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July 30, 2005
LISTEN: Conjure One "Extraordinary Ways"
Thanks to Dunc, I can hear samples of Conjure One's new album that's coming out.
Poe's vocals are on 1, 4 , and 7.
(via dunc!)
Posted by Groonk at 08:53 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share, Music
LISTEN: You know...for Kids
Fogg, I'm the one who made the bet and I know we'll be exactly right on time
Fogg is my name and I could play with my life in many ways - that's what they say
Here I am Rigadon, I’m-a Tico - d'mascota
It’s my turn - the gentle touch of Romy - they love me so much
Hey now the story must go on ‘cause a lot of time has gone we must be ready to go away
CHORUS:
80 days around the world
We'll find a pot of gold just sitting where the rainbow's ending
Time - we'll fight against the time
And we'll fly on the white wings of the wind
80 days around the world
No we won't say a word before the ship is really back
Round, round, all around the world
Round, all around the world, round, all around the world, round, all around the world,
7d says that's from some brtish kids TV show. The theme song sounds damn familiar.
And I'm not british.
(via 7d)
Posted by Groonk at 08:44 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share, Funny, Music
Who's Laughing Now?
In this recent series, the photographer explores a new theme in his work: the pageantry of difference. These photographs are the result of ten-day journey he undertook with a group of travelling minstrels and their entourage of animals: three hyenas, two pythons and four monkeys.
(via boingboing)
Posted by Groonk at 07:03 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Animals, Culture, Photos2
More Flickr Apps
On the one hand I'm obssessed with Flickr.
On the other hand I'm obssessed with Google Earth.
Let's put those hands together.
There's a dyanmic layer that links from Google Earth to geotagged Flickr images.
You can now reverse it and "link to Google Earth dynamically from within the Flickr website, letting Google Earth fly you to the spot where your geotagged photo was taken"
(via ogleearth)
You can also automate geotagging with Firefox extension Grease Monkey.
(via ogleearth)
Then there's Geobloggers:
Now all I need is a GPS.
Posted by Groonk at 06:38 PM | Comments (2) | Ministry of Apps, Flickrlicious, Google-fied
Old Story..Excellent Photo
Well, I lost the story while refreshing to see how old it was. Damnit.
(via yahoophotos)
Posted by Groonk at 06:25 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2, Science
It's Christmas Already?
Check out the lady on the far left. Stepping off into oblivion.
(via yahoophotos)
Posted by Groonk at 06:20 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Photos2, Sex
July 29, 2005
There's George
I found George. He had an ink stamp on him with his url and everything.
I registered George, only I didn't get that Big Mac.
It was a Wendy's classic single.
Posted by Groonk at 01:35 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Culture
July 28, 2005
That's Our Bush
Apparently this has been everywhere. I wouldn't know cause my tv is not permitted to be on right now.
There's a video too.
Now I must ban myself from the net.
update: Someone just said that he was givinga thumbs up. Honestly, I thought that too from watching the video the first tome, but on a re-watch it looked like the finger again. Hell, I don't know. You decide.
(via ponzu)
Posted by Groonk at 09:00 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Politics, USA, Video
Shuttle/ISS rendezvous Revisited
I would have had pictures the first time but Groonk Command and Control isn't fully functional yet.
But now I have half my image resizing capabilities and Google Earth on my side:
just north of Australia
full globe view
off the coast of japan
they passed me by again...the bastards
Many,many thanks go to ogle earth for the live Gearth/Shuttle tracking application.
Posted by Groonk at 05:21 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Apps, Blogged, Google-fied, Science, USA, World
How to Torture Boy Scouts
First, become President.
Second, say you're going to be at a place.
Third, have the scouts wait outside in blistering heat for 3 hours before you tell them you won't be coming that day.
About 300 people, most of them Scouts, suffered from dehydration, fatigue and lightheadedness Wednesday — just days after four Scout leaders were killed at the national Jamboree while pitching a tent beneath a power line.
Temperatures at Fort A.P. Hill, an Army base where the 10-day event is being held, reached the upper 90s and were intensified by high humidity.
[...]
The more than 40,000 Scouts, volunteers, and leaders attending the event had been standing in the sun about three hours when word came that severe thunderstorms and high winds were forcing the president to postpone his appearance until Thursday. Mr. Bush's spokesman said Thursday that the visit would instead happen Sunday, at the Scouts' request.
(via 7d)
Posted by Groonk at 03:36 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of USA
July 27, 2005
Little bit of Kibble...
...whole lot of bits
(via medicmike)
Posted by Groonk at 10:59 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny
40s Hat Trick
Let us look back, once again, during the days of the second world war.
(photos shared by medicmike)
Posted by Groonk at 10:44 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of WorldWarII
Family Guy Movie Leaked...
...with screenshots!
(via digg)
Posted by Groonk at 08:13 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Movies
Mars Colony Revealed
Rummage through their architecture pdf presentation.
(via digg)
Posted by Groonk at 08:07 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Mars
Klown Papers
Pretty cool wallpapers done by a bloke named Klowner.
(via digg)
Posted by Groonk at 07:55 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Art, Wallpapers
Track the Space Shuttle and ISS with Google Maps
Run your own mission control from home and track the shuttle and the space station using google maps.
Course without any kind of communication with said places, you're pretty much commanding naval lint.
But you can watch the rendezvous at 6:18 CDT Thursday July 28 2005.
(via digg)
Posted by Groonk at 07:36 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Apps, Google-fied, Science
All over the world
I went browsing Flickr's most popular tags. I found some interesting photostreams.
The Solo Backpacker's been all over the world. I'm extremely jealous.
Freddy lives in Portland, OR. She's 30 but already taken.
Following a London tag revealed a very evil looking Yoda on tathei's stream.
A mega city shot from Tokyo Tower drew me to Shagadelicbabe's stream.
I'm stopping this tour with notforsale's view of New Zealand. His Lights and Urban Environs set is nothing short of inspiring.
To me anyway.
Posted by Groonk at 03:23 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Art, Culture, Photos2, World
History of Hardware Tools
Pretty self-explanatory there.
Also of interest:
Tool Chests: Symbol and Servant
Posted by Groonk at 03:20 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of History
Challenging Music Download Myths
Digital music research firm The Leading Question found that they spent four and a half times more on paid-for music downloads than average fans.
Rather than taking legal action against downloaders, the music industry needs to entice them to use legal alternatives, the report said.
[...]
"The research clearly shows that music fans who break piracy laws are highly valuable customers," said Paul Brindley, director of The Leading Question.
"It also points out that they are eager to adopt legitimate music services in the future."
"There's a myth that all illegal downloaders are mercenaries hell-bent on breaking the law in pursuit of free music."
In reality hardcore fans "are extremely enthusiastic" about paid-for services, as long as they are suitably compelling,
(via bbcnews)
Posted by Groonk at 02:08 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share
Last of the Code Talkers Passes On
[...]
The group of Comanche Indians from the Lawton area were selected for special duty in the U.S. Army to provide the Allies with a language that the Germans could not decipher. Like the larger group of Navajo Indians who performed a similar service in the Pacific theater, the Comanches were dubbed "code talkers."
In a 1998 story for The Oklahoman, Chibitty recalled being at Normandy on D-Day, and said someone once asked him what he was afraid of most and if he feared dying.
"No. That was something we had already accepted," he said.
"But we landed in deeper water than anticipated. A lot of boys drowned. That's what I was afraid of."
"I wonder what the hell Hitler thought when he heard those strange voices," he once told a gathering.
(via military.com)
Posted by Groonk at 01:44 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of WorldWarII
July 26, 2005
Another Tool Unearthed
First a Chinese one, then a German one.
I think scientists just like looking for fake "junk".
[...]
The prehistoric "tool" was reassembled from 14 fragments of siltstone.
Its life size suggests it may well have been used as a sex aid by its Ice Age makers, scientists report.
"In addition to being a symbolic representation of male genitalia, it was also at times used for knapping flints," explained Professor Nicholas Conard, from the department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, at Tübingen University.
"There are some areas where it has some very typical scars from that," he told the BBC News website.
Ouch!
(via bbcnews)
Posted by Groonk at 11:06 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of History, Science, Sex
Silkscreen by Jason Kottke
Jason Kottke made the silkscreen font type for me and you.
Well maybe not for you.
Posted by Groonk at 11:02 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Web Design
Action Figures, Go!
I finally have another japanese based blog. It goes by the name of AntiPixel I've been jonesin' for good one ever since Hunkabutta moved back to Canada.
Medicmike shared the photos he found there. It seems you can get many kinds of action figures in Japan.
(via medicmike)
Posted by Groonk at 10:39 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Blogged, Culture
iStock
iStockphoto is insanely cool to me and the prices aren't bad either.
(via gotoflashdesign)
Posted by Groonk at 10:25 PM | Comments (2) | Ministry of Research, Web Design
Discovery, Back on that Bike... Finally!
(via yahoonews)
Posted by Groonk at 12:11 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Science
He Done it
I'm late to the party. I know this.
I also knew Lance won on Sunday. Just had so many things on me mind lately.
Keep kicking everybody's ass.
(via yahoonews)
Posted by Groonk at 04:14 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Sport
"Scotty" Knows (James Doohan 1920 - 2005)
So sad.
The actor, who died Wednesday at age 85, had told relatives he wanted his ashes blasted into outer space, as was done for "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry.
"He’ll be there with his buddy, which is wonderful," said Doohan’s agent and longtime friend, Steve Stevens.
Posted by Groonk at 04:12 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Culture, People Who Died
WEB: Transformers Live
Transformers Live has a weblog, news, photos, and, so far, two videos on the movie Transformers movie that's coming out.
One video has Speilberg talking about how much he loved Transformers when they first came out. Proof's in the pudding, Steve.
Video two features footage of Optimus Prime's trailer that was at Nerd Prom(Comic Con). I never knew Optmus had female autobot mudflaps.
Makes me wish I still had my four-wheeler. Then I could sport female autobot mudflaps all proper like.
Everything keeps pointing me to www.transformers.com for more movie news. I hope the movie has not a damn thing to do with the latest versions of the series. You can't get any better than the first generation series.
Come to think of it, they didn't.
(via themovieblog)
Posted by Groonk at 12:04 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Movies
July 25, 2005
Blogging in L.A.
Two blogs based in L.A.:
Assistant/Atlas: Hollywood's Young Shoulders
An ex-assistant talks about "Hollywood" and whatever's on his mind.
Franklin Avenue
Also based in L.A. But it looks to be run by several people.
(via kungfumonkey)
Posted by Groonk at 02:26 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Blogged
LYRICAL NOISE: "I'm an adult now"
Pursuit of Happiness
Well, I don't hate my parents
I don't get drunk just to spite them
I've got my own reasons to drink now
Think I'll call my dad up and invite him
I can sleep in till noon anytime I want
Though there's not many days that I do
Gotta get up and take on that world
When your an adult it's no cliche it's the truth
(Chorus)
'Cause I'm an adult now
I'm an adult now
I've got the problems of an adult
On my head and on my shoulders
I'm an adult now
I can't even look at young girls anymore
People will think I'm some kind of pervert
Adult sex is either boring or dirty
Young people they can get away with murder
I don't write songs about girls anymore
I have to write songs about women
No more boy meets girl boy loses girl
More like man tries to figure out what the hell went wrong
I can't take any more illicit drugs
I can't afford any artificial joy
I'd sure look like a fool dead in a ditch somewhere
With a mind full of chemicals
Like some cheese-eating high school boy
Sometimes my head hurts and sometimes my stomach hurts
And I guess it won't be long
Till I'm sitting in a room with a bunch
of people whose necks and backs are aching
Whose sight and hearing's failing
Who just can't seem to get it up
Speaking of hearing, I can't take too much loud music
I mean I like to play it, but I sure don't like the racket
Noise, but I can't hear anything
Just guitars screaming, screaming, screaming
Some guy screaming in a leather jacket
Wooah!
(Chorus)
Interested parties take note that this song was done by Pursuit of Happiness, a Canadian rock group that was most successful in the 80s.
You know they were famous cause their song was misunderstood.
(via eggradio)
Posted by Groonk at 01:58 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Music
Nerd Prom II
While the official Nerd Prom went on in San Diego last week. A modeling verson hit Atlanta last weekend. A couple pics that caught my attention are the Spaceship One diorama and "lost and found".
More photos coming soon from medicmike.
(link1 and link2 via medicmike)
Posted by Groonk at 01:42 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Culture
History of the PB&J
If this is true, the peanut butter and jelly sandwich isn't popular in other countries.
[...]
Food historians have seen nothing written about the peanut butter and jelly sandwich before 1940. What we do know is that GI's in WW 2 were given rations of both peanut butter and jelly. When they returned to the states after the war peanut butter sales and jelly sales both soared.It would seem most likely this would be the birth of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Huh.
(link via b55seddel)
Posted by Groonk at 01:30 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of History, WorldWarII
NEW: Avatarem
There are some damn inventive freaks on the net. I'm gonna start keeping up with their various avatars.
"love your job"
Posted by Groonk at 01:19 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Avatarem
LEARN: How to Levitate
The history of levitation is accompanied by Balducci levitation, King Rising levitation, Asrah levitation Zero Gravity levitation The Elevator levitation.
So many forms of levitation available and apparently teachable.
I levitate all the time in my dreams. They say that whenyou dream about flying, you're actually dreaming about sex. I wonder what levitation dreams are about.
Foreplay? Or maybe a dream within a dream for sex.
(link via b55seddel)
Posted by Groonk at 12:57 PM | Comments (1) | Ministry of Research
Petabytes
There's not that much music in the whole world.
A petabyte is equal to a little more than 1,000 terabytes and is enough space to store 250 million digital music files or 2 trillion telephone transaction records, said Tom Joyce, vice president of storage platforms marketing at EMC.
(via ponzu)
Posted by Groonk at 12:52 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Technology
He put out the signal
Fuck me running. Another billboard dating advertisement.
"It kind of came out of discussions we had, that Lance is such a good guy but not married," said Morgan Lynch, CEO of LogoWorks, where Archibald is the director of marketing. "Someone threw out the idea of getting a billboard."
So why the concern over Archibald's marital status? As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose members typically marry in their early 20s, the 31-year-Archibald is approaching the male-equivalent of an "old maid."
[...]
"I'm not overly concerned about (marriage). I'm pretty happy right now," Archibald said. "I'd like to get married, but it's not a concern."
I notice he's not taking down the website or billboard any time soon.
(via 7d)
Posted by Groonk at 12:34 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Marketing, Religion
July 20, 2005
40 Constant Movie Cliches
40 things that happen in damn near any movie you watch.
par example:
22. No matter how savagely a spaceship is attacked, its internal gravity system is never damaged.
24. The ventilation system of any building is the perfect hiding place. Nobody will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any other part of the building undetected.
33. All beds have special L-shaped sheets that reach to armpit level on a woman but only up to the waist of the man lying beside her.
Posted by Groonk at 06:16 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Research
Thor rolls a fatty
The son of Odin teaches you how to roll a joint. (For medicinal purposes, I'm sure.)
(via oldnewsbaby)
Posted by Groonk at 06:09 PM | Comments (2) | Ministry of Funny
Museum of Retro Technology
A virtual museum filled with novelties from the propeller-driven car to combat cutlery.
(link via sarah's gems of the internet)
Posted by Groonk at 06:05 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Research
Attack of the Show Actually Useful
I never thought I'd see the day. That piece of crap show called AOTS had some links that are worth something:
Slogger is an extension for Mozilla Firefox which can create a customizable browser history, automatically store all pages you visit locally, log pages via various search providers, and more. Slogger has many options and is designed to be highly customizable.
My Rate PlanMyrateplan.com helps you sort out the best cellphone rates in your general area.
Old News baby
oldnewsbaby.com allows you to submit URLs to be commented on and rated by other users of the site. As you submit cool URLs, your coolness will increase and you will move up the cool users chart and have more influence on the site.
Montage-a-Google
Montage-a-google is a simple web-based app that uses Google's image search to generate a large gridded montage of images based on keywords (search terms) entered by the user. Not only an interesting way of browsing the net, it can also be used to create desktop pictures or even posters
You Send It
If the file's too big for email...yousendit.com will send it for you.
Flickrdown
A program that pulls pictures from wonderful Flickr and allows you to download them hella easier.
Wavepad
WavePad audio editing software is a sound editor program for Windows. This audio editing software lets you make and edit voice and other audio recordings. When editing audio you can cut, copy and paste parts of recordings and, if required, add effects like echo, amplification and noise reduction. WavePad is a wav editor and MP3 editor, and supports a number of other file formats including vox, gsm, Real Audio, au, aif, flac, ogg and more.(and it's FREE!)
(all via sarah's damn good downloads and sarah's damn good websites)
Posted by Groonk at 12:17 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Apps, Linkable
July 19, 2005
Clear Channel catches a clue?
Or something like that.
According to the New York Times, Clear Channel seems to have become more aware of the lucrative online advertising market. Just as NewsCorp has responded to its chairman's call to improve their Internet business, Clear Channel looks ready to do the same.
(via 7d)
Posted by Groonk at 09:39 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share
July 13, 2005
Woman inexplicably grows penis, becomes a monk
Goddamn. Wishing made it so.
"On the morning of the full moon day of June 21, I noticed my thing (sex organ) was not the same as before," Thin Sandar, who now goes by the male name Than Sein, told AFP in an interview at his home.
"And my breasts disappeared," Than Sein added. "So I called out and showed it all to my mom and dad. It was very strange."
Strange enough that he has attracted significant attention in this deeply superstitious country, where the unexplained can quickly be exalted to hold powerful spiritual significance.
People privately concede Than Sein is a hermaphrodite. Several medical experts have examined him, and he awaits test results from the central women's hospital.
Other oddities from the same article:
"If I was not married, then I too would want to become a man!"
[...]
"I was so happy," father Kyaw Htay, 46, said about his son's developments. "I wanted other sons so they could offer themselves as Buddhist monks, but I had only two daughters."
Occasionally Than Sein stepped out to talk with excited visitors, who shook his hand, stroked his arm, and wished him well.
(via that wonderful bastard warrenellis)
Posted by Groonk at 06:39 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Religion, Weird
You can finally drink in Rockport, Mass
[...]
In Rockport, however, the ban on booze had a much deeper history. On the morning of July 8, 1856, a band of 200 hatchet-wielding women angry that their men spent too much money and time in local taverns raided the local watering holes and destroyed every drop of alcohol in town.
Rockport was henceforth dry, except for a year after Prohibition ended. During that time, when patrons of a toilet-less tavern used a nearby alley to relieve themselves, much to the neighbors' displeasure, the ban was swiftly reinstated.
Posted by Groonk at 03:35 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Research
Lambretta Twist
singing italian scooter scientists
(via rocketboom)
Posted by Groonk at 03:22 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Video
Christmas Cards from Hitler
And made by the bastard, too.
Iegor de Saint Hippolyte said Tuesday that the private auction, which also includes two Christmas messages from the Nazi leader, would take place on July 19 and last only for a few minutes.
He said the current owner of the six pieces wishes to remain anonymous, and he declined to say how much he expected the sale to bring.
Hitler, German chancellor from 1933 to 1945, unleashed World War II when his armies invaded Poland in 1939. His racial policies led to the Holocaust, the organized massacre of some 6 million European Jews, largely at concentration camps such as Auschwitz.
Well what do you expect from a man named "Iegor"? The article goes on to say Iegor may contribute the money to a humanitarian organization.
(via mywaynews)
Posted by Groonk at 03:10 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of WorldWarII
The Evolution Store
Two faced cats, still-born lambs, medical posters, replica skulls...you name it, the Evolution Store has it.
(via rocketboom)
Posted by Groonk at 03:03 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Animals, Blogged, Weird
July 12, 2005
Listen directly to me!
1-877-MANBIRD
Harvey Birdman gets you cash. Slap your monkey on the ass.
No shit. Dial that mutha now.
Also of interest:
Adult Swim's redesigned goodness...
the Swim's Sunday Bump's archived...
the Bashington's Quentin Tarentino theatre(click on "They Speak English in What?"...
the monkey defecation promos that had me peeing myself...and liking it.
(videos via asdfdotcom.net)
Posted by Groonk at 03:23 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Video
July 10, 2005
Tour de France Watch
I'm keeping up with Lance this year.
(thanks to medicmike for the oln link)
Posted by Groonk at 03:08 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Sport
Fine Tuning the art of the "Bamf"
More teleportation news:
Taking this idea to its logical endpoint is when nanotechnology enters the scene, Darling said.
When nanotechnology is mature, an automated assembly unit could be sent to a destination. On arrival, it would build the required robot explorer from the molecular level up.
Doing so opens the prospect for genuinely teleporting a robot vehicle — or even an entire human crew — across interplanetary or, in the long run, across interstellar distances, Darling said.
"Certainly, if it becomes possible to teleport humans," Darling said, "you can envisage people hopping to the moon or to other parts of the solar system, as quickly and as easily as we move data around the Internet today."
(via msnbc)
Posted by Groonk at 02:57 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Nanotech, Science
"Not knowing how to cook..."
"...is like not knowing how to fuck."
--Robert Rodriguez
Check out the sexist-tinged associated press article:
John Nihoff, a professor of gastronomy at the culinary institute who studies food culture, said that as society became more work-oriented in the '60s, not only was Mom more likely to work outside the home, but workdays for both parents got longer.
With Mom and Dad both out of the house more, families cooked less and relied more on store-bought food. The old tradition of Mom passing on cooking skills suffered, Nihoff said. He notes that Americans now spend $121 billion a year on "home meal replacements" - partially- or fully-cooked dinners eaten at home that are bought in restaurants or supermarkets.
(via mywaynews)
Posted by Groonk at 02:46 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Culture
"The Matrix is everywhere..."
"...You can feel it when you go to work... when you go to church... when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth."
--Morpheus
Privacy advocates still don't like the idea, saying government shouldn't have easy access to so much information about people who haven't done anything wrong.
But law officers bent on keeping the Matrix alive say the information is already out there anyway for companies to use for less noble purposes. Law enforcement has always used such information; it just never had a big computer search tool to quickly find links between people and places.
"The media uses that data, attorneys use it, banks use it," said Mark Zadra, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent in charge of the system. "We've been using online data like that for 10 to 15 years. What this does is link those. ... What took law enforcement so long to use technology and get into the 21st century?"
Created by Florida law enforcement officials working with a one-time drug-running pilot-turned-millionaire computer whiz named Hank Asher, it was conceived as a way for states to combine data they have on people - driving records and criminal histories, for example - with similar records from other states.
Posted by Groonk at 02:27 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of USA
July 09, 2005
Where in the World is Jesus?
Tell us the time and place of Our Savior's Second Coming and win one million dollars for your church or synagogue! A certified check for that amount now lies in a safe deposit box at one of America's most trusted financial institutions. The check will be presented to the house of worship of the person who submits the premonition closest to the actual time Jesus returns to the earth in corporeal form, as certified by our Distinguished Interfaith Panel and the Price Waterhouse Corporation.Whoever guesses right must donate to the House of the Holy Groonk.
If you scroll down, you can vote on what the holy son will look like when he returns. Not surprisingly people overwhelmingly voted for the Brad Pitt verson.
(via teknesia)
Posted by Groonk at 03:50 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Religion
Nutrition Facts & Calorie Counter
There is so much stuff on nutritiondata.com that I don't know where to begin.
The secrets of weight loss....calories burned calculator....a pantry page that helps you keep track of your favorite foods and what they could possibly be doing to you....etc...etc...etc.
-Tons of hella good noise.
(healthiness via b55seddel)
Posted by Groonk at 03:44 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Health
July 07, 2005
London Bombings
There were three explosions on the Underground - which police said left 33 dead - and one on a double-decker bus in which an unknown number died.
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, who has returned to London from the G8 summit, has described the attack as "barbaric".
An Islamist website has posted a statement - purportedly from al-Qaeda - claiming it was behind the attacks.
(via medicmike)
Posted by Groonk at 10:56 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of World
July 06, 2005
Fish, Chips, Silly Sausages and coming soon...Olympic Sex
Not to detract from London's joy but you do remember Olympic Sex don't you?
(via ponzu)
Posted by Groonk at 07:44 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Sport
Please send more fish
The Australian Snubfin Dolphin, which is related to Irrawaddy dolphins found along the coasts and major rivers of Asia and northern Australia, was formally identified as a new species thanks to genetic research carried out in California, Queensland state researchers...
(via mywaynews)
Posted by Groonk at 07:20 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Animals
July 02, 2005
LISTEN: From Poe to Jane...
...and hopefully back again.
7d found out someone wrote that bit of article poorly. Poe and Chemda will collectively be Jane for the latest Conjure One album. I think that's how it works.
"Extraordinary Way" and three other songs are streamed on their myspace url.
A must have album for any true Poe fan.
(link via dunc!)
Posted by Groonk at 11:17 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Albums, Digital Share, Music
Daria, cha cha cha!
Local Portland, OR goddess, Daria O'Neil has been keeping busy:
...[laughs] It's the planet where everything's perfect, but you can't break any rules. And Wesley breaks this glass enclosure and he's supposed to die. And the Prime Directive says that Wesley must die, because you can't interfere in other cultures and you have to respect their laws.
But he doesn't.
(Daria on Star Trek's Wesley Crusher not blogosphere's Wil Wheaton)
Her brother Damien's "Mark Trail" was freaking awesome. It was a warped version of the original comic series. Freaking funny, it was.
Daria's Local Entertainment Guides were what got me through the day back then.
Damn I miss hearing the old KNRK crew over my computer in the mornings.
(awesomest link ever link via medicmike)
Posted by Groonk at 10:41 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Interviews
Open Directory: Family Guy music
A sizable chunk of music from the Family Guy series.
(via 7d)
Posted by Groonk at 10:34 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share
"Christian sf novel" to be a video game
Someone got the bright idea to turn the Left Behind novels(more on those here) into a freaking video game.
First off, Stephen King already wrote that plot in The Stand.
Second, I thought they considered video games "evil"? Is this some trick to find the true believers? Then they'll know who exactly will be "left behind"?
Third, Tribulation Forces brings to mind obnoxious, furry little critters that fuck themselves into overpopulation thereby leeching an area of all it's natural resources and having no apparent use in society as a whole.
Fourth, the Global Community Peacekeepers should wear fetching black and red leather outfits, speak Aussie, and have dominatrix tendencies.
Now that's a book/game that I would read/play.
(via boingboing)
Posted by Groonk at 10:21 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Religion
Festival of Radios
From Radio Fest 03.
Main site is Southeastern Annual Radios Society...SARS. They might want to re-think that acronym.
There's a festival for everything.
Posted by Groonk at 09:58 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Research
Many Stinking Badges
--"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"
About.com has a write-up and link to an insane amount of paraphrasings involving the "stinking badges."
Posted by Groonk at 09:48 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny
Morgue FIle.com
Morgue File is the... Best. Accidental find. Evah!
Posted by Groonk at 09:42 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Research
What happens when a Porsche meets a chicken at high speed?
Bigger photos on the foreign messageboard while they last.
(link via 7d)
Posted by Groonk at 08:01 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Weird
WATCH?: "Shoot'em Up"
Lastly, I just read there's a movie being made called Shoot'em Up:
--warren ellis
(via badsignal)
Posted by Groonk at 07:48 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Movies
LISTEN: XINLISPUREME
XINLISUPREME has a free scrap mix available of their song "All You Need is Love Was Not True."
The title is what made me listen.
The sound brings up images of a soulmate with whom you've been living happily(sharing toothbrushes and bathroom time with for 4 months) suddenly smashing all things in your apartment that you ever considered to be yours with a small metal bat, then taking all her stuff and leaving on the next outgoing bus.
Though I may be off on the bat part.
(via warrenellis)
Posted by Groonk at 07:23 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share, Music
The Global Frequency Spreads
A free newspaper for commuters in the UK called the Metro is reporting on "The Most Popular TV Show never Screened".
Otherwise known as the Global Frequency pilot.
I had a chance to view the pilot one day. A friend of a friend told me about this guy who had some stuff lying around. Anyway... What I saw was a damn cool thing. Even in its rough form it was damn good with a chance to be great.
In a nutshell, think of 1001 multi-faceted Mulders and Scullys connected by the end-all and be-all of mobile phones, and the mysterious Miranda Zero, willing to do whatever it takes to save the world from itself. Anyone could be on the Global Frequency. They're just common people committed to a simple goal.
Kung Fu Monkey's, John Rogers, was behind the television version of the show. He's jazzed about the whole underground thing that's surfaced. He's posted an index on this whole business on his site.
Warren Ellis is of mixed mind over the whole thing but I think he summed it up nicely in his Bad Signal newsletter:
I love that people love GF enough to talk about these things. But I can't be optimistic about it any more. John Rogers is the optimist. John Rogers is also so rich that every night he has an army of Hilary Swank robots carry him to a bed made entirely of vaginas.
--Warren Ellis
I would have an army of Kelly Hu-bots.
(via warrenellis)
Posted by Groonk at 05:32 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Culture, Digital Share, Quotables
July 01, 2005
amoeba BU log
I have no idea what this guy/girl is saying in their blog but I like what I see.
(As of this posting, google translation states the site is under maintenace until July 4th.)
Posted by Groonk at 10:49 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Blogged
WATCH: Blatant Boobies!
Louis XIV knows how to make a good video. Get a girl and have her topless throughout.
VH1 make a note.
MTV play a fucking video. Any fucking video. Your Aunt Sally's trip to see the World's Biggest Ball of Twine would suffice. As long as it involves moving pictures to today's tunes.
Louis XIV video done to "Paper Dolls" and housed on the Suicide Girls site.
(via eggradio)
Posted by Groonk at 02:11 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Music, Sex, Video
