Happy Birthday Jamie!

My sister is leaving for Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday, so before she left Channel 5's Amber Lynn Scott decided to get and interview with her before she leaves for 3 weeks. It turned out really great, looked like Allison was meant to be on the television. It showed on KOBI 5 at 6:00pm this evening. Anyone see it? Amber Lynn*(we're on a first name basis) also got a little interview with my younger brother Austin to see what he thought about Allison's new experiences and her leaving for the Miss USA pageant-it was pretty funny. It is also Anthony's birthday today.

* I was bold enough to say that we are on a first name basis and then went right on ahead and made a dork of myself...I left part of her first name off. Sorry Amber Lynn*, I'm a dork.

Randomness

Found some very funny videos and links tonight, probably the best 'Randomness' I've put together. ENJOY 'EM!

NINTENDO 64!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My abs hurt and eyes stung after watching this video. Perfectly captured how awesome the '64, at the time. Beautiful editing. One the of funniest videos I have ever seen, period.

The American Pie trailer...Recut. My brother and I both said that we would be at the midnight showing if this were to have come out.

The top 87 bad predictions of the future. "Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?"-H.M. Warner, Co-Founder of Warner Brothers 1972.

All links were found at GorillaMask.net-The best links and videos posted daily.

How Geeky Are You?

Take the quiz here! From inside the same article that Donnie linked up earlier. Didnt notice it then, but in the magazine it is much more visible.

Im 'heading towards Geekdom.'

Happy Birthday Anthony!

Photos of the eclipse are now starting to be Flickr'd in the masses. Check out this picture of the total eclipse that' s happening, happened, in Turkey. Flickr is a wonderful thing. View more peoples photos here.

I Want My Google Analytics!

I've requested it for a while now and still have not heard anything back.

IE Uh Oh

"More than 200 Web sites -- many of them belonging to legitimate businesses -- have been hacked and seeded with code that tries to take advantage of a unpatched security hole in Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser to install hostile code on Windows computers when users merely visit the sites."

FireFox is the only way to go, everything else is just uncivilized[and unsafe].

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Ocean's 11 :)
Ocean's 12 `:|
Ocean's 13 >:\ [1]

[1] Doesn't it seem like " >: \ " looks like a normal looking emoticon and " >:/ " looks almost like it might be a wee bit insulting, borderline inappropriate? Maybe its just me, I dunno.

This brings up a very important topic, what are the rules for emoticons an how does one execute proper etiquette when making them? Obviously some symbols and punctuation marks can be reversed to show another emotion, but others can't. Do those emoticons with reversed symbols have a different meaning, or even a meaning at all? Like I said, " >: \ " looks pretty normal, to me, and " >:/ " just seems to look a little off. So where shall the line be drawn between right and wrong, acceptable and inappropriate, and what does or doesn't make sense?

Here's what Wikipedia says about emoticon usage and execution.

"Operation: Get a GD Job" Is Very Much A Go

I have finally come to realize, with the help of a few others, that I really need to get a job. I haven't worked since April of 2004 and I have to say it right now, I've had a good run. I am nearly 21 and I have only had two jobs, one real job if you don't count paper deliver services as a job. I was a paper boy from 1991 to about 2003, in other words way too long. I saved a lot and took a break, then in the spring of 2003 I for a job at Big 5 where I worked for 11 months or so. Now that I am older, hanging out with friends more, spending a lot of time at the University, and doing things with the family I am really realizing that money would be nice. Not to mention building myself a resume that for a while I forgot how to make or what it even looked like. It would also be nice to move out of the house and kind of take of my self a little bit. Tomorrow, hopefully, I can get rid of this problem and find a place of employment. I have been remaking my past resume and planning out places I will go and apply. Rogue Federal Credit Union, Costco, Dutch Bros., and Blockbuster are all on my list along with a few others. In this case I have to basically apply everywhere. Here it goes.

Moleskine In The Medford Mail Tribune

"The Little Black Book: Moleskine notebooks are back in vogue, re-igniting a centuries-old love affair."

John Darling, A freelance writer living in Ashland, Oregon(my very own backyard), writes about Moleskines and their large emerging fan base being spotted all around the internet. He mentions Moleskinerie, 43 Folders, and Lovemarks: Common sites visited, and recommended, for Moleskine enthusiasts.

"In a world increasingly dominated by electronics, a throwback to simpler times is gaining a huge following."

I've been visiting Moleskinerie for almost a year now and I would say it is the premier website for those that are geeked over Moleskines. Art, stories, news, and Moleskines being spotted among the rich and famous are all posted daily from people all over the world. It is also one of my favorite and most visited sites when I'm all through maundering the internet.

43 Folders is mainly a life hack type of site, but 43 folders, Merlin Mann, and his readers are all pretty big fans of the little black book as well. 43 Folders has linked and posted many hacks[1] for Moleskines and their users- I visited this site a lot when I got my first Moleskine. I've even made a few hacks myself and had some posts I made published on Moleskine sites.

[1] A hack is a tool or process to make another tool or process easier or more effective. In this case, a Moleskine hack can be a modification you can make in order to use your Moleskine more productively.

Randomness

Remove the glass from the doors of a busy mall and what do you get? A bunch of people looking like a bunch of retards trying to hump a door knob.

Chef's last episode on South Park. And what better way to end it than with him dying....A horrible... Painful...Tormenting death. Well, that's South Park.

Drew Lache will be cohosting the Miss USA Pageant. Yay, I'm so looking forward to it.

Lacking

I have noticed, and been told, that I've been lacking on my recent posts lately. I haven't really been in the mood. I am just starting to realize that I have to go back to school in just over a week. Everyone else is feeling great because they just finished finals for winter term and it's spring break, where as I am just getting off of my break, having taken winter term off, and now getting back into having a schedule.

I am also wondering how I will be able to take a week off from school from the 16 till the twenty third because of the Miss USA pageant in Baltimore, Maryland. In the week, starting Leaving Sunday and getting back on the following Sunday, I will Miss sat least four 2 hours classes. One will be math and the other will be and English class, which I know for a fact is completely based on in class participation. I'm pretty smart, I think, but I'm not the greatest student. I procrastinate way too much and often don't put enough effort in my work, despite getting decent passing grades. I just hope that I will be able to finish all the work before I have to leave to the pageant. Though I wont have track to worry about, unlike last year and fall term this year, I think that this will be my toughest term just because I'm leaving. I guess that I will just have to see how things work out and see if the professors will give me any slack or insight on what to do.

My brother just walked in the door kinda stumbling and says he might have gotten in a wreck. He doesn't remember being at work this morning, he doesn't know if it was with another vehicle, or even where his keys are. He is pretty shook up, so my mom just took him to the clinic. His bike, a scooter, is all messed up and he has mad gashes on his hand and shoulders. He helmet is all banged up like his flipped and landed on the front left side of his head-Thank FSM for helmets. He says that he remembers thinking he had a concussion. He doesn't even remember how exactly he got home. We all showed our love and care and he started to break down. I've never seen him this dazed. Fuck, I hope he's alright.

In The Wee Hours Of The Morning

I just about finished the iSkine case, made from a large sketchbook Moleskine, for my iPod video. I stayed up late with Drew figuring everything out and working on it, mainly because I wanted to get it done now and if I had waited any longer it might not have gotten finished at all. I will fine tune it and more than likely have some pictures up by tommorow afternoon.

Randomness

Fruit booters, always so cautious and alert (via Break). Good thing that Ford Expedition only ran over his hips and not his head. How could you get up after something like that?

The Donald has another child (via Superficial). Hopefully Barron, that's his son's name, doesn't get passed the gene for bad hair- I don't think that I could handle 'The Onion Loaf' mini-sized.

10 things to believe in (aimed towards men). "I know that you folks need something to believe in. You want something out there, unlike God and Jesus, that is tangible, easily proven, and so loyal and steady you can set your watch to it."

Where's Waldo?

The Bladder Buddy. Are you fucking serious?

"I want to believe." The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has in depth information on the FSM and links to more information, supporters, and awesome merchandise. Check it out and enjoy.

What Ever Happened To POGs?

I was cleaning my room and I found a "slammer" that was from the old days when POGs were hot. What ever happened to POGs and why the hell were they fun? I remember at that time POGs and Magic were they games to play, and if you weren't playing you weren't cool. You'd see people walking around everywhere with their boxes. You could guess that those people[with the boxes] were either POG players or Magic freaks, and 99% of the time you'd guess right. Then later toy companies starting making those round tubes for POGs to hold your winnings. Magic definitely stayed around longer then POGs did. There are still kids in high school playing Magic, they are the kids that hang out in the back of the commons and where all black.

I knew that the point of POGs was to have the most number of POGs and the biggest slammer. A slammer was the tool used to try and flip you opponents POGs over in order to win them. It was usually made of some sort of hard and heavy plastic or metal. It you were cool you had metal slammer with a clever phrase. We had one that said "Riiip It," and it had a picture of a "cool" frog on it that wasn't really that cool. My brother played a lot, but I never got into it. The same brother also played Magic. I remember that I was completely lost when he would try to tell me the rules on the game. I wish I knew so that it would give some insight as to why the game is still around.

Oregon News

The Oregon family who had been lost for more then two weeks were found alive and well today. "The recreational vehicle apparently became stranded after the family took a dirt and gravel mountain road that is sometimes used as a shortcut for trips to the coast, especially in the summer."

The Best Of Both Worlds

RB.Log has taken a pocket Moleskine and whittled out the inside so that an iPod video can successfully be stored inside, and has a little video showing his project in action. Very cool and well done. I will be trying the idea but a little different to make it my own. I had already sketched up some designs and will follow through with them, now that there is a working finished project out there to see.

Another Night At The Machado's

It Doesn't Matter!

I'm pretty notorious for spittin' some of the maddest lyrics this side of the Mississippi. My brother Andrew started informing me that knowing lyrics is cool, but using only lyrics to communicate isn't cool. He said something after that I didn't understand, so I responded with "Huh?" Then he shouts "It Doesn't Matter!" And before I had time to figure out what the hell he was talking about I said, "Because if you aint sharin', people aint carrin', come up in the hood and they take everything your wearin'." Whew, and I must say that it was, uhhhh, quite spine tingling how smooth it was. I had totally forgot about this song, but those lyrics are just too catchy to lose entirely.

I wouldn't be surprised if you guys don't know what song I'm talking about. It is 'It Doesn't Matter' by Wyclef Jean featuring The Rock...Yes, The Rock. Probably one of the most creative collaborations that I know of. I was sooo addicted to this song when I heard it on MTV who knows how many years back. I was a big fan of the Fugees and Wyclef back in the day, and I'm an extreme body builder, so I obviously knew who The Rock was;) I was so pumped when I remembered how kick ass this song was, and still is. I hope to find the music video to this song because it makes the song like 10x better, hell, maybe even 11x. ::abrupt ending::

Randomness

When Round House kicks don't work the only other option is the Tornado kick. If timed correctly they are guaranteed to f' you up.

'Duck,' the other greatest tool. The slide show, after the jump, shows some damn cool creations using the one and only Duct tape.

Great Clips Not That Great

My brother Andrew just got his hair cut a couple of days ago. His hair isn't usually that hard to cut. Buzz it and clean up the sideburns and neck line. He decided to save a little money and head down to Great Clips. I don't that it went to well because the first words out of his mouth when he walked in the door were,

"God dammit! I can't Believe that dumb broad fucked up my sideburns!"

Apparently one was fine, and the one was messed up. When he told the "stylist" that she messed up his sideburn and would like it fixed, she gave that whole explanation about how faces aren't symmetrical and they are just fine. Then when he was leaving she said,

"Hey, maybe your ears are messed up."

I told him to go back down and get it fixzored, but he insisted that

"That bitch will never touch my damn hair again, and if she does, I'll be the last thing she'll ever see-which is the best thing she'll ever see."

House Sitting

Going to be house sitting for one of my mom's friends starting the 17th, this Friday, all the way to the 1st of April. Looking forward to making a little spending money for while I'm in Baltimore.

"No Hype For Hidden Valley"

There's a letter to the editor from a Hidden Valley teacher pertaining the South Medford basketball team and its hype. I would link it but I cant find it at the Mail Tribune web site. Sounds like a typical person from the Hidden Valley area. He exclaims how South had all the hype and got nowhere and that HV was getting things done. When it's on the state level you would think that you would support your neighboring schools, even if its just a little bit. But all this fool cares about is how Hidden Valley, without any hype, won the state title for men's basketball. Fuck it, here is the article.

"No Hype for Hidden Valley"

"I guess hype doesn't get the results. The Hidden Valley boys, who got third page blurbs in your paper[1], got the job done-a state title, unlike you precious South Medford boys[2]. Our guys didn't need your hype after all, nor will we in the future."-Ginny Ritchey[3], teacher, Hidden Valley High School

[1] Why would the Medford Mail Tribune ever give you, HV, more publicity over the paper's hometown teams? Let your own local newspapers cover your teams. The Mail Tribune covers the Medford's and The BFE covers Hidden Valley, so read you own paper. Why would you care what our papers are saying about your team? We don't go out looking for Grants Pass newspapers to see what they're saying about South.

[2] Have you ever seen them play? Have you ever seen the teams they play? You aren't even close to thinking on their level. Why was there hype? Because there was more talent the pinky finger of Michael Harthun, who would put any of your players to shame, including your precious Jordan Hayter. What offers are your players getting over there in HV? Duke? UCLA? Arizona? I think not.

[3] Have some class, please, and at least support southern Oregon. They aren't even in the same A class as HV, so why all the lip?

1) You Visit Personal Blogs For...

A) Content, B) Comments, or C) To Read Others Ideas And Then Try Pawn Them Off As Your Own

Doesn't it seem that the comments are sometimes more interesting than the initial blog itself? You put an effort, depending of the effect or message that you want to convey, and it's the comments that make the post in the end. I often go through blogs just reading the comments to see what's going on. This one was fun, as well as this and this one. It's not that I don't care about the content of the post, I just wonder sometimes why a few word post would have 6 or 7 comments. Now I skip the post and go right to the comments, then after read the post. Well, not all the time.

Randomness

The Magnolia Bakery in Manhattan picked up some pretty good advertising from SNL's "Lazy Sunday"(via Gorillamask). Here's a YouTube showing the effects of Chris Parnel and Andy Samberg's genius. Apparently people those cupcakes like McAdams loves Gosling, Gosling, Gosling, Gosling(doo doot doo).

Issac Hayes has resigned from his role on South Park as the voice of Chef. Constatnt mocking of multiple religions, including his own, Scientology, left the soul singer with no other choice.

Donnie, Change My Header Back To The Creepy Eye'd Picture, For Erin.

Here's An Idea...

Donnie has put this out there for me the think about. He says it would be sweet if I were to get a job at the dirty bird, aka Red Robin, then around June move out and into a place with him and Scott. Sounds like a good plan. I already know, kind of, the manager at RR, we've "kicked it" on a couple of occasions and I'm in the RR enough that she knows who I am. Like always there aren't any guarantees, but it's worth a shot.

The Mansion

It would appear, by looking towards Ashland, that the mountain is getting a lot of new snow( I haven't checked the ski report). And being the "gettin' up early" person that I am I've still yet been able to get up to the Mt Ashland. I may wait till "Skiesta" before I go. I would assume that with all this weather that we've been having that even snow levels should be good by them. And tickets will be cheaper since its would be the ending of winter and beginning of spring. Here's to NOT being lazy.

Randomness

Cheerleaders are stupid...

But not as stupid as this guy.

I Love My Mom

This happened while my mom, Alex, Andrew, and I were playing Yahtzee this evening.

Mom: Hey Andrew, you think that you can lose at least 15 pounds before Baltimore?
Andrew: Sure, easy.
Mom: Good, now you'll fit in the airplane seats a little easier.

USA Bounces Back

I guess that the USA baseball team has found their groove since their loss to Canada Wednesday of last week. USA(2-1;tied for first with Mexico and Canada), which was predicted to blow South Africa out of the water did just that with a final score of 17-0 in 5 innings. The teams looked to have pretty good stats as well, obviously. Griffey went 4-4 with two homers and seven RBI's. 43 year old Clemens only allowed one hit in 4 1/3 innings with six strike outs and no walks. He threw 58 pitches. The USA squad out hit South Africa 18-2. I don't really follow baseball anymore, but those numbers look pretty good, expected or not.

Snow Day

Very typical Oregon weather. More pictures here.

5 Theories(Conspiracies?) Why Crash Won Best Picture

• There appears to be a secret rule at the Academy that only movies set in Los Angeles can win best picture. It happened last year with Million Dollar Baby and it happened again this year. And why not? The City of Angels is clearly the centre of the universe.

• Crash employed hundreds of Los Angeles actors and crew members who all urged Academy members to vote for the movie as a reward for keeping production in the city rather than fleeing to another American state, Canada or even Australia. They wanted to make a political statement about holding onto runaway Hollywood movies.

• During campaigning, a damaging rumour swept through the Academy that Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee was also the film-maker behind Hulk. When it was confirmed, the movie's chances slumped. Another damaging rumour that also proved true - that Crash director Paul Haggis created the Chuck Norris TV series Walker, Texas Ranger and once wrote for The Love Boat - came too late to save the gay cowboy movie.

• Scientology played a role. We all know about Tom Cruise and John Travolta. But Richard Corliss notes in Time magazine online that not only is Paul Haggis the first writer to pen two consecutive Best Pictures but he is "also, by my calculations, the first member of the Church of Scientology to win Best Picture".

• Did you notice that the top six Oscars (best picture, director, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress) went to different movies for the first time in decades? The word is that the Academy has a new policy to share around the honours on the basis that "art is not a horse race".

Read the entire article here

The Benefits Of Having A Car:

You don't have to drive around in a snow storm on a scooter...
[and look like a weird, perverted uncle.]*

(Drew Machado and his Yamaha Zuma)
*(via Donnie Jeter)

Blargon: Lingo Of The Blogosphere

• MSM: "mainstream media"
• Above the fold: "what we see on a blog's screen before we begin to scroll down"
• The jump: "a place to which the blog's readership is referred inside the Web site"
• sidebar: "a column down one side of the screen displaying advertisements, archived links or a list of other blogs called a blogroll"
• bye-line: "an adios or similar farewell at the end of the blogger's politely expressed opinion or angry screed"
• wingnuts: "the prevailing put-down of right-wing bloggers"
• moonbats: "the vilification of left-wing partisans who use the Web"
• ping: "the gently noisy notification sent when a blog needs updating or has been updated"
• link love: "an unsolicited, posted link that aims only to amuse or interest"
• simultaneous blogasm: "the discovery that some other blogger has posted an identical thought at the same time"
• meme: "a type of online chain letter where bloggers answer questions designed to give a quick overview of the blogger's personality"
• tag: "a descriptive label applied to an individual post"
• delicious: "To del.icio.us someone is to add them to your delicious bookmarks."
• blogerati: "people sophisticated in operating blogs"
• spam blogs, splogs and zombie blogs: "these strange animated robot-generated texts meant to game search engines. When it's published as unwanted feedback on people's blogs, it's called comment spam" — definition from former Blogger team member Biz Stone
• fisk: "from Robert Fisk, a U.K. journalist. That's when you take an article and reprint it on your blog adding your line-by-line critique"

"Blargon," written by Willian Safire of the New York Times. Posted in the BLOGGER Buzz.

Paris Hilton is hit up with a restraining order. I have this feeling that this will be posted on The Superficial, only because it has to do with Paris Hilton aka "Slutty McSlut Slut."

Should Your Boss Be Blogging?

Blogging on the corprate level with Anil Dash of Six Apart (via Forbes).

How To:

Enjoy Kraft Macaroni & Cheese

Even The Superficial Posts Are Super Official*

The Superficial has referenced Dane Cook in another post "ripping" on the one I call "Lindsay Low-class." HELLS YEA! Donnie informed me earlier today, because he knows I'm a pretty big Cook fan, and I immediately checked it out when I got home. I love the writer/writers/contributors of The Superficial, and when I need something current, informing, yet outragously humorous to read, I always click on the link I've made. Thank you Superficial.

*My own little reference that I use whenever I visit The Superficial. Lame?

Threadless

Here are some of my favorite shirts from Threadlesss.com. They are from their current selection and other retired shirts. Enjoy.

Current
Mosaic Messiah
Color Swatch Palette
Best Mime Ever
Fruit of the Plume

Retired
5311 0U7
McRevolution
Little Head*
Recycle Not

*Not the real title for the shirt. "Little Head" suits it better, I think.

Quote

"A wish changes nothing, a decision changes everything."
-Unknown

Uh Oh...

Donnie Jeter's MySpace, which was the only MySpace page I went to because he made fun of those who take it so seriously and he had incredible photos of himself, is now looking more and more like a normal MySpace page. Does Donnie actually have a secret love for MySpace, despite all the recent anti MySpace articles he links (here and here) and the public outcries clearly stating his hatred for MySpace, its users, and what it has become (a haven for drunk sorority chicks, Frat house dick heads, and Emo kids)? I seriously hope that You change it back Donnie. Do it for Donniejeter.com, Southern Oregon bloggers, and for the Blogafella.

Back And Unharmed

Back again from another trip to Portland. This was a little bit more relaxing the previous one, mainly because we weren't there for as long and had less to do. We stopped in Eugene on the way up and picked up some outstanding coffee, then walked around and found this funny looking tree. The weather was great in Portland, and we got downtown a lot earlier than last time so it was a whole lot easier to get around. Went to Nordstrom and picked up some new jeans. I have never heard of them, but they are super comfortable, light, and a good fit, so I got them. When I find them online I will link 'em. Saturday My sister's friend had a birthday, so she went out and I stayed at the Hotel with some Dominos and a lot of Coca-Cola. It's fun to get out of the house. We have always been a road trip family and always enjoy just leaving for the weekend, business or not. But Medford is a whole lot less hectic and and you can change lanes without expecting a middle finger from someone or the "drive-by death stare."

Got Flowmaster?

Here is a funny article for you guys while I wait in the Marriott lobby waiting for Allison. My brother Andrew found it and labeled the mail "Tony?" Anthony, aka Tony, is my older brother who has put Flowmaster exhaust systems on his four vehicles( VW Golf, Ford Focus, Mitsubishi Lancer, Dodge Magnum). Pimpin'?

Student pimpin' with Flowmaster.

And We're Off

Off to Portland again to do some pageant stuff for Allison. I'll be back on Sunday, so anything thing[exciting or interesting] that happens will be posted on Monday hopefully. What'll you guys do without the HACKERATi?

Here's a quicky just to get you guys, and gals, by for a short while. I hope you enjoy it. F' MySpace.

Thank you guys once again for the music suggestions. Since then my personal linbrary has jumped to just over 500 songs. I'm enjoying what I'm listening to as well, you guys recommended some good stuff (good=good, not bad=good).

Don't F' With This Iranian American

"I did not want to have to hurt him, but he made me."

A Quick Stop manager of Modesto, California successfully wards off armed would-be robber (via Break). Edward Petrossi, who has a black belt in six different martial arts, executes a perfect flying side kick and literally launches one "Corey Funk" out the front doors after trying to run away from Edward's "ready" stance. Then E proceeds to chase the 'would-be' all the way out to his car. If you watch closely, Edward appears to go invisible and is not picked up on video due to his cat-like speed and reflexes. His style shall be known from this point forth as "Keiye aeiye" (key-eye). Petrossi then whips out his handy dandy camera phone and takes a clear picture of "Corey's" car license plate number which sealed the deal in the arrest of the honky.

"I was nice, polite, I was ready to serve him; do my best. But I did not expect him to treat me like[that], it was like a betrayal."

WNFN* Is On, 'Til The Break Of Dawn

*Wednesday Night Fun Night: A long running tradition in Southern Oregon put on by its tainted youth. Often is either preceeded by a Tuesday Boosday(TB) or proceeded with a Thursday Night Fun Night(TNFN). Sometimes the three nights can be combined into what some call "The Rally."