Lewis Black on Candy Corn

Just in time for Hallowe'en: America's angriest comedian rant on candy corn as posted on YouTube.

Free Fonts Online

When Apple first came out with the Macintosh and the LaserWriter, typographers everywhere first thought that their careers were coming to an abrupt demise. They imagined that every Mom and Pop operation with such a relatively inexpensive desktop publishing setup would be able to knock out all of their own printed materials quickly and inexpensively. Well, fortunately it never happened; having the equipment was certainly no prerequisite to being a fantastic graphic designer or typographer. In fact, we used to have a not-so-nice term for some of the awful results that got churned out: The Ransom Note Effect. "Hell, I've got 50 fonts on my Mac. Why not use all of 'em on this client's brochure?"

Anyway, with that little bit of desktop publishing history, I'll segue right into the subject of fonts and the fact that you really can't ever have enough of them. Especially when you're looking around for that one font that suits a headline or presentation that you're working on. I just discovered a new site called NeatFonts. These guys have managed to collect hundreds and hundreds of free or shareware fonts from everywhere and loaded them up on one site that's reasonably manageable. Check 'em out HERE. They even have some spooky ones for that last-minute Halloween invitation you've been putting off!

Best New Application for Duct Tape

David Blaine Puts His Hand Through Glass

One of my favorite David Blaine Street Magic gags as posted on YouTube.

Time to Quit Smoking

World Stats in Real Time

A full page of important global statistics that actually update in real time HERE. Some of the numbers are staggering.

Granny Guard Protection Services

Protect your home with Granny Guard Protection Services.

Another Picture Worth A Thousand Words

Speaks for itself. ROTFLMAO!

Selling Microsoft Windows 1.0 (1985)

I'm sure this was done as a gag (at least I hope so) but like all things stupid, they have a nasty way of lingering around and then coming back to bite you in the ass. Guess Steve Ballmer didn't even have any hair back in those days either. This commercial is scary! (As shown on YouTube.)

How Much Should You REALLY Weigh?

Tired of all the crap about BMI and all that other stuff? A more realistic way to calculate your proper weight should take both your frame size and your height into account. Check it out HERE at HealthatOz.

Add Your Name to the One-Mile Website

Pass this one on -- fun idea! Just type in your name and city to add another 5 cm (2 inches for the metricly-challenged) to a website that's trying to create the first One-Mile Website.

Skidboot -- Smartest Dog Around

You probably remember Skidboot the Dog. If not by name, then at least by his incredible intelligence. He's been on just about every show on American television -- including Oprah and Letterman -- over the past 10 years and he's won a gold medal on Discovery Channel. Here's an 8-minute video posted on YouTube that pretty much covers his amazing career.

Kids and Video Games

This slideshow on Flickr is both a funny and a sad statement. This family takes their little kid to these incredible landmarks all over the world -- and all the kid wants to do is play his GameBoy!

Just Some Silly Fun for the Kids Today

Farting Dog Harmonics from AmishDonkey.

Johnny Cash Sings 'Hurt"

Wow! This is a video of Johnny Cash doing a cover of Nine-Inch Nails' "Hurt." You can feel his sadness and pain come through in this final personal performance recorded after the death of June Carter Cash. (I originally posted this with a link to Google Video but it got dropped so here it is on YouTube.)

Ridiculous 20-inch Laptop from Dell

I can still remember those huge Compaq "Portable" computers of the 80's (Wikipedia reference HERE). These were the precursors of the laptops and notebooks of today. In fact, it was the first PC that I purchased when I began my first tech startup. I think it was a Thursday afternoon when I walked into the local ComputerLand and bought that computer along with a copy of WordPerfect (I actually still have the entire package complete with 5¼-inch floppy disk software!) and Lotus 1-2-3 Ver. 1.0B or something like that. I had the weekend to pull together an entire business plan and projections. Never mind that I also had to learn the software as well. Nonetheless, I managed and -- over the next 6 months - we managed to raise over $500,000 to start the company. The Compaq had a little green screen, a small hard drive and a floppy drive all built in with a detachable keyboard. It was encased in Lexan to make it virtually indestructible (and amazingly it was!). I remember the Compaq Portable was more lovingly known as the Compaq Luggable, weighing in at something over 25-30 pounds. If you ran too hard through the airport swinging this thing for balance, you were just as likely to shear off a kneecap (which I managed to do on more than one occasion). Nonetheless, it did serve me well and it kept working long after we'd launched the company.

So now Dell has decided to come back with bigger once again by introducing a stupid 2-inch (yes, you read that right -- 20-INCH!) laptop. I emphasize the name laptop because I personally can't believe you could call this monster a notebook. It's huge, it's heavy and it's probably quite useless as an easily-transportable computer. I suspect that it will have some limited appeal to those who need the huge display for presentations on the road when you want it all in one package. Other than that, I suppose it could be used for a mini-theater that several people could sit around and watch but... Anyway, this reviewer for c/net UK did a really humorous video to demonstrate the size of this thing and it's well worth watching for the laughs.

How Safe is Your Drinking Water?

The US EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has a very extensive study on the quality of drinking water that covers most of the United States. Go to the site HERE and click on your state or region to get a more detailed report. (The picture attached here doesn't link BTW.)

It's the Caffeine That'll Kill Ya!

Just exactly how much Coke or coffee would it take to kill you? Well that depends on how big you are. Like to find out? Check out Death by Caffeine HERE.

More Photoshop Touchups

Want to see just how good Photoshop can make you look? Check out what this picture looked like Before.

Crappy Halloween Costume

Literally. Would you let YOUR kid go out dressed like this?

(More costumes HERE.)