8.13.2007

Yee...C'mon...Check.

Wow.

The music blog Nailler9 alerted me to a hot new video that comes out of Hungary. In particular, a rap video.

The guy goes by the name "Speak," and he has a rather-empty website. But don't let that stop you from enjoying THIS MASTERPIECE.

It is probably the best music video I’ve ever seen (this week). Here’s why:

1. Speak’s strange rapping style.
2. The opening monologue which is a shoutout to Biggie, Snoop, Dre, Tupac (his favourite) and the victims of 9-11.
3. The bling car shot.
4. “Yee C’mon”.
5. The four warbling singers and those lyrics.
6. The “Business” bit.
7. This is supposedly no pisstake.
8. THE LYRICS DUDE!
9. The Chris de Burgh lookalike reaching for those high notes.
10. The pigeon!

I'm sure when you're done watching the video you'll want to print off the lyrics for yourself.

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4.10.2007

Wha?

I knew that Chazz Michael Michaels loves Fergie, but I didn't know that Alanis Morisette does.

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3.15.2007

That George Brett, I tell you...

ValleyWag points to a study done by the "guru of web page usability," Jakob Nielsen. This study examined users' eye-movements as they look at webpages to see how people scan and identify information. The article is mainly interesting for web designers, but one section is interesting for everyone else, too.

When photos do contain people related to the task at hand, or the content users are exploring, they do get fixations. However, gender makes a distinct difference on what parts of the photo are stared at the longest. Take a look at the hotspot below.

Although both men and women look at the image of George Brett when directed to find out information about his sport and position, men tend to focus on private anatomy as well as the face. For the women, the face is the only place they viewed.



Coyne adds that this difference doesn’t just occur with images of people. Men tend to fixate more on areas of private anatomy on animals as well, as evidenced when users were directed to browse the American Kennel Club site.

And women wonder why there is the "you-may-only-stare-straight-ahead rule" in men's bathrooms.

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2.02.2007

Assemble the Quad Laser

I am certain most everyone has seen this, but I am still chuckling over it. Any lawyers/law students care to weigh in on the charges?

On an aside, the link goes to the Make Magazine Blog, which is always a good time (especially for engineers or engineering graduate students).

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I like the "panic" charge. In fact, I'm quite jealous, I wish Wisconsin had a "panic" statute. How cool would it be to say that you got busted for "causing panic?" Here's what these blokes are charged with: "Whoever possesses, transports, uses or places or causes another to knowingly or unknowingly possess, transport, use or place any hoax device or hoax substance with the intent to cause anxiety, unrest, fear or personal discomfort to any person or group of persons shall be punished by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than two and one-half years or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment." "(b) For the purposes of this section, the term “hoax device” shall mean any device that would cause a person reasonably to believe that such device is an infernal machine. For the purposes of this section, the term “infernal machine” shall mean any device for endangering life or doing unusual damage to property, or both, by fire or explosion, whether or not contrived to ignite or explode automatically." The big problem here is proving intent. How do you prove that guys hanging up a Lite Brite-type device intended to cause unrest/fear/anxiety? It's pretty clear that by hanging up a glowing cartoon character they intended to producy whimsy. I think that charge will go away. The charge of disorderly conduct (or "DC," if you are in the criminal law game) is a catch-all charge that prosecutors add on all the time. This frequently occurs to "rack up" a lot of charges and "scare" you into taking a plea deal. Sometimes it's used when you have no other charging option, as it is quite easy to prove in court - did somebody's conduct, whether in public or private, tend to cause a disturbance? Think about it - swearing at somebody would satisfy this, or squealing your tires...It goes on and on. I think they could get these two on this one, but I wonder if they'll plea out for some probation. Oh, and no word yet on whether these guys will be charged with "panic." comment by  brian, 2/02/2007 2:14 PM

The judge seeing the case even questioned the strength of the prosecution's charges. We even have a system for inducing fear. Nonetheless, I think there is a great lyric waiting to be written about inciting panic among the people. Where is Vanilla Ice? comment by  jp, 2/02/2007 2:29 PM