Worst video game names of all time

Some of my favorites:

• Iggy’s Reckin’ Balls
• Booby Kids
• Beyond the Beyond
• World Soccer Winning Eleven 5: Final Evolution
• Astro Fang: Super Machine
• James Pond II: Codename RoboCod
• Irritating Stick
• Panic Restaurant
• Wild Woody

The rest of the list is here…

Express written consent

What would happen if you actually asked for the fabled “express written consent” to replay a game? We decided to find out, enlisting a friend to make such a request of baseball commissioner Bud Selig.

Read the letter and the response here.

Download music with Google

From lifehacker:

Google is good for so many things, among which is searching for all sorts of files, including MP3’s. Here’s a quick primer:

-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(wma|mp3) “Nirvana”

Just substitute the term “Nirvana” for any band or singer you might be looking for, and your search will lead you to open indexes that contain downloadable music files.

Borat and Jon Stewart on “Night of Too Many Stars”

Very funny video. I can’t wait for the movie. Return of the Jew claw!

A little Omar Vizquel to brighten your day

Runny no more

At some point all eggs get cooked. Where was the love friends?

Introducing the Tweel!

A completely airless tire with a stupid name. Courtesy of the R&D department at Michelin.  Lets go run over broken glass

Acoustic Heya Cover

Unfortunately, I can’t embed an iFilm video.  Here’s the link.

Dennis Leary on Jews in Baseball

Single greatest inning in baseball ever

How to Ward Off Alzheimer’s and Keep Your Brain Healthy: Marijuana and Juice!

Good news for those of us with Alzheimer’s running in the family. The active ingredient in marijuana, THC, and drinking fruit/vegetable juices frequently may significantly cut the risk of developing this debilitating disease.

New research shows that the active ingredient in marijuana may prevent the progression of the disease by preserving levels of an important neurotransmitter that allows the brain to function.

 

Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in California found that marijuana’s active ingredient, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, can prevent the neurotransmitter acetylcholine from breaking down more effectively than commercially marketed drugs.

 

More about marijuana as an Alzheimer’s deterrent…

US researchers followed almost 2,000 people for up to 10 years – providing a powerful set of results. They found the risk was 76% lower for those who drank juice more than three times a week, compared with those who drank it less than once a week.

 

Read more about juicing your brain…

Researchers believe that they have found how the body protects itself against diseases like Alzheimer’s. International experts found a brain enzyme that “snips apart” tangles of a protein linked to a decline in mental abilities and brain cell death. The scientists said that, in the future, drugs could be used to enhance this natural defence mechanism.

 

More about the brain’s D-Fence…

 

 

A $6 Billion Industry Down the Tubes

You see the internet is a series of tubes. The poker chips need to be pushed out of those tubes. I knew this was coming, but did not expect it this quickly.

AMERICA’s $6 billion (£3.2 billion) internet gambling industry is facing meltdown after the US Senate pushed through a Bill at the weekend outlawing the processing of bets by banks and credit companies.

 

The passing of the Bill in the early hours of Saturday surprised the industry. Although it had successfully negotiated Congress, its passage through the Senate looked likely to be blocked through lack of parliamentary time.

 

However, Bill Frist, the Republican leader in the Senate, got the measure through by attaching it to an unrelated Bill that enhances port security.

Lobbyism: the American way. Read on here…

Ireland, economics and us

Ireland’s economy has exploded over the last 15 years.  Reuven Brenner explains why:

How did Ireland go from being among the poorest places in Western Europe to one of the richest? How did it attract the headquarters of 1,000 international companies? How did it come to rank, by some measures, among the EU’s top 15 original members? With per capita GDP estimated at $37,800 (U.S.), Ireland is now tops in Western Europe.

To begin, the obvious: In 1986, Ireland slashed spending in areas such as health expenditures, education, agricultural spending, roads and housing, and the military, while abolishing agencies such as the National Social Services Board, the Health Education Bureau, and regional development organizations. By 1993, government non-interest spending declined to 41 percent of GNP, down from a high of 55 percent of GNP in 1985. Subsequently, it significantly lowered corporate tax rates to 12.5 percent, at a time when the lowest corporate rates in Europe were 30 percent and U.S. rates stood at 35 percent. Since 2004, Ireland also has offered a 20 percent tax credit on research and development.

But the true miracle came when, due to these policy changes, Ireland attracted capital and pools of ambitious young people from around the globe. By now, Ireland has one of the youngest populations in the Western world.

 Read on here…