Robots Invasion!

Kyra blogged this awesome sales pitch pic of me at buckle brown: 'tis the season.
I was down at Union Square to see here special and pick up a buckle as a x-mas gift for my sis. It was hella tuff, since all Kyra's wares are amazing, but I finally settled on a green Hello Kitty buckle for the sister.
I'm still lovin my robot buckle

The Fish House Home Depot Built

Georgia Aquarium, 11-25-05
Originally uploaded by HamWithCam.

Sometimes it takes me while to hear about things, but I just read about the Georgia Aquarium opening and WOW! It's now the largest aquarium in the world and has several unusual animals on display including whale sharks. I've got a soft spot in my heart for aquariums, party because I loved the Steinhart as a kid and I seriously considered becoming a marine biologist for a long time. HowStuffWorks.com has a long article on how the place is run and there's some great shots on Flickr. Haven't ever been to the South, but this might be something that would get me down there. Interesting that the project was initiated by Home Depot's founder.

SNL Skit Gets Viral Online

Figure I wasn't the only one blogging about this skit. the T-Shirts are pretty kick-ass.

SNL Skit Gets Viral Online: "

The SNL skit 'Lazy Sunday' (above) that shows two white guys (comedians Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg) rapping about going to see 'The Chronicles of Narnia' has become a runaway hit on YouTube.com since it first aired on December 17. Reports the NYT:

Since it was originally broadcast on NBC, 'Lazy Sunday' has been downloaded more than 1.2 million times from the video-sharing Web site YouTube.com; it has cracked the upper echelons of the video charts at NBC.com and the iTunes Music Store; and it has even inspired a line of T-shirts, available at Teetastic.com.

'I've been recognized more times since the Saturday it aired than since I started on the show,' said Mr. Samberg, 27, a featured player in his first season on 'SNL.' 'It definitely felt like something changed overnight.'

Put some ads on that puppy, and you've got yourself a TV business model for the Internet age. It's all about the microchunk. Media wants to be free, and available for download in digestible snippets."

BASIC = Major Nostalgia!

The Download Squad blogged about this browser based implementation of BASIC and it brought back memories of learning BASIC when I was about 10 at the Randall Museum. Wow that was a long time ago! But I remember thinking how neat it was to list out commands and the old Apple II would actually would actually do what I told it to do! It was magic!

eBay: 8-Ft One-of-a-Kind LEGO STAR WARS REBEL ATTACK CRUISER

Very classy that Lego is selling this off at an eBay auction as a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity. What an amazing dispaly piece!

New camera tosses

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Originally uploaded by leef_smith.

I tried a new type of camera tossing the other day, using my camera's 16 shot option. I think some of them turned out rather well, or at least different.

The a full set

"Operation Screw This"

The Onion delivers once again:
U.S. Troops Draw Up Own Exit Strategy

Linked by SFist

I missed this in SFist last week Bay Area Blog Pulse, but my entry on the new regional 826 stores got linked. A bit of a surprise, cuz really I figured no one except the random friend was ever reading. Go figure.