Do as I say

Seven hurt in punch-up at Church of the Nativity
In one more step towards arguing how questionable religion is, Greek Orthodox and Armenian priest battled over the placement of a ladder during an after Christmas clean-up. Way to go. WWJD?
Via Boing Boing

Watch, hear new Top Gear here

Final Gear

Slusho!

You Can’t Drink Just Six.
Cloverfield

Art I want for Xmas

Threadless Display Art for Sale

"Joe Suta, our in-house magical graffiti musician snowboarder extraordinaire creates 3 huge paintings EVERY WEEK to go in our store window. The paintings are hand-crafted mashups of all of the winning designs that week. As new paintings are created, the old ones are sold from this very web page."

$250 for each original 48"x36" painting. Nice.

All I want for Xmas

KORG KAOSSILATOR

He snappily titled Kaossillator is the latest in Korg's range of Kaoss Pad-based products. The palm-sized unit is described by Korg as a 'dynamic phrase synthesizer', and is designed for "untrained musical enthusiasts", DJs and performers.
On-board the yellow-bodied Kaossillator are 100 synth programs, derived from Korg's Modelling Synthesizer Engine, as well as Kaoss Pad-derived effects. Patches include a swathe of what Korg call "classic" synth sounds, plus "faithfully simulated" piano, guitar and trumpet sounds, and one-shot drums.

A gate arpeggiator with 50 different patterns can also be called upon to create rhythmic sounds, at user-specified tempos, and pitched patches can be set to play in 31 different scales in any key. The Kaossillator also has a loop recording mode, with which the user can build up a two-bar loop, using the unit's variety of sound sources.

Via Mix Experience

My kinda touring

Honda EVO 6 Concept:

"Take a flat-Six 1800cc Gold Wing motor, put it in a minimalist chassis and give it slick, modern styling—think manga by Morbidelli. There’s a single-sided swingarm and the usual electronic instrumentation... Honda uses its all-new 'Human-Friendly Transmission' or HFT. This may be a jump in transmission technology, using hydraulic pressure to efficiently transmit power. It offers a 'D' position for everyday riding (Driving?), an 'S' position (Sport?) for quicker acceleration and a six-speed manual mode, as well."

Car Buying No No's

: We're going to be in the market in the the next year and I hate dealing with car buying. So, here's what not to say. Maybe we should hold off, because at these gas prices we should be getting a golf cart.

The Solution

Swobo Bikes
I wanted to get a road bike, but this might be the closest I can handle.

"The Sanchez is a $599 fixed-gear track bike outfitted with flat bars for the street and the no-brakes, no-coasting fixie groove, but it comes with a "flip-flop" freewheel-compatible hub and a fork drilled to take a front brake."

I'll puss out and get a front brake, because I'm not a hipster bike messenger. And the clincher is that there's a bottle opener in the seat. Here's a review in the Marin Independent.

So you guys can catch up with me

25 Skills Every Man Should Know
Via Lifehacker

Want this

alta
Or at least build one like it. Single speed sweetness. Chico here I come.

Wanted

'Wanted'

Motorcycle Airbag

Impact Jackets, LLC - Personal Airbag Jackets

The Newest Family Members

My sis and Bro-in-law's new midgets.
Via Mariesa

Here IT iS

Hotness
Subaru Impreza WRX STI
Lameness

Travis Barker Remix "Crank That"

Travis Barker Remix Soulja Boy "Crank That"

I didn't want to like this, but listen to the whole track. It's freakin outta control.

Random Photos

Blogger Play
Here's a blogger toy that shows photos from public blogger accounts. You can skip back/forward, pause, and if you dig what you see click on the photo and you'll be taken to the blog of origin.

Atom 3

Ariel announces new Atom 3:

"Ariel’s scorching Atom is getting a new engine and a light makeover aimed at increasing cabin space for a new generation of bigger owners."

Samurai + Tonka = X-HEAD

Suzuki X-HEAD Concept
I want one. Even if it's just to dig holes in sand boxes in the back yard.
Via Jalopnik

Java Nap

Sleep: Reboot Your Brain with a Caffeine Nap
I've tried it and it works.

1. Right before you crash, down a cup of java. The caffeine has to travel through your gastro-intestinal tract, giving you time to nap before it kicks in.

2. Close your eyes and relax. Even if you only doze, you'll get what's known as effective microsleep, or momentary lapses of wakefulness.

3. Limit your nap to 15 minutes. A half hour can lead to sleep inertia, or the spinning down of the brain's prefrontal cortex, which handles functions like judgment. This gray matter can take 30 minutes to reboot.

Via Lifehacker

For what it's worth.

Digital Downloads: Radiohead New Album

"Well, first of all, it'll be released in a mere 9 days, catching everyone off guard (it was expected sometime next year) and keeping the tracks from leaking to the web. Secondly, you'll be able to download the album from their official site for any price you want to pay. Yes, it's pay what you want, including free. Really."

Radiohead via Gizmodo

Smaller, Thinner, Faster, Cheaper.

Palm Centro™ smartphone
$99 with 2 year agreement at Sprint, but I'm sure it will hit all the biggies after a bit.

Bright Eyes

Bright Eyes

Last night Bright Eyes came to Chico. I saw them, you didn't.

Getchur Game on in foreign lands...for FREE

Mango Beta Launched!
I will be trying this and comparing it another language program I can not speak of here.

Webapp Mango offers 11 free foreign language courses in Spanish, Russian, Greek, German, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Italian and Polish. Simply sign up with your email address and you're ready to go.

Unfortunately for some out there I hear that game recognizes game. So your SOL no matter what.
Via Lifehacker

RIP Colin McRae

The Times on Colin McRae
I didn't get to see him race much, but I do know he brought a lot to to rally racing and will be missed.

Colin McRae's tragic death last week has robbed motorsport of one of it's most charismatic and daring competitors...he will always be remembered for his titanic struggle with Spanish driver Carlos Sainz to become the first Briton to win the World Rally Championship in 1995 with an epic victory in the final round at the RAC Rally of Great Britain.

Ok, this might get me back

STi
I'm hearing 320hp and 320ft-lbs of torque.

Holy F

Salt Water = Fuel?

John Kanzius happened upon the discovery accidentally when he tried to desalinate seawater with a radio-frequency generator he developed to treat cancer. He discovered that as long as the salt water was exposed to the radio frequencies, it would burn.

Big oil may soon have to kiss my salty rusted tailpipe.

Jam in your Pocket

Jam Sessions
Now all of you who don't have the DS will be a little sadder. Jam Sessions is guitar for the DS that you play on the touch pad.

You change chords with the D-pad. The stylus can be strummed soft or hard, fast or slow. And the responsiveness was impressive, especially considering you're playing a pocket-sized system.

Via KK Cool Tools

Go Southwest

The Accuser: Southwest Airlines
The Victim Kyla Ebbert... You be the Judge
Southwest Airline tells woman her outfit won't fly
Southwest again distinguishes itself from other airline by not letting attractive people fly the unfriendly skies. Ground breaking business plans: first cattle call , now high school dress code enforcers. I've seen flight attendants with uniforms that were way to tight and no one told them to stop rubbing there fat asses on every innocent aisle seat customer or go home and change. Nice job Southwest, you get the LT questionable business practice of the week. Here are the links to Jet Blue and Virgin America for the smarter consumers.
Via Nice Sheezy

HappyVappy

Working Hard: Testing the HappyVappy Vaporizer - Gizmodo
For your vaporizables.
LT does not endorse the use of tobacco products.

Touch it

iPod Touch gets official
Finally, all the iPhone goodness without the pesky phone. The mini OSX, Same dimensions except thinner (no phone innards), multitouch, WiFi (interweb), and 8GB and 16GB flash memory($299, $399). Sweet!
For those of you that still want the phone they dropped the 4GB and now only have the 8GB for $399 ($200 price drop!).
Via Engadget

The Yougoogley of Pea Mouth Chub

RIP Pea Mouth Chub
The Chub (pictured in red) has left the building due to outsiders revealing his "secret shady life". He enjoyed 42 inch 1080p LCD flat panels TVs, video games involving vehicle theft, and doing blow off of hookers butts. He will be remembered for not really contributing to society and not caring that much about animal spaying and neutering.
His last last words were, "yeah... I don't know.... I like my drinks cheap and my women Furries"

Toasty

Quiznos Sponge Monkey Commercial

Still Want It.

2007 Ariel Atom - First Drive - Motor Trend Video
And by want, I mean Need.

Notetaking Ninja

Livescribe
This almost makes me want to go back to school next year. hahahahah But its still pretty cool. Pen + Computer = Livescribe
Via Cnet

T-shirt Who-Er

Shown: Exploded Boombox
Oddica
More awesome brand-less shirts. This time from Oddica. The prices are a few more bills than Ten Bills and a bit more jokeless than Threadless has been as of late.
1 for $20, 2 for $32, 3 $15 ea.
Update: Some of them are just as cheese ball as Threadless.

Nike + Stuff

Nike Amp - Josh Spear
Here's a kinda cool addition to the Nike+ line. I don't really wear watches and I use an iMojo wristband, but those weren't the case I would probably get this.

At its most basic, the Amp is just a watch; link it to a Nike equipped iPod Nano, and it becomes a full-on control station for your wrist. Integrated into the Amp are all the normal iPod controls that you’d find on your Nano. Press a button, and information scrolls visually across a series of otherwise hidden LED’s embedded just beneath the surface plastic above the controls.

Via Josh Spear

10 points for the subey

2008 Forester Sports 2.5 XT
Motortrend did one of their Demon Tweaks on a 2006 Forrester with good results. Most, if not all, of these upgrades should be applicable. The Sports XT Forrester, off the lot, is about $28,800 after the addition of a short throw shifter, boost gauge, and a few other small additions.

Our debut guinea pig is a 2006 Subaru Forester 2.5XT Limited, a vehicle we’ve admired for its roomy interior and punchy, 224-hp turbocharged engine. Although that engine is the same one found in the barn-burning WRX, the Forester XT has a suspension that’s too soft for our tastes. The mission, therefore, was to sharpen the handling with different tires and a retuning of the suspension. More power is never a bad thing, so we also cranked up the engine by increasing the turbo boost via a reprogrammed engine computer.

Our three-stage sharpening of the Forester cost us $1745...

Power (SAE net):224 bhp @ 5600 rpm
Modified 250 bhp @5600 rpm

Torque (SAE net):226 lb-ft @ 3600 rpm
Modified 238 lb-ft @ 3400 rpm

Great

Virgin America
Now I just have to move near SFO.

The Fat Fight

National Obesity Chart
The bible belt loosens up a notch.
Via engadget

There are no words...

Initial D Arcade Booth-Tofu Car
... that describe how much I want this. This is obviously the video game for Initial D. You are able to "drive" the actual '86, WRX, and RX-7's featured in the anime.
Via Gizmodo

16 X 28 days later

SUNSHINE - Extended Trailer

Via Pea Mouth Chub

This will screw you up. (NSFW)

Klown Erotika
Wait till you see what they do in the Klown car. Also, NSFC (not safe for Coulrophobic).
Via Ectoplasmosis

Kiss my...

hopelarson:Kiss Book
She bought a red journal book, drilled a hole and put a red ribbon through it to signify a kiss. Then she passed it around to her artist friends. Go see some of what happened.
Via Table of Malcontents (RIP)

Jaeger what? Jeager who?

Chilled Shot Machine

Simply attach your bottle of choice and let the liquor drop to a temperature colder than ice for a chilly 15 degree F taste sensation.

I think that said it all.

My Treo is a Decepticon

Transformers Sound Effect
Guess what my phone sounds like when you text me?
Via Crackberry

I like your moves

DVC Learning Style Survey for College
...but what is your style?

Quake shaking up Japanese car production

Quake forces Toyota to halt production - Yahoo! News: "The temporary closure of auto parts maker Riken Corp.'s plant at Kashiwazaki city, near the epicenter of Monday's magnitude 6.8 quake, has forced Toyota, Nissan Motor Co. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and Fuji Heavy Industries to scale back production."
Fuji Heavy Industries makes Subaru. Damn! This'll probably hike prices up somehow.

Guess who's on top?

In-Demand Jobs That Pay Well
But they also predict the mechanical engineers will be a power bottom.

Where do I sign?

2008 FORESTER SPORTS 2.5 XT
This will have to hold me over until they make the Forester STi

Name that tune.

#1 Song on This Date in History
On my day of birth.
Theme from 'S.W.A.T.'" by Rhythm Heritage

In case you missed it...

In Theaters 01-18-08
"Hey Shawn! It's alive, it's HUGE!"

Daft Hip Hop

Kanye West Stronger Video

You decide.

Cause leathers are hot (not that kinda hot , nimrod)

Dainese Jacket Wave-V 3 Neck

GrandCentral: The New Way to Use Your Phones

GrandCentral: The New Way to Use Your Phones
This one's kinda big. Grandcentral give you one phone number that rings all of your phone: home, work, and cell. Some of it's services include:

Never miss a call you want to take, never take a call you want to miss
-Have one phone number you can keep for life
-Choose which of you phones ring, even by group or caller
-Screen callers and ListenIn before accepting the call
-Protect your privacy by blocking annoying or uninvited callers

Check out the link to see even more features. They have way to access everything from mobile phones, so I'm sure there will be mobile functionality that some fruity phones don't even have yet. Service has temporarily been shifted to a beta invite only, but when it's ready I'm sure it will be available to all of us in it's googly free form. Gotta love'em.
Via Cnet

More Decisions...

Any suggestions? This one is going to be sooner. Factors considered: mpg, hp/wt, can it fit everyone(2 adults, 2 carseats(arghhh), 2 dogs...I know that some of the cars can't), is it the hotness(for one reason or the other)?, price (trying to keep it sub 30k)
Very Green, 50-ish mpg, small (but roomy for size), will fit all 4 and a poog (probably not a bullmastiff)
Honda Ridgeline, nice and big, we already have a pick up and a Landcruiser, 16/21 mpg
2008 Subaru WRX, new hatchback, 224 hp (but less weight), not the STi
Honda Element SC, 28 mpg, 4 seats (not 5), roomy, only 2wd

Mazdaspeed 3, 263hp, Fwd, premium unleaded, freakin fast sleeper

F*&k Firewalls

meebo.com
This is a web based IM interface for AIM, Yahoo, Gtalk, and MSN. You sign in to your meebo account and you are automatically signed into all you IM account in one place.
Via Klever as Ever

Unkle is your daddy

Burn My Shadow

Add to My Profile | More Videos
So far, so good.

Decisions, decisions. decisions...

Now in Windows flavor

Safari 3 Public Beta
Safari, Apple's Browser, is now available in our windows world. It's pretty sweet looking and should work with most of what you search on the interweb. I think this was a concession to make the iPhone look more universal. Now I'm one step closer to a Mac.
LT Approved

Knocked out of the Park

LT Appoved

HypeRetarded

Ducati
I know, here it is again, but they are finally releasing it this month and I am putting it in my Needs list. Save me a bed in the Emergency Department after graduation.

I must add

Word to the Barn party of the Year!

Solar Electrical Vehicles

Solar Electrical Vehicles
These guys have designed a photo voltaic panel that fits perfectly with the roof line of the Toyota Prius. It allows the Prius to operate in electric mode up to 20 miles per day adding up to 29% in fuel economy.

The system costs $2000-$4000 and the payback time is said to be 2-3 years...To date, the company has manufactured nearly 100 of the kits to individual buyers. “Four dollars is the break-even point for these kits,” Johanson said. “Then it pays for itself in two years..."

Oh, and they're working on a Highlander application.
Via Treehugger

Why we just need to live in our basements

US quarantines air passenger with rare TB strain
This idiot ignored doctor's advice and traveled to Europe and back potentially (most likely) infecting other passengers with a particularly drug resistant form of TB.

"An international operation began last night to track down dozens of transatlantic passengers who this month flew with a man now quarantined with a dangerous form of tuberculosis."

Nice one jackass.

The Doctor is in

I'll Be Okay

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The dishes (read: steaks) are done

Steak Button Thermometers
I need these and for the price of $15, I will have them. Who the hell knows knows the temperature for med. rare? You won't need too anymore.
Via Gizmodo

Get Joost

Joost™ - Please invite me!:
From the team that brought you Skype. Joost is the next wave of media 2.0.

"Get your invitation to Joost today and you'll enjoy a TV-like experience enhanced with the choice, control and flexibility of Web 2.0. Joost can be accessed from your PC or Mac with a broadband Internet connection and offers broadcast-quality content for free."

Update: This link no longer works, but if your nice I'll invite you myself.

Self Flagelation

Myspace Dr. Lacubrious
Finally The DrL is going live (on the web). Now check it out and shake your thing. Request an add and tell your friends, cause he's gonna be huge in the Netherlands (when he can figure out where they are exactly). And come see him perform in a flower patch near you.

Visuals

barbarian software | magnetosphere
I just added this visualizer to iTunes. I don't use visualizers much, But this is Sic! LT approved.

Can I make Magnetosphere more/less responsive to the music?
Yes. Use the + and - keys.
I want more/fewer particles (blobs) in my visualizer. Can I do this?
Yes. Use the A and S keys. They add or subtract a hundred particles at a time - tap once or twice and wait for the results. If it starts acting poorly because you hit a bunch of keys, just quit and restart.

Update: Also try hitting the M button for different effects...sic.
Via Digg

STi Bitches...

I'm going to have to add this to the list. I usually don't like the huge spoiler, but I feel like it really works with the hatchback. What do you think? The new Lancer is also looking very sic. Like a baby Skyline... or something.

Via Autoexpress

Getting High: not so bad

Ceiling height can affect how a person thinks, feels and acts
Now we can never move out of our house. Where are we going to be able to afford ceiling like this again?

"When a person is in a space with a 10-foot ceiling, they will tend to think more freely, more abstractly,” said Meyers-Levy. “They might process more abstract connections between objects in a room, whereas a person in a room with an 8-foot ceiling will be more likely to focus on specifics."

Personal Emissions Calculator

Personal Emissions Calculator
Put down your carne asada burrito, we're not talking about that kind of emissions. This is a simple tool by the EPA that is designed to make me buy a Prius the next time around.

Batman Be-nutz

Business Cards & Huey Lewis

It's not just about the pleasures of conformity and the importance of trend. It's also a personal statement about the band itself.

HOLY F (NSFW)

Nice Shit: TGIF (NSFW)
Open this at home. Stat!

Nut Shell

J1 - Schuberth GmbH
I present you a sic kinda open face helmet. And check this Mavrick, it has a internal slide down shade visor. I always hated trying to mess with my sunglasses with cumbersome gloves getting them to fit in the padding. Not to mention it just looks rad.

Way more punk than me.

Keith Richards snorted his dad
Via Boing Boing

Fox takes another crap to the right

Bill O'Reilly is Rad and so is Fox News

Bill O'Reilly abuses and cuts the mic of retired Colonel Ann Wright, 29-year veteran of the US Army, after she refuses to fall victim to his leading, dishonest questions and smear tactics. Apparently in Bill's demented world, criticizing the actions of President Bush in explicitly violating international law — something Col. Wright spent years teaching — constitutes "blaming" America.

Video and transcript after the link.
Via Digg

F' football

Roller Girls
I just found my new favorite sport.

Backwards Video of the Week

Pharcyde Drop video

Don't call it a comeback...

Ducati
I keep talking myself into and out of getting a bike again in the future, and when I do the bike I always come back to is the Ducati Monster. It was a genre shifter for mototorcycles akin to Nirvana for rock and roll. The design is a bit dated, but still looks awesome. This guy has done all the research for me. ER, here I come.

Grazed Anotomy

MADtv - Grey's Anatomy / House M.D.

Not for Mac, I want this

Philips: Drag and Draw Technology

Via Gizmodo

Hog gear

Capricorn Cycle Works
Check out the link to their site to see the wheels in motion (works in Explorer browser with active x).
Via Nice S&*t

Good Poop

Nice Shit
From the peeps that brought you Mind Travelor.

Happy Birthday to Me

Apple - iPod nano - (PRODUCT) RED™
Two days ago, I saved Africa. What did you do?

"You make choices every day, from the clothes you wear to the music you play. Now making a choice means making a difference. In 4GB and 8GB models¹, the iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED holds up to 2,000 songs, 25,000 photos², and a little hope. That’s because $10 from every iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED sold goes directly to the Global Fund to fight AIDS in Africa. Which means your iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED sounds good and does good at the same time."

My choice made a difference, bitches!

It's a bike, tool

Hex
For my friends that mountain bike (hopefully including me this next summer). For four bucks, you can't go wrong.

ET phone home

National Geographic Talk Abroad Travel Phone

"The National Geographic Talk Abroad Travel Phone is the ideal solution for your international communication needs. Whether you are a frequent business traveler or are a tourist seeking a reliable yet affordable cell phone solution, the National Geographic™ Talk Abroad Travel Phone has you covered in over 100 countries. Since this is a prepaid solution, there are no contracts to sign or monthly bills – ever! Best of all, there is absolutely no cost to receive a call in 60 popular destinations. Outgoing calls are affordable as well."

The cons are: it's an old monochrome candybar nokia, the outgoing rate is something like 90 cents a minute, and a UK phone number. But if you travel a lot (which I dream of doing after schoolio), this might be the ticket. Especially if you can slip the sim card in your unlocked iPhone.
Via Dethroner

This is more like it.

Canon PowerShot TX1
720p video at 30 fps, 7.1 MP stills, SD, SDHC, Multimedia and MMCplus cards.
$500. This is what I've been waiting for.

Places I've Worked

A Los Angeles 'Hotel' for Internet Carriers

"If the Internet is a superhighway, One Wilshire is a really popular roadside hotel. It's a 30-story building, and once exclusively housed law offices. CRG West manages the property, and they're the tech real estate branch of the Carlyle Group. David Dunn of CRG West says 23 of the building's floors are now designed to house not people, but some of the most important communications infrastructure in the country."

This is possibly one of the most connected buildings in the world. The amount of fiber on these floors is freakin' nuts.
Via Boing Boing

My B-day's on Friday....????

Nike Skateboarding X Jeremy Fish
Via Jungle Life

F *&k Kleverasever

The Coolest Hoody. Ever.
No I'm not jealous, but I play jealous on TV.
Via Klever As Ever

Not my list

The 100 Best Songs of 2006

Pod protection

 

GelaSkins
These are skins for all the different iPods. this company uses the 3M vinyl used for the invisible car bras, so your iPod should be able to take a hit from a bee going 65 mph. I would seriously put this stuff on my wall if they made the art in a large format. Also, it's only $14.95 for all the art-whorey goodness.
Via Talk About Design