Serendipity

I’ve been watching a lot of new TV-series lately and yesterday I was in a nostalgic mood and wanted to take a trip down memory lane. I thought The X-files would do the trick and luckily I found a recently uploaded torrent of the complete series on demonoid. Needless to say I resumed with downloading it.
However, one thing caught my attention: I discovered that one episode had been downloaded more frequently than the others so I decided to investigate. It turns out it was the episode where the FBI-agents encountered an in-breed family living in seclusion, hidden away from society (The X-files: Home, s. #4 ep. #3).
My hypothesis is that the increased interest in this particular episode was triggered by the recent, and highly publicised, events in Amstetten. If this is true one may re-evaluate the cultural impact of The X-files on public imagination which could still linger on as part of our collective subconscious, even long after the series have been cancelled. The most disturbing part is that the truth, evidently, is out there…

Reinventing the wheel

In the year 1913 Marcel Duchamp created his first "Assisted Readymade", the "Bicycle Wheel". According to MoMA Duchamp told Pierre Cabanne that; "...when I put a bicycle wheel on a stool the fork down, there was no idea of a 'readymade,' or anything else. It was just a distraction. I didn't have any special reason to do it, or any intention of showing it or describing anything". MoMA's website also mentions that: "The Bicycle Wheel has also been cited as the first kinetic sculpture" (In a publication excerpt from: Three Generations of Twentieth-Century Art: The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1972, p. 48). Kinetic sculptures have since then evolved for almost a century, and in the case Theo Jansen's sculptures the notion of evolution of art is to be taken quite literally. These are best described with the aid of moving images, as in the video clip on TED. Jansen claims that; "5000 years after the invention of the wheel we have a new wheel". It all comes full circle - figuratively and literally.

Now that's irony

As some of you might already know Swedish television have been running an infomercial proudly boasting about their teletext subtitling service (a campaign aimed at the hearing impaired).
I was recently fortunate enough to have an opportunity to try this service out myself. As I was watching a documentary (as fate would have it the program was about hereditary deafness) my sister started working on her sewing machine in the other room. Her boyfriend soon joined in with the racket aided by a hoover. This didn't present any problem at first since the spoken language in the docu was English, hence most of it was already subtitled (as is customary in Sweden). However, in the end of the show there was an interview with a Swedish professor at Karolinska Institutet. This part of the documentary was not subtitled. I thus saw this as an opportune chance to try out the teletext subtitling service. Unfortunately there was no subtitles in teletext available to this particular program.
That's irony for ya.

血液型 A+

I donated blood for the first time yesterday (yes, I'm a bloody philanthropist) and learned that my blood type is A+. Naturally I knew nothing about these matters so I decided to look it up on the net. While I was trying to rummage through all the new information that popped up I stumbled upon an article about the Japanese blood type theory of personality. It turns out that the Japs believe that there is a connection between a person's blood type and their personality. This is actually a real theory - a real pseudoscientific theory that is.
According to the theory some of my best qualities include that I'm conservative, introverted and reserved. I would think that these particular character traits would make me a real ass-hole so there is obviously some differences between my and the Japanese conception of what's good. Since these are some of my better traits I'll leave out my less good characteristics.
Moreover, there is also a list of famous people with the same blood type as me, including; George H. W. Bush, Richard Nixon and Adolf Hitler. So, what do I have in common with these genocidal war-mongrels? I wouldn't know but I can't help but feeling at least a little offended by the fact that I might be associated with some of the most retched scum the western world has ever produced. By the way, did I mention that O. J. Simpson and Britney Spears also appear on the list?
Anyway, fuck it, the sheer fact that I came by this information because I donated blood should set my apart from these fucktards. It's not like I'm mother Teresa.

The greatest conspiracy theory ever told

In the beginning there were only pranksters... Almost 2000 years ago a man - later to be know as "the king of Jews" - in the holy land plotted against his country men and pulled the greatest April fools prank evar. He told twelve of his closest friend that he'd spoken to his father, Mister God (not Joseph). People started to follow him around and since he thought they were a great source for lulz he continued to feed his followers with dishonest (but harmless) claims about himself.
When he died one of his friends made a spin-of prank and told his friends that Gods son had risen from the dead and floated up to his father in the skies.
People however didn't realise that he was only kidding. Moreover, creating a new religion proved to be a very lucrative business. Soon a small circle of friends started a secret society called the Illuminati (later exposed by Dan Brown) to cover up the tracks.
Unfortunately this is not the end of the story. A musician - known as Elvis Presley (a k a "the king", clearly a member of the Illuminati) - meets with the U.S. president in 1970. Presley had made musical-propaganda to convince people that he was the reincarnation of the previous king. He was quick to realise that Richard Nixon had plotted against him and decided to leak some newly acquired information about Nixon to the Washington Post (causing the Watergate scandal). Hence, to cover up who leaked the information evil Wikipedia (the media) have edited out Nixon in the pictures from the White house visit.
Later, in 1977 Carl XVI Gustaf (the "king" of Sweden) - as the leader of the Freemasons (an organisation that evolved from the old Illuminati order) - decided to send Elvis Presley to their colony on the moon (as an inside joke).
Anyway, now you know the true story of why we celebrate the 1st of April.

Close to petarded

The christian bible and its followers is a great source for lulz! The main cause is that there is a lot of retards and fuck-ups among the religious circle (e.g. The American president, William A. Dembski and pastor Ted Haggard to mention a few). Furthermore, some religious claims (such as the Muslim promise of getting 72 virgins as a reward in heaven and ID being a scientific theory) really brakes my balls. If you won't take my word for it check out the following comedians:

George Carlin, Lewis Black and Bill Maher

You might also have a look at some of my previous post:

Comic relief and In the lions' den

Extra extra

Nerd in furry costume headbutts nerd-herder, nerd in superhero costume witnessed it all. Read all about it!

Awful puns and Star Wars references are plentiful!

Blue-movies on Blu-ray

The struggle between the rivalling formats - HD-DVD and Blu-ray - has run in to yet another strange twist. Much to the delight of self-proclaimed experts in the blogosphere, that’s seizing the opportunity to sound like intellectuals. According to an article in Ars Technica the pr0n industry has decided to go with the less expensive HD-DVD format. This inevitability brought up the old format feud between VHS and BetaMax. A story nobody remember or care about. The fact that they didn't have an unlimited source of hardcore pornography in the 70's just by typing in a search on google doesn't seem to matter.
The story also hit the wire which seem to focus on that "Sony had ruled porn as unworthy of a Blu-ray license" in their follow-up. They too draw the conclusion that "[T]he porn industry [...] pioneered commercialization videotapes and the Internet". The fact that Blu-ray is superior to HD-DVD, and vastly inferior to the Internet, doesn't matter. If you feel out of touch and don't know shit about what kind of people it is who - seemingly - control the home entertainment industry, I suggest you read True Porn Clerk Stories.

Comic relief

The comedian Michael Richards - known as Kramer in Seinfeld - goes on a deranged rant about white supremacy. This proved to be a very bad idea since he is a member of the chosen people. Hence, powers in the media have forced him to apologise to those who he offended.
This is not the first time a comedian flips out on stage, although this is the funniest. It's been documented that Bill Hicks also lost it at one time. However, in his case at least some members of the audience is still laughing in the end, plus the fact that he was a genuinely funny comedian and not some pathetic wash-up.
I've dug up a couple of TV-shows with Bill Hicks for your amusement. The first show is rather fun and his appearances at Letterman are alright. The last two shows are documentaries made after Hicks death (they're pretty lame).

Revelations (Channel 4, 1993) part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

Some of his appearances on Letterman - 1, 2.

Totally Bill Hicks (Channel 4, 1994) part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Outlaw Comic (Trio, 2003) part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

Drink and drive

The fun way of doing it! If you're too chicken to drink and drive in real life you might want to check out this realistic simulation. It's based on Mel Gibson's accounts of what happened that hot summer night in Malibu that we've heard so much about. Fox & friends gave it two thumbs up in their review of the game. Furthermore, our friends at Fox claim that it's the most realistic thing on the market. I agree. However, even though it's phenomenally awesome computer graphics nothing can beat the real thing, but I guess this is the closest thing to it. If you want to know more about how to drive while intoxicated you could have a look at this instructional video.