Thinkcage

Here’s a great video showing that even kids can play the Wii – just like Dad.

Ok, I can’t help it. I was bitten by the latest internet meme. My contributions:

Just days after this clearly-manipulated photo of Katie Couric started making the rounds (first on the web, but my wife pointed it out in People Magazine, too) we get the word that HP has announced a new digital camera with a “Slimming” function. According to the page on HP.com:

They say cameras add ten pounds, but HP digital cameras can help reverse that effect. The slimming feature, available on select HP digital camera models, is a subtle effect that can instantly trim off pounds from the subjects in your photos!

And to think we all thought that CBS used Photoshop.

So now you know…

I am 53% Hippie.

I am not a child of the 60’s but my heart is true to the cause, man. I realize that being a hippie is not just bell bottoms and tie-dye. It is also about the drugs and smelling bad, too!

Take the
Hippie Test
@ FualiDotCom

The nice little Flash South Park character generator at Planearium certainly isn’t something new, but man if they haven’t improved it since the last time I tried it. Tons more props, hair types, etc. If you’ve ever wondered what you would look like on the streets of South Park, CO (and really, who hasn’t?), then give it a try.

Here’s me:

So what do you look like?

The Real Atrocity in Tolkien’s Middle Earth, by Jeff Alexander and Tom Bissell is one of the funniest pieces of satire I have read in ages. Well done!