random things...

1. my childhood friend zach skipped out on a possibly lucrative law career and turned down law school to become a writer.  now he lives in a shack in brooklyn.  but anyways, he started a pretty funny blog:   http://www.underpantsontheoutside.com (superhero reference), and does little comedy things about 24, Lost, comics and the odd random musings.  he also gets published from time to time at collegehumor.com.  here's his article:  http://www.collegehumor.com/articles/1652526/
2. natalie portman doing the hardcore gangsta rap (it's pretty funny): www.devilducky.com/media/42822/
3. some guy does these random flash skits called YAAFM (you are a f***ing moron), and features a different set of idiots every episode.  here are the last 2 i saw which were kind of funny (extremely un-pc.. don't watch if you're offended by these sorts of things.  no nudity or anything like that though. just plain biting satire/social commentary): 
1. scientologists http://www.zipperfish.net/free/yaafm11.php  
2. muslims http://www.zipperfish.net/free/yaafm12.php
4. some pretty cool googlemap type websites:
1. do you have a sexual predator living near you?  i don't, but of course, my friend sewhoy has one living across the street from his parents house... HAH...  http://www.familywatchdog.us 
2. curious to see what that house is worth?   this is a googlemap type thing that shows you detailed pricing history and estimated appraised value of homes just by typing in an address, and viewing by neighborhood and all that jazz:   http://www.zillow.com
5. now for some more videos!!!   
1. what if microsoft redesigned the ipod? what would it look like?  this is pretty damn clever:  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=36099539665548298&q=microsoft+ipod
2. what do you think this guy uses his dell for?  hehe.. gotta love live home shopping network shows:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqloHbHlA40&feature=Views&page=4&t=t&f=b
3. some cool new interface innovations for computers (think minority report style stuff... very neat): 
1. mixed reality interface: http://youtube.com/watch?v=kzGljuievpM
2. multi-touch interact interface: http://mrl.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/ , click the quicktime thing on the upper right to stream it (if you want a direct link to download the video: http://mrl.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/multitouchreel.mpg)
6. DARKNESS!!!!  fun at the onion:  http://www.theonion.com/content/node/45792