“In Fiji, a state-of-the-art factory spins out more than a million bottles a day of the hippest bottled water on the U.S. market today, while more than half the people in Fiji do not have safe, reliable drinking water. Which means it is easier for the typical American in Beverly Hills or Baltimore to get a drink of safe, pure, refreshing Fiji water than it is for most people in Fiji.”
Author: Jason Cosper
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A Bottle Full Of Guilt
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Dramatic Prairie Dog, I Love You
I have all sorts of pretty videos loaded up on my iPhone in case I’m asked to demo it at all — like the Sony Bravia Ball Advert — but I’ve found that the most popular video seems to be the one I’ve got embedded above and gets loaded from my YouTube client. I guess humor wins out over pretty 9 times out of 10.
Bonus Clip: Kill Bill Remix!
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On Taking Charge
“Sometimes you just have to be the boss of dancing.”
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Productivity
Damn. I’ve been a busy bee tonight…
- Wrote the first Preshrunk post in almost 3 months.
- Customized my Virb profile.
- Ran a handful of new stuff on tinyblip.
- Upgraded the rest of my sites to WordPress 2.2.
- Made it to the gym and actually worked out.
Sadly, I can’t remember the last time I pulled off that much stuff in an evening. All I know is that it feels good to be productive for a change. Perhaps I can manage to keep it up.
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Flight Of The Living Dead
Snakes on a plane? That shit is straight up played out, yo. Zombies on a plane tho? Now that’s something I can get behind!
This trailer makes “Flight Of The Living Dead” (formerly “Plane Dead”) look so horrible that it might end up being hilarious. Fighter jets that are obviously models? Hello Ed Wood! Firing machine guns inside an airliner at 30,000 feet? Holy suspension of disbelief, Batman!
Honestly, if I didn’t love zombies and B movies and I saw this trailer, I’m pretty sure I would be out. So it’s a good thing that I do, I guess… ;)
I guess the burning question for me is, when in the hell is this coming out?
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Pulp Muppets
I don’t know about y’all, but I think that 416film has done an awesome job of mashing The Muppets and Pulp Fiction together. I mean, this seriously must have taken a decent amount of time to do.
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One More Time At Trader Vic’s
My friend Soren pointed me towards the sad news that the Beverly Hills Trader Vic’s — the oldest Trader Vic’s in continuous operation — may very well be be closing its doors on May 1st. If this is true, I think drinks are in order on Tuesday night. Anyone in?
Update: Humuhumu checks in with an update in my comments:
Stay tuned… a commenter on my blog reports that last night was the last night, meaning that this morning’s meeting is all about final paychecks. Still waiting on confirmation, but it doesn’t look good.
Thanks Humuhumu! Here’s to hoping that I didn’t miss the final night…
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Flagpole Sitta
Having a sort of meh hump day? This lip dub of Flagpole Sitta should brighten things up for you a little bit. It’s honestly one of the better lip dubs I’ve seen in a while.
After showing it to a few coworkers, some of us are plotting our own crazy awesome DreamHost lip dub in response. I’m not sure if it can live up to this one, but I do know that we’d end up have a lot of fun trying.
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Make Internet TV
If you’ve ever had the idea for a show or video blog bouncing around your head and you didn’t quite know where to start, you might want to take a look at Make Internet TV. The gang over at The Participatory Culture Foundation have done a really great job getting a nuts and bolts how-to guide together. Seriously, it’s enough to make me want to set aside a weekend to start a video blog.
I’ll admit tho, I’m really not sure who would want to watch the ideas making the rounds in my brainpan. Then again, even the stupidest videos on YouTube have at least a couple views… *shrug*