http://www.edoug.com mediocracy redefined. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:37:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I always love these high-resolution sites. This one is of Yosemite at 17 gigapiscals which is acheived by using a photo-stitching software called Autopano. You can explore and see if you can find any sasquatches or day-trippers. Another timewaster. Check out Harlem while your at it. I spotted some climbers. http://www.edoug.com/2008/11/05/timewasting-at-high-resolution/ In the WTF category I give you this. I like spiders. I never kill them because I think it's bad karma and I also like that they eat other bugs that could get into my house. Plus, my brothers and I used to have a few spiders that we would ... http://www.edoug.com/2008/10/22/birdz-i-haz-1/ Well, hardcore vegan's and veggies will know this already but around a quarter of refined sugar in the US is made that way by using Bone Char; which is essentially charred animal bones that are ground into a fine powder and used in a similar way to carbon based compounds ... http://www.edoug.com/2008/10/22/another-reason-sugar-is-bad-for-you/ My friends Dennis and Deanna turned me on to these albums. They play them for their musically inclined little one who we call the maestro (long story). Anyway, these guys turn classic tunes into Lullaby renditions which are very effective on kids as well as adults because I pass out ... http://www.edoug.com/2008/10/21/are-your-kids-hip/ Dark Lands It seems like an lifetime ago but it was barely seven days...when my heart gave it's last convulsive beat. Though memory fades, I cannot purge that last pulse from my my now still mind.  All I was made of knew this was an ending. My corpse seized up, straining ... http://www.edoug.com/2008/10/01/my-next-screenplay-starts-like-this/ From Slashdot: The Russian Mafia Doesn't Like Spam Either  Not sure if it's a real story of not but a man can dream.  "Alexy Tolstokozhev was recently found murdered in his palatial spam-bought estate near Moscow. The implications of this hands on method of system administration are staggering." People are commenting that it was because of ... http://www.edoug.com/2008/09/29/spammer-murdered-how-are-we-going-to-get-v1agra-now/ There is a movie called REC that is really scary. I mean, really creepy scary. It's sorta like Blair Witch in an apartment with more people and less vomiting. It's is a single cam shot movie that was shot in Spain and features a super cutie named Manuela Velasco who is an ... http://www.edoug.com/2008/09/29/a-hardcore-scary-movie-that-hollywood-stole/ I am selling my "Golden" iPhone 2G. It is a heart breaker to do so because it's so unique. It's not just some hacky bezel mod. This thing has been completely reskinned with extremely hard and rugged materials. From the creator of the treatment, Knight Creations, here is what it's ... http://www.edoug.com/2008/09/27/selling-my-golden-iphone/ I enjoy tea. I even have a french press that I use to make some potent stuff during the workday. Not sure if I'd pay $200 for the Sorapot tea brewing device but it looks very cool and would probably get you laid at a tea party. Check out the ... http://www.edoug.com/2008/09/23/love-tea-enough-to-spend-200/ This is supposed to work. I am typing this from my iPhone and uploading a photo too. my friend Katie with her cool glasses. http://www.edoug.com/2008/09/22/iphone-post/