Yarn Art. Sharks eating people, unicorns stapping things with their horn, and exploding guts: All of which are made in yarn.

What happens when you combine the greatest flash video and the lamest "rapper" ever? Lets do the math together.

Peanut Butter Time!!! + Kevin Federline= Peanut Butter Federline

Some Randomness

Conan O'Brien the Barbarian. Use Conan's oversized head to defeat his enemies. An instant classic!

100 greatest dogs of pop culture history. Snoop Dogg is at #71, Dogbert is at #23, and white Fang is at #9. Who will be #1?

Dante and Randal are back! It might be Clerks...2, but it just isn't the same not being black and white. Still gonna see it though. SNOOOCH TO THE MUTHA FUCKIN' MOOOOOOON!!!!!!!

The Milk gallon challenge completed in 41 seconds. Just watch. I think that the guy might have some sort of mental disability because he has that Billy Bob Thorton underbite from Slingblade thing goin' on.

The Big Question

I've just gotten an account with Playpoker.com. With my sign-up, I was given a bonus of $50[real] that I can use to play with. Or I could just cash it all out and have a check sent to me for $50 in my name. Should I...

1. Save the money? Cash out as soon as possible so I don't lose it if I get antsy and play.
2. Set a limit? Play only $20-$25 and save the rest. If I make money- cash out, if I lose- I still have about $25.
3. Risk it all? Be smart about it, play hands that have a high success rate, if otherwise-don't bet.
   

Back With The G2

I have gone back to the good 'ol Pilot G2. I have used many pens since I stopped using the G2. I originally gave up using the pilot because when I would draw I would smear the lines with my hand or forearm. And usually it took a while to dry, and I would have to wait to close my Mol-a-skeen'-a. So after that I went through an insane amount of ball point pens. I would use any one I could find at school, or in the house just layin' around. Then my sister started giving me ball points. She is a doctors assistant at a local clinic, and she'd give me pens from all types of brands of medicine: Cialis, Lyrica, Actos, Actonel, the works. People at school would ask if I was sick a lot because I had so many of these pens in my pack. But something was wasn't right.

I love the look of the hard black lines when writing or drawings with the G2. That boldness just grabs you, and it is much easier to look at when going through and reading past entries. The ball point pens were nice because you could get all types of shades when drawing, but when it would start to die out you could really notice it and would make it hard to read older notes.

ps- when looking for images of the Pilot G2 on Google, DO NOT just type in "G2."

Damn Telemarketers

Just a few seconds ago I received a call from a telemarketer trying to get a hold of my dad. Here it is-

::Ring::
Me: Machado residence.
Tm: Hello?
Me: Yes?
Tm: You there?
Me: Yes? (composed but still sarcastic)
Tm: Is Alvin Machado there?
Me: No, he doesn't live here anymore.
Tm: Oh, so what are you?
Me: A human? (smirking)
Tm: (chuckles) No, what are you?
Me: I'm his son. (again, composed and sarcastic)
Tm: Ohhhhh, so he doesn't live there anymore?
Me: Correct.
Tm: And you live in the house?
Me: Correct.
Tm: And it's still under his name?
Me: Correct again.
Tm: Ok. Thank you for your time.
Me: Buh bye.
::Click::

My brother Andrew and I have devoted the past few years to making those telemarketers who call the Machado residence hopefully regret doing so. We often lead them on, making them think that we are interested, letting them give us their whole big speil. Then without warning we become angry or confused and end the conversation. Sometimes they call back wondering what happened hoping to get the sale, be the one listening in on the call will take over the conversation wondering what the hell he is talking about and acting as if he had never called in the first place. Cruel? I think not. Seems like most telemarketers are rather stupid. Oh they know procedure, but know nothing of human interaction and how to speak or get the information they want from over the phone. Well, that's what I think from my experiences from previous telemarketers.

Randomness

James Lipton, host of "Inside the Actors Studio", performs Kevin Federline's "PopoZao." Damn I love James Lipton. I love him even more when he's making Federline look bad by spitting his lyrics better then Fed can himself. Touche James Lipton, touche.
(via Gorillamask.net)

A Florida lawyer catches a sailfish off the coast of Guatemala. No big deal right. It would be except for the fast that he caught it with a fly-rod in his inflatable river kayak. I've seen the video, but cant get it to work for me, now.

IE vs Firefox

Why the hell does Internet Explorer make everything look so flippin' dumpy? Or is it that Firefox is just the most incredible browser ever conceived? I had to do some changes to my template because most of my viewers were using IE, but I had formatted HACKERATi for Firefox. When viewed on IE, the spacing is majorly fucked, text sizing is off, and my sidebar became the "Way the hell down at the bottom of my page so that my blog looks like shit" -bar. Didn't IE buy the feed from Firefox? Would that mean that IE would make the pages viewed look the same as when viewed through Firefox? I hope so. I hate having to tell my brothers to check out my page through Firefox. They always get pissed off and just go through IE thinking that all browsers are the same. ALL BROWSERS WERE NOT CREATED EQUAL. I put a button on my blog promoting Firefox in an act to try and get more people browsing with it, Donnie has as well. With my stat counter I can see just how many people are using Firefox and IE. Of the all the hits and views on my site, there are five times as many using IE then Firefox. It is understandable, IE comes standard, but the benefits that come with Firefox would, should, change one mind: Tab browsing, pages are much more clear and crisp compared to "Chunky Explorer," and plug-ins that seem to make your browsing experience easier and less annoying.

HACKERATi through Firefox
HACKERATi through Internet Explorer

Antishave 2006

Antishave 2006 seems to be going well*. I was worried there for a while when my old link just turned up "Not Found." Good luck Josh.

This is a clipping from a news week, I think, that I've had for sometime now. Despite having the whitest skin ever, I am in fact 50% Native American, and seeing this obviously made me laugh. I just wanted to share it with you guys, and gals. Enjoy.

"What’s Portuguese for ‘no-talent hack’? K-Fed!"

"Kevin Federline is the Tom Arnold of his generation. Behind closed doors, he may not be the no-class talent-free blood-sucking absentee-father misogynist he’s generally regarded as by pretty much everyone. Sure the evidence doesn’t look good for ol’ K-Fed. But hey! Even Michael Jackson was acquitted."

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"Hey, I'm hungry, lets go get some almonds."
"Nah, I'm gonna get some skim milk!"

Here are the best and worst vending machine snacks...Based on nutritional value, not popularity.

SNL Stuff

"Lazy" Days
So far, since the debut of SNL's Lazy Sunday digital short, there have been two other "Lazy" days start their journey around cyberspace. Lazy Monday, which is a west coast response to SNL's very east coast-ish Lazy Sunday, and Lazy Wednesday. C'mon, lets get those other days "Lazy'd" out too. I want a full "Lazy" week, and I want it fast.

New SNL Digital Short
SNL is back at it again with another digital short. This time it's about the Young Chuck Norris. I believe that young Chuck is SNL's newbie Samberg. He is the chosen one. Since the rise of the Legends of Chuck Norris, there have been numerous parodies about his indestructible beard and rugged good looks.

Ashley Simpson on SNL
Here is a clip from Family Guy about Ashley Simpson and her lip synced appearance on SNL.

To Anyone I Know:

My sister, now Miss Oregon USA 2006, is going to be putting on a raffle to raise money for her trip to Maryland for the Miss USA competition and the American Heart Association. She will be selling tickets for a Valentines Day package. The tickets are $5 a piece, but the prize will easily be over $175 in gifts and services. This is what's included:

• One nights stay at Jacksonville's historic Magnolia Inn
• $100 certificate for Callahan's
• Dinner for two(2) at the Arbor House in Talent
• $25 certificate for Karen Alexandria's jewelry and gifts in Ashland
• Limousine service from BelAir limousines
• Beauty services at the luxurious Cielo Salon of Medford
• Tuxedo rental from Tuxedo Junction in Medford
• $50 certificate to Carousel flowers and gifts

• A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit the American Heart Association

Tickets will be available until February 12 of 2006.

If you would like to support Medford's Allison Machado, Miss Oregon 2006, by purchasing one, two, or more tickets, or if you need any other information, go ahead and leave me a comment or drop me an Email at Young_mr_m@hotmail.com.

Here's To Memory

Don't you love your memory? You can spend all day looking for you car keys, looking in you car, old clothes, the house, and not have a clue where you could have left them. Then the next day when you wake up before you even think about starting the look again you think to yourself, "Hey, when I got out of the car the keys had fallen in between the center console and the drivers seat." Then you go check and they are right there, god I love that.

The IROC Camaro

I have heard this before, and when I read Erin's post it reminded me of it for some reason.

Erin, if you listen to this (it's 3o mins) you will learn how to get out of any ticket. He tells his secrets on how he backed down cops using intimidation and pure American muscle. Very funny. Enjoy.

Su Doku

I needed to get a large amount of laundry done today, so I went out to the Laundromat on Stewart. I was going to be there for a while so I took at game that I got for Christmas, Su Doku. Basically it is a super sweet and fun game that tests your head, your mind, and your brain;) I was on the "easy" section and it was still kinda tough, but really fun. I got a few of the puzzels done and on the last ones I would try to time myself to see how fast I could pound one out. Pick up Su Doku, NOW!

Share Your Desktop by JorgeQ

JorgeQ and a few of his friends have shared their desktops, and so will I. Though I don't have a Mac, which makes it not look nearly as nice as theirs, I still like mine.

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Hold Out, Wait For $25

If your mom ever decides to offer you $10 to hop in your freezing ass pool at 8:30pm, just say "NO!" and hold out for $25. It was one of the worst pains I have experienced. I was so cold and was shaking so hard that I couldn't get my t-shirt off. In mid flight, just after I jumped and before I hit the water I thought to myself, "No turning back now. Why the fuck am I doing this!?!" ::Splash:: I tried launching myself out of the pool by pushing off the bottom, but I jumped too short and landed back in the water for a double dose of hell.

To reward myself and trying get my strength back I went to Human Bean and picked up a Hot Milky Way w/ peanut butter. Mmm. Woulda went to Dutch Bros but they dont have peanut butter.

The Minolta X-700

I have acquired a Minolta X-700. My mom got it from a friend when we were helping her move out and into her new house. It seems to be in pretty good condition and doesn't appear to have any missing parts. I really like it and will probably take it by a camera shop to have them check it out and fix it if needed. I don't really know much about it, so I will hopefully get some information when I have it checked on.

ps-Konica Minolta gives up on cameras.

Online Poker with Play Money: Should it be taken that seriously?

People seem to get irritated over the smallest stuff while playing online. I'll ask simple questions, because I don't know the game that well, and people flip out and get pissed and say "People like you ruin online gaming!" You would think that the online poker playing community would be a little more respectful and helpful when it come to a newbie trying to learn all the rules, that is also what it is there for. They engaged in it being online, so they should accept that there will be people that will talk and ask questions and people that spout off. If they wanna get into a real, hardcore, pro only game, then they should travel elsewhere. I know that when I play some Texas Hold'em I like to have fun and joke around with the guys, but when online people seems to take it too seriously.

ps- I am playing as Orcrist002, look at my score. Hehe!

Weird Habit # 3

Here is weird habit #3 in action. This time I jumped up on his shoulders, not his back. To make it more interesting I like to cover up his face and kick him with my heels as he's holding me up.

ps-those aren't my glasses, those are his. I didnt want to bend 'em, so i took them off making him blind.

Sorry for the comments being all wack, they used to not work at all.

Late Night Ruckus At The Machado House

Fireworks are fun. Just shot off a big ass mortar from our backyard. It's about 11:30pm, it lit up our entire backyard area red. And with all the fog it made for a more amusing effect. Them fuckers are loud.

Mmmm

I love Friday nights. It's a time when I can just kick back, relax, and recover from all the stresses and work from my week. Gonna have some flavor, watch a movie- sounds good to me.

Watching: Spinal Tap
Eating: Stove Top
Wearing: Sweats, some wool socks, and small tee
The possibility of being bothered by all the shit that's going on in my life: Nope

How Much Capacity Does Your iPod Have?

I just went looking through the settings and saw that my 60GB video accomodates only 55.6GB. I payed for a 60GB, not a 56GB. I know it's not that much, 4GB, but apple makes other iPods with that much capacity and sell 'em for a couple hundred bucks or so. Damn yous Apple, damn yous all to hell. How much capacity does your iPod have? How much is it compared to what it is advertised as?

Happy Birthday Moleskinerie

Moleskinerie, the official fan site of the little black book, turned 2 years old today. When I bought my first Moleskine (mol-a-skeen'-a) last May, I went online and started looking for some hacks, little helpful add-ons to add to the experience, for my Moleskine. I came across this site in my search. Moleskinerie is a site where people all over the world can share their experiences and thoughts about one thing that they all have in common, a Moleskine. There is always something interesting to read there, and its not just about Moleskine, directly. People record weird things or places they've seen and places they traveled to, they write jokes and poems, they showcase their drawings and art. If you own a Moleskine I think that you might appreciate the contect and community that Moleskinerie has to offer.

It's not an obsession, it's an attitude.
-Armand B. Frasco of Moleskinerie

Meme: Weird Habits

Jorge tagged Donnie, then Donnie tagged me. Here goes it.

The first player of this game starts with the topic "“five weird habits of yourself,"” and people who get tagged need to write an entry about their five weird habits as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next five people to be tagged and link to their web journals. Don'’t forget to leave a comment in their blog or journal that says "You have been tagged" (assuming they take comments) and tell them to read yours.

Adam Machado's weird habits:

1. I purposely wear a hat or beanie just so that my hair will flip up the way I want it.
2. Even though I'm pretty skinny, I around my house flexing, mainly in front of the mirror.
3. Whenever I see my younger brother Drew, I run and jump on his back , them make him run around and jump off stuff with me still on just to see if he handle it with my whole 160 pound body on his back.
4. I'm a shower taker too. Every morning, every night, and everytime I feel dirty. If I took a shower at noon and my mom asked at six if I want to go to dinner and we were leaving right now, I would decline because I need a shower.
5. When I pee I try to see how far away I can get by taking small steps backwards.
   

I think that I would like to include Erin , Sara, Sam S., Armand , and Mark in this game. The other two I would consider to tag are lifeless when it come to blogging, so there is no point.

I need to figure out a way to get my site visual more stimulating, to me at least. Donnie, the influential one, and Preston both got new looks, and I'm feeling kinda loser-ish with this grey/red thing got goin' on.

The new Challenger concept made it's debut. They just keep rollin' out with 'new school' classic cars, and people keep buying 'em. I do think that they did a pretty good job keeping the original look to the Challenger. The lines are of the new and old Challenger are damn similar, just smoother on the new one.

And old school SNL skit with Timba, Timba, Timba, Timberlake.

Some dude tries to dispose of a mouse in his house( that's a rhyme) by tossing it in a fire in his front yard.

Try this concentration test for men. I found it extremely difficult. If you are male and you somehow pass, I'm sorry.

Proof of Chuck Norris' immortality.

The KNG DJ iPod dock. Personally, I think that this is one of the better, or cooler, docks they have made for the iPod.

The Biggest Funyun In The World©*

I actually didn't realize till after I took the first bite. I just grabbed the first one out of the bag, and there it was. It's, it's, incredible! So if anyone wants to claim that they in fact have the biggest Funyun in the world, they better contact me first.

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*No other sources listed pertaining to to size of ones Funyun in the 8 bigillion pages on Google

iPod Video Help

For some God forsaken reason, trying getting video onto my iPod has become extremely hard. I have downloaded numerous programs but none will actually let the movie into iTunes. I have only found one that works, but it was a trial version and would leave a watermark on the movie. And everyone that knows how to easily owns a Mac, and they don't know how to get the video on with a PC.

Does anyone know how to get video onto an iPod video using a PC?

The New Project

My brother and I love finding little projects to do. We made this Pepsi-G stove a while back, then made this coin ring just last week. This new project will be the most complicated project, fabrication wise, that we have chosen to do. But the results will more rewarding. The G-stove was kind of cool and it worked exactly as it supposed to, and I was impressed with how easy the ring turned out to be. But I think that this little engine will basically rock, I mean it have moving parts and everything. I will for sure get pictures up.

A Ford Bronco computer?!? Motor heads and computer geeks unite! He, or she, dwells in both worlds but is the master of both.

Stick 'em up! A couple of teens robbed a conveinience store with some balls, snowballs that is. one teen went for the candy while the other threw a snowball at the clerks chest. They got away with about $10 worth of candy.

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Ever wonder what 50 pounds of Silly Puddy looks like when dropped from a 6th story balcony? Let my spoil it for you, it doesn't really bounce.

Honda makes to first production motorcycle airbag. It wont help very much when you are being launched 50 feet from you motorcycle after a wreck.

You're my boy Blue! Celebrate the life of Joseph "Blue" Pulaski, while giving people "the finger."

The Californian Governor at his best. It's actually pretty funny...Because of Conan.

-if the links don't work let me know. Thanks.

Crazy Davey

Davey is at it again. He has been known for kayaking down flooded creeks for a while now, this flood is just what he need to keep put another check on his list. We have been friends with Davey and his family for awhile now. His mom was out 3rd grade teacher, and my brother played varsity soccer with Davey at Phoenix High. They lived just down the street so we stay pretty close. He once climbed like a 10 storey crane, to the top, one night while the Rogue Valley manor was in the process of finishing the Rogue Valley Plaza, sister building to the Manor. If I remember correctly the cops came to escort him down because he was caught on the Manors security cameras. Actually, he has asked my brother Anthony if he wanted to come with him to climb it. I remember a while back on Halloween, he was dressed up like Beavis, from the Mtv show "Beavis and Butthead." Well he would camp out on his roof until some treaters would come by and when they did he would run around his roof revving his chainsaw and would throw pumpkins around, not on, the kids. I know this from first hand experience:S

iPod designer revieves Biritish award. He is now a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, or CBE.

Coin Ring Result: Success!

I mentioned before that my brother and I came across a JFK silver half dollar which would be used to make a coin ring. Well I had gone up to Redmond for the weekend because my sister had some Miss Oregon USA appearance to make, so Andrew decided to go ahead and make the ring himself while we were gone. The result: Success! He successfully made the JFK silver half dollar coin into a ring sized for his finger. Like I said it was only 80%, he found out when he was making it that the center was copper and would leave a green ring just as copper usually does. He said that it was very hard to make, most of the work was in the hammer part which is what makes it look more like a ring and less like a coin. We plan on going down to the local coin store in town and picking up some 100%-90% JFK coins to we can make some more. My brother also found a site that sells directions for the coin ring, which is kind of a downer. Would anyone like free directions?