Friday Ephemera

Look closely and spot the difference. // How to talk like Michael Caine. // Porn and precognition, together at last. // Play spread sheet Armageddon with Impact Earth. //  US Navy develops liquid antenna. // LIFE in the laboratory. // Impress the ladies with your speakers. Because chicks dig speakers. // Near-vacuum cooking. // Inevitably, bacon soda. // Un-sign. // Advertising Scrabble. // “Godzilla is virtually impervious to other gigantic monsters, and also to robots, artillery, laser blasts, lava and fire.” // Time-lapse marathon. // Booties for your hound. // A giant monkey made of flip-flops. // The must-have Christmas present.

Comments

[Jason Bontrager]

"Spot the difference" he says...you're an evil man David.

[Sebastian]

Uncool, dude.

But funny.

[JuliaM]

Well, that got the heart going at 5:25a,m...! :)

[mlrosty]

"The must-have Christmas present."

I'll take two. And a giant flip-flop monkey. :D

[TDK]

On big speakers, here's the relevant scene in Ruthless People where Judge Reinhold is selling the Dominator Speakers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19CvEO3Riy0

So big that "When you die they can bury you in it"

[David]

Speakers have to be as big as the woman you’re trying to impress.

http://www.avantgarde-acoustic.de/img/global/trioc_daten.gif

It’s basic science.

[carbon based lifeform]

"Play spread sheet Armageddon with Impact Earth."

Cool. I managed to melt 84% of the Earth. It took a LOT of iron though.

[Simen Thoresen]

Unfortunately it only deals with newtonic speeds. I want relativistic speeds, damnit!

-S

[Rob]

Think I might buy me a couple of those t-shirts. Thankee.

[Sam]

Somehow I made a crater wider than the whole Earth. Then I ramped it up and created a new asteroid belt between Venus and Mars.

[WTP]

After reading all about Porn and Precognition, I felt certain that I knew what I would find behind the "Booties for your hound" link. I'm a bit disappointed...

[Ted S., Catskills, NY]

Actually, this is the ultimate Christmas gift. At least, for the woman who has everything:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkuI4oU250s

I saw the spot last year, and can assure you it's not a parody. It really did air.

I am, however, wondering what the women here think. :-)

[Anna]

I'd prefer shoes. But a Guardian T-shirt will do.

[C-ra]

To continue the bacon-ness - Bacon as a Weapon of Mass Destruction - http://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/3/arun_gupta_on_bacon_as_a

"When in doubt add bacon & cheese"

[Phil N]

David I love your blog but my 3 year old son isn't as big fan any more.
Oddly he went to bed tonight better than he has in a month. Have any more
of those spot the diffence videos?