, a luat tabul ala toata aplicatia cu el.
Weapon of mass Tweetstruction
Old news, but hey - facts are never old ;).
You all by know probably heard about the warning the US army made concerning how Twitter can be used by terrorists to communicate and spread their ideology. But I'm just wandering, are these people serious?
The guys at Joy of Tech really managed to give this the right spin, from my point of view.
Ok, you have the bad guys talking to each other and plotting using social apps. I can agree with this, especially given yesterday's news about the skinhead assassination plot on Obama and the fact that one of the guys was "smart" enough to put his picture with a very big gun on MySpace.
But I see one problem in this whole ordeal. People, you already scan e-mails, listen to cellphones, landlilnes and the whole deal... how difficult is it to google some specific keywords. It's a little hard to hide an assasination plot on MySpace / Twitter / whatever. The US army should think about encouraging everybody to use Twitter to coordonate on deploing their weapons of mass distruction, it will just make their lives as easy as googling "how I plan to blow up the world"...
Cand esti mai destept decat trebuie...
marți, 28 octombrie 2008
Nu am putut sa nu ma abtin sa nu scriu si despre asta.
"Stirea" e preluata de pe Boing Boing. Un tip cu numere din Marea Britanie isi face de cap in Germania pentru un simplu motiv - are volanul pe dreapta, iar camerele cu radar (sau radarele cu camera) sunt calibrate sa faca poze la sofer, care sta pe stanga... in Germania.
Asa ca baiatul (sau fata) si-a pus si alter-ego-ul pe locul mortului.
Pe langa faptul ca omul s-a gandit la asta a mai avut si tupeul sa o faca :).
Dansez pentru tine....de fapt, pentru mine :) - Matt Harding in varianta Bucuresteana
luni, 27 octombrie 2008
Uite ce am gasit - un tip care, cred eu, a luat idea lui Matt Harding si a dambovitat-o :).
Pentru cei care nu stiu cine e Matt - este un tip care a facut senzatie pe net, mai ales pe Youtube, prin dansul lui facut peste tot in lume. Se zicea ca a fost (si poate inca mai este) cel mai vizionat clip de pe YouTube, cu tot ca nu sunt sigur, dar oricum, lumea s-a uitat la el.
Dupa faima a venit si contractul - cei de la Stride l-au sponsorizat sa se duca si sa continue sa faca filmuletele lui. Stride este o guma de mestecat ;).
Matt a mai dansat si pe la Yahoo dupa ce au reusit sa scape oferta Microsoft si toata lumea era fericita.
Etichete: fun, matt harding, web
Wassup 2008 aka alegeri gogule?
sâmbătă, 25 octombrie 2008
Totul a pornit de la reclama Budweiser...
A urmat, indubitabil, varianta romaneasca - cu o reclama la Budai Beer
Si acum asta - voatati baieti numai votati :)
Mie mi se pare foarte buna abordarea baietilor care au facut campania, sau "viralul" daca vrem sa ne dam in stamba ;)
Fashion show
vineri, 24 octombrie 2008
Etichete: fun
Bietul Zoso...
joi, 23 octombrie 2008
Am intat azi pe Petitii Online sa vad ce e cu petitia cu drepturile pietonilor despre care am citit in Compact zilele trecute, si luat de curiozitate m-am uitat ce petitii mai fac oamenii. Si am gasit asta: "Impotriva atacurilor lui Zoso asupra petitiilor online"
Saracul Zoso... il ataca oamenii... online :).
Sunt curios cati din cei care o sa voteze au habar cine e :P.
Mac vc PC - ei Pot si musical sa faca :)
miercuri, 22 octombrie 2008
Pe langa clasicele, deja, spoturi Mac vs PC....
.... a aparut si un musical :)
Atentie - e un pic cam sangeros ;)
.... a aparut si un musical :)
Atentie - e un pic cam sangeros ;)
Ursii polari si incalzirea globala
marți, 21 octombrie 2008
Solutii pentru incalzirea globala pentru ursii polari :).
Sursa originala.
Etichete: fun, incalzire globala, verde
Here comes a nother bubble :)
luni, 20 octombrie 2008
Copii, profesori si raspunsuri
joi, 16 octombrie 2008
TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America ..
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria.
TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
_______________________________________
TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with 'I.'
MILLIE: I is..
TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right....... 'I am the ninth letter of the
alphabet.'
______________ ___________________
TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry
tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father
didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand.
______________________________________
TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
______________________________
TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as
your brother's. Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No, sir. It's the same dog.
___________________________________
TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when
people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria.
____________________________________
TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
__________________________________________
TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No, that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it...
___________________________________________
TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
__________________________________
TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't
have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
__________________________________________
TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
__________________________________________
TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No, that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it...
___________________________________________
TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
__________________________________
TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't
have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
__________________________________________
TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
_______________________________________
TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with 'I.'
MILLIE: I is..
TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right....... 'I am the ninth letter of the
alphabet.'
______________ ___________________
TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry
tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father
didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand.
______________________________________
TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
______________________________
TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as
your brother's. Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No, sir. It's the same dog.
___________________________________
TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when
people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher
Gainarii... filosofice, sau de ce sa treci strada
Why did the chicken cross the road?
BARACK OBAMA:
The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a change! The chicken wanted change!
JOHN MC CAIN:
My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road...
SARAH PALIN:
Because, praise Jesus, I was goona shoot his sorry liberal a** off for blocking my view of Russia!
HILLARY CLINTON:
When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right from Day One that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.
GEORGE W. BUSH:
We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
DICK CHENEY:
Where's my gun?
COLIN POWELL:
Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.
BILL CLINTON:
I did not cross the road with that chicken. What is your definition of crossing?
AL GORE:
I invented the chicken.
JOHN KERRY:
Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
AL SHARPTON:
Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.
DR. PHIL:
The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems.
OPRAH:
Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN:
We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
NANCY GRACE:
That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN:
To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART:
No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmers Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY:
To die in the rain, alone.
JERRY FALWELL:
Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth? That's why they call it the other side. Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay, too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like the other side.
GRANDPA:
In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS:
Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.
ARISTOTLE:
It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
JOHN LENNON:
Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
BILL GATES:
I have just released eChicken2008, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2008. This new platform is much more stable and will never crash.
ALBERT EINSTEIN:
Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
COLONEL SANDERS:
Did I miss one?
and of course, my favorite,
DR SEUSS:
Did the chicken cross the road?
Did he cross it with a toad?
Yes, the chicken crossed the road,
But why it crossed I've not been told.
octombrie 2008BARACK OBAMA:
The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a change! The chicken wanted change!
JOHN MC CAIN:
My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road...
SARAH PALIN:
Because, praise Jesus, I was goona shoot his sorry liberal a** off for blocking my view of Russia!
HILLARY CLINTON:
When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right from Day One that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.
GEORGE W. BUSH:
We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
DICK CHENEY:
Where's my gun?
COLIN POWELL:
Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.
BILL CLINTON:
I did not cross the road with that chicken. What is your definition of crossing?
AL GORE:
I invented the chicken.
JOHN KERRY:
Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
AL SHARPTON:
Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.
DR. PHIL:
The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems.
OPRAH:
Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN:
We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
NANCY GRACE:
That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN:
To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART:
No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmers Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY:
To die in the rain, alone.
JERRY FALWELL:
Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth? That's why they call it the other side. Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay, too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like the other side.
GRANDPA:
In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS:
Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.
ARISTOTLE:
It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
JOHN LENNON:
Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
BILL GATES:
I have just released eChicken2008, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2008. This new platform is much more stable and will never crash.
ALBERT EINSTEIN:
Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
COLONEL SANDERS:
Did I miss one?
and of course, my favorite,
DR SEUSS:
Did the chicken cross the road?
Did he cross it with a toad?
Yes, the chicken crossed the road,
But why it crossed I've not been told.
noiembrie 2008
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