Friday, January 30, 2009

Sharing

You know what I love? I love to share. Yep. Its one of my favorite things. In fact, I love sharing so much, that I totally dont mind when people take my food from the fridge at work without asking! I mean, I know they would ask if I was there right? It doesnt matter either way, because whats mine is yours! Feel free mystery person, to help yourself to my lunch.

Fuck you.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Sharks with Frickin Lasers!

I dont have time to write about this right now, but here is a link to something cool from Wired Magazine's Danger Room.

Enjoy!
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/07/deadly-dolphins.html

Saturday, January 10, 2009

In Memory

Ron Asheton, guitarist for The Stooges was found dead in his home in Ann Arbor Michigan on Tuesday of this week. Godspeed Ron, you will be missed.

I will post some rare Stooges stuff either here or on my new music blog later this weekend.  In the meantime, go grab yourself a copy of Raw Power or The Stooges and delve into classics like Search and Destroy, or I Wanna Be Your Dog (which was also recently in commercials for Transporter 3).

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Live Great White Autopsy!

This is so awesome I had to share it. I don't think it's possible for me to watch because of work, but I hope some of you out there get to check this out.  

A Great White shark autopsy at the Auckland Museum will be broadcast live tomorrow (Thursday) at about (I think...) 5pm EST.   I do not know if this will be available for download after the fact, so if you are interested, try to catch it!  Here is a link and the the info from the museum website.

What's Inside the Stomach of a Great White Shark? Find out, Live!

Thursday, 8 January
11am – 1pm
Loading Dock
Free

In one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history, Richard Dreyfuss of Jaws cuts open the stomach of a shark to reveal a crushed tin can and a licence plate. Auckland Museum recreates this incredible operation when with public necropsy, or animal autopsy, on a 3.0 metre long, 300 kg Great White Shark on Thursday, 8 January.

The event, run in collaboration with the Department of Conservation, is to raise awareness of the threats facing this magnificent and vulnerable species, and to dispel the unfortunate myths surrounding it.

The female large Great White Shark was retrieved in the Kaipara Harbour on Monday last week, entangled and dead in a gill net. The fisherman notified the Department of Conservation Auckland Area staff who recovered the shark.

The Great White Shark is protected in New Zealand. It is not against the law to accidentally kill a Great White Shark, but it is illegal not to inform the Department of Conservation if one is caught or killed. The necropsy will be carried out by Clinton Duffy of the Department of Conservation Marine Conservation Section and Dr. Tom Trnski, Marine Curator of the Auckland Museum.

"This is a rare opportunity for people to get a close look at a Great White, and to see how scientists find out more about the complexities of the natural world through their research," says Dr. Trnski. "Little is known about the life history of these apex predators of the ocean, and we hope to learn more about the shark's recent past before it came into the harbour."

The operation will examine the shark's stomach contents, take measurements of internal organs, as well as investigating the gills and removing the jaws.

The public are invited to view the autopsy and come face to face with the shark from 11am-1pm in the loading dock at the south-eastern corner of the Museum.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Capt. Freak Out.



OK... so, I have a short tolerance for load times, or lines, or anything that takes too long, but holy fuck.

Also, I know this video is old, and everyone has seen it, but here is the translated version!

Enjoy!