News bloopers, boomshine

I ran across this Yahoo! article today about TV anchor mishaps caught on video. The article has many links to YouTube videos of said goofs caught on tape. I didn't watch all (or most) of them, but the couple I did were funny.

Before I link to some examples, I've also been playing this simple, little web game called BoomShine. Easy to learn (and really the whole game wasn't that difficult) but fun.

On to a couple news videos, and I don't know if they really count since they are University news channels. The first is an old favorite (Boom Goes the Dynamite!):



This other one is very similar; a painful awkwardness. I hadn't seen this one before today (Bad Weatherman):

Doh, simpsonize yourself

In another use of picture face recognition, you can use the Simpsonizer to create a Simpsons character version of yourself. However, I'm not sure it even uses any of the photo recognition, as the first attempt looked nothing like me at all. I had to customize the heck out of it to get remotely close.
Here's what I ended up like:


The site was pretty buggy, and took many attempts for the page to even load, so the other alternative is to build your character from scratch at the Simpsons Movie website. Here's what my total-from-scratch Brian looked like:

Super computers, double standard, double image, kong

Hello! After last week's blizzard, it is starting to actually get nice again here in whitmarshall. Crazy weather this spring. So whether you are huddled in to stay warm, or indoors escaping the heat, here are some links for you:

• Something only the geeks like me will appreciate: Things computers can do in movies.
• With Don Imus gone, critics turn towards rap. I saw another blog post where the author went through the Billboard Hip Hop top ten and found all kinds of examples much worse than what Imus said. I hope this criticism continues, because we've had a double standard for too long. I know rap supporters say that the language reflects the tough life and childhood of the performers, but allowing it in song just spreads that attitude instead of combatting it.
• Hybrid images may possibly creep you out. They are images that change as you distance yourself from the picture. I didn't have a lot of luck backing up to see the changes, but it worked OK if I took my glasses off.
  
• Some Post-It happy fellows at USCS created a work of Donkey Kong art on one of the campus buildings. Go Mario!
  

Wisdom, oaths, rats laughing

Hi there!
Some links to welcome the start of Spring:

• The Wisdom of Children - funny, but I'm not sure this is real, or if it is an adult interpreting what children would interpret adults saying.
• Funny Things People Say In Court - some real gems caught while people were under oath.
• Speaking of under oath, subpoenas authorized for talks in the federal prosecutors scandal. And the White House will fight it! So, it is OK to let aides talk as long as it is not under oath and what they say can't be written down?
• Rats laugh when tickled or playing. Who knew?